My custom-built websites start at €800 for Starter, €1,200 for Business and €2,400 for Corporate. Alongside this actual offer, the guide uses illustrative budgets for different project scopes. These are not measured market averages or fixed quotes for every listed scenario.
What a website costs with me
- Starterfrom €800
- A one-page site or up to 3 subpages. Delivery in 1-2 weeks.
- Businessfrom €1,200
- 5-10 subpages with a blog, advanced SEO and copy for key pages. Delivery in 2-4 weeks.
- Corporatefrom €2,400
- 20+ subpages, multiple languages and content migration including redirects. Delivery in 4-8 weeks.
Describe what your website needs to do. I will send an initial estimate within 24 hours and a fixed quote with scope and timeline within 48 hours of our consultation.
At the end you'll find an interactive calculator that gives you a ballpark estimate in a few seconds based on a handful of questions. If you're more focused on selling online, I have a separate overview of how much an e-shop costs. If you already have a website and only want it rebuilt, a website redesign and rebuild starts at €600.
Illustrative project budgets
| Website Type | Price Range | Timeline | Best For |
|---|---|---|---|
Landing page |
€400-1,200 |
1-2 weeks |
Freelancers, campaigns, MVP |
Business website |
€1,200-3,200 |
3-6 weeks |
Small and mid-size businesses |
Advanced website |
€3,200-8,000 |
1-3 months |
Companies with a blog, multilingual |
Corporate portal |
8,000-40,000+ EUR (200,000-1,000,000+ CZK) |
3-12 months |
Large enterprises, customer zones |
The figures and timelines are authored planning scenarios, not market statistics or my binding price list. An actual quote confirms scope, price and delivery conditions. A cheaper template solution can be sufficient for a limited purpose.
One important note: this guide covers websites. If you're pricing an application, a booking system, internal tool or SaaS, read the separate guide on how much custom app development costs.
Pricing Tiers in Detail
1. One-Page Website (Landing Page): €400-1,200
A single-page presentation for early-stage entrepreneurs, freelancers, or as a landing page for ad campaigns. What you should get: responsive design, a contact form, basic SEO, and a launch within 1-2 weeks. A heads-up, a quality landing page with copywriting and conversion tracking sits closer to the upper end of the range.
2. Business Website (5-10 pages): €1,200-3,200
A standard company website includes about, services, references, contact, and often a blog. Check the proposed design approach, CMS, SEO foundation, analytics and conditions for a 3-6 week delivery. Value depends on your requirements, not on the price tier itself.
For a 5-10 page business website at €1,200-3,200, compare the design scope, editing, content, SEO foundation and analytics. A 3-6 week timeline assumes timely materials and agreed approvals. Smaller custom sites start around €800; the price alone does not prove implementation quality.
3. Advanced Business Website: €3,200-8,000
A website with advanced features, a refined design with animations, a blog with an admin panel, multilingual versions, calculators, and CRM or email integrations. 10-30 subpages, launch in 1-3 months.
4. Corporate Website / Portal: 8,000-40,000+ EUR (200,000-1,000,000+ CZK)
A complex project for larger companies: dozens to hundreds of pages, a customer portal with login, ERP/CRM/API integrations, and performance optimization for high traffic. Delivery in 3-12 months.
What would your website cost?
Describe what your website needs to do. I will send an initial estimate within 24 hours and a fixed quote with scope and timeline within 48 hours of our consultation.
What Affects the Price of a Website
Five things that move the price of a website the most
- Design €200-600, or €800-4,000 template adaptation or bespoke design (illustrative)
- Technology WordPress and Next.js can both be done well or badly, the framework name guarantees no speed
- Content €60-120 per copy page illustrative, photography €200-800
- Custom features a calculator, configurator, booking system or members area raise cost and upkeep
- SEO technical basics belong in every website, an audit with a roadmap starts at €400
Design: Template vs Custom
Separate template licensing, layout adaptation and custom design. An illustrative €200-600 for template adaptation or €800-4,000 for bespoke design is neither a market statistic nor a quote. Judge the result by readability and visitor tasks. See Shoptet template versus custom design.
Technology: WordPress vs a Modern Stack
Both WordPress and React/Next.js can be implemented well or poorly. The framework alone guarantees neither speed, security, SEO nor a return on investment. Images, scripts, rendering, hosting, updates and access management matter. Google explains that even good Core Web Vitals do not guarantee top rankings. Ask for specific requirements and checks rather than a promise based on a technology name. I discuss the operational differences in WordPress vs Next.js.
Content and Copywriting
Quote copy and photography by deliverables, preparation, revisions and usage rights. An illustrative €60-120 per copy page or €200-800 for photography is not a universal rate. See preparing materials.
Custom Features
A calculator, configurator, booking system or members area can increase both development and maintenance costs. Effort depends on integrations and whether you use an existing service or custom development. A higher price does not automatically mean greater value: state the problem each feature solves and how you will check the benefit.
SEO and the Technical Foundation
Basic technical SEO (meta tags, URL structure, sitemap, schema, speed) should be part of every website from the ground up, not an expensive add-on. Advanced SEO with keyword research and a content plan is a separate project, an audit with a roadmap starts at €400, while e-shops and larger sites are quoted by scope. What technical SEO involves, you'll find in the technical SEO checklist.
Meta tags, URL structure, a sitemap, schema, and speed should be a standard part of every website from the ground up, not an extra line item. The phrase "we'll add the SEO later for an extra fee" is a red flag. Rebuilding a finished website for SEO costs far more than building it right the first time.
Two quotes for a "five-page website" can cover very different work. In one, you supply finished copy and photos; in the other, the structure still needs planning, the content needs writing and a booking system needs integrating. Compare the individual activities, not just the totals.
Worked example: What to check on one page
illustrative example
| Field | Value | Check |
|---|---|---|
| URL | example.com/bicycle-repairs | Intended address |
| Title / H1 | Bicycle repair Ostrava | Matches content |
| Canonical | example.com/bicycle-repairs | Same target page |
| Robots | noindex | Error: left over from staging |
Before publication, remove unintended noindex and verify the deployed output.
The Average Price of a Website: Why the Average Alone Misleads
"What's the average price of a website" can be answered with a number, but that number will mislead you. An average blends a one-page card for €600 with a corporate portal for €16,000, and fits neither.
The scenarios distinguish briefs, not purchase frequency. I have no representative data establishing the most common price category. Compare content, functions, handover and running costs.
One average, or a line-by-line comparison
- One average number
- blends a €600 one-page card with a €16,000 corporate portal
- fits neither the card nor the portal
- has little value without a description of the sample
- Line-by-line comparison of quotes
- content
- functions
- handover
- running costs
What a Website With a CMS Costs
A CMS lets users edit agreed content types. Check the editor, roles, preview and export. Static output can also come from a CMS. Cost depends on the data model and migration; €200-800 is only an illustrative allowance. Licensing, self-hosting and maintenance are distinct costs. Check any free tier against project limits.
For infrequent changes, compare a CMS with commissioned edits. Website management starts at €60 monthly for monitoring only; the first plan with work hours is Care at €220 per month (3 hours included).
Hidden and Ongoing Costs Nobody Mentions
Build the operating budget from actual domain, hosting, licence, maintenance and content rates. Check renewal prices, limits and what is already included.
Concrete calculation: 12 months of my Care plan at €220 cost €2,640. This is not a market average; a new website is separate. SSL is included, hosting and the domain are not: I price hosting individually based on complexity and expected traffic. Other arrangements can cost differently. See website management.
Write down two totals: the cost of launching the website and the cost of running it over an agreed period. For a licence or external service, note who you pay and what happens if you stop using it.
Two totals: launch and running
- Launch (one-off)
- design and build
- pages, features and handover
- Running (ongoing)
- domain and hosting: account owner, plan, renewal
- licences: who pays the renewal
- content and edits: what is in support and what is extra
- management, such as my Care plan at €220 per month
Worked example: A website's first year: three cost types
ORIGINAL EXAMPLE · FICTIONAL DATA
| Item | When incurred | What to agree |
|---|---|---|
| Design and build | Once | Pages, features, handover |
| Domain and hosting | Recurring | Account owner, plan, renewal |
| Licences | Depends on tools | Who pays renewal |
| Content and edits | As commissioned | Included support versus extras |
The total budget is more than the launch invoice.
How the Price Is Actually Calculated
A fair quote isn't a "number out of thin air." It comes together like this:
What a fair quote is made of
- Scope how many pages, which features, how many languages
- Design template, semi-custom, or fully custom
- Content do you supply it, or should I prepare or rewrite it
- Integrations payments, booking, CRM, ERP, API
- Time pressure express delivery usually comes with a surcharge
A defined scope can support a fixed price. Uncertain integrations may need paid discovery or hourly work with a cap and approvals. Unclear scope and uncontrolled increases are warning signs, not hourly billing itself.
A quote should state scope, estimate or fixed price, assumptions and change rules. Before increasing the budget, the supplier should explain why and obtain approval. Not every uncertainty can be eliminated upfront.
Why Prices Vary So Much
- The maker's experience, a junior is usually cheaper, a senior more expensive but typically faster and less likely to need a rebuild.
- Freelancer vs agency, an agency carries higher overhead (account managers, middle layers) that you pay for in the price. With a freelancer, you deal directly with the person building the site.
- Project scope, a seemingly simple website hides dozens of hours of work.
- Implementation quality, compare price against functionality, speed, accessibility and editing capabilities. Neither a low nor a high price proves those properties.
How to Spot a Fair Quote (and the Red Flags)
A quality provider gives you a quote you can read. Next to the red flags, it looks like this:
A fair quote and the red flags
- What a fair quote contains
- a line-by-line breakdown, not a single number
- a timeline with milestones and a delivery date
- reference projects of a similar scope
- clear terms on ownership of the code and source files
- information about ongoing costs after launch
- Red flags
- "a website for 200 EUR, everything included"
- no contract
- an unwillingness to say what the site will run on
- "we'll add the SEO later for an extra fee"
Why a cheap solution ends up costing more, I break down in why a website for 200 EUR isn't enough. And how to choose a provider in general, in how to choose a web agency.
How to Save Without Losing Quality
- Prepare your content in advance, copy, photos, logo. You'll save hours of work (and that means money).
- Start with an MVP, launch the core and expand gradually based on real data.
- Choose the right technology, you don't always need the most expensive solution, but you don't want the cheapest either.
- Invest in SEO from the start, rebuilding a finished website for SEO is far more expensive than building it right the first time.
What You Get With Me
Here is a concrete offer: a custom website with me starts at €800 (Starter), and every website includes a fixed price and deadline, a work contract, technical SEO from the ground up, and source code that is yours once paid off. I build in React/Next.js; editing, measurement and performance requirements are agreed in the brief and checked at handover. Details and packages are on the website development page.
🧮 Calculate Your Price in a Few Seconds
Don't feel like reading through tables? Open the website price calculator, answer a few questions (site type, number of pages, e-shop, languages) and you'll instantly get a ballpark range. No commitment, and I can email you a detailed breakdown too.
What to take away
- A custom website with me starts at €800 (Starter), Business at €1,200 and Corporate at €2,400, always with a fixed price and deadline.
- The ranges in the article are illustrative budgets, not market statistics: a business website €1,200-3,200 and an advanced website €3,200-8,000.
- Compare quotes line by line: scope, design, content, integrations and deadline.
- Besides the launch, budget for running costs: domain, hosting, licences and management.
- Technical SEO should be included from the start, not sold as a later add-on.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does a simple business website cost? An indicative range for a 5-10 page custom business website is €1,200-3,200; smaller custom sites start around €800. Compare the actual scope, handover and running costs, not just the price.
Why can't I have a website for 200 EUR? A €200 offer may cover a narrow scope or adapting an existing template. Check content, forms, responsiveness, technical SEO and handover terms. Price alone does not prove those things are missing. I discuss small-budget risks in why a website for 200 EUR is not enough.
What is the average price of a website? Without a defined sample, one average is of limited value. These ranges are planning scenarios, not market statistics. My packages start at €800, €1,200 and €2,400 according to scope.
How much does a website with a CMS cost? The editor, content types, roles and migration determine cost. The €200-800 allowance is illustrative, not a universal rate. Compare it with commissioned edits.
Are hosting and the domain included in the price? It depends on the quote. Confirm hosting, domain ownership and any included operating period. A separate management plan is another service; do not count its included items twice.
How long does it take to build a website? The illustrative schedule allows 1-2 weeks for a landing page, 3-6 weeks for a business site and 1-3 months for an advanced site. These are not guaranteed deadlines: the brief, materials and capacity determine the agreed plan.
Is a custom website worth it, or is a template enough? A template can serve an established business well too. Custom development makes sense when an existing solution limits an important function, content or brand expression. Check speed, editing and measurement in the actual proposal; bespoke development does not automatically improve them.
Conclusion
Website cost in 2026 depends on scope. The indicative range here is €1,200-3,200 for a business website and €3,200-8,000 for an advanced site. Smaller projects can cost less and complex ones more. Without the brief, the price cannot establish quality or return on investment.
The most important thing is finding a provider you trust and who understands your business. A website isn't a business card, it's your most important sales tool. And that's not something worth cutting corners on. Take a look at the calculator or head straight to my website development offer.