Website Cost Calculator
Describe your website and get a build plan, price range and timeline in about two minutes. Business sites, WordPress and online stores.
Building web and mobile apps since 2015. Your quote is your price unless the scope changes.
How much does a website cost?
A simple business website from Cliffex usually costs $1,000 to $1,500. Sites with booking, a blog or many pages usually cost $2,000 to $4,500, and online stores start at about $4,500. The price depends on how many pages you need, which features they have, such as booking, ordering or a shop, and whether you want a custom design. The calculator above plans your site page by page and gives you a price range and timeline. Updated October 2026.
Website cost by type
Most of the websites we build fall into these ranges.
| Type of website | Typical cost | Timeline | What it usually includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple business website | $1,000 to $1,500 | 2 to 4 weeks | About five pages, contact form, mobile-friendly layout, search setup |
| Business website with booking or a blog | $2,000 to $4,500 | 3 to 6 weeks | Service pages, blog, online booking or reservations, confirmation emails |
| Online store | $4,500 to $10,000 | 4 to 8 weeks | Product catalog, search and filters, cart and checkout, shipping and tax rules |
| Custom web app or portal | From $4,000 | 4 weeks and up | Logins, dashboards and your own business rules; use the app cost calculator |
Website cost by approach
Who builds your site changes the price as much as what is on it.
| Approach | What you pay | Best for |
|---|---|---|
| Website builder you set up yourself (Wix, Squarespace) | A monthly plan, plus your own time | Very simple sites when you have time to build and update them |
| Freelancer | A one-time fee that varies widely with experience | Small, well-defined sites |
| Cliffex | A fixed quote: business sites from about $1,000, online stores from $4,500 | Sites that need booking, ordering, a shop, a custom design or ongoing support |
Worked examples from this calculator
We ran these websites through the calculator on 9 October 2026 and kept what it planned for the build. AI writes a fresh plan each time, so your result can differ.
| Website | Stage | Estimate | Timeline | Included in the build |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Five-page website for an accounting firm | Just an idea | $1,000 to $1,300 | 2 to 4 weeks | Five core pages, contact form, search setup, mobile-friendly layout |
| Dental clinic website with a blog and online booking | I have an audience | $2,100 to $2,600 | 3 to 5 weeks | Service and team pages, appointment booking, confirmation emails, blog, click-to-call and map |
| Restaurant website with reservations and pickup ordering | Just an idea | $3,200 to $4,100 | 3 to 5 weeks | Menu and gallery, table reservations with availability rules, pickup cart and checkout, order management |
| Online clothing store with about 200 products | I have an audience | $5,300 to $6,800 | 4 to 6 weeks | Catalog, search and filters, cart and checkout, shipping and tax rules, brand-matched design |
Estimates include design, development, testing, search setup, launch and 30 days of support.
How it works
Describe your website in plain words: what your business does, which pages you need and what visitors should be able to do, like book, order or buy. In about 30 seconds you get a plan written for your site. Keep what you need, deselect what you don’t, and add anything marked for later. Confirm your email and your price range, timeline and full breakdown appear on screen, with a copy in your inbox. If you want a fixed price, book a short call and we send a written quote.
Every website estimate includes
- Mobile-friendly design
- Search engine setup
- Testing on phones and desktops
- Launch on your domain
- 30 days of support after launch
Costs after launch
The build is a one-time cost. Plan for these too.
| Cost after launch | What to expect |
|---|---|
| Domain name | Billed yearly by your domain registrar |
| Hosting | Billed by your host; we recommend one that fits your traffic |
| Shopify plan (online stores) | Billed monthly by Shopify |
| Paid plugins or apps | Only if your site needs them; we tell you before we add any |
| Support and changes | 30 days of support included, then $25 to $49 an hour, estimated before we start |
Got questions?
Well, we've got answers
A simple business website with a few pages and a contact form usually costs $1,000 to $1,500 with us. Sites with booking, a blog or many service pages usually cost $2,000 to $4,500. Use the calculator above for a range based on your own site.
For a small business site of about five pages, a contact form and a mobile-friendly design, yes: that is a fair professional price. Add booking, online ordering, a shop or a custom design and the price goes up, which the calculator shows item by item.
WordPress itself is free. A professionally built WordPress site from us usually costs $1,000 to $4,500 depending on pages and features, plus hosting and a domain, which you pay to those providers. Our team sets it up so you can edit pages yourself.
A professionally built online store usually costs $4,500 to $10,000 with us, depending on the number of products, payment and shipping rules, and design. An online clothing store with about 200 products came out at $5,300 to $6,800 in this calculator. See Shopify development.
The build is a one-time cost. After that you pay for hosting and your domain, and for Shopify stores, a monthly Shopify plan, all billed by those providers. You get 30 days of support after launch; later changes are $25 to $49 an hour, estimated before we start.
A redesign usually costs about the same as a new site with the same pages and features, because most of the work is design and rebuilding. We keep your existing search traffic with redirects and SEO checks. See website redesign.
Simple business sites usually take 2 to 4 weeks, sites with booking or ordering 3 to 6 weeks, and online stores 4 to 8 weeks. The calculator gives you a timeline for your own site.
AI tools and builders like Wix or Squarespace can get a simple site online quickly and cheaply if you do the work yourself. Hire a team when you need booking, ordering, a shop, a custom design or someone to keep it running. If you already built something with AI, see AI-built app development.
You do. The site, the content, the domain and the accounts stay in your name.