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How much does a professional website cost in 2026?
“How much does a website cost?” is the first question we get. The honest answer: it depends — but we can give clear benchmarks and explain what actually drives a quote.
Indicative ranges
- Polished showcase sitePresent the business, convince, generate leads. Usual timeline: 3 to 6 weeks.€3,000 – €10,000
- Custom siteReal art direction, designed around your brand.€10,000+
- Web app or SaaSScoped per project and shipped in iterations.On quote
Orders of magnitude that vary with ambition and context: a precise quote always follows a framing phase.
What drives the price
Four factors weigh the most:
- 01ScopeThe number of pages and features.
- 02Design levelAn adapted template, or bespoke art direction.
- 03Technical complexityA simple showcase, or accounts, payments, integrations.
- 04Your contentText and visuals ready, or to be produced.
Why “cheap” often costs more
A rushed site gets paid for later: slowness, poor SEO, an early rebuild. Investing in sound foundations — performance, technical SEO, maintainable code — costs less over time than doing it twice.