The most honest question we get every week: "How much does a website cost?" And the most honest answer starts with "it depends" — because a 5-page showcase site and a SaaS platform with accounts, payments, and a dashboard are two completely different animals.
In this article, we explain exactly what drives up the price, what can be simplified, and how to avoid paying for something you never use.
What influences the price?
- Complexity of features — a contact form is cheap; an online scheduling system with automatic payments and invoicing is not.
- Design — a custom theme for your brand costs more than a standard template, but it conveys another level.
- Integrations — Stripe, Anaf e-Factura, Google Maps, external CRMs — each add development and testing time.
- Content and technical SEO — schema.org, dynamic sitemap, image optimization, speed under 1.5s on mobile.
- Maintenance — a site sold "out of the box" becomes obsolete in 2 years. One with active support remains competitive.
3 real project categories
1. Presentation website (from ~500 €)
For a young company or a freelancer. Static content, contact form, clean design, mobile-friendly. Useful to show that you exist, what you do, and how someone can contact you.
2. Functional website (from ~€1,500)
Price calculator, blog, own admin panel, newsletter, transactional email integration, GA4 + GTM. It's starting to become a business tool , not just an online business card.
3. Web application / SaaS (from ~€5,000)
User accounts, dashboards, automations, recurring payments, custom reports. Here you don't just buy a website — you build a platform.
The right question isn't "how much does it cost?" It's "how much does it pay back in the first 12 months?"
What you don't have to pay
- Features you've seen in the competition but don't use yourself.
- "Fashionable" technologies that don't solve a real problem of yours.
- Fixed-price maintenance for a site that no longer changes.
How we estimate a project
Before we give you a price, we want to understand 5 things:
- Who is your customer and what action do you want them to take on the website?
- What internal processes already exist (Excel, CRM, manual email)?
- What should happen automatically ?
- What is a reasonable budget for you?
- How long do you want visible results?
Based on the answers, we propose one or two options — minimum viable and optimal — with clear prices and what is included in each.
Want a quick estimate for what you have in mind? Use the GateHex price calculator — it shows you a realistic range in 60 seconds and sends you the estimate by email.