In 2026, a professional business website in India typically costs ₹40,000 to ₹2,00,000, an e-commerce store ₹1,00,000 to ₹6,00,000, and a custom web or mobile app ₹5,00,000 upwards. The range is wide because price follows scope, not page count: how much is custom-built, how many integrations you need, and whether real users and payments are involved. Below are honest bands and the factors that move you within them.
"How much for a website?" has the same honest answer as "how much for a building?" — it depends on whether you want a kiosk or a factory. But vague answers help no one, so here are the real 2026 bands we quote against, and exactly what pushes a project from the bottom of a band to the top.
Price bands for 2026
| What you are building | Typical range (₹) | Good fit for |
|---|---|---|
| Landing / one-page site | 15,000 – 45,000 | Launch, campaign, single service |
| Business / brochure website | 40,000 – 2,00,000 | SMEs, service firms, portfolios |
| E-commerce store | 1,00,000 – 6,00,000 | D2C, retail, catalogue selling |
| Web app / SaaS (MVP) | 5,00,000 – 20,00,000+ | Products, dashboards, portals |
| Mobile app (Android/iOS) | 4,00,000 – 18,00,000+ | Consumer or field-team apps |
| Custom ERP / internal system | 6,00,000 – 40,00,000+ | Operations, multi-role platforms |
These are build costs. They exclude ongoing hosting, domain, third-party subscriptions and maintenance, which we cover further down. The bands are wide on purpose — where you land inside one is decided by the handful of levers below.
What actually drives the price.
Two projects with the same page count can differ by a factor of five. Almost all of it comes down to how much is custom, and how much software is hiding behind the pages.
The two levers that move the most
A themed WordPress site reuses an existing design; a custom-designed site is drawn for your brand and built to match pixel for pixel. That is the single biggest lever between the bottom and top of a band — it is hours of a designer's time, not a licence fee. Content is the quiet second lever: who writes the words changes the quote as much as who draws the screens.
- Template reskin vs custom, pixel-matched design
- Five pages you supply vs fifty we research and write
- A content project can sit inside a web project
- Who provides copy and images decides your band
Every live feature is a new product
Static information is inexpensive. The moment real users, payments or roles arrive, you are building software, not a brochure. Off-the-shelf tools like Shopify or WooCommerce get you live faster and cheaper than a bespoke platform — custom commerce only earns its cost when your catalogue, pricing or logistics genuinely break the standard tools, like 897 SKUs on distributor pricing tiers rather than a 30-product boutique.
- Payments, login, booking, live tracking, dashboards
- WhatsApp / CRM integration and GST invoicing
- Every role — admin, operator, customer — is its own screens
- A multi-role SaaS with live payments ≠ a marketing site
What you are actually paying for.
Don't forget the running costs
The build is one number; keeping it live is another. Budget realistically for:
- Hosting and domain: ₹3,000–₹30,000/year for most sites; more for apps with real traffic.
- Third-party services: payment gateway fees, SMS/WhatsApp, email, maps, or AI inference for anything with an AI feature.
- Maintenance (AMC): updates, security patches, small changes — commonly 15–20% of build cost per year.
A cheap build with no maintenance plan is how businesses end up with a hacked WordPress site two years later. The running cost is not optional; it is the cost of staying online safely.
A number you can hold to.
Fixed scope, milestone billing, and every exclusion named before we start.
How to get an accurate quote (and avoid padding)
- Describe outcomes, not features: "customers book and pay online" tells a studio more than "add a calendar."
- Say who writes the content and provides the images — it swings the price.
- List every integration you know of up front; discovering them mid-build is where overruns come from.
- Ask what is excluded. A lower quote often just moved hosting, content or maintenance off the page.
- Expect 50% advance, balance on milestones — the standard, sane structure for custom work in India.
What each band looks like in real work.
Three projects from our portfolio, one per tier — a marketing site with a custom app, a full custom ERP, and a multi-role SaaS with live payments.
Bharat Tools
A manufacturing site plus a custom delivery app — the standard 90% built cheaply, the differentiator built bespoke.
Read case study ↗True Way Organics
A farm-to-fork custom ERP with per-batch QR traceability — an unusual core process that justified the top band.
Read case study ↗Accurate Tender
A multi-role tender-discovery SaaS with client, admin and operator logins and live payments — a different order of work.
Read case study ↗Common questions.
How much does a basic business website cost in India in 2026?
How much does an e-commerce website cost?
Why do quotes vary so much for the same brief?
Is a mobile app more expensive than a website?
What ongoing costs should I budget after launch?
How much does a one-page landing site cost?
Can you work to a fixed budget?
Want a real number for your project, not a band?
Send us your outcomes and integrations and we will quote a fixed scope with milestones — no padding, no surprise exclusions.
A price that matches your scope.
From a brochure site to a multi-role SaaS with live payments — tell us the outcomes you need and we'll quote honestly, with 50% advance and milestone billing.