Website cost for a freelancer in 2026

Almost every enquiry from a freelancer starts the same way: “how much does a website cost?”. The useful answer is not a single number but a range, and the list of things that move you up and down inside it.

These are the ranges being paid in Spain in 2026, with their sources, and where what we offer sits among them. No invented figures and no promises a website cannot keep.

In one sentence: what it costs

Between €600 and €1,500 for a single-page site built by a professional, and between 1,200 and €4,500 if it is custom-built with integrations. Beyond that, price is driven by content, languages and features, not by page count.

That is the summary of what market data shows:

What	Range	Source
One-page landing page, solo professional	€600–1,000	Creasitios
One-page landing page, agency	€700–1,500	Creasitios
Custom landing page, original design	~€1,200–2,500	Adrián Pozo
Landing page with integrations (bookings, payments, CRM)	€2,500–4,500 or more	Adrián Pozo
Monthly maintenance, general market	€50–150/month	Cronoshare
Basic maintenance, market	€40–90/month	Bossbyte

The ranges are wide on purpose: “a website” covers everything from a business card with a form to a site with a catalogue, two languages and bookings. What separates one end from the other is what comes next.

What drives the price

Four things: whether the design is original or comes from a template, how much content has to be produced, how many languages it runs in, and how many integrations it needs. Page count matters less than it looks.

Custom or template. A template is already designed and only needs filling in: it costs less, and the result shows, because the design was not made for your business. An original design is paid for once and sets you apart, but it takes design and development hours.

The content. Copy, photographs, logo, structure. If the client brings them, the quote drops; if they have to be written from scratch, photographed or catalogued, that is work and it appears on the invoice. It is the item most often forgotten when comparing quotes.

Languages. Each language is more copy to write, review and keep in sync, plus the tags a search engine needs to tell the versions apart. It is not duplicating the site: it is duplicating the content and the review work.

Integrations. Bookings, payments, sending leads to a CRM, hooking up to an invoicing tool or a store. At that point the quote no longer depends on design but on how many external pieces have to be fitted and tested. That is why ranges with integrations jump: it is not the site, it is what has to be connected to it.

An online store is a separate job. Catalogue, payments, shipping, tax, returns and customer data make it a project of its own, and so is its maintenance.

What it costs to maintain afterwards

Between €40 and €150 a month in the Spanish market, depending on what the fee covers: backups, updates, small changes or support. Some pay nothing because they have no maintenance plan, and then the maintenance is whatever they do themselves when something breaks.

In our case managed hosting is €25/month + VAT, and the Digital employee —the site hosted and kept current plus small changes over WhatsApp, up to 15 a month— is €59/month + VAT (€49/month + VAT in the first year if taken with the site). If the site is custom-built with no content management system, there are no plugins to update every week: the work comes down to changes and checks.

A maintenance fee is not insurance against everything. It buys someone’s time looking at the site before it breaks, and it is worth knowing what it includes before signing. The details are on pricing.

Alternatives: build it yourself with an AI builder

You can have a site published for €15 to €25 a month, with no design or development cost. It is a real option, and for some businesses it is the right one.

What the market offers:

Wix, Business plans around €15–20/month depending on the plan (Creasitios).
Hostinger AI Website Builder, a $1.99/month promotion renewing at about $10.99/month (Hostinger).
Durable, $25/month (Durable).

What you gain: a low monthly cost, control over your own copy and a decent site in an afternoon. To test whether an idea has demand before investing, it is reasonable.

What you do not get:

An original design. You start from a template shared by thousands of businesses, with the same sections and the same look. The AI picks the content; the identity is still the template’s.
Controlled performance. You do not decide which scripts the page loads or how much it weighs. As the builder adds features, you pay for that speed on every visit.
Real maintenance. Someone has to update, watch and fix. If it is you, it is your time; if nobody does it, the site ages without anyone noticing.
Content. The AI writes, but it does not know your business: the copy that converts still comes from what you know about your customers.
Someone to call. When something stops working on a Friday, the builder’s support is a form.

Neither option is dishonest. They are different products: a template site answers “being there”, and a site built to measure answers “explaining what you do properly and getting people in touch”.

Where Essential web presence fits

Essential web presence costs €165.29 + VAT — €200 incl. VAT — as a one-off: a single page with up to five blocks, call and WhatsApp buttons, baseline SEO and HTTPS. It is the option for someone who wants an original design and cannot pay a €1,200 project.

Managed hosting is separate, €25/month + VAT, and there is no minimum term: if you leave, you take the domain and the code with you. The full table is on pricing and the service detail on web design and development.

Placed in the table above, it sits below the professional landing page range. It is not a campaign landing page with integrations: it is a presentation site with a fixed scope and no custom features. When a project needs more — several pages, a blog, a store or integrations — it is quoted separately, and there the market ranges in this article do apply.

When each option is worth it

An AI builder, if you need to test an idea quickly, have no visual identity yet and a template look is fine.

A single page with an original design, if you are a freelancer, your site is your business card and whoever finds you has to understand in ten seconds what you do and how to reach you. That is the case Essential web presence is built for.

A custom site with more scope, if you need a catalogue, a blog, two languages, bookings or a connection to other software. That is where the €2,500–4,500 market range makes sense, because the work is not in the design but in the pieces.

A store, if you are going to sell online. That is another project, with other maintenance and other risks.

How to ask for a quote without being overcharged

Ask the same things whatever the option: scope in writing, exactly what is included, what it costs afterwards and who owns the domain and the code.

What is and is not included: copy, photographs, languages, forms, email, analytics. If something is not listed, it is not included.
What it costs to maintain: hosting, updates, backups, changes. Compare the cost over two years, not just the first payment.
Whose domain it is: it should be in your name. Same for the access details and the code.
What happens if you leave: if there is no minimum term, get it in writing; if there is one, what it costs to exit.
Whether you can see it before paying: ask how the work is shown before it is charged. It is the cheapest way to check who you are dealing with.

A fixed quote with written scope protects both sides: the client, from an invoice that keeps growing, and whoever signs it, from the “while you’re at it” that was not part of the deal. That is how we work, and it is why we publish the entry-level price instead of hiding it behind an “it depends”.

If you want, tell us what you need on WhatsApp and we will tell you which option fits and what it costs, with no obligation.