Web Design Cost Calculator
See what a new website could cost based on the size of your site, design needs, features, content, and how custom you want the build to be. Our calculator gives you a realistic starting range before you book a call.
Web Design Cost Calculator
How to Use the Calculator
Choose the options that best match the website you have in mind and the calculator will give you a realistic starting range.
Think about how many pages you need, how custom you want the design to be, whether you need help with content, and what features the website needs to support.
The estimate is not meant to replace a proper proposal. It is there to give you a much better idea of the budget range before you start talking to a web design company.
What Affects the Cost of a Website?
Website pricing usually comes down to the size of the site, the amount of custom design required, how much content needs to be created, and whether the website needs any advanced features.
A simple service business website with a handful of pages will usually cost much less than a large custom build with dozens of pages, ecommerce, booking tools, memberships, integrations, or more complex functionality.
The design itself also matters. A clean, conversion-focused layout can often be built more efficiently than a highly art-directed website with custom illustrations, advanced animations, unique layouts, or a lot of one-off design work.
What Are You Actually Paying For?
A professional website is more than the finished pages you see on the screen.
The cost can include planning, research, content, design, development, mobile testing, SEO setup, forms, integrations, revisions, project management, and quality control before the website ever goes live.
Two websites can look similar at first glance and still require very different amounts of work behind the scenes.
How Much Does a Small Business Website Cost?
There is a wide range.
A do-it-yourself or AI website builder may only cost a small monthly fee, while a template-based freelancer build may be a few thousand dollars. A more complete custom service-business website usually costs more because there is more planning, design, content, SEO, and development involved.
At YEG Digital, most professional website projects fall somewhere between $4,500 and $15,000, with many service-business websites landing around $7,500.
Larger websites, ecommerce projects, complex migrations, or builds with custom functionality can go higher.
Custom Design vs Templates
Templates are not automatically bad.
They can be a good fit for a small business that needs something simple and wants to keep the budget down. The problem comes when a large, bloated theme is used for a relatively simple website and the site becomes difficult to maintain, optimize, or customize later.
We usually prefer a more flexible custom approach where the design is built around the business, the content, and the actions we want visitors to take.
That does not mean every section needs to be designed from scratch. It means the website should fit the business rather than forcing the business into whatever the template happened to include.
What Features Increase Website Cost?
The more a website needs to do, the more time it usually takes to plan, build, test, and maintain.
Features that can increase the cost include:
- ecommerce
- online bookings
- membership areas
- customer portals
- advanced forms
- CRM integrations
- email marketing integrations
- custom calculators
- location finders
- large content migrations
- multilingual functionality
- custom databases or API integrations
A feature that looks simple to a visitor can still require a lot of work behind the scenes.
How Long Does a Website Take to Build?
Most of our website projects take around six weeks from start to launch.
Larger websites, ecommerce projects, complex migrations, or projects with more custom functionality can take eight to twelve weeks or longer.
The timeline also depends on how quickly content, feedback, photos, approvals, and other project materials are provided.
A fast website project is possible, but speed should not come at the expense of planning, testing, or getting the structure right.
Get a Better Website Estimate
Use the calculator to get a starting idea of what your website may cost.
If the range fits your budget, the next step is to talk through the project so we can understand the size of the site, what needs to be built, and what you are actually trying to accomplish online.
That lets us give you a real proposal based on the project rather than forcing the website into a generic package.