Website Cost Calculator: UK and US Prices, Costed Over Three Years

A typical UK small business site costs about £2,200 to £7,300 to build with an agency, and roughly £7,400 over 3 years once running costs are counted. In the US the same job is about $11,600 to $21,750 to build, or roughly $27,200 over 3 years. Answer 4 questions below to cost your own job, UK or US. No email required.

Nearly every website cost calculator online quotes you a build price and stops there. That is the least useful number in the whole decision, because the build is a one off and everything else recurs. Hosting, maintenance, a builder subscription that never stops: those are what make the cheap option in year one the expensive option by year three.

So this one costs three years, not three weeks. Answer four questions and you get the market range for your job, the running costs, and what each route actually totals over the life of the site. It works for the UK and the US, because the two markets are nothing alike on price. No email address, no call, no follow up.

Cost calculator

What will your website actually cost?

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Four questions. You get a real range, the running costs most quotes leave out, and the three year total, which is the number that decides it. No email required.

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UK website costs at a glance

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RouteBuildRunning costAt the end
Do it yourself on a builderNo build fee£120 to £360 a yearYou own nothing
Freelancer£300 to £1,200£70 to £220 a yearYou own it
UK agency£1,500 to £6,000£300 to £1,500 a yearYou own it

What people forget: running costs

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  • Domain: £10 to £20 a year
  • Hosting: £60 to £300 a year
  • SSL certificate: Should be free and included
  • Maintenance and updates: £20 to £100 a month, or your own time
  • Builder subscription: £10 to £30 a month, and it never stops

UK market ranges plus our own published fixed prices, reviewed September 2026.

The reasoning behind every number is in our website cost guide. Our own prices are fixed and published on the packages page.

Frequently asked questions

How much will my website cost?

For a typical UK small business site the calculator returns about £2,200 to £7,300 to build with a UK agency, roughly £7,400 over three years once running costs are counted, against £1,495 fixed here. For the same job in the US it returns about $11,600 to $21,750 to build, roughly $27,200 over three years, against $1,895 fixed here.

What does the calculator include that a quote does not?

The running costs, and three years rather than one. A build price ignores hosting, the domain, maintenance and any builder subscription, which is the cost people underestimate most because it looks small monthly. The calculator totals all four routes over three years: do it yourself, a freelancer, an agency, or this studio.

Do I have to give my email address?

No. The calculator runs in your browser, asks four questions, and shows the result. Nothing is emailed, nothing is stored against your name, and there is no follow-up unless you choose to contact us.

Is the calculator accurate for the US?

It uses US market rates rather than converted UK ones, because the gap is large: US agencies typically charge from $2,000 and most projects reviewed on Clutch cost under $10,000, at $100 to $149 an hour (Clutch pricing guide, checked October 2026), against £2,200 to £7,300 from a UK agency. Switch the currency and the ranges change, not just the symbol.