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If you've started asking around about a website for your business, you've probably gotten five different answers ranging from "free" to "€5,000." That's confusing, and it's not your fault. The website world has a lot of moving pieces: hosting, design, domains, maintenance, plugins, subscriptions. Each option bundles them differently, which makes prices hard to compare.
This article breaks down what you'll actually pay in 2026 for each common route, what you get for it, and what nobody tells you upfront — the ongoing costs that show up months later. By the end, you'll know exactly what questions to ask before you spend a cent.
Tools like the big-name drag-and-drop builders usually advertise €10 to €30 a month. That sounds affordable. But you're the one building it — choosing fonts, writing copy, resizing images, figuring out why the mobile version looks broken. For most business owners, that's 10 to 20 hours of work, sometimes more if you're not used to this kind of software.
And the monthly fee never stops. Over three years, a €20/month plan costs you €720, and you still don't own anything — cancel the subscription and your site disappears. It's a reasonable choice if you enjoy tinkering and have spare evenings. If you don't, the real cost is your time, not the sticker price.
A freelance designer or developer might charge anywhere from €300 to €3,000 for a small business site, depending on their experience and where they're based. The upside is a personal touch — someone who listens to what you need and builds around it.
The downside is variability. You might get a great result, or you might get a half-finished site because the freelancer got busy with another client. Timelines can stretch from two weeks to two months. Also ask directly: who owns the code and the domain when it's done? Some freelancers keep control of the site unless you push for full ownership in writing.
Agencies are the premium option: €2,000 to €10,000+ for a business website, sometimes more if you need e-commerce, bookings, or custom features. You're paying for a team — strategist, designer, developer, project manager — and often a smoother, more guided experience.
This makes sense for larger businesses with specific, complex needs. For a local shop, restaurant, or service business that mainly needs to look professional online and be easy to find, it's usually more than necessary. You're paying for scale you probably don't need yet.
Whatever route you pick, ask what happens after launch. Domains need renewing every year (€10–€20). Hosting is often €5–€25 a month. Plugins and themes on WordPress-style sites frequently charge their own yearly fees. Security updates, backups, and fixing things when they break are either your job or someone else's — and if it's someone else's, they're billing you for it.
Add it up over three years and a "cheap" €500 website can easily cost €1,500–€2,000 once you include hosting, updates, and the inevitable "can you just change this text" freelancer invoice. This is the number that catches people off guard, because nobody mentions it during the sales pitch.
This is exactly the gap Keepyz was built to close. You get a professional website built for your business in a few minutes, free, and we put it online for you at yourname.keepyz.com, with no hosting to buy and no agency invoice six months later for a text change. Your own domain, when you want it, is Premium: €39 a year plus the domain at cost.
There's no meter running in the background, no plugin update you forgot about, no "your plan expired" email at the worst possible time. It's built to get a local business online quickly, looking credible, without you needing to learn design software or negotiate a freelancer's timeline.
If you've been putting off getting a website because the quotes felt too high or too vague, it might be worth spending ten minutes on keepyz.com and seeing what your business's site could look like. No pressure — just a clear, honest option to compare against everything else on this list.
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