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How much does a website actually cost in the UK?

Answer three questions and you'll get a realistic range in about thirty seconds. No email, no form, no “book a discovery call” — the number appears on the page.

How many pages do you need?
What else do you need? (optional)
How often will it need changing?
Typical UK agency£1,500–£3,500upfront, before any changesPlus roughly £900 a year in edits at typical hourly rates. First year: £2,400
With Staie£39/month£0 upfront, edits includedFirst year: £468 — and you see the finished site before you pay anything.

Agency figures are typical UK small-business quotes for a comparable brief, including the cost of paying someone hourly for changes. Your own quotes will vary — this is a sense of the range, not a promise about anyone else's pricing.

Entirely optional — you've already got your answer above.

What each option really costs you.

DIY website builder

£10–£30/month

Wix, Squarespace, GoDaddy. Cheap on paper, but you are the designer, the copywriter and the person who fixes it at 11pm. Most small business owners we speak to have a half-finished one already.

Freelancer, one-off build

£500–£2,500

Usually good value for the build itself. The catch is what happens afterwards — changes are billed hourly, and freelancers move on, get busy, or stop replying.

Local agency

£2,000–£8,000 upfront

A proper process and a proper result, and genuinely worth it for complex projects. For a six-page site for a plumber it's usually more process than the job requires.

Pay-monthly provider

£25–£699/month

Enormous range, and the price tells you very little. What matters is the setup fee, the minimum term, whether edits are included, and who owns the site at the end.

What a website costs — the common questions

How much should a small business website cost in the UK?

For a straightforward brochure site of up to about 12 pages, a fair one-off price from a freelancer or small agency in 2026 is £800 to £3,000. On a pay-monthly basis, £25 to £59 a month with everything included is realistic. Anything above roughly £150 a month for a simple site deserves a hard look at what you're actually getting.

Why is there such a huge range in price?

Because "a website" covers everything from a single page to a shop with stock control. The other reason is that a lot of the price difference is sales and account management overhead rather than the site itself — which is exactly what a small operation can strip out.

What are the costs people forget?

Changes, hosting, the domain, SSL, and someone's time. A £900 build that costs £75 an hour for every edit can easily cost more over three years than a £39 a month plan with edits included. Work out the three-year figure, not the sticker price.

Is a cheap website bad for SEO?

Price and search performance aren't related. Speed, structure, genuinely useful content and being crawlable are what matter — and those are free to do properly. A slow £4,000 website loses to a fast £300 one every time.

Do I need to pay for hosting separately?

Not with us — hosting, SSL and maintenance are inside the monthly price. Ask any provider directly, because it's the most common surprise line on a first invoice.

Is this calculator going to email me endlessly?

No. The answer appears above without asking for anything at all. If you choose to have it emailed, you get one email with your estimate in it. No sequence, no sales call unless you ask for one.

Want an exact price rather than a range?

Tell us what you need and we'll give you a real figure. If a plan doesn't fit, we'll say so.

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