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Website Cost Calculator: How Much Does a Website Cost?

A one-page site on a website builder costs $29–$228 in the first year with your own domain. Hiring a freelancer costs $300–$1,500 for a landing page and $1,500–$5,000 for a business site. Agencies commonly quote $1,000–$3,000 for a basic site and $5,000–$20,000 for a mid-sized one. Answer four questions to see the cost for your site over 1 or 3 years.

What kind of site?
How will it get built?
What do you need?
Over how long?

Your estimate

For a one-page site with your own domain, a builder costs $29–$264 in the first year; hiring someone costs $300–$3,000 up front, plus a plan to run it on.

DIY builder

Year 1, all in
$29–$228
  • Included: Hosting and SSL
  • Included: Contact form
  • Included: Your own domain: $10–$16 the first year (free on some plans), then $11–$23 a year
  • Extra: Your time: you design it and write it

Based on Carrd Pro Standard, Hostinger Premium, WordPress.com Personal, Framer Basic, Wix Light, Squarespace Basic.

Renews higher after the first year: Hostinger Premium ($131.88 a year), WordPress.com Personal ($60 a year).

AI builder

Your pick
Year 1, all in
$49–$264
  • Included: Hosting and SSL
  • Included: Contact form
  • Included: Your own domain: $10–$16 the first year (free on some plans), then $11–$23 a year
  • Included: Design and copy from your description

Based on Lumipage Publish, Durable Launch.

Freelancer

Up front
$300–$1,500
Year 1, all in
$329–$1,728
  • Included: Design and build
  • Included: A builder plan or hosting to run it on
  • Included: Your own domain: $10–$16 the first year (free on some plans), then $11–$23 a year
  • Extra: Maintenance, if you pay for it: $50–$200 a month

Running costs based on Carrd Pro Standard, Hostinger Premium, WordPress.com Personal, Framer Basic, Wix Light, Squarespace Basic.

Renews higher after the first year: Hostinger Premium ($131.88 a year), WordPress.com Personal ($60 a year).

Agency

Up front
$1,000–$3,000
Year 1, all in
$1,029–$3,228
  • Included: Design and build
  • Included: A builder plan or hosting to run it on
  • Included: Your own domain: $10–$16 the first year (free on some plans), then $11–$23 a year
  • Extra: An agency retainer, if you pay for it: $500–$3,000 a month

Running costs based on Carrd Pro Standard, Hostinger Premium, WordPress.com Personal, Framer Basic, Wix Light, Squarespace Basic.

Renews higher after the first year: Hostinger Premium ($131.88 a year), WordPress.com Personal ($60 a year).

Lumipage: $39/yr or $4.99/mo

Designed from a description, with the copy written. Free to build and preview. Custom domain support, forms and analytics included. Prices exclude VAT, with a 14-day refund.

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Prices checked 11 November 2026. US prices in USD, before tax. Sources are listed below.

Four ways to get a website

What each way of building a website costs.

The biggest difference is who does the work. A builder plan is cheap because you design and write the site. Hiring someone costs more up front, and the site still needs somewhere to run.

Do it yourself with a builder

$29–$228 in year one for a one-page site on your own domain

Carrd, WordPress.com, Hostinger, Framer, Wix and Squarespace charge for a plan, usually billed yearly. You pick a template, lay it out and write the text. A multi-page business site comes to $48–$228 in year one on the same builders.

What drives the price: a custom domain, selling online, the billing term you commit to, and what the plan renews at.

AI builder that designs it for you

$39 to $264 a year

You describe the site and the builder designs it and writes the copy. Durable Launch is $264 a year and builds multi-page sites. Lumipage is $39 a year for a one-page site.

What drives the price: how many pages it handles, and extras bundled with the site, such as a CRM or bookings.

Hire a freelancer

$300–$1,500 for a landing page, $1,500–$5,000 for a business site

Typical project costs on Upwork: $300–$1,500 for a landing page, $1,500–$5,000 for a 5 to 10 page business site, $500–$2,000 for a blog and $3,000–$10,000 for an online store. Freelance web designers in a 2025 pricing survey charged $76–$131 an hour.

What drives the price: the number of pages, custom design versus a template, a store, and whether they write the copy. The site still needs a builder plan or hosting.

Hire an agency

$1,000–$3,000 for a basic site, $5,000–$20,000 for a mid-sized one

In GoodFirms’ 2026 survey of web firms, most quote $1,000–$3,000 for a basic website, $5,000–$20,000 for a mid-sized business website and $5,000–$50,000 for an ecommerce site. Clutch lists US agency rates at $100–$149 an hour.

What drives the price: project size, strategy and design work, integrations, and ongoing support.

Side by side

Website cost by type of site.

Builder columns are the first year with your own domain. Freelancer and agency columns are the build cost alone. Prices checked 11 November 2026, US prices in USD before tax.

SiteDIY builder, year 1AI builder, year 1Freelancer, buildAgency, build
One-page site$29–$228$49–$264$300–$1,500$1,000–$3,000
Multi-page business site$48–$228$264$1,500–$5,000$5,000–$20,000
Online store$60–$364Not offered$3,000–$10,000$5,000–$50,000
Blog$48–$228$264$500–$2,000$5,000–$25,000

Builder prices are the cheapest fitting plan of each builder we checked. For builder-by-builder prices, see the cheapest website builder comparison.

Easy to miss

The hidden costs of a website.

Domain renewal.

A .com costs $10–$16 for the first year at the registrars we checked and $11–$23 a year after that. Many builders include a free domain for the first year on yearly plans, then it renews at the registrar’s price. GoDaddy shows $0.01 for the first year, but only when you buy 3 years.

Intro price versus renewal.

Hostinger Premium is $47.88 for a 12-month term, then renews at $131.88 a year. WordPress.com Personal is $48 for the first year and $60 after.

Multi-year prepay.

The lowest monthly prices often need years paid upfront. Hostinger’s $1.99 a month is $95.52 for 48 months, then $10.99 a month. WordPress.com Personal is $99 for 3 years.

Maintenance.

On a builder, the plan covers hosting and updates, and you make changes yourself. If you pay someone to maintain the site, Upwork puts it at $50–$200 a month. Agency retainers are commonly $500–$3,000 a month.

Where Lumipage fits

When Lumipage is the right fit, and when it isn’t.

Lumipage builds one-page sites from a description. It’s $39 a year or $4.99 a month to publish, and free to build and preview. See Lumipage pricing.

A good fit when

  • You need a one-page site: a personal page, a portfolio, a link-in-bio page, an event page with RSVPs, a landing page or a small business site.

  • You’d rather describe the site than build it. Lumipage designs the page and writes the copy, with three designs made for you.

  • You want one flat price: $4.99 a month or $39 a year, with custom domain support, forms and analytics, and no Lumipage branding.

  • You want to see the site before paying. Building and previewing are free.

Pick something else when

  • You need an online store. Shopify, Squarespace, Wix and WordPress.com sell online. Lumipage doesn’t.

  • You need a blog or many pages. Lumipage makes one page per site.

  • You want to pay nothing. Carrd and WordPress.com let you publish free on their address. Lumipage needs a plan to publish.

  • You want the lowest paid price and will do the design yourself. Carrd Pro Standard is $19 a year.

  • You want to place every element yourself. Wix, Squarespace, Framer and Carrd have visual editors.

Compare builders that handle bigger sites in the cheapest website builder guide.

Questions

Website cost questions, answered.

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For a one-page site on your own domain, a website builder costs $29–$228 in the first year with the plans we checked. A freelancer charges $300–$1,500 for a landing page and $1,500–$5,000 for a business site of 5 to 10 pages (Upwork). Agencies commonly quote $1,000–$3,000 for a basic site and $5,000–$20,000 for a mid-sized business site (GoodFirms). Prices checked 11 November 2026.

A multi-page business site on a builder costs $48–$228 in the first year, domain included. Hiring a freelancer costs $1,500–$5,000 up front, and an agency $5,000–$20,000, plus a plan or hosting to run it on. If one page is enough, a builder costs $29–$228 in the first year.

On a builder, $29–$228 in the first year with your own domain. Lumipage is $39 a year and designs and writes the page for you. A freelancer charges $300–$1,500 for a landing page.

A .com costs $10–$16 for the first year at the registrars we checked and $11–$23 a year after that. Many builders include one free for the first year on a yearly plan.

On a builder, maintenance is the plan’s renewal price and your own time. Paying a freelancer to maintain a site costs $50–$200 a month (Upwork), and agency retainers are commonly $500–$3,000 a month (GoodFirms).

Building and previewing are free. Publishing needs the Publish plan: $4.99 a month or $39 a year for one site, with hosting, SSL, custom domain support, forms and analytics. Prices exclude VAT, and there’s a 14-day refund.

From each builder’s and registrar’s own pricing page, and from published cost guides and surveys by Upwork, GoodFirms, Clutch and the Editorial Freelancers Association. US prices in USD before tax, checked 11 November 2026. Every source is listed on this page.

Sources

Prices checked 11 November 2026. US prices in USD, before tax. Prices change and promotions end, so check each provider for the latest. Lumipage’s price is from our pricing page.

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