How much does a website for your business cost in 2026?
It's the first question almost every client asks me, and that makes sense: before you ask for a quote, you want to know whether you're looking at €300 or €5,000. The short answer is "it depends", but I know that answer doesn't help anyone. So in this article I'll explain exactly what it depends on and give you ballpark figures for the Spanish market.
Why there's no single price
Asking how much a website costs is a bit like asking how much a house costs. A studio flat and a detached house with a pool are both "houses", but nobody expects them to cost the same. Websites work the same way: a simple showcase page and an online shop with payments and order management are very different projects.
Ballpark figures in Spain
These figures reflect the market in general, not fixed rates. They're just there to give you a rough idea:
- Simple or single-page website: roughly €300 to €1,000.
- Professional business website (several sections, polished design, mobile-friendly): usually somewhere between €1,500 and €3,000.
- Online shop: from around €1,000 for something basic built by a freelancer, up to €5,000 or more if the design and features are custom.
- Websites with custom features (bookings, private areas, admin dashboards): this is where prices climb fast, because each feature is a small development project in its own right.
What pushes the price up (or down)
- Number of pages and sections. A home page with a contact form is not the same as ten sections, each with its own content.
- Languages. Every extra language means translating, adapting and maintaining content. In Catalonia, it's very common to have your website in Spanish and Catalan, and sometimes English too.
- Custom design or template. A template keeps costs down, but your website will look like plenty of others. A custom design reflects your brand.
- Custom features. Bookings, user logins, payment gateways, integrations with other tools… each one adds development hours.
- Who builds it. An agency has more overheads (and higher costs). A freelancer is usually more affordable, and you deal with them directly.
Costs that aren't part of development
This is what surprises clients the most, so it's best to know about it from the start:
- Domain (your address, something like yourbusiness.es): usually between €10 and €30 a year.
- Hosting: the "plot of land" your website lives on. Options range from a few euros a month to more powerful plans for high-traffic shops.
- Maintenance: updates, backups and small changes. This can be a monthly fee or paid by the hour whenever you need it.
A good quote should clearly separate the development cost from these recurring expenses.
Cheap website vs. custom website
A very cheap website can be fine to get started, but it usually has limits: generic design, slow loading, trouble showing up on Google, or no way to add features later without rebuilding it. A custom website costs more up front, but it grows with you.
The question isn't just "how much does it cost?" but "what will I need my website to do two years from now?".
How to ask for a useful quote
If you prepare the following before contacting a developer, you'll get a much more accurate quote:
- What you want to achieve: attract clients, sell products, showcase your work?
- Which sections you have in mind: home, services, contact, shop…
- Which languages.
- Websites you like as a reference, even if they're from a different industry.
- Whether you already have a domain, logo and copy, or need help with them.
For developers: I estimate projects in phases (discovery, development and delivery) and calculate the hours for each feature separately. That way the client can see what they're paying for each part and prioritise if the budget doesn't stretch to everything.
Shall we talk about your project?
I don't work with fixed rates precisely because of everything above: every project is different. Tell me what you need and I'll put together a no-obligation quote.
Plus, right now I'm running a 20% launch discount on websites and online shops for the first 10 confirmed projects.