How much does a website cost per month?
The short answer
Realistic 2026 numbers: a one-pager $1.60 a month (Carrd, $19/yr), a blog $4 (WordPress.com), a budget business site $3 to $9 (Hostinger, intro pricing), a standard business site $15 to $33 (Wix, Squarespace, Framer), a real online store $29 plus payment fees (Shopify). Add a domain (~$15/yr) everywhere, and check every renewal price.
In detail
The market prices by ambition, and the tiers are remarkably consistent. At the bottom sits the one-page and blog tier. Carrd Pro at $19 a year and WordPress.com Personal at $4 a month deliver a custom-domain web presence for less than a coffee subscription, and for many personal brands and side projects this is genuinely all the website they need. The budget-builder tier (Hostinger around $3, IONOS intro offers, Jimdo at $9) bundles hosting, builder, and often email, with the hosting-industry catch of intro prices on long contracts that renew at double.
The standard tier ($15 to $33: Wix Light $17, Squarespace Personal $16, Framer Basic $25, Squarespace Business $33) is where most small businesses land, and the differences are personality more than capability. Commerce changes the math. Shopify Basic runs $29 plus processing fees (~2.9% + 30¢), Square Online free plus the same fees, and the fee line quickly outweighs the subscription line as sales grow. A store doing $5,000 a month pays ~$150 in processing regardless of platform.
The costs people forget: the domain (~$15/yr, occasionally free in year one), email at your domain (free with some bundles, $6+/user/mo via Google Workspace otherwise), and premium add-ons (apps, fonts, stock images) that builders merchandise enthusiastically. And the renewal rule applies everywhere in this industry. The advertised price is the introduction. The renewal is the relationship. Check both before committing, and calendar the renewal date.
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