A UK website can cost a few pounds a month for a DIY website builder or tens of thousands of pounds for a professionally built site. Our planning model puts a basic 1-to-5-page brochure website at roughly £3,700–£8,600 with a freelancer or £5,700–£14,100 with a specialist agency before optional features. A 6-to-30-page business website starts at roughly £4,900–£13,300 with a freelancer or £7,300–£21,600 with a specialist agency. These are transparent model outputs, not national averages, fixed packages or an Opace quote.
The question “how much does a website cost?” sounds simple, but “a website” may mean a template with supplied text, a professional small business website with original content and custom design, an online store or a bespoke application. Design, content, functionality, integrations, quality assurance, accessibility and ongoing support all affect the build cost. Separate the initial build from ongoing ownership, compare like with like, then budget for the running costs that continue after launch.
| Route or project | Indicative starting point | What the figure means |
|---|---|---|
| DIY website builder | About £10–£160 a month, plus your time | Editable platform allowance before apps, email, domain renewal and paid help |
| Freelancer brochure website | About £3,700–£8,600 | Base model for 8.5–17 person-days before added scope |
| Specialist-agency brochure website | About £5,700–£14,100 | Same base effort with agency role-rate allowances |
| Freelancer business website | About £4,900–£13,300 | Base model for 11–26.5 person-days before added scope |
| Specialist-agency business website | About £7,300–£21,600 | Research, design, development, content entry, QA and handover allowances |
| Professional eCommerce website | About £15,000–£70,400 | Broad freelancer-to-agency base range before difficult migration, apps and integrations |
| Custom web application | From about £44,000 in the base model | Software scope with accounts, workflows, data, testing and operations still to define |
The bands exclude VAT and optional additions. The calculator applies the selected supplier route, platform, design, content, migration, features and support choices, then shows one-, three- and five-year ownership ranges.
Planning a real project? Use the UK website cost calculator and complete its seven scope questions for an ungated estimate with visible assumptions, evidence and VAT treatment. It takes no contact details and is separate from this buying guide.
How the website cost ranges were calculated
The model was researched on 4 and 5 August 2026. It starts with person-days for discovery and project management, UX and visual design, development and configuration, content and search preparation, quality assurance, launch, training and handover. It then applies role-rate ranges drawn from current UK evidence.
The YunoJuno 2026 Freelancer Rates Report analyses more than 182,000 contractor and booking data points from 2024 and 2025. It reports average UK day rates of £385 for design, £406 for project management, £452 for UX and £533 for software engineering. YunoJuno describes these as directional averages, not fixed prices.
For agency work, the model uses two public references. The Government Commercial Agency Digital Outcomes supplier-average rate file includes averages of £834.72 for developers, £839.67 for frontend developers, £856.62 for interaction designers and £928.82 for delivery managers. A named Rocktime G-Cloud 14 rate card lists £600 per day for junior and content roles, £675 for middleweight design, development and QA, £825 for senior roles and £937.50 for directors.
Public-sector framework rates and one supplier’s rate card do not describe every web design agency. They provide auditable reference points for labour, while project-day ranges remain clearly labelled editorial planning assumptions. No reliable dataset defines a standard “20-page website” and records enough like-for-like accepted UK quotes to support one average cost.
VAT is excluded by default. The calculator can add 20%, the current UK standard VAT rate, because quotes and supplier checkouts do not all present tax in the same way. Subscription prices, promotions, usage limits and exchange rates can change, so verify the selected plan at checkout.
What changes the cost of a website?
Most website costs move because the work or risk has changed, not because one supplier has chosen a different label. Before hiring a web designer, freelancer or professional agency, make these parts of the brief explicit.
- Pages and content volume - A basic website with five supplied pages is not comparable with a 100-page content library or a 500-product eCommerce site. Reusable templates limit some development work, while research, professional copywriting, image preparation, migration and approval grow with each item.
- Design approach - Website templates and semi-custom themes can reduce original design work. Custom design adds research, concepts, prototypes, reusable components and review. Neither route guarantees a better result without competent implementation and testing.
- Website functionality - Contact forms are usually contained. Advanced contact forms, booking systems, memberships, payments, search, multilingual content and custom functionality add states, failure paths, data protection and quality assurance.
- Platform choice - Most website builders combine editing and hosting packages. WordPress is an open-source content management system, but web hosting, commercial plugins and professional setup are separate. Static and custom stacks use different hosting, editing and maintenance models.
- Content responsibility - Agree who researches, writes, checks, approves and enters website content. Customer-supplied copy can reduce the supplier invoice, but only if it is accurate, complete and delivered in the required format on time.
- Search requirements - Search engine optimisation can affect information architecture, redirects, page templates, internal links, metadata, structured data and measurement. Retrofitting missed migration or technical SEO requirements can cost more than including them in the build scope.
- Accessibility and assurance - Responsive design, browser testing, accessibility checks, form testing, performance work and security review require time. “Tested” should name supported browsers, devices and acceptance evidence.
- Supplier route - A freelance web designer may cover several disciplines. Web design agencies can coordinate specialists and provide continuity. Compare named people, allocated days and responsibilities rather than assuming company size proves quality.
- Ownership and portability - The customer should know who controls the domain, repository, website builder account, analytics, licences, data and backups. A lower launch price can carry an expensive exit if the handover is weak.
- Ongoing costs - Domain registration, ongoing hosting, software updates, licences, monitoring, content, technical support and digital marketing continue after launch. Compare total cost over several years, not only the setup invoice.
Pages, content and the website brief
Page count is useful only when the content responsibility is clear. Ten finished pages supplied in an agreed template are a different job from ten subjects that still need keyword research, interviews, professional copywriting, image selection, approval and entry into a content management system.
Ask the web designer to state the number of unique templates and the number of content items separately. For small businesses, this prevents a short page list from hiding research, writing and migration work.
A small business owner can reduce paid production time by supplying accurate website content, but somebody still needs to edit it for the web, check claims and make sure each page has a purpose. Small businesses commissioning a first site should name the owner of copy, photography, product data and final approval in the written website brief. Missing decisions often surface later as change requests.
Custom design, templates and responsive work
A website template provides a starting system. It does not complete the information architecture, brand choices, content hierarchy or responsive design. Template-led projects can control costs when the business accepts the available layout and components. Heavy changes to a purchased theme may cost more than a simpler custom design because the team must first work around somebody else’s assumptions.
Custom website design usually adds discovery, wireframes, visual concepts, component states and review rounds. Ask how many page types and revisions are included, and which mobile, tablet and desktop states will be designed or tested.
The phrase “bespoke website” should lead to named deliverables rather than a higher price on its own.
Advanced features and third-party integrations
Advanced features create work beyond the visible screen. A booking system needs availability rules, confirmations, cancellations and failure handling. Customer accounts need access control and recovery. Online payments introduce provider setup, transaction states, refunds, security responsibilities and customer support. Each integration also needs credentials, test data and an owner after launch.
Describe functionality as a user journey with acceptance criteria. “CRM integration” is too broad for a dependable price: sending one contact form into a standard field is not the same as synchronising customers, permissions, products and order history.
Discovery is a sensible paid stage when the external system or data quality is uncertain.
Search engine optimisation and accessibility
Search engine optimisation during a website build can include keyword mapping, navigation, page templates, redirects, metadata controls, structured data, internal links and measurement. It should not be reduced to inserting keywords after the pages are built. A migration also needs an inventory of old URLs and checks after launch so valuable pages are not quietly lost.
Accessibility affects design, content, development and quality assurance. Colour contrast, keyboard behaviour, headings, labels, errors, documents and third-party widgets all need consideration. Ask which standard and test method the quote covers. Automated checks help, but they do not replace practical keyboard and assistive-technology review where the risk warrants it.
Web hosting, SSL and business email
Web hosting prices vary by capacity, management and support. A low monthly fee may be suitable for a modest brochure site; a busy website or online store may need managed hosting, staging, backups, monitoring and faster incident response. Check renewal terms, traffic or storage limits, restore arrangements and the exit process rather than choosing on the first-year headline.
An SSL certificate can be free, yet setup and renewal monitoring still need an owner. Business email is usually a separate service charged per user, even when a hosting package advertises mailboxes. Keeping email, domain registration and website hosting as named budget lines makes supplier comparisons clearer and reduces disruption during a move.
Website builders, free plans and pay-monthly websites
A free website builder can be useful for testing an idea, but the free plan may show adverts, use a supplier subdomain or exclude online payments. Small businesses should price the website builder plan needed for an own domain, suitable storage, analytics, forms and eCommerce features. Then include apps and the owner’s production time.
Pay-monthly websites combine some setup and service costs into a recurring charge. Check the minimum term, what happens at cancellation, how many changes are included and whether the customer owns the domain, content and portable assets. Small businesses comparing this route with another website builder need the renewal price and exit work on the same schedule. A monthly payment arrangement is not proof that hosting, maintenance or future redesign work is included.
Delivery time, feedback and customer dependencies
Website development time is not only coding time. Research, design review, content approval, testing and launch access all sit on the schedule.
A supplier may be able to build quickly while still waiting weeks for copy, legal review, product information or decisions from the business owner.
Ask for a delivery plan with named customer dependencies. Fast feedback can reduce elapsed time without cutting professional work. An artificial deadline can increase cost when it requires extra people, out-of-hours deployment or overlapping design and development before decisions are stable.
One-off build cost versus long-term ownership
The initial website cost covers discovery, design, development, content preparation, testing and launch to the extent listed in the quote. Ongoing website costs cover the services and work required to keep the site available, current, secure and useful.
Mixing the two makes a cheap setup difficult to compare with a more complete professional website proposal. For small businesses, the useful comparison covers both the supplier invoice and the internal time needed to run the site.
Build a one-, three- and five-year view. Include the domain, managed hosting or website builder plan, extensions, business email, maintenance, content updates and a realistic allowance for improvement. Replace planning figures with current checkouts and signed proposals before buying.
There is no single average monthly cost that applies to every website. The useful question is which recurring tasks the business needs, who owns them and what evidence will show that they were completed.
Website builder, WordPress, freelancer or agency?
The best route depends on the job. Free website builders and paid plans can suit a low-risk first site when the owner has time to write content, configure the design and handle the ongoing work. A freelancer may suit a defined project that one experienced generalist can cover. An agency is easier to justify when the business needs several specialist skills, continuity or stronger governance.
| Build route | Cost structure | Good fit | Main check before committing |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY website builders | Monthly plan, domain, apps and owner time | A straightforward site with modest requirements | Renewal price, custom domain, export limits and who maintains the content |
| WordPress | Hosting, setup, theme or custom design, plugins and maintenance | A content-led business site needing CMS control | Account ownership, plugin register, backups, updates and recovery |
| Static or framework site | Professional development plus hosting and support | A fast site with a suitable editing and deployment workflow | Who can edit, preview, deploy and roll back changes |
| Freelance web designer | Agreed rate multiplied by scoped days, or fixed price | Work one person can cover safely | Availability, subcontractors, insurance, documentation and post-launch support |
| Specialist agency | Blended role rates and project scope | A business-critical website needing several disciplines | Named team, days, deliverables, exclusions and acceptance tests |
| Larger agency | Higher governance, research and team overhead | Complex programmes, procurement or higher operational risk | Whether the extra roles and controls are needed for this project |
| eCommerce specialist | Store build, migration, platform, apps, payments and operations | Online stores and B2B commerce | Catalogue quality, tax, shipping, stock, returns and integrations |
| Custom development team | Discovery and multidisciplinary software delivery | Portals, SaaS, booking systems and custom workflows | Data, security, operations, acceptance criteria and continuing development |
DIY website builders
Wix, Squarespace and the GoDaddy website builder bundle templates, editing and hosting. Their cheapest plan may not connect an own domain, remove platform branding or include eCommerce functionality. Check the paid plan needed for the real requirements, its non-promotional renewal cost, storage, apps, business email address, payment processing fees and export options.
Most website builders can publish a professional site when the design and content are handled well. They also keep you within the supplier’s platform. Wix states that a Wix site must run on Wix infrastructure, while Squarespace documents a partial WordPress XML export. Small businesses should test whether the current features, website builder running costs and exit route fit the job, instead of judging the route by its label.
WordPress and other content management systems
WordPress is free GPL software, but a WordPress website is not automatically free. The owner may pay for domain registration, managed hosting, a theme, commercial plugins, design, development, professional copywriting, migration and ongoing maintenance. Joomla, Drupal and other open-source systems have the same distinction between a software licence and the work required to deliver a dependable business site.
Record every plugin or service with its purpose, account owner, renewal date, current cost, data access and replacement plan. That register is more useful than a generic plugin allowance because a booking system, multilingual extension or membership service can change the annual maintenance costs and update risk.
Freelancer and agency routes
Hiring a web designer gives you access to professional judgement and production time, but the job title does not define the scope. A freelance web designer can be a strong choice where one person’s skills fit the project and continuity is covered. Small businesses may prefer a professional agency when research, web design, development, content, search and QA justify a wider team.
Ask both routes for the estimated days, rates, named responsibilities, revision limits, customer dependencies and post-launch support. Most web design agencies package work differently, so comparing only a fixed total hides the most useful information. A regional agency may have a different cost base from London agencies, but this research found no current like-for-like dataset that supports applying one fixed London percentage uplift.
How much does a website cost by project type?
Project type gives a better starting point than asking for the average cost of every website because scope drives price. The following base ranges come from the model’s current scope days and role-rate allowances. They exclude VAT and optional additions such as bespoke design, full copywriting, difficult migration, booking systems, user accounts, payments, advanced search, multilingual content, integrations and accessibility remediation.
Basic brochure website
A 1-to-5-page brochure site usually covers a homepage, services, about and contact content. The model allows 8.5–17 person-days before additions. That produces about £3,700–£8,600 with its freelancer rates or £5,700–£14,100 with its specialist-agency rates.
A basic website cost at the lower end usually assumes a template-led design, clean customer-supplied content and limited functionality. A professional small business website with original design, search research, copywriting, photography, analytics, accessibility testing and broader QA needs more work even when the final page count remains small.
Established business website
A 6-to-30-page business website may include individual services, team profiles, case studies, a blog, contact forms and measurement. The base model allows 11–26.5 person-days. Its freelancer range is about £4,900–£13,300 and its specialist-agency range is about £7,300–£21,600 before additions.
For many small businesses, disputed scope sits outside the visible design. Ask who handles copy, images, redirects, analytics consent, search engine optimisation, content entry, staff training and warranty support. A written small business website scope should answer those questions. The same number of pages can carry very different build costs when one quote includes those activities and another excludes them.
Content-led website
A 31-to-100-plus-page site needs a content model, reusable templates, migration planning, internal linking and a manageable editorial workflow. The base model allows 28–70 person-days, producing about £12,000–£34,600 with freelancer rates or £18,300–£55,300 with specialist-agency rates.
The fixed work covers templates, navigation and technical setup. Per-item work covers research, writing, checking, image rights, entry and review. Ask suppliers to separate those units so a change from 50 to 100 pages can be priced clearly. Automation can help, but Google’s people-first content guidance still requires useful, reliable material rather than pages created simply to reach a count.
eCommerce website
An eCommerce website adds catalogue data, product variants, payments, shipping, tax, stock management, fulfilment, returns and customer-service processes. The base model for an online store with up to 250 products allows 34–87 person-days. That produces about £15,000–£43,900 with freelancer rates or £22,500–£70,400 with specialist-agency rates before difficult migration or custom integrations.
The platform fee is only one line. Shopify, WooCommerce, BigCommerce, Adobe Commerce and custom eCommerce sites cost differently because subscriptions, hosting, extensions, payment processing fees and development sit in different places. Small businesses should use the actual catalogue, markets, payment mix, shipping rules, accounting software and app stack when requesting a quote.
Custom application
A portal, SaaS product or bespoke booking system is software rather than a conventional business website. The model’s base custom-application scope allows 96–322 person-days and starts at about £44,000 with freelancer rates or £64,600 with specialist-agency rates. Small businesses considering this route should fund discovery before treating either end as a project price. The high end is deliberately broad because user roles, workflows, integrations, data sensitivity, assurance and operating requirements are still unknown.
Discovery should replace that generic range with a prioritised backlog, architecture and observable acceptance criteria. Login, payments and one external API can each represent very different work depending on the assurance, failure handling and data involved.
Ongoing and hidden website costs
Website maintenance, hosting and renewals deserve their own budget. These ongoing costs should have named owners and renewal dates. A free domain in year one can renew at a different price. Cheap shared hosting may not include the support, backups or capacity a business site needs. A free SSL certificate removes a certificate charge, but not configuration, monitoring or incident response.
| Recurring item | What to check |
|---|---|
| Domain registration | Renewal price, VAT, auto-renewal and customer control of the registrar account |
| Web hosting | Renewal terms, traffic, storage, backups, staging, support and exit process |
| Software licences | Required plugins, apps, themes, site limits, usage tiers and renewal dates |
| Website maintenance | Updates, testing, backups, restore tests, monitoring, fixes and response times |
| Content and SEO | Named outputs, research, approval, measurement and whether development is included |
| Business email | Per-user plan, storage, security, migration and whether it is separate from hosting |
Annual maintenance costs vary because “maintenance” can mean an occasional update, a defined care plan or a managed service with content and technical support. Small businesses should compare ongoing costs against named tasks, response times and recovery evidence. The detailed UK website maintenance cost guide explains how to compare these scopes and build a three-year ownership budget.
For platform-specific planning, compare eCommerce website costs in the UK or the WordPress website cost guide. Owners buying a first or replacement business site can use the small-business website design cost guide to define scope and compare quotes.
How to reduce website costs without weakening the result
Cost control starts with removing uncertainty and low-value work, not removing the checks that protect customers and the business. Small businesses can often reduce the initial commitment by defining a narrower first release and preparing decisions before a supplier starts billing.
Write the brief around users, priority journeys, required content, integrations, constraints and measurable outcomes. Mark lower-priority ideas as later phases instead of leaving them inside an undefined request for a professional website. A smaller first release still needs working contact forms, responsive design, privacy, accessibility, analytics and an agreed support route.
Audit existing content before asking for a migration price. Decide which pages are kept, combined, rewritten, redirected or removed, and identify the owner of every image, document and approval. Clean source material is easier to price than a request to “move everything”, particularly when old pages contain duplicate text or broken media.
Compare template-led and custom design against real requirements. Website templates can be economical when the brand, content and functionality fit them. Bespoke website design is proportionate when original interaction, a distinct visual system or complex reusable components create business value. Paying for custom work without a defined purpose adds cost without proving a better outcome.
Use existing, supported functionality where it meets the requirement. A well-configured form or booking product may cost less than custom development, but include licence fees, data handling, integration limits and the exit route. Custom functionality becomes reasonable when the available products cannot meet a tested business need.
Ask suppliers to separate fixed work from variable units. Template design and platform setup may be fixed, while copywriting, product entry and migration grow with volume. Unit prices or effort allowances make a later change in page or product count visible before it becomes a dispute.
The customer should control the domain and key accounts from the start, alongside the source and data. This does not remove supplier costs, but it reduces avoidable handover work and makes future competition possible. The cheapest launch can become expensive when another team must first recover missing access, licences or documentation.
Compare one-, three- and five-year ownership. A website builder may have a low build cost and higher recurring platform fees. An open-source or static build may cost more initially and less in some recurring lines. Neither pattern is universally cheaper, so use the actual plan, support agreement and expected changes rather than assuming one technology wins.
How to compare website quotations
Put every supplier against the same requirements and ask them to mark each item included, excluded, customer-supplied or subject to discovery. “Included” must have a named deliverable or test. A low total may be good value, but it cannot be judged until the scope is visible.
- Delivery team and effort - Record the named roles, day or hourly rates, estimated units and who is accountable for each deliverable.
- Content and migration - State which pages, products, files and records move, who prepares them and how the result will be checked.
- Design and revisions - Define template use, custom design work, responsive states, concepts and included review rounds.
- Website functionality - Describe forms, booking systems, accounts, payments, search and integrations with acceptance criteria, not one-line labels.
- Search and measurement - Include information architecture, redirects, metadata controls, analytics, consent, Search Console and post-launch checks where they matter.
- Quality assurance - Name browser, device, accessibility, performance, security, form and integration tests and the evidence provided.
- Ownership and handover - Record the domain, repository, hosting, licences, data exports, documentation, credentials, training and recovery process.
- Ongoing support - Define response times, included hours, exclusions, update process, warranty and what happens outside the retainer.
- Commercial basis - Compare VAT, payment milestones, change control, expenses, cancellation, renewal prices and spending limits.
Avoid treating “SEO included”, “fully custom”, “mobile friendly” or “unlimited support” as complete specifications. Ask what will be delivered and which check would fail if it had not been done.
Avoiding developer and platform lock-in
Control of content is not the same as control of the whole site. Hosted platforms may provide partial exports. Open-source and custom builds can still depend on private licences, supplier accounts or undocumented deployment.
Require version-controlled source in an agreed account, a service and licence inventory, current data exports, deployment and recovery documentation, and contract wording covering code, design, content and supplied assets. Test the handover before final acceptance. Legal advice may be proportionate where the project value or business dependency is high.
Which website route fits your business?
| Situation | Route worth comparing | Budget question |
|---|---|---|
| Personal project or low-risk test | Free plans or a low-cost website builder | Can it publish on your own domain and meet the intended use terms? |
| Sole trader needing a credible presence | DIY builder with professional help, freelancer or specialist agency | Who supplies copy, images, forms, analytics and support? |
| Established SME generating leads | Freelancer or agency with content, SEO and QA capability | Which pages and journeys generate leads, and how will they be measured? |
| Online store | Shopify, WooCommerce or another eCommerce platform matched to operations | What do catalogue work, apps, payments, stock and support add over three years? |
| Content-led business | CMS, headless CMS or static workflow | Can editors publish, approve, preview and roll back content without a bottleneck? |
| Portal or custom workflow | Discovery followed by a software delivery team | Which user, data and operational risks must the first release prove? |
Small businesses often begin with price because it is visible. The better decision uses requirements, customer journeys, ownership and total cost. A cheap DIY site can be the right answer for a simple need. A larger professional web design budget can be proportionate when the website is business-critical, but price alone never proves quality or return.
For sole traders and other UK businesses, the website may also need to support a Google Business Profile, social media accounts, email marketing or Google Ads landing pages. These digital marketing channels can bring customers to the site, but they are separate from the web design price unless the quotation includes them. Small businesses should decide whether the website only needs to establish brand credibility or must also convert visitors, sell products and generate leads, then budget for the content and measurement needed for that job.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a website cost in the UK in 2026?
When the question is “how much does a website cost?”, scope still decides which figure is useful. A DIY website may cost a few pounds a month plus the owner’s time. In this guide’s base model, a small supplier-built brochure site is roughly £3,700–£14,100 and a 6-to-30-page business website is roughly £4,900–£21,600 across freelancer and specialist-agency routes. eCommerce and custom projects can cost much more. These are planning bands, not national average prices or quotes.
What is the average cost of a small business website?
No dependable dataset establishes one average cost for all UK small businesses. Page count, content, custom design, booking systems, integrations, search requirements and ongoing support change the work. Use the brochure or business band as a starting point for a small business website, then obtain itemised quotations for the same written scope.
How much does a professional website cost per month?
The monthly cost may include a website builder, web hosting, apps, maintenance, support, business email and ongoing marketing. Domains and many licences renew annually. Convert every renewal to a monthly equivalent when comparing plans, but keep the original billing date and price visible.
How much does WordPress cost?
WordPress software is free. A professional WordPress website can still include domain registration, hosting, design, development, content, migration, paid plugins, security, backups and ongoing maintenance. Price the configured site and its support needs rather than the software licence in isolation.
How much do web designers charge?
YunoJuno’s 2026 UK report lists average day rates of £385 for design, £452 for UX and £533 for software engineering. Those discipline averages are not a universal web designer tariff. Ask for the rate, estimated days, deliverables and exclusions so the total can be reconstructed.
Are website builder plans cheaper than hiring a web designer?
The cash entry price is usually lower because DIY builders transfer content, design, configuration and checking work to the owner. They may still be good value for a simple site. Compare the paid plan, apps, custom domain, business email, owner time, support and migration cost with a freelancer or agency quote covering the same outcome.
How much does an eCommerce website cost?
The base model in this guide spans roughly £15,000–£70,400 across freelancer and specialist-agency routes for a store of up to 250 products. A small theme-led shop with clean product data may require less, while B2B rules, subscriptions, several markets, difficult migration or custom integrations may require more. Platform and payment fees continue after launch.
Sources, limitations and update record
David Bryan prepared this guide for Opace. The pricing and methodology were researched on 4 and 5 August 2026, then the article was restructured on 26 August 2026 around separate informational and calculator search intent. Supplier prices may change without notice.
Sources are used in this order:
- UK government, regulator and registry material for VAT, online-selling duties, accessibility and domain fees.
- Current supplier documentation for availability, prices, plan limits, licences and exports.
- Published labour datasets and public rate cards for directional UK delivery-cost evidence.
- Opace planning assumptions only where no suitable national benchmark was found. These remain labelled and visible in the calculator.
- Opace services and case studies only as first-party commercial information, not independent proof of market price or performance.
Key sources include UK VAT rates, Nominet’s .UK wholesale fee schedule, UK online and distance-selling guidance, GOV.UK accessibility requirements, the YunoJuno 2026 Freelancer Rates Report, the Digital Outcomes supplier-average rate file and the Rocktime G-Cloud 14 rate card.
For platform decisions, check the current Wix plans, Squarespace pricing, GoDaddy UK pricing, Shopify UK pricing, WordPress licence, Netlify pricing, Cloudflare Pages limits and Vercel Hobby terms. Record the date, billing term, VAT treatment, renewal price and features actually selected.
The calculator is an editorial planning tool, not financial, legal, tax or procurement advice. It stores no email address and does not produce an Opace quote. Estimate your website project cost by completing the seven questions, then replace planning allowances with current checkouts and written quotations before buying.
