
Pricing and Comparison
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Compare building a website yourself, hiring a freelancer, using a small agency or commissioning custom development, with costs, tradeoffs and decision criteria.
Estimate a one-time build cost range from page count, project type and fixed add-ons.
This estimator turns a rough scope into a low and high budget range. Choose a project type to load an illustrative per-page range, set how many pages (or distinct page templates) you need, and add fixed items that do not scale with page count, such as a logo, a booking system, payment setup, professional copywriting or a photo shoot.
The formula is simple: low = pages x low price per page + fixed add-ons, and high = pages x high price per page + fixed add-ons. With the defaults, 8 pages at $300 to $800 each plus $500 of add-ons gives a range of 8 x 300 + 500 = $2,900 up to 8 x 800 + 500 = $6,900.
The per-page figures are illustrative planning numbers, not market statistics or quotes. Real prices depend on the provider, the design depth, the content you supply and the features you need. Many providers price by project or by hour instead of by page, and a page count ignores complexity such as custom functionality or integrations.
Use the output to sanity-check proposals. If a quote lands far above your high estimate, ask which line items explain the gap. If it lands far below your low estimate, ask what is excluded. Recurring costs such as hosting, domains, maintenance and software subscriptions are not included here; budget for them separately.

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