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Website Cost Calculator . Updated October 2026

How Much Does Website Development Cost?

Most business websites cost between $3,000 and $25,000. Answer 10 quick questions and see what yours would cost.

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Scope

1. What kind of website do you need?

This sets the starting point for your estimate.

2. How many pages?

Select the number of pages you need.
10 pages
1
10
25
50
100+

3. Design level

The more custom the design, the more work it takes.
CMS and content

4. Which platform should it run on?

The platform affects the build cost and what you pay each month to keep the site live.

5. How many content types need a CMS?

A content type is anything your team will add to over time, like blog posts, case studies or team members.
2 collections

6. Who brings the content?

Copy and images are the most common reason a launch slips.
Features

7. What should the site do?

Features for a marketing site, based on your answer to question 1.
2 selected

8. Which tools should it connect to?

Each tool you connect adds setup and testing work.
3 selected
+ Add here
Extras and delivery

9. SEO and accessibility

Both are far cheaper to build in now than to fix after launch.
2 selected
Technical SEO setup
Accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA

10. When do you need it live?

No deadline, or pick the date you need it live. A tight date can raise the cost.
Pick a date
Select launch date
Choose a date at least 2 weeks away
Your estimate
Live
$8,500 – $11,500
Estimated timeline
5 to 7 weeks
Running costs
$39/mo
Where the money goes
Design 35%
Build 32%
CMS + integrations 18%
Content 10%
Discovery, QA, launch 15%
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Your Project Timeline

From kickoff to launch in 5 to 7 weeks. Here is how that time is usually spent.

Typical schedule

Based on your answers above

Discovery

Week 1

Design

Weeks 1 to 3

Build

Weeks 3 to 5

QA and launch

Week 6

What It Costs After Launch

The build is a one-time cost. These are the monthly bills, and the parts of your scope that can wait.

Monthly running costs

Itemised per tool. You pay these vendors directly, not us.

Hosting

Webflow CMS site plan

$29

Domain

Yearly fee, shown monthly

$2

Analytics

Google Analytics 4

$0

Care plan (optional)

Updates, backups, small edits

$0 to $150
Total per month
$38 to $188

What is not included

So nothing surprises you on the call.

Not included: copywriting and photography
Copywriting and photography
Not included: paid plugins, fonts and stock licences
Paid plugins, fonts and stock licences
Not included: hosting, domain and tool subscriptions
Hosting, domain and tool subscriptions
Not included: ongoing SEO and content marketing
Ongoing SEO and content marketing
Not included: third-party API and usage fees
Third-party API and usage fees
Not included: legal pages and compliance review
Legal pages and compliance review

Need any of these? We scope them with you on the review call and add them as separate line items.

Average Website Development Cost in 2026

Typical ranges by website type, worked out with the same hours model the calculator uses at $50 per hour.

Website type
Typical cost
Timeline
Best for
Landing page
$1,500 to $4,000
1 to 2 weeks
A single offer, campaign or waitlist
Small business site
$3,000 to $8,000
3 to 5 weeks
5 to 10 pages, contact forms, local SEO
Marketing site with CMS
$8,000 to $25,000
5 to 9 weeks
Custom design, blog, case studies, integrations
Ecommerce store
$15,000 to $60,000
8 to 14 weeks
Catalog, checkout, payments, inventory
Membership site
$20,000 to $60,000+
10 to 16 weeks
Logins, gated content, subscriptions

Frequently Asked
Questions

Most business websites cost between $3,000 and $25,000. A small site with a handful of pages sits at the lower end. A custom design with a CMS and a few integrations pushes it higher. Online stores and web apps usually start around $15,000.

Design is how the site looks and how people move through it. Development is turning that design into a working website. On most projects design is about a third of the budget and development a little more. The rest goes on planning, content setup and testing.

It is a good starting number, not a quote. For a clearly defined project we usually land within 15% of it. Once we have talked through your project on a call, we give you a fixed price.

A landing page takes one to two weeks. A typical marketing site takes five to seven. Online stores and web apps need two to three months. Waiting on content is the usual reason projects run late, so having it ready helps a lot.

Plan for roughly $40 a month to cover hosting, your domain and business email. If you would like us to handle updates and small changes, a care plan adds up to $150 a month. That part is optional.

Yes, always. Every page is designed and tested for phones, tablets and desktops. We do not charge extra for it.

No. The estimate covers designing and building the site. You pay for hosting and your domain directly to the provider, and we list those costs separately so you can see them.

A CMS lets your team edit the site without calling a developer, for example to add a blog post or a new team member. Each type of content you want to manage needs its own template, so more content types means a bit more work.

It means connecting your website to information that lives somewhere else, like a product list, a booking system or your CRM. The site can then show that data, or send new entries to it automatically.

No. We set up the technical side of SEO, such as page titles, redirects and site structure. Writing the page copy is a separate service, and we are happy to quote for it if you need it.

A template starts from a ready-made layout that we adapt to your brand. It is quicker and costs less. Custom design starts from a blank page and is built around your content and your customers. It takes longer, but it is made for you.

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