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 milestonesthe 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.