Published Irish price guides put a small-business website at about €700 to €2,500, built by a freelancer or small studio.
- Established agencies quote from about €2,500 to €8,000 or more. Website builders like Wix and Squarespace charge a monthly fee instead.
- The number of pages and extras like booking or payments move the price most.
What the published prices say
- Sevenoways’ 2026 guide starts at €999 for a five-page site. It puts a custom site of five to ten pages at €700 to €1,500.
- Sites with booking and copywriting are €1,500 to €3,000 in the same guide. Online shops start at €3,000.
- Digital Bridge’s 2026 guide puts freelancers at €800 to €2,500. It puts established Irish agencies at €2,500 to €8,000 or more.
Both guides come from companies that sell websites, so read them as a range, not a rule.
What moves the price
- The number of pages, and whether someone writes the words for you.
- Booking, payments or an online shop behind the pages.
- A design made for you, rather than an adapted template.
- Photos, a logo and moving your old content across.
The running costs
- A website also costs money every year. You pay for the domain name, the hosting and usually a business email account.
- Sevenoways puts typical Irish hosting at €5 to €30 a month.
Ask every quote who pays for these after launch, and who makes changes when you need them.
Grants: the Trading Online Voucher has closed
The Local Enterprise Office’s Trading Online Voucher closed to applications on 13 December 2024. Some agency pages still advertise it.
- Its replacement, the Grow Digital Voucher, pays 50% of eligible costs, up to €5,000.
- It’s for firms with 1 to 50 paid employees that have completed a Digital for Business project.
- It funds off-the-shelf software and training, and it doesn’t support bespoke website development. Ask your Local Enterprise Office what’s open now.
How to compare quotes
- How many pages, and who writes and supplies the words and photos.
- Whether it works on phones and loads quickly on mobile data.
- Who owns the domain name. It should be registered to your business.
- What happens after launch: hosting, updates, backups and small changes.
- How many rounds of changes are included before it goes live.
Common questions
How much does a website cost in the UK or the US?
One UK agency’s 2026 guide puts a small-business site at £1,000 to £5,000 or more.
In the US, a website-builder company’s guide puts a freelancer at $500 to $5,000. It puts an agency at $5,000 to $30,000 or more.
All of these are published by companies that sell websites.
Can I get a grant for a website in Ireland?
Not for a custom-built site at the moment. The Trading Online Voucher closed in December 2024.
The Grow Digital Voucher that replaced it funds off-the-shelf software and training, not bespoke website development.
Check with your Local Enterprise Office.
Who should own my domain name?
You should. Register it in your business’s name, on an account you control.
If a designer registers it for you, ask for it to be moved to your account.
Is a website builder cheaper than a web designer?
The monthly fee costs less up front than a one-off build, but you build and look after the site yourself.
Add up the fee over a few years, plus your own time, before you decide.
What we charge
A new website is €499, with 12 months of hosting and Care included. After that, Care is €20 a month. See prices, or tell us what you need.
Sources
- Sevenoways — How much does a website cost in Ireland? (updated 13 Sep 2026)
- Digital Bridge — Affordable web design Dublin 2026
- Local Enterprise Office — Trading Online Voucher (closed)
- Local Enterprise Office — Grow Digital Voucher
- Get You Online — How much does a website cost in the UK?
- Leadpages — Average cost of website design for small business