Website Development
A single-page site starts at $600. Most small business sites land between $1,400 and $3,000. Larger sites with a store or booking run higher. Hosting and the domain are separate and ongoing.
$600 $8,000
Price list
Rev. 2026
The numbers, in public
Most developers will not publish rates, and the reason is not flattering. Vague pricing lets a quote be tuned to what a client appears able to pay rather than to what the work costs. Here is the list instead.
Web App Development
First working version typically $8,000 to $15,000. Full products with billing, roles, and integrations run $20,000 to $35,000 and up.
$8,000 $35,000
Desktop and Mobile Apps
Cross-platform MVP typically $12,000 to $22,000. Store submission and first-round review fixes are included.
$12,000 $45,000
Game Development
Playable prototype or vertical slice $10,000 to $20,000. Complete small commercial game $35,000 to $60,000 and up, driven mostly by art volume.
$10,000 $60,000
The bottom of each range is a real price, not bait. A single-page site genuinely starts at $600. Ranges assume a developer in North America or Western Europe; offshore rates run lower and agencies run considerably higher for the same scope, largely because you are also funding the overhead.
Never billed separately
- Calls, emails, and meetings
- Fixing defects that were present at delivery
- Transferring the code and accounts to you at the end
- Telling you that an off-the-shelf tool is the better buy
Not covered by a build
- Ongoing hosting and third-party service fees, billed to you directly
- New features requested after the scope is agreed, quoted separately
- Breakage caused by a third-party service changing its own behaviour
- Content, copywriting, and photography, unless we agree it upfront
Cost drivers
What moves the number
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Number of user roles
One kind of user is simple. Admin plus customer plus staff means three permission models, three sets of screens, and every feature tested three ways. Roles multiply cost faster than features do.
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Integrations
Stripe is documented and quick. A twenty-year-old accounting system with no API and a CSV export is a project of its own. I price integrations as separate line items so they cannot quietly blow the estimate.
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Data complexity
Storing records is easy. Records that relate to each other, change state, keep history, and stay correct when two people edit at once is where most of the invisible budget goes.
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Design expectations
Clean and functional is in every quote. Custom illustration, motion design, and a bespoke design system are separate and can double a front-end budget.
Terms
Plain language
How payment works
A deposit begins the work. After that, payments attach to delivered milestones rather than to calendar dates. Each one falls due when something working exists and you have reviewed it. Smaller projects usually split in two.
What happens if I underestimate
I absorb it. Scope is fixed in writing before work starts and that price holds. Work you add outside the agreed scope gets quoted separately for your approval. An estimate I got wrong is not an invoice you should receive.
The one honest exception: a project occasionally uncovers something that was not knowable at the start, usually a third-party system that does not behave the way its documentation claims. You hear about that the week I find it, with options and prices, while there is still room to decide.
If the budget does not reach
Tell me the real number on the first call. A real figure lets me say what is achievable, cut the scope to fit, or tell you plainly that an existing product solves this for a subscription fee. All three beat discovering it after a month of conversations.