What UK small business websites cost: 30 providers’ published prices

The short answer

I read the pricing pages of 30 UK website providers on 27 October 2026. Five gave only low-confidence prices, so the medians below use the other 25. Prices are in pounds including VAT; where a page said ex-VAT, I added 20 per cent.

The median build was £247 for one page (6 prices), £700 for about five pages (15) and £1,700 for a larger site (14). Hosting on its own had a median of £19.50 a month (8). For a five-page site, build plus hosting had a median of £775 in the first year (21 costs) and £1,872 over three years (18).

Year-one and three-year costs are build plus hosting. For monthly plans they are the monthly fee over the period plus any set-up fee. Separate care plans were too few and too varied for a median, so I left them out.

The type of provider changes the price

I sorted the 30 into four types: 10 freelancers, 7 small agencies, 5 sellers who specialise in trades, and 8 who sell only monthly plans.

For a five-page build, trade-specialist sellers had a median of £499, freelancers £725 and small agencies £1,250. Freelancers were the widest group, from £499 to £3,800.

Over three years, build plus hosting had a median of £1,108 for trade specialists, £2,117 for monthly-plan providers and £2,220 for freelancers. Small agencies had only two comparable figures, so I do not publish a median for them.

What it costs over three years

Monthly plans look cheap each month and add up. An all-in plan that covers build, hosting and care had a median of £56.40 a month, which is £2,030 over three years. These plans are rentals that cover running costs too, so they are not a like-for-like comparison with a one-off build.

Who owns the site, and does the price include VAT?

Only 8 of the 30 said clearly that the client owns the site. That was 4 of 5 trade specialists, 2 of 7 small agencies, 1 of 10 freelancers and 1 of 8 monthly-plan providers. 17 said nothing, 3 said the provider keeps it for a term, and 2 gave a partial answer such as the domain or logo only.

18 of the 30 did not say whether their prices include VAT. 8 said they were ex-VAT, 2 said inc-VAT and 2 said they charge none. Where a page said nothing I used the figure as shown, so if those prices are ex-VAT the true totals are 20 per cent higher.

Of the 10 all-in monthly plans, 3 had a 12-month minimum, 1 had 36 months and 1 had a buy-out ladder falling to nothing at 36 months. 2 said you can cancel at any time, and 3 did not say. Ownership was clear in 2 of the 10, kept by the provider in 2, partial in 2 and unstated in 4.

Where my own prices sit

These are my prices, shown for comparison and not as a claim to be the cheapest. The survey does not measure quality or scope, and its sample leans towards low published rate cards.

My builds and the three-year cost are below the median. My hosting is slightly above it. Larger-site tiers in the survey often allow 10 to 20 pages, against my 8. I hand over your website files, and the quote states it.

Method and limits

• I chose providers that publish prices on their own site. That skews the sample towards cheaper, more standard offers than firms that quote privately.
• Pages were read on 27 October 2026 and summarised by software. I then recomputed every figure here from the data table. Check the live page before relying on any provider’s price.
• I used the lowest stated figure for “from” prices. That biases the result downwards.
• Per-type medians rest on 3 to 7 prices. The one-page figure rests on 6. Treat them as indicative.
• Five providers with low-confidence prices are left out of the price medians. Providers are not named, because the point is the pattern.

Medians, ranges and counts by provider type, with no provider names. Download the summary data (CSV)

Related: What I charge, in full, My price list