How Much Does a Website Cost in India in 2026?

This is the first question almost every founder asks, and the honest answer is: it depends on what the website has to do. A brochure site for a local business and a full e-commerce platform with custom checkout logic are both "a website," but they're built by different teams over very different timelines.

The main things that move the price

• Page count — a 5-page site is a fraction of the work of a 20-page one.
• Custom design vs. a template — bespoke animation and layout work take longer than adapting an existing system.
• E-commerce or payments — checkout, inventory and payment gateway integration all add real engineering time.
• Content — if we're writing copy and sourcing images for you, that's separate from design and build time.
• Ongoing needs — hosting, maintenance and SEO are recurring costs, not one-time ones.

Rough ranges we see in the market

A simple 5-page informational site typically starts in the low five figures (INR). Small e-commerce stores with a handful of products usually run higher once payment integration and product catalogue work are factored in. Custom web apps — anything with logins, dashboards or a database behind them — are scoped individually because the range is genuinely wide.

Where we've simplified this for small businesses is our ₹15,000 Website Offer — a fixed-scope 5-page website, live in 7 days, with 12 months of hosting included. It's built for businesses that need a credible, fast web presence without a drawn-out scoping process.

What to actually budget for

If you're comparing quotes, ask each agency exactly what's included: number of pages, revision rounds, hosting duration, and whether copywriting is part of the price. A lower number that excludes hosting or content often ends up costing the same — or more — once those get added back in.

If you'd rather just tell us what you're building and get a real number back, our AI chat can take the basics in a couple of minutes and our team follows up directly.