There is no useful single price for a custom business website because two projects with the same number of pages can require very different amounts of strategy, design, development and integration work. The most useful way to compare website costs is to understand what is included in the scope and what the website needs to accomplish for the business.
For Regina businesses, the biggest cost drivers are usually page count, unique layouts, content requirements, CMS structure, ecommerce or booking, third-party integrations, animation, migration work, SEO requirements and the level of custom development involved.
Page count matters, but it is only one part of scope. A small website with custom quoting, a CRM integration and a complex CMS can require more work than a larger informational site. Content readiness also matters: projects move differently when the client already has approved copy, photography and brand assets versus when strategy and content have to be created during the build.
The right quote should explain the deliverables, functionality, content responsibilities, revision process and what happens after launch.
Hourly rates can be useful for maintenance or clearly defined technical tasks, but they do not tell you much about the value or completeness of a website project. A lower hourly rate can still produce a more expensive project if the process is inefficient, while a fixed project price can be easier to budget when the scope is clearly defined.
For a new business website, compare the actual outcome being delivered: strategy, design quality, development, mobile behaviour, CMS setup, SEO foundations, integrations, testing and launch support.
DIY website builders can be useful when the goal is simply to get basic information online. A custom business website involves more decisions: information architecture, positioning, conversion paths, responsive behaviour, performance, content structure and technical implementation.
The extra cost should correspond to real project work and business requirements, not just a more expensive template.
After launch, businesses may have recurring costs for domains, hosting, email, software, plugins or apps, security, backups, maintenance and content updates. The exact mix depends on the platform and functionality.
Before approving a build, ask which costs belong to the website platform, which belong to third-party services and which are optional support services. That makes total ownership cost easier to evaluate.
Start with the business requirements instead of a target page count. Identify who the website must reach, what actions visitors should take, what systems need to connect to it and which content needs to be managed after launch. Those answers make it much easier to scope a realistic project.
If you are comparing options, our free homepage design gives you a concrete design direction before you decide whether to move forward, and you keep the finished Figma mockup with no obligation to continue.
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