"How much does a website cost?" is the first question almost every client asks, and the honest answer is: it depends on what the website has to do. A one-page site for an ad campaign and a booking platform with payments are both called websites, but they are different products. Below is how we price projects at BoostLab, what drives the price and which costs are easy to miss.
Website prices by type
These are our starting prices. Every project gets a fixed quote after a short call, so you know the final number before work begins.
| Type | Price from | Timeline | Fits when |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landing page | €700 | 5-7 working days | One offer, one goal, traffic from ads or outreach |
| Business website | €1,700 | 2-3 weeks | Several services, multiple languages, blog and SEO |
| Online store | €3,500 | 3-5 weeks | Catalogue, payments, shipping and orders |
| Web platform or CRM | €4,500 | From 4 weeks | Accounts, bookings, payments, admin panel, integrations |
| Turnkey ticketing platform | €18,790 | 2-4 months | Ticket sales, QR check-in, organiser dashboard |
| Turnkey marketplace | €19,790 | 2-4 months | Many sellers, commissions, payouts, moderation |
| Turnkey rental platform | €21,790 | 2-4 months | Availability calendar, deposits, contracts, hosts |
| Mobile app on top | +€4,970 Android, +€5,970 iOS | 6-12 weeks | Customers book, buy or manage from their phone |
Full details are on our pricing page. For each type you can read more on web development, CRM systems, platforms and mobile apps.
What drives the cost
Two websites with the same number of pages can differ in price several times over. The main factors are:
- Number of unique templates. Ten service pages built on one template cost less than five pages that each need a different layout.
- Languages. Each language version needs copy, translation checks, hreflang tags and separate SEO work. In the Baltics, two to four languages is common.
- Custom design versus a theme. A custom design takes more time up front but matches your brand and converts better. A theme is cheaper but brings limits and unused code.
- Integrations. Payments, accounting export, CRM, booking calendars, delivery services and APIs each add work, especially when data has to flow both ways.
- Business logic. User accounts, roles, pricing rules, deposits or approval flows turn a website into an application, and that is where most of the budget goes.
- Content. Whether you provide texts and photos or we write the copy and source images changes the scope noticeably.
- Migration. Moving from an old site means mapping URLs, setting up redirects and protecting existing Google rankings.
Hidden costs to plan for
The development price is not the whole budget. These items are often forgotten in a first estimate:
- Domain, hosting and SSL. Small, but recurring every year. We set them up and bill hosting at cost, or deploy to your own server.
- Licences and subscriptions. Paid plugins, themes, booking widgets or SaaS tools often charge monthly or per user. Over three years, these can exceed the build cost.
- Payment fees. Card and bank-link providers charge per transaction. Compare providers before launch, not after.
- Copy, photos and translations. Professional texts and images make a visible difference to conversion and take time to produce.
- Maintenance. Updates, backups, security patches and small changes after launch. Budget for them from the start.
- Traffic. A website does not bring visitors by itself. SEO takes months, and ads need both a setup fee and an ad budget, which are separate costs.
What is included at BoostLab
Some studios sell basic things as extras. In our projects these are standard: mobile-first design, SEO structure and schema markup, Google Analytics 4 and conversion tracking, GDPR cookie consent, multilingual structure with hreflang, SSL and backups, an admin panel to edit content and a warranty period with free bug fixes. When you compare quotes, check whether these are in the price or come later as change requests.
How to get a fixed quote
- Describe the goal, not just the pages. "We need 30 booking requests a month" tells us more than "we need five pages".
- List must-have features and integrations. Payments, booking, CRM, accounting, languages. Mark what can wait for phase two.
- Share examples. Two or three websites you like, and what exactly you like about them.
- Get a scope document and prototype. We send a fixed quote after a free call and show a clickable prototype before development, so there are no surprises in the final invoice.
If the budget is tight, start smaller rather than cheaper: a strong landing page for €700 that brings requests is a better first step than a large website built on shortcuts. You can extend it later without starting over.
