How much does website development cost?

When looking for an effective online presence, the first question that may come to your mind is – How much does web development cost?

The answer to this question may not be easy. Web development cost depends on several factors such as type of website, platform it is built on, technologies, features, and others.

A 5-page informational website will certainly cost less than a custom 100-page ecommerce website.

Startups and small companies often look for cost effective web development solutions. Sigma Solve Inc. has developed thousands of websites for different industry verticals. To this day, we cannot give a generic answer to the above question; we need to consider many factors to determine the cost of website development.

What’s the average cost for Website Development?

In a nutshell, custom website development can cost anywhere between $5000 and $45,000 or more. We’ve explained several aspects of website development that can help you determine the cost.

UI/UX Design

Investing in a good UI/UX helps you gain maximum customer satisfaction. UI and UX design help to build your customers’ confidence and engages them. So, no matter what type of website you may have, you should make sure that you hire the best UI/UX designers to create a good impression on the minds of the users. You’ll be able to draw millions of users to your website with a good UI/UX. Though you will have to spend some money for attractive UI/UX, it will help you save time and costs in the long run.

A website design may cost you anywhere from $500 to $3500 depending on the number of pages, design functionality, animation complexity, and more. You can ask the ecommerce development companies to provide you with the breakdown of the estimate for web development.

Front-End Development

Imagine a registration form with four fields: name, website URL, phone number, and email address. You would come across a red Register button below the form. That’s the frontend.

Ecommerce website with products showcased on the product pages have the items mentioned on the frontend. It includes different aspects to allow the visitors to view and interact with your website. Frontend development includes technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Bootstrap, React, and Angular. Frontend development can cost you anywhere between $800 to $7500.

Backend Development

An example of backend development could be the registration feature on your website. Without the backend, the users cannot register on the website. The backend is the heart of every website and so, it would constitute a considerable part of website development cost.

The major aspects that determine the cost of backend development are CMS used, integration with third-party services, coding, and others. Backend development may cost you $3000 to $12,000 and more.

Admin Panel Development

Content management system (Admin Panel) helps the website owners manage the features and functionality of the site. It allows users to create, manage, and edit the website content. With the right Content management system, you may not need to look for the web developers to make the changes to your website. Magento, WordPress, Shopify, Drupal, Joomla are some of the popular CMS that help you reduce the development time and cost to build a website.

Custom CMS solutions can help you get out-of-the-box features and build a feature-rich website with the desired functionality. You may need to spend $3000 to $8000 for custom CMS development.

Other factors that determine the cost of website development:

Apart from the above-mentioned factors, there are a few other elements involved in determining the cost of website development. You may need custom logo, stock images, copywriting, videos, and digital marketing solutions to get started with a business website.

Final cost of Website Development

Website development may cost you anywhere between $1000 and $35,000 depending on the features you need. Outsourcing web development projects to an experienced agency can help you get a feature-rich website. Sigma Solve Inc. can provide you with a fixed cost estimate for the web development project or you may hire web developers for building your site. Get in touch with us now to know the exact price for website development for your project. We would be happy to provide you with a customized estimate based on your requirements.