--- title: 'How much does a business website cost in 2026?' url: 'https://clavado.pl/en/blog/how-much-does-a-business-website-cost' markdown: 'https://clavado.pl/en/blog/how-much-does-a-business-website-cost.md' lang: en date: '2026-06-25' description: 'How much does a business website cost in 2026? Realistic price ranges, what drives the cost, and where not to cut corners. A practical guide from the Clavado studio.' --- STRATEGY 25.06.2026 9 min read # How much does a business website cost in 2026? What actually drives the price, where you can save without regret, and where you should not. No "it depends" without an explanation, and no hidden costs after the fact. Ask "how much does a website cost?" and most agencies say "it depends" - and they are right. The problem is that the answer does not help you plan a budget. So let us break it down: real ranges, what drives the price, and where saving money backfires. Let us agree on one thing up front: a website is not a cost, it is a sales tool. The question is not "what is the cheapest", but "what does it need to cost before it starts earning". ## Realistic ranges for 2026 Prices for a site built by a professional team: - **Do-it-yourself builder** (Wix, WordPress with a theme) - €0–500. The real cost is your time, and a result that usually looks like a template. - **Landing page / simple one-pager** - €700–2,000. One well-designed page with a single clear goal. - **Company website** (a dozen or so pages, CMS, multiple languages) - €2,000–6,000. The most common choice for SMEs. - **Larger platform, portal or store** - €6,000–20,000 and up. Integrations, payments, business logic. If someone offers you a "company website for €200", you are not buying a website - you are buying a theme someone swaps in within an hour. It usually comes back to you a year later as the cost of building it again. ## What actually drives the price Four things decide the range: 1. **Scope** - 5 pages or 40. This drives the work on content and design almost linearly. 2. **Custom design vs template** - bespoke design costs more, but it is what sets you apart from competitors who bought the same theme. 3. **Content and photography** - who writes the copy and where the images come from. Good content is the most underestimated line item. 4. **Features** - forms, multiple languages, CRM or booking integrations, e-commerce. Each one is a separate module. ## Where you can save without regret - **You do not need 30 pages at launch.** Start with the ones that sell, add the rest later. - **Stock photos are fine at first** - book a photo shoot once the site is already earning. - **The blog does not have to launch on day one.** A solid foundation beats 10 empty posts. ## Where not to cut corners - **Speed, mobile, accessibility.** This is the foundation - fixing it later costs more than doing it right the first time. - **Content architecture.** How the information is organised decides whether a customer finds what they came for. - **Measurement.** Without analytics you do not know which sections work - you pay for a site and fly blind. - **Support after launch.** Someone has to pick up the phone when something needs to change. > A cheap website is not cheap. It is deferred - you pay for it a second time when it has to be rebuilt. ## The hidden costs nobody mentions Add these to your budget - they are easy to miss at the quote stage: - **Domain** - a few euros a year. - **Hosting** - from a few dozen euros a year, upward depending on traffic. - **Maintenance and updates** - security, backups, small changes. - **Growth** - new sections as your offer changes. The good news: these costs are predictable. The bad scenario is the one where they show up as a surprise because nobody mentioned them. ## How much you should budget A simple rule: **the budget should match what the site is meant to earn you.** If one client is worth several thousand euros, a €5,000 site that brings in three pays for itself in a month. If you sell a €10 product, the maths is different - and that is fine. Before you ask for a price, answer one question: *what is this site supposed to do for me?* The answer sets the budget better than any price list. ## Where to start If you want a concrete quote tailored to your case - [get in touch](https://clavado.pl/en/kontakt). And if you already have a site and wonder whether to fix it or rebuild it, start with a [free audit](https://clavado.pl/en/audyt) - we will tell you plainly what works and what is costing you customers. [← All posts](https://clavado.pl/en/blog) [ Let's talk about your project → ](https://clavado.pl/en/contact) --- ## Navigation - Parent: [Blog](https://clavado.pl/en/blog.md) - Previous: [Google or ChatGPT? How customers search for businesses in 2026](https://clavado.pl/en/blog/google-or-chatgpt-how-customers-search.md) - Next: [How to make your website bring in clients](https://clavado.pl/en/blog/how-to-make-your-website-bring-clients.md)