An honest pricing guide
How much does a website cost? An honest answer, with numbers
A website can cost anywhere from a few hundred euros to tens of thousands — and there are good reasons why. Here you will find typical market prices in Slovakia, what goes into them, and how to pay only for what you actually need.
Updated: October 2026
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How much a website costs: the straight answer
Based on our review of Slovak price lists and market guides (October 2026), a website in Slovakia typically costs about €550 – €1,500 for a one-page site, €1,000 – €3,500 for a company website of 5 – 10 pages, and €1,500 – €8,000 for an e-shop on a ready-made platform. A custom web application starts at around €8,000 and commonly reaches €30,000. With us, prices start from €890 for a one-page site and from €1,990 for a company website. These are Slovak-market figures, quoted in euros.
Why is the spread so wide? For the same reason as with the question “how much does a car cost”. A small used car and a new delivery van are both cars — yet each serves a different purpose. The same goes for a website: it can be an online business card, or a machine that brings you customers and takes orders every single day.
On this page you will find typical website prices by type, the five things that move the price the most, an honest chapter on free websites, and a simple rule that keeps you from paying more for a website than you have to.
What makes up the price of a website
The price of a website is not one number for “programming”. It is the sum of several separate jobs — and once you know them, you can see exactly what you are paying for and where there is room to save.
- Layout and design — how the pages are arranged and how they look. This decides whether the site feels trustworthy and whether visitors easily find where to click.
- Copy — the words that sell. Either you supply the text, or someone writes it for you; the second option is extra work, and you will see it in the price.
- Programming — the actual build of the site, so it loads fast and works properly on mobile and desktop alike.
- Filling in the content — photos, price lists, products, opening hours. Someone has to put them into the site and get them looking right.
- SEO essentials — the settings that let Google find you and show you to people searching for exactly your services.
- Launch — putting the site live, switching on traffic measurement and checking that everything works.
Typical prices by website type
Website prices in Slovakia most often fall within the ranges below. The market ranges are based on public 2026 price lists and cost guides from Slovak agencies and freelancers (we also compared Czech prices); extremely cheap and extremely expensive offers were left out. The "With us from" column is our own price list — entry prices for a fixed, agreed scope.
How should you work with the ranges? First, get clear on what the website is meant to do — sell, collect enquiries, or simply inform. Then request two or three quotes for the same brief. Only with an identical brief will you see who is charging a fair price and who is billing you for thin air.
| Website type | Typical market price | With us from | Who it is for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business-card / one-page website | approx. €550 – €1,500 | from €890 | Sole traders and small businesses that want to be easy to find and look trustworthy |
| Company website5 – 10 subpages, blog, forms | approx. €1,000 – €3,500 | from €1,990 | Businesses that want their website to bring in enquiries and new customers |
| Larger custom company website20+ subpages, integrations, several languages | approx. €3,000 – €8,000 | from €3,900 | Businesses with a broader offer or links to internal systems |
| E-shop on a ready-made platformShoptet, WooCommerce, Shopify | approx. €1,500 – €8,000 | not offered, we build e-shops custom | Selling products online — the price grows with the number of features and integrations; the platform fee is extra |
| Custom-built e-shop | approx. €8,000 – €25,000 and up | from €9,900 | Large catalogues, B2B pricing, stock or ERP integration |
| Custom web application / portal | approx. €8,000 – €30,000 | from €9,000 | Businesses with a process of their own that off-the-shelf solutions cannot handle; always priced individually |
What moves the price the most
Two websites can look the same at first glance, yet one costs three times as much. The difference almost always comes down to these five things:
- Number of subpages — every additional subpage means another layout, more copy and more content to fill in.
- Who writes the copy — text you supply ready-made lowers the price. Copy written to order raises it, but pays off when the words are meant to sell, not merely inform.
- E-shop features — card payments, carrier integrations, inventory, discount codes. Each feature is a separate piece of work.
- Integrations with other systems — connecting to invoicing, a booking calendar or inventory saves you hours of manual retyping, but adds to the build price.
- Template vs. custom design — a template is an off-the-rack suit: faster and cheaper. A custom design is tailored precisely to your business: more expensive, but nobody else has one like it.
A free website — when it works and when it does not
You can have a website entirely free of charge — online website builders, the tools where you assemble a page yourself, make it possible, and we will not claim otherwise. The honest answer, though, is this: you do not pay in money, you pay in other ways.
The same maths applies to “a website from a friend for a few euros”. You save at the start, but when the friend has no time six months later, there is nobody to handle fixes and changes. A cheap website with no support is like a car with no servicing — it runs right up until something breaks.
Free is perfectly fine for a hobby, a personal page, or a quick test of whether anyone is even interested in your idea. In those cases a website builder is the sensible choice and there is no need to spend.
Free becomes the most expensive option the moment the website is supposed to bring in customers. These are the four hidden prices you pay for it:
- Someone else's advertising on your website — the builder displays its own logo or ads on your page, so customers can tell at first glance that the site was free.
- Someone else's address — instead of yourcompany.sk you get an address like yourcompany.sitebuilder.com. It is harder to remember and looks less trustworthy.
- A ceiling on Google — free websites offer limited SEO options, meaning limited ways to tune the site for search engines. You will not climb higher in the results, and customers simply will not find you.
- Your time — assembling a website evening after evening is hours not spent on your own business. Those have a price too.
How to avoid paying more than you have to
The most common way a website gets expensive is not a high price tag at the start. It is hourly billing with no cap — you pay for time worked, not for a result, and you only learn the final number from the invoice.
The protection is simple: ask for a fixed price with a written scope up front. The paper should state exactly what the website will include, what is in the price and what is not. Suddenly quotes become comparable, and no invoice can surprise you.
That is exactly how we work at Grew Studio: the intro call is free, and afterwards you receive a quote with a precise scope. No hourly billing, no surprises. A larger project can be split into phases, so you do not pay for everything at once.
How much running a website costs
A website is not a one-off purchase like a chair — it is more like a car. You buy it once, then pay small regular amounts to keep it on the road.
Suppliers often sell operation bundled with the website build. There is nothing wrong with that — just have them itemise exactly what the bundle includes, what it costs per year, and what happens if you ever want to leave it.
Running a website itself has three items:
- Domain — your internet address, such as yourcompany.sk. Paid once a year, roughly €10 – €25 depending on the ending and registrar.
- Hosting — renting space on a computer that stays on around the clock and keeps your website available. Roughly €5 – €30 per month (from about €3 for basic shared hosting); an SSL certificate is usually free today.
- Maintenance — updates, backups and small tweaks. Typically €20 – €100 per month on the market, more for an e-shop with frequent changes; with us from €49 per month. A rented e-shop (e.g. Shoptet) costs €16.50 – €173.50 per month.
Frequently asked questions
01How much does it cost to build a website?
According to our review of the market (October 2026), a one-page site usually costs €550 to €1,500 and a company website with 5 to 10 pages €1,000 to €3,500. With us a one-page site starts at €890 and a company website at €1,990. The final price depends on the scope we agree before work starts.
02What is the price list for building websites?
Indicative price list: a one-page site from €890, a company website (5 to 10 pages) from €1,990, a larger custom website from €3,900, a custom e-shop from €9,900 and a web application from €9,000. You get the exact price in a quote with an agreed scope.
03How much does a website for an e-shop cost?
An e-shop on a ready-made platform (Shoptet, WooCommerce or Shopify) usually costs €1,500 – €8,000 on the market, and with rented platforms the provider's monthly fee comes on top. We do not build e-shops on ready-made platforms; we build them custom, and those start at €9,900. The price grows with the number of features and integrations, for example to a warehouse system or accounting.
04What affects the price of a website?
The biggest factors are the number of pages, who writes the copy, e-shop features, connections to other systems and the choice between a template and a custom design. Two websites that look alike can therefore differ threefold in price. Always ask for a fixed price with the scope written down.
05How much does website maintenance cost?
On the market, maintenance of a company website usually runs from €20 to €100 a month, and e-shop maintenance tends to cost more. With us it starts at €49 a month. A .sk domain costs roughly €10 to €25 a year and hosting €5 to €30 a month.
06Can a website be paid for in instalments or in stages?
Yes, larger projects are routinely split into phases. The foundation launches first — say, the homepage and a contact page — and further parts are added over time. You always pay for a completed phase, so the costs are spread out and you see a finished result after each one. At Grew Studio we split most larger projects this way and propose the split right in the quote.
07How long does it take to build a website?
A simple business-card website is usually done in 2 – 4 weeks, a company website with several subpages in 4 – 8 weeks, and an e-shop in 2 – 4 months. The most common delay is not the programming but waiting for materials — copy, photos and price lists. Have them ready in advance and you can shorten the whole process considerably.
08What hidden fees should I watch out for?
The three most common: domain and hosting billed on top (ask whether they are included and in whose name the domain is registered — it should be yours), a fee for every minor change after launch, and monthly licences for features you never knew about. The protection is always the same: a fixed quote with a breakdown of what is in the price, what is billed yearly and what monthly.
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For English-speaking companies in Slovakia
Reading Slovak website prices as a foreign buyer
The ranges in this guide describe the Slovak market and are quoted in euros. They are written for English-speaking buyers who want to know what a website realistically costs in Slovakia before asking for quotes.
- All prices are quoted in euros, and invoices can be addressed to your company abroad; your accountant confirms how they are booked.
- When you compare with quotes from other countries, check which scope each quote assumes and what it includes.
- A second language version is extra scope. Ask for it as a separate line in the quote so you can compare like with like.
Want to know the exact price of your website?
Book a free call with us. You will receive a quote with a precise scope — no hourly billing, no surprises.