Embark Est. 2026 · A two-person shop
For nonprofits & main-street businesses

Embark. The easy way off WordPress.

Websites made easy.

Explore a WordPress migration and review a preview before deciding. Some plugin features are unsupported; a rendered page is not proof that the whole site works. Payment comes after preview approval and before your domain moves.

No card needed. The preview link stays open for thirty days while you decide.
Read the refund terms

The refund policy covers pre-cutover refunds and limited after-cutover remedies. Refunds go through Stripe to the original payment method. Read the refund policy.

See the price before you decide

The conversion fee is published below and quoted to you from your own site’s size. You pay after you have looked at your preview, not before — and nothing moves your real domain until you have.

A real person, by email

U.S.-based support. Same-day email replies, weekdays, at hello@embarkeasy.com. Want to talk it through on a call? Ask, and we'll set one up.

Easy move.

We pull the site from your host’s own backup, or from a WordPress export file you download yourself — pages, posts, images, menus, categories and tags come across together.

Easy edit.

The new site runs on EmDash, and EmDash brings its own admin: a normal editor for your pages and posts, whether we host the site or it runs in your own Cloudflare account. With our hosting, the AI Helper works inside that admin too. No page-builder licence, no plugin subscriptions to keep renewing.

Easy hosting.

We move the domain and the HTTPS certificate for you. Same web address, and the certificate is issued and renewed automatically — nothing to buy, nothing to remember. We recommend our hosting: one bill, nothing to run yourself, and the AI Helper is included. It can also live in your own Cloudflare account, or anywhere via the full export.

An honest note

We're early. We don't make up testimonials.

Embark is a small two-person shop migrating its first paying customers right now. When the people we've moved say yes to having their name on this page, that's where their words will go — not before. If you'd like to be one of them, the line forms below.

How it works

Four small steps. About a week.

No "onboarding call." No project manager. No portal. We just do the work, and we tell you when there's something to look at.

i.
Tell us your URL.

One field, one button. Takes a minute. No payment, no commitment.

ii.
We make a copy.

Quietly, in the background. Your live site is untouched the whole time. Usually two business days.

iii.
You look it over.

A preview link we send you, not listed in search engines. Click around. Send your list. We fix anything off — no extra charge.

iv.
We flip the switch.

Same domain, faster site. The new site is already serving before we touch your DNS, and straight after the flip we ask your own address who it is serving — it has to come back as your migrated site, not merely answer, before anything here calls it live.

What we move for you

Check your plugins before you move.

The catalog is a work in progress, not a promise of full replacements. Preview rendering does not verify submissions, payments, scheduling or imported settings. Review the features you rely on with us.

Your WordPress plugin What replaces it Status Savings not estimated
Yoast SEO
Search-engine optimization
Embark SEO — preview metadata rendering only; scoring and imported settings need review. Review required —
Contact Form 7
Forms & submissions
Embark Forms — preview rendering only; submissions, spam protection and email delivery are not verified here. Review required —
Akismet
Comment & form spam
No shipped Spam Guard port. Spam protection must be assessed separately. Not available —
WP Rocket
Page caching & speed
Built in. Every Embark site is cached worldwide by default. Review required —
UpdraftPlus
Backups
Automated backup scheduling, retention and one-click restore are not available in the preview host. Keep your own backup. Not available —
Gravity Forms
Larger forms, conditional logic
Embark Forms Pro — rendering is unsupported in this preview host. Uploads and payments are not verified here. Not available —
WP Statistics
Visitor analytics
Embark Analytics — not verified as a full replacement. Catalog mapping only. Review required —
MailPoet
Email newsletters
Embark Newsletter — not verified as a full replacement. Catalog mapping only. Review required —
WooCommerce
Online store, large catalog
Not yet. We'll tell you on the first call. Late 2026 —
This is a working mapping list. Check the catalog for current preview limitations. See the full plugin ledger  →
Pricing

Two paths, one honest bill.

Every migration starts with a preview: a link we send you, not listed in search engines. The audit, the conversion and the preview are free, including the hosting we build to serve that preview. You pay for the conversion only after you approve it, and before we move your domain.

Launch pricing, locked in for as long as you stay.

The conversion: one fee, whichever path you choose

Over 500 pages, or a store, or a WordPress membership or course site? A person looks at it with you, instead of a published price. Why: those need a person to scope the work.

Path B — we host it (recommended)

The conversion fee, plus a monthly plan. You get the EmDash site with its editor, and the AI Helper comes with every plan. Cancel any time from your billing page.

Why we recommend it: one bill, nothing to run yourself, and the AI Helper is included. Your own Cloudflare account is a fine choice too.

  • Hearth $5/month Price after launch: $12/month AI Helper allowance: $1.00 a month, about 60 questions
  • Hearth+ $12/month Price after launch: $29/month AI Helper allowance: $3.00 a month, about 190 questions
  • Studio $29/month Price after launch: $59/month AI Helper allowance: $7.00 a month, about 450 questions

Path A — your own Cloudflare account

The same EmDash site, with its editor, in your own Cloudflare account, at the start or later. You pay the conversion fee, and after handoff you pay Cloudflare directly. The editable site needs Cloudflare’s Workers Paid plan, $5 a month, billed by Cloudflare. The AI Helper comes with our hosting, so it is not part of a site on your own account. Why: its allowance is paid for through our hosting plan.

No lock-in

You can leave whenever you like, two ways: your own Cloudflare account, or anywhere, via the full export: one download with a database snapshot, your uploads, your site settings, a WordPress export file, and a README for running it on a plain server. Moving from our hosting to your own account costs nothing more, and the conversion fee is never charged twice.

Why a site moves only after its conversion fee is paid: the conversion is the work we do. Once it is paid, the site is yours to take anywhere.

The AI Helper

Every hosting plan includes the AI Helper, in your site’s admin. It answers questions about your pages and posts, and proposes changes to their text, titles and search-engine descriptions. Nothing it proposes reaches your live site until you approve it. It runs on Cloudflare Workers AI.

Why it has a monthly allowance: every answer costs real model time. The allowance keeps plans cheap for everyone and stops one site running up costs. Opening it never spends allowance; only the questions you ask do.

Rather not use the AI Helper? Turn the Helper off, at checkout or later in your admin. Then the Helper sends nothing from your site to a model. The price stays the same.

Honor-system discounts: before checkout, tick any that apply and take 10% off for each, up to 30% in all, on the conversion fee and on every month of a hosting plan. Nonprofit or charity; Teacher or student; Veteran or military; First responder or healthcare worker; Artist, musician or maker; Local business under 10 people; My site is over 10 years old; A friend sent me; There is a dog in the car. We record which boxes you ticked and nothing more.

Every path comes with 30 days of free fixes after your site goes live. After that, support is $50 per incident. A customer-requested re-migration is $99. There are no annual contracts. See the refund policy for refund terms.

Common questions

Questions our customers actually ask.

If yours isn't here, email us at hello@embarkeasy.com — the address is in the footer too.

Will my website address stay the same?

Yes. Your domain — the part visitors type in — doesn't change. We point it at our servers instead of WordPress's. From the visitor's side, everything looks the same except it loads faster.

What happens if I don't like the preview?

Then you don't pay. The preview is built before any money changes hands. If something looks wrong, we fix it. If we can't fix it to your satisfaction, you walk away owing nothing.

Can I edit the site myself after the move?

Yes, on both paths. The new site runs on EmDash, which has its own admin: an editor for your pages, posts and images. With our hosting, the AI Helper sits in that admin too, and can propose small edits for you to approve.

What if I have a plugin you don't replace yet?

We tell you before you pay. Some missing features have a workaround and some don't, and we'll say which.

Are you affiliated with WordPress, Automattic, or any of the plugin makers?

No. We're independent. We're not selling you a WordPress upgrade — we're moving you off the WordPress platform entirely, onto Cloudflare's hosting network. The plugins we replace are independent products from independent companies.

Where are you located?

Embark is a small US-based team. The hosting runs on Cloudflare's global network, which has data centers in 300+ cities, so your site is fast everywhere — not just where we are.

What about email? Do you handle that too?

Email is separate from your website — we don't host it. If you currently use Google Workspace or Microsoft 365 for your "@yourorganization.org" email, that keeps working unchanged. If your email is hosted by your old web host, we'll help you move it to Google or Microsoft as part of the transition.

I'm not on WordPress. Can you still help?

Yes. We copy any public website — Substack, Ghost, Wix, Squarespace, Webflow, or a site you built yourself — or work from your platform’s own export: your pages, posts and images come across into a site you own. Posts behind a paywall come from that export, because they are not public. Your design is carried over automatically for most WordPress sites; from other platforms your preview starts in a clean standard design, which you see before you pay anything. A paid newsletter comes over too: its paywalled posts from that export, and its subscriber list as a file you import. Moving your paying readers’ payments, or a store, gets a person: email us at hello@embarkeasy.com.

What happens after the site is live? Am I on my own?

No. For 30 days after your site goes live we fix anything that is not working the way your preview did, free, on either path. A person answers email at hello@embarkeasy.com on weekdays. With our hosting, the AI Helper in your admin answers questions about your site and proposes small changes, such as a typo or a page title; nothing it proposes goes live until you approve it. It has a monthly allowance that comes with your plan, and you can turn it off.

Do I have to host with you?

No. We recommend it: one bill, nothing to run yourself, and the AI Helper is included. Your own Cloudflare account is a fine choice too. Path A puts your site, with its editor, in your own Cloudflare account, at the start or later, and after that you pay Cloudflare directly. The editable site is larger than Cloudflare’s free plan allows, so it needs Workers Paid, $5 a month, plus any usage above what that plan includes. Those charges depend on your account and your traffic, so we do not promise a fixed hosting bill. Or take the site anywhere, via the full export. Moving from our hosting to your own account later costs nothing more: the conversion fee is never charged twice. The rates are above.

Ready when you are

See what your site looks like after.

Two fields. About a minute. No card. We'll email you when the preview is ready — usually within two business days.

No card needed. The preview link stays open for thirty days while you decide. Prefer email? hello@embarkeasy.com