Website Development Cost Calculator

Work out website development cost instantly with clear inputs, formula shown and shareable results.

About Website Development Cost Calculator

Cost is unique templates times hours each times the hourly rate, plus fixed costs for licences, stock assets and third party services. Counting templates rather than pages is what keeps estimates honest, since a hundred blog posts share one template and cost almost nothing extra.

Formula

Project cost

total = templates x hours per template x hourly rate + fixed costs

Worked example

With the default values below, Website Development Cost Calculator returns Total project cost of $7,400.00. Change any input above and every figure here is recalculated in your browser.

Inputs used

Unique page templatesminimum 1: 15
Hours per templateminimum 0.1 h: 6 h
Hourly rateminimum 0.01: 60
Fixed costs and licencesminimum 0: 2,000

Results

Total project cost: $7,400.00
Development hours: 90.00 h
Labour cost: $5,400.00
Cost per template: $493.33

Step by step

1Values used
2Project cost
3Total project cost= 7,400.00
4Development hours= 90.00 h
5Labour cost= 5,400.00
6Cost per template= 493.33

Assumptions and limits

The result is derived only from the 4 inputs listed above. Anything not among them is not part of the calculation.
In particular, this calculator does not take inflation, tax or compounding frequency into account.
Figures are rounded for display to 2 decimal places, so totals built from several rounded parts can differ slightly from the unrounded arithmetic.

How these calculators are built and tested is described on the Methodology page. If a figure looks wrong, please report it.

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the Website Development Cost figure worked out?

total = templates x hours per template x hourly rate + fixed costs. Cost is unique templates times hours each times the hourly rate, plus fixed costs for licences, stock assets and third party services.

Why does this matter?

Counting templates rather than pages is what keeps estimates honest, since a hundred blog posts share one template and cost almost nothing extra.

What do I need to enter?

Enter unique page templates, hours per template, hourly rate, fixed costs and licences. The defaults shown are a realistic worked example — swap in your own figures to get a result you can use.