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How much does a business website cost in 2026?

Updated November 7, 2026 · 2 min read

In short

The price depends on who builds it: a freelancer or an agency usually charges thousands up front plus hosting and maintenance; a do-it-yourself builder like Wix costs a monthly plan, but you do the work; an AI system like BazSite starts at $12 a month and includes writing, building and hosting.

What the price of a website is made of

When you get a quote for a website, check what it includes. A business website is made up of several costs:

  1. Building and design. The work itself: planning the pages, design and setup.
  2. Content. The texts on the website. Sometimes included, usually not.
  3. Domain. The website's address, usually somewhere between $10 and $20 a year.
  4. Hosting and an SSL certificate. The server the website sits on.
  5. Maintenance and changes. Updates, fixes and new content over the years.
  6. SEO. If you want the website to bring in customers from Google.

The main options

WayUp frontOngoing costWho does the work
Web design agencyHighHosting and maintenanceThe agency
FreelancerMedium to highHosting, paid changesThe freelancer, and you write the content
Do-it-yourself builder (Wix and similar)NoneA monthly planYou
AI system (BazSite)NoneA monthly plan from $12The system, and you approve

Market prices vary a lot, so don't look only at the number. The question is what the website costs over two or three years, and how much of your time it takes.

The costs that come after launch

The common mistake is comparing only the price of the build. After launch come hosting renewals, small fixes, security updates and new content for SEO. On a website built for a one-time payment, each of these is priced separately.

How to choose

  • A small budget and no time: a system that does the work for you, on a monthly plan.
  • You enjoy designing and have time: a do-it-yourself website builder.
  • You need something special and complex: a freelancer or an agency.

Either way, ask to see what's included: content, hosting, backups, changes and SEO.

Built into BazSite, no plugins

In WordPress, Wix and Shopify most of these take plugins or apps, each with its own settings, updates and fees, and most only work when someone runs them by hand. In BazSite they're part of the system, included in the plan and run on their own.

SEO analysis and one-click fixes On plans with SEO

An SEO score for every page and article, and with "Help me fix it" the AI writes the fixes themselves: the Google title and description, a missing paragraph, questions and answers. You approve each suggestion with a click.

In WordPress: An SEO plugin (like Yoast or Rank Math) that gives a score, and you write the fixes yourself.

Descriptions (alt text) for every image On plans with SEO

The system shows which images on the website are missing a description, and with one click the AI looks at each image and writes its description in the website's language, for Google and for blind visitors.

In WordPress: Writing them by hand, image after image, or yet another plugin.

Change text in plain words

Write "shorten the About page and add the opening hours", and see before and after for every part of the page. It works on the whole website at once too, and nothing goes live without your approval.

In WordPress: Editing by hand in the block editor or a page builder.

Change the design in plain words

Write "rounder buttons and dark blue headings", and see the page before and after, on desktop and on a phone, before you approve.

In WordPress: CSS code, theme settings or a page builder.

Ready for AI search (GEO)

Every website is open to the crawlers of ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity, with an llms.txt file that sums up for them who the business is, how to reach it and what's on the website, and with structured data about the business, its questions and answers and its articles. Every new article opens with a direct answer, exactly what AI engines quote.

In WordPress: An SEO plugin (like Yoast) for structured data and llms.txt, and setting it up.

New articles every month On plans with SEO

The system picks topics from keywords that aren't on Google's first page yet, writes the articles and sends them to you for approval, or publishes on its own if you chose that.

In WordPress: Writing by hand, or an AI plugin that writes an article when asked, with no link to your Google rankings.

Built-in catalogs Depending on the plan

Listings for a realtor, treatments for a clinic, memberships for a gym: your own fields, a page for every item, a list with filters and a map. Adding an item is like filling in a form.

In WordPress: A content type with ACF or Pods, a loop built in Elementor and a filter plugin, each needing setup and updates.

A weekly website check-up

Once a week the system goes over the website and emails you about broken links, heavy images, pages without a Google title and a contact form that doesn't work.

In WordPress: A plugin or an outside monitoring service.

Accessibility check

The system goes over every page of the website against the accessibility standard (WCAG 2.1 AA) and shows what to fix: images without a description, colors without enough contrast, fields without a label and more. A color that fails is fixed with a click. Every website includes an accessibility statement.

In WordPress: An accessibility plugin or an outside scanner.

The full comparison: what's built into BazSite and what needs a plugin elsewhere →

FAQ

How much does a simple brochure website cost?

With a freelancer, usually thousands up front plus yearly hosting. With BazSite there's nothing to pay up front, and the plan starts at $12 a month including hosting.

How much does a domain cost?

A .com domain usually costs somewhere between $10 and $20 a year at a domain registrar.

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