A professionally built and hosted PTA website costs $900 per year from Full Stack Tech NYC. No setup fee, cancel anytime. Educational Networks, the dominant legacy vendor in NYC schools, invoices about $3,600 per year for a comparable site. Switching saves a typical PTA about $2,700 per year.
Here is where the money goes on each side.
What do NYC PTAs pay today?
Most NYC schools and PTAs are on one of four platforms. Typical annual cost, before add-ons:
| Platform | Typical annual cost | What it’s built for |
|---|---|---|
| Educational Networks | $1,500–$5,000 | School/district CMS |
| Membership Toolkit | $500–$1,500 | PTA membership + store |
| Konstella | $0–$2,000 | Classroom communication |
| Squarespace/Wix DIY | $200–$500 | Whatever a volunteer can build |
The quoted base price is rarely the final price. An Educational Networks invoice we verified totals about $3,600 per year once the add-ons a PTA actually needs are included.
Where does the extra money go?
The base price gets you a login. The features a board needs cost extra:
- Donation and payment processing is often a separate tier, or a per-transaction cut on top of Stripe’s own fee.
- Forms (volunteer signup, permission slips, spirit-wear orders) are capped or sold as “premium.”
- Calendar embeds, photo galleries, and newsletters appear as line items.
- Content changes you can’t make yourself mean emailing the vendor and waiting. Some contracts bill for that.
A “$1,500 site” becomes a $3,000–$3,600 site once it does what a PTA needs. The number resets and rises each year.
What costs never appear on the invoice?
Volunteer time. A clunky CMS turns a five-minute newsletter update into a two-hour project. Multiply that across a year of events.
The exit. Most platforms control your domain, your content, and your design. Leaving means rebuilding from scratch. That switching cost is the business model.
What does $900 per year include?
Full Stack Tech NYC charges $900 per year with no setup fee. That covers the custom build, content migration from your old site, Cloudflare hosting, backups, support, and ongoing content help. The rate is locked for three years. Renewal is opt-in, with no auto-charge. Cancel anytime and owe nothing for future years.
The structure works because the site lives in a GitHub repository your PTA owns, hosted on Cloudflare’s global network — the same infrastructure behind Shopify and Discord. Volunteers edit content in a Google-Docs-style CMS; changes go live in about 30 seconds. The price is predictable — no surprise upsells.
If you ever leave, you take the whole site with you: domain, content, code. No exit fee, no lock-in clause.
How do you audit your current cost?
Before your next renewal, add up:
- The base subscription.
- Every add-on and “premium” feature you pay for.
- Payment-processing surcharges beyond Stripe/PayPal’s standard fee.
- Volunteer hours lost to a bad editor.
If the total passes $2,000 a year, a 20-minute call will settle whether switching pays. Sometimes staying put is the right answer; we say so when it is. Details and pricing: fullstacktechnyc.com/schools.
FAQ
How much does a PTA website cost in NYC? $900 per year from Full Stack Tech NYC, with no setup fee. Legacy vendors like Educational Networks run about $3,600 per year, invoice-verified.
What does the $900 per year include? The custom build, content migration, Cloudflare hosting, backups, support, and a Google-Docs-style editor for volunteers. One price, no setup fee.
Are there hidden fees or upsells? No. Donations go through Stripe directly to the PTA’s bank account with no platform cut. The price is predictable — no surprise upsells.
Who owns the website? Your PTA. The site lives in a GitHub repository the PTA controls. If you leave, you keep the domain, content, and code. No exit fee.
How long does switching take? One weekend. Old site Friday night, new site Monday morning, existing URLs redirected.