A business website does not have a universal price. A small company profile and a multilingual customer portal are different projects, even if both are described as a corporate website. Compare the work included, not just the headline number.
This international edition uses US dollars and global-market references rather than converting Iranian prices. Prices were reviewed on October 12, 2026. The planning examples below are not Rvion quotations, statistical market averages or promises of delivery.
What is a sensible website budget?
Clutch's web development pricing guide reports commonly listed agency rates of $25–$49 per hour, with substantial regional variation. Using a rounded $25–$50 hourly assumption, the following are our illustrative scope-based calculations:
- Small, template-based company website: 40–100 hours, approximately $1,000–$5,000. Assume a limited set of pages, supplied content and a standard contact form.
- Custom-designed business website: 120–300 hours, approximately $3,000–$15,000. Assume bespoke page layouts, content management, responsive implementation and testing.
- Website with substantial application features: 400–1,000 hours, approximately $10,000–$50,000. Accounts, permissions, booking or integrations can move the project beyond a brochure site.
These bands overlap because scope matters more than the label. They exclude tax, third-party subscriptions, substantial content production and ongoing operation unless a proposal explicitly includes them. High-cost-market teams and demanding projects can exceed these bands. Ask suppliers to replace the assumed hours and rate with their own itemised estimate.
What changes the price?
Template, custom design or custom application
A reputable template is often sufficient for a standard company profile, blog or catalogue. A custom visual design does not necessarily require a custom backend. Build an application when your workflow, permissions or integrations genuinely require it, not simply because custom sounds more prestigious.
Page types, not just page counts
Ten text pages are not equivalent to ten interactive screens. List each type: service page, searchable directory, quotation form, dashboard or checkout. State which layouts are shared and who enters the content.
Languages and accessibility
Each language requires translation, editorial review, metadata and layout checks. Right-to-left support adds specific testing. Define keyboard navigation, contrast and form-error behaviour as deliverables rather than assuming they will appear at the end.
Payments and integrations
Ask for separate estimates for payment providers, messaging, accounting and CRM connections. Include failure handling, retries and reconciliation. If online selling is the main purpose, scope it as an e-commerce platform rather than a company profile with a payment button.
SEO and content
Technical SEO at launch and continuing content work are different services. Specify indexable pages, redirects, canonical URLs and metadata. Google warns that nobody can guarantee a number-one ranking. Do not pay for that promise.
Calculate the first year, not just launch day
Ask for actual provider quotations for domain registration and renewal, hosting, backups, paid themes, plugins, email and support. Promotional first-year prices may differ from renewals. A free certificate can remove a certificate fee, but not the work of configuring and monitoring HTTPS.
For maintenance, use a transparent workload example instead of a universal percentage: 4–12 hours per month at the assumed $25–$50 rate is approximately $100–$600 monthly, or $1,200–$7,200 yearly. This is our planning arithmetic, not a market tariff; infrastructure and major new features are additional. Define what those hours cover and who handles an outage.
First-year ownership cost = build + content + third-party services + operation. A lower build price is not necessarily cheaper if essential items are missing.
Give every supplier the same brief
Write down the goal, audience, page types, languages, features, content responsibilities and support expectations. Then ask two or three suppliers to price that same document. Rvion's website customisation journey can help turn an abstract visual preference into concrete choices; previews are demonstrations, not a delivered production system.
Request milestones, acceptance criteria and a change-request process. Clarify domain ownership, source-code rights, hosting access and handover documentation in the contract. Do not assume that paying an invoice automatically transfers every third-party licence.
When custom development is unnecessary
A simple launch, a standard catalogue or a business still testing its positioning may be better served by an established CMS. If content is not ready, solve that before purchasing an elaborate design. If nobody can maintain custom software, choose a simpler option or budget for ongoing maintenance.
Before accepting a proposal
- Compare the same scope, not different package names.
- Separate design, implementation, content, testing and training.
- Confirm renewals, infrastructure and support costs in USD and their billing periods.
- Identify exclusions, ownership rights and the exit process.
- Test the supplier's relevant work on a phone.
- Agree how acceptance, faults and later changes will be handled.
Use the corporate website service to explore the scope, or send a short brief for a project-specific discussion.
