# Small Business Website Cost Index 2026
Published prices for website builders, domains, hosting, freelancers and agencies, checked October 6, 2026, with every source listed.
URL: https://cheapcheapwebsites.com/small-business-website-cost-index-2026/
Key findings
Do-it-yourself website builders cost roughly  $120–$300+ a year  for a basic site, according to GoDaddy's 2026 cost guide, plus the owner's own time to build and maintain it.
Published 2026 guides put a freelancer-built small-business website at about  $2,000–$5,000  and an agency build at about  $5,000–$15,000  (ProjectCostEstimator).
Domains typically cost  $0–$30 a year , around $20 on average, and hosting ranges from  $5.99 to $300+ a month  (GoDaddy guide).
Ongoing upkeep is often extra: published guides list about  $200–$500 a month  for basic support and more for full-service retainers (ProjectCostEstimator).
Website builder plan prices (checked October 6, 2026)
Builder  Plans and prices  Billing
Wix  Light $17.77, Core $29.77, Business $39.77, Business Elite $159.77  Per month, yearly subscription paid up front
Squarespace  Basic $25 ($19 yearly), Core $39 ($29), Plus $65 ($49), Advanced $139 ($99)  Per month; yearly price in brackets
Shopify  Basic $29, Grow $79, Advanced $299, Plus from $2,300  Per month
WordPress.com  Personal $9 ($4 yearly), Premium $18 ($8), Business $40 ($25), Commerce $70 ($45)  Per month; yearly price in brackets
Hostinger Website Builder  Premium $2.99 (renews $10.99), Unlimited $3.99 (renews $16.99), Cloud Startup $7.99 (renews $25.99)  Per month; intro price on a 48-month term
Typical small-business plan, per month
Range from the entry business-ready plan to the mid plan, as published. Shopify Advanced and Plus, and Wix Business Elite, are outside this range.
First-year cost by approach
Published ranges, 2026
DIY builder per year (GoDaddy guide); freelancer and agency small-business builds, one-time (ProjectCostEstimator).
Cost item  Published range  Source
Domain name  $0–$30 a year (about $20 typical)  GoDaddy guide
Web hosting  $5.99–$300+ a month  GoDaddy guide
Website builder  $9.99–$20.99+ a month  GoDaddy guide
Freelancer rates  $25–$150 an hour  ProjectCostEstimator
Agency rates  $60–$300 an hour  ProjectCostEstimator
Freelancer project (junior to senior)  $1,500–$12,000  Pitchsite
Maintenance  $200–$500 a month basic  ProjectCostEstimator
Where done-for-you fits
A builder is the cheapest option if you have the time to build and maintain the site yourself. A freelancer or agency does the work for you but usually costs thousands up front, with upkeep extra. Cheap Cheap Websites sits in between: websites from $399 one-time with the domain included, written and built for you, and Website Care at $30 a month for hosting, security, backups, weekly checks and small edits. See  all packages  or compare with the  first-year cost tool .
Methodology
We collected list prices from each builder's public pricing page in US dollars on October 6, 2026, as shown to a US visitor. Freelancer, agency, domain, hosting and maintenance figures are ranges reported by the published guides listed below; we did not survey providers ourselves. Where a page showed both monthly and yearly billing, both are listed.
Limitations
Prices change often and vary by location, promotion and term length.
Intro prices (for example Hostinger) renew at higher rates.
Third-party ranges are estimates from those publishers, not quotes.
Some providers (including GoDaddy's plan pages) could not be retrieved directly, so only figures from GoDaddy's published cost guide are used.
Sources
Wix plans
Squarespace pricing
Shopify pricing
WordPress.com pricing
Hostinger Website Builder
GoDaddy, How much does a website cost? (Feb 27, 2026)
ProjectCostEstimator, Web Design Pricing 2026 (reviewed Sep 17, 2026)
Pitchsite, Web Design Pricing Guide 2026

## Common questions

### Can I cite this research?

Yes. Please link to this page. Figures are as published by the sources on the date checked.

### Why are your own prices included?

So you can see where a done-for-you package sits next to the other options. Our prices are published on /products.

### How often is this updated?

We plan to re-check prices periodically and will update the date at the top when we do.