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What does a website actually cost in 2026?
Move the options, watch the number. A real upfront and monthly range in seconds, built from what projects actually cost. No email required.
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Your site
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Features and content
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Hosting and ongoing care
Estimated one-time build
$6,500 to $15,000
- Build and design
- $6,500 to $15,000
- Premium plugins, first year
- $0
- Content (copy and images)
- $0
Estimated monthly
$85 to $210
- Hosting
- $10 to $60
- Care plan
- $75 to $150
Ongoing WordPress care typically runs $30 to $500 a month. These are approximate ranges from real 2026 market data, not a quote.
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The calculator above gives you a working price range in seconds. Use this website price calculator to size up a project before you brief it, or to calculate your website cost line by line across design, hosting, and plugins. The rest of this page explains where those numbers come from, so you can read any quote you get with a sharp eye. We build and maintain WordPress sites for a living, so these ranges reflect what real projects actually cost, not round-number guesses.
How much does a website cost? Full 2026 price breakdown by type
A professional website typically costs $1,000 to $5,000 for a simple brochure site, $6,500 to $15,000 for a standard business site, $1,500 to $25,000 for an online store, and $15,000 or more for a custom build. The price tracks three things: the type of site, how custom the design is, and the features you need. Here is the lay of the land:
| Site type | Typical cost | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Brochure site | $1,000 to $5,000 | A few pages: who you are, what you do, how to reach you |
| Business site | $6,500 to $15,000 | Lead generation, service pages, blog, light integrations |
| WooCommerce store | $1,500 to $25,000 | Selling products online, from a small catalog to a real shop |
| Custom build | $15,000 to $100,000+ | Web apps, complex integrations, anything bespoke |
These bands blend current freelancer and agency pricing reported by sources like WebFX and Codeable. Anything quoted under about $1,000 usually means a do-it-yourself builder, not a built site, and the exact figure for your project depends on who builds it and how custom it is.
Web design cost calculator: what design and development really cost
Design is the single biggest lever on price. A template build runs $500 to $2,000, a semi-custom design $2,000 to $7,500, and a fully custom design $5,000 to $20,000 or more. The jump is about how much is built from scratch versus adapted from something existing, per pricing data from Knapsack Creative.
Template
$500 to $2,000
Live fast and cheap, but you are working inside someone else’s layout.
Semi-custom
$2,000 to $7,500
Keeps a solid base and reworks the parts that carry your brand. Where most businesses land.
Fully custom
$5,000 to $20,000+
Starts on a blank page and matches you exactly. The look does the selling.
A template gets you live fast and cheap, but you are working inside someone else’s layout. A semi-custom build keeps a solid base and reworks the parts that carry your brand. Fully custom means the design starts on a blank page and matches you exactly. None is “right,” it depends on how much the site has to do and how much the look matters to the sale.
WordPress website cost: hosting, themes, plugins, and total monthly spend
WordPress itself is free. The real cost is the build plus the pieces around it: a theme ($0 to $200), premium plugins ($0 to $1,000), managed hosting ($3 to $60 a month), and ongoing maintenance ($30 to $500 a month). A professional WordPress build runs from a few thousand dollars up to $100,000 for agency work, depending on scope, per WebFX.
$0 to $200
Theme
$0 to $1,000
Premium plugins
$3 to $60
Managed hosting, monthly
$30 to $500
Maintenance, monthly
This is where the generic cost calculators fall short, and where we can be straight with you. The cost most people underestimate is plugins. Forms, premium SEO, memberships, bookings, WooCommerce extensions: those are real line items, and most renew every year. Your build approach matters too. An off-the-shelf theme is cheapest, a page builder like Elementor or Divi sits in the middle, and a custom block theme costs more up front but is leaner and faster to run long term. The calculator above is built around these WordPress-specific choices, not a vague “Standard or Advanced” dropdown, because those choices are what actually move your number.
Ecommerce website cost calculator: pricing online stores by size and features
A WooCommerce store runs about $1,500 to $8,000 for a small shop, $5,000 to $25,000 for a mid-size store, and well past that for complex or high-volume builds, per Codeable. The drivers are product count, how many payment and shipping options you need, and any extensions for subscriptions, bookings, or wholesale pricing.
Small shop
$1,500 to $8,000
A handful of products with standard checkout. A modest build.
Mid-size store
$5,000 to $25,000
A real catalog, multiple payment gateways, custom shipping rules.
Complex or high-volume
$50,000+
Subscriptions, wholesale, integrations. A different project entirely.
A handful of products with standard checkout is a modest build. Hundreds of products, multiple payment gateways, and custom shipping rules is a different project. The store also carries more ongoing cost than a brochure site, because payments, inventory, and plugin updates all need watching.
Custom website cost calculator: bespoke builds vs. templates
A custom website starts around $15,000 and climbs past $100,000 for enterprise work, while a template build can launch for $1,000 to $5,000. The honest tradeoff: templates are cheap and quick but constrained, and custom is slower and pricier but scales with you and bends to exactly what you need.
Most businesses do not need a fully bespoke WordPress build, and a good semi-custom WordPress build covers them well. Custom earns its cost when you have a workflow, an integration, or a brand experience that an off-the-shelf design genuinely cannot deliver. If you are not sure which camp you are in, that is a five-minute conversation, not a guess.
Website maintenance cost: ongoing monthly and yearly pricing
Website maintenance runs about $30 to $500 a month for most small-business sites, and more for high-traffic or e-commerce, depending on how much hands-on care the site needs. Codeable puts the full market range at $30 to $5,000 or more a month. This is the cost people forget when they compare build quotes, and it is the one that protects everything you spent on the build.
A real plan covers core, plugin, and theme updates tested before they go live, scheduled off-site backups, security monitoring, uptime checks, and a block of support hours. The cheap plans stop at automated updates and hope nothing breaks. We break down what belongs in a plan in our guide to WordPress maintenance plans. The monthly figure in the calculator above is your starting point for that.
What a real plan covers
- Core, plugin, and theme updates tested before they go live
- Scheduled off-site backups
- Security monitoring and uptime checks
- A block of support hours each month
Frequently asked questions
How much does a website cost in 2026?
A do-it-yourself builder site runs a few hundred dollars a year. A professional small-business site usually lands between $5,000 and $15,000, and complex or custom builds run $15,000 to $100,000 or more. The range comes down to design, features, and who builds it.
How much does a WordPress website cost?
The software is free. Once you add hosting, a domain, premium themes and plugins, and maintenance, expect roughly $7 to $1,250 a month all in, on top of a one-time build that runs from a few thousand dollars to tens of thousands for a professional business site, depending on scope. The plugins are the cost most people miss.
How much does an ecommerce website cost?
A small WooCommerce store starts around $1,500 to $8,000. A mid-size store with a real catalog runs $5,000 to $25,000, and large or custom stores climb past $50,000. Product count, payment options, and shipping rules are the main drivers.
What is the difference between a custom and a template website cost?
Templates run about $1,000 to $5,000 and launch in days, but you work inside a fixed layout. Custom builds start around $15,000 and take weeks to months, but they match your exact needs and scale better. Most businesses do well with a semi-custom build in between.
How much does it cost to maintain a website per month?
Maintenance runs about $30 to $500 a month for a typical small-business site, and more for high-traffic or e-commerce. A basic plan covers updates, backups, and security. Higher tiers add support hours, faster response, and more hands-on care. Skipping it is cheap right up until something breaks.
How much does a small business website cost?
A first professional small-business site typically lands between $2,000 and $15,000, depending on page count and design. Built do-it-yourself on a builder, you can get live for $100 to $600 the first year, but you trade money for your own time and a more limited result.
How accurate is a website cost calculator?
It gives you a solid ballpark based on page count, features, and current industry averages. A firm number still depends on the details of your project and the vendor you choose. That is why our calculator ends with a free, exact quote in two business hours rather than pretending the estimate is final.
Why are website quotes so different from one another?
Page count, custom design, features and integrations, who writes the content, and whether you hire a freelancer, an agency, or use a builder all swing the price. Two quotes can describe very different scopes behind the same word “website,” which is why an itemized estimate beats a single number.
Want the exact number for your project?
An estimate is a starting point. If you want the exact number for your project, we will send a firm quote within two business hours, Monday to Friday. No call required, no sales pitch. If you would rather talk it through first, you can book a free consultation. And if you are an agency pricing client work, you can quote it here, mark it up, and have our white-label WordPress team build it under your brand.