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WEB · STRATEGIE

What does a website cost to build in 2026

MBy M. Tufan, Co-founder · Published mrt 2026 · 7 min read
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Having a professional website built costs between €2,500 and €18,000 in 2026. A simple business site with a few pages sits around €2,500 to €5,000. A custom site with its own design, animations and integrations costs €8,000 to €18,000. A webshop starts at €4,500. The price is set by design (template or custom), number of pages, functionality, content and technology. Hosting and maintenance come on top each month, from €495 per month with a fully managed solution including monitoring.

A professional website costs between €2,500 and €18,000 in 2026. That range is wide because "a website" can mean anything, from a business card with five pages to a custom platform with integrations and interaction. Below you see exactly where the money goes.

The price factors in a row

Five things set most of the cost:

  • Design: adapting a template is cheaper than custom work a designer draws from scratch.
  • Number of pages: five pages take less work than fifty.
  • Functionality: a contact form is standard, a booking system or configurator is custom.
  • Content: supplying text and imagery yourself saves money, having it written and photographed costs extra.
  • Technology: the choice between WordPress and custom Next.js affects both build and maintenance costs.

What you get per budget

Concrete examples help more than ranges. These are the three categories we deliver most often.

€2,500 to €5,000: the solid business site

A clean, fast site with five to ten pages, an adapted template, a contact form and good basic SEO. Suitable for most SMBs that want to be findable online and come across as trustworthy. Usually live within four to six weeks.

€5,000 to €10,000: design with character

Here custom design comes into play, with a look that fits your brand, light animations and more pages. Often with a CMS so you manage content yourself. Suitable if you want to stand out from competitors on a standard template.

€10,000 to €18,000: custom work and interaction

Fully custom in Next.js, with bespoke design, configurators, integrations to external systems, multiple languages and high speed demands. This is the level at which we build our own products. Suitable for companies for which the website is a core part of the business.

A website is not a cost item but an investment. The question is not "what is cheapest", but "what does it return and what does the management cost over three years".

Webshops and SaaS are a separate case

A webshop has its own pricing logic because of products, stock, payments and shipping. Count from €4,500 for a standard webshop up to €30,000 for a custom headless solution with its own front end. Look at our webshop approach for the details.

If you want a software product rather than a website, you are in a different segment. A SaaS platform starts at €15,000 and runs up to €60,000, depending on complexity.

The monthly costs

The build price is one-time, but a website lives on. Count on recurring costs for:

  • Hosting and domain: from a few tens of euros per month for simple sites.
  • Maintenance and updates: ongoing with WordPress, more predictable with custom work.
  • Managed solution: with us from €495 per month on Hetzner with Cloudflare, including hosting, monitoring and maintenance.

A cheap build price with expensive or neglected aftercare often works out more costly than a solid investment up front with predictable management.

Where you save money and where you do not

Saving can be smart on design (a good template often suffices) and on content (supply it yourself). Do not save on speed, security and a crawlable structure, because that directly hits your findability and trustworthiness. A slow site costs you conversion every single day.

In doubt which segment your plan falls into? Request a quote through our web development page. We would rather give an honest range up front than a surprise afterward.

How a quote comes together

A reliable price needs a few answers up front. The sharper you phrase your wishes, the more accurate the quote. This is what a good builder wants to know:

  • The goal of the site. Generate leads, sell, inform or a combination. That shapes the setup.
  • The number of pages and features. A rough list is enough to give a range.
  • Whether you already have content and imagery, or it needs to be created. This affects the price considerably.
  • Existing systems that need to connect. An accounting package, CRM or inventory system makes the work larger.

A quote without this information is a guess. Beware of parties that name a fixed price without questions, because that almost always ends in extra work.

Build cheap, pay dear

The cheapest quote is rarely the best value over three years. A site put together too fast and too cheaply gets stuck on slow load times, poor findability or a maintenance contract that climbs anyway. Always calculate the total cost of ownership: build, hosting, maintenance and the lost revenue of a site that does not perform. A solid investment up front pays for itself in less hassle and better results.

FREQUENTLY ASKED

WEB · STRATEGIE · FAQ.

What is the cheapest way to have a professional website built?

The best-value route is a solid site with an adapted template, five to ten pages and content you supply yourself. That costs between €2,500 and €5,000 and is live within four to six weeks. Do not save on speed and security, because that directly hits your findability and trustworthiness.

Why do website prices differ so much?

The price depends on five factors: design (template or custom), number of pages, functionality, content and technology. A business card with five pages and a custom platform with integrations and interaction are both a website, but differ by factors in work. That is why the range runs from €2,500 to €18,000.

What does website maintenance cost per month?

Simple hosting costs a few tens of euros per month. A fully managed solution with hosting on Hetzner, Cloudflare, monitoring and maintenance starts with us from €495 per month. A cheap build price with neglected maintenance often works out more costly than a solid investment up front with predictable management.

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