Small business · Pricing
How much does a small business website cost in 2026?
The honest answer is a range, because "a website" can mean a $17-a-month template you build on a Sunday or a $40,000 agency project. What decides it is who does the work and what you need the site to do.
WritingBy Landon LittleNovember 8, 20266 min read
The four ways to get a small business website
| Route | Upfront | Monthly | Who does the work |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY builder | $0 | $17 to $159 (Wix), $19 to $99 (Squarespace), billed yearly | You |
| Freelancer | $2,000 to $10,000+ | Hosting on top, $5 to $100 | A freelancer, then you |
| Agency | $15,000 to $50,000+ | Hosting and a care plan on top | An agency |
| Nova Solutions Starter | $600 | $149, hosting and domain included | Us, written and launched for you |
The freelancer and agency ranges come from Wix's cost breakdown, which, like GoDaddy's, gives no survey behind its numbers. Treat them as a rough guide, not market data.
What website builders charge
On their own pricing pages, read November 8, 2026:
- Wix: Light $17, Core $29, Business $39 and Business Elite $159 a month, billed yearly. Wix notes that prices vary by location.
- Squarespace: Basic $19, Core $29 and Advanced $99 a month billed yearly, or $25, $39 and $139 month to month.
- WordPress.com: Personal $4, Premium $8, Business $25 and Commerce $45 a month billed yearly, or $9 to $70 month to month.
- Hostinger: from $1.99 a month when you prepay 48 months, renewing at $10.99 a month.
The subscription is the small part. The real cost is the hours you spend picking a template, writing every page, and getting the site to show up when someone nearby searches for what you do.
What moves the price
- Number of pages. A five-page site and a 40-page site are different jobs.
- Who writes the words. Copywriting is often the slowest part, and it is easy to forget in a quote.
- Features that do something: online booking, payments, a quote form that texts you, a chat box.
- Custom design versus a well-built template.
- What happens after launch: hosting, updates, fixes and who you call when something breaks.
The cost after launch
A site keeps costing money after it goes live. GoDaddy's guide puts the running cost for a small business at $145 to $640-plus a year, and Wix lists shared hosting at $5 to $20 a month and business email at $6 to $15 per person a month. What maintenance plans cost, and what they cover, is in our website maintenance cost guide.
Which route makes sense
- DIY builder: you have the time, you like doing it, and the site mainly needs to exist.
- Freelancer: you want something custom and can manage the project yourself.
- Agency: you need a large or complex site and have the budget.
- Flat-fee done-for-you: you want a working site without running the project. Nova Solutions builds a five-page site for $600 plus $149 a month, live in about seven days, with lead capture, text-back and review requests on the higher plans.
Sources
Pricing pages read November 8, 2026: Wix plans, Squarespace pricing, WordPress.com pricing, Hostinger Website Builder. Cost guides: Wix, How much does a business website cost (prices as of August 2026) and GoDaddy, How much does a website cost in 2026 (February 27, 2026). Neither guide publishes a survey. GoDaddy's builder page did not load for us, so its plan prices are not listed. Nova Solutions prices: pricing.
Questions this post answers
- How much does a website cost for a small business?
- Anywhere from $0 to $50,000-plus upfront, then about $5 to $500-plus a month. A DIY builder starts free with paid plans from about $17 a month, Wix puts a freelancer at $2,000 to $10,000-plus and an agency at $15,000 to $50,000-plus, and Nova Solutions builds a five-page site for $600 plus $149 a month.
- How much does Wix or Squarespace cost per month?
- On their pricing pages read November 8, 2026, Wix is $17 to $159 a month and Squarespace $19 to $99 a month, both billed yearly. Squarespace month to month is $25 to $139.
- What is the cheapest way to get a small business website?
- Building it yourself on a website builder, from free or a few dollars a month. The trade-off is your time: you pick the template, write every page and set it up to be found in local search.
- Do I have to pay every month for a website?
- Almost always. Even a site you own needs hosting and a domain, which GoDaddy puts at $145 to $640-plus a year for a small business. A builder or a done-for-you plan bundles that into one monthly fee.
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