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Website cost · 2026

What a small business website costs.

An agency bills thousands before your first customer. Doing it yourself costs your nights. Steed designs it for your business, builds it and runs it, with bookings, payments, customer records and emails in, for $28 a month.

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Compare the first year

Same site.
Three receipts.

A site with bookings, payments, customer records and emails, built and run for a year, three ways. Every line on the first two is a typical market price, linked to where it comes from.

Do it yourselfwith tools · year one
To build it · once
Plan + adviceyou, or $100–350/hr8a consultant
Design$30–1001a template
Logo$300–2,0005
Words on every pageyou, or $30–65/hr1a writer
Building ityouon a site builder
Every month
Hosting + https$17–1201builder plan
Your domain$1–21
Bookings$15–1002
Customer records$10–506per person using it
Emails to customers$25–5031,000 people
Keeping tools in sync$9–307a connector tool
Upkeep + backups$18–581
As you grow
Your numbersyou, or $73–184/hr9an analyst
Each changeyou
Cut of your sales0–2%10on some store plans
Year one$1,474–7,025
+ your hours on 5 lines
An agencysmall business site · year one
To build it · once
Plan + advicein the build
Designin the build
Logoup to $2,0005often extra
Words on every pagein the build
Building it$5,000–15,0001paid up front
Every month
Hosting + https$3–211
Your domain$1–21
Bookings$15–1002
Customer records$10–506per person using it
Emails to customers$25–5031,000 people
Keeping tools in sync$9–307a connector tool
Upkeep + backups$50–5004care plan
As you grow
Your numbers$73–184/hr9an analyst
Each change$50–95/hr1
Cut of your sales0%
Year one$6,360–26,035
+ each change and report, by the hour
Steedyour team · year one
To build it · once
Plan + advicefreeWren and Scout
Designfreeyour own, not a template
Logocreditspriced before you say yes
Words on every pagein your first pass
Building it$28your first month
Every month
Hosting + https$28Live: every line below
Your domain$1–21yours, where you bought it
Bookingsin Live
Customer recordsin Liveyour whole team
Emails to customersin Live10,000 a month
Keeping tools in syncnothing to syncone place
Upkeep + backupsin Livebacked up daily
As you grow
Your numbersin LiveHawk + your Numbers page
Each changeyour edits freeyour team's: credits, priced first
Cut of your sales0%
Year one$348–361
+ the credits you approve
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Typical prices, not quotes; yours may differ. Year one adds up every priced line, monthly lines times twelve; lines paid by the hour or done by you are left out. Card fees are the same on all three. Steed's prices are plus tax where it applies.

  1. WebsiteSetup, Nov 2025: builders $17–120/mo; templates $30–100; hosting $40–250/yr; domains $12–25/yr; builder upkeep $220–700/yr; writers $30–65/hr; agency $5,000–15,000; freelance changes $50–95/hr
  2. Evey: booking systems $15–100/mo
  3. Nutshell, Jun 2026: email $25–50/mo for 1,000 contacts
  4. UENI, Sep 2026: upkeep $50–500/mo
  5. ManyPixels, Sep 2026: freelance logo $300–2,000
  6. Zeeg, Sep 2026: customer records $10–50 per user a month
  7. Fastlancer, Jun 2026: connector tools' paid plans from $9–30/mo
  8. ClicksGeek, 2026: consultants $100–350/hr
  9. Second Talent, Sep 2026: freelance analysts $73–184/hr
  10. Expertsure, Aug 2026: 2% on store sales on a builder's lowest plan

Straight answers

Every amount is a typical price from a dated source, listed under the receipts. Steed's pricing

  1. How much does a small business website cost?

    For a site with bookings, payments, customer records and emails: built yourself on a site builder, about $1,474–7,025 in its first year, plus your own hours. An agency builds it for $5,000–15,000 up front, about $6,360–26,035 for the first year with upkeep and the tools it runs on. On Steed it's $28 a month, $348–361 for the year, plus the credits you approve for each step.

  2. How much does a website cost a month?

    On a site builder, the tools a working small business site needs add up to about $95–410 a month: hosting $17–120 a month, a booking tool $15–100 a month, customer records $10–50 a month for each person using them, emails to customers $25–50 a month for 1,000 people, a connector to keep them in step $9–30 a month, upkeep $220–700 a year and your domain $12–25 a year. On Steed every one of those is in Live, $28 a month.

  3. Is it cheaper to build a website yourself?

    In money, usually: about $1,474–7,025 the first year against $6,360–26,035 for an agency. In time, no. You plan it, write every page, make each change and read your own numbers: work a consultant ($100–350 an hour), a writer ($30–65 an hour) and an analyst ($73–184 an hour) are paid for. And the tools don't share what they know, so a connector or your own hands keep them in step.

  4. How much does website maintenance cost?

    On a site builder, about $220–700 a year. An agency's care plan runs $50–500 a month, and each change on top is $50–95 an hour. On Steed, upkeep and daily backups are part of Live, your own edits cost nothing, and a change your team builds is priced in credits before you say yes.

  5. What are the costs people forget?

    The tools around the site: a booking tool $15–100 a month, customer records $10–50 a month per person, emails $25–50 a month, a connector $9–30 a month, a logo $300–2,000, your domain $12–25 a year, and on some store plans 0–2% of every sale. Then the hours: your words, your changes, your numbers.

  6. What does Steed cost?

    Your plan and design are free for your first business. Go Live for $28 a month and your team builds your first pass on it. After that, credits ($1 each) build each step of your plan, priced before you say yes. Steed takes 0% of your sales.

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