How much a small business website costs in Australia
A guide from Social Web. Updated 31 October 2026.
Most guides answer this with a wide range and no real numbers. We'll use ours. Every price on this page is what we charge, in Australian dollars, including GST where it applies. They're the same numbers as on our pricing.
The short answer
- A designed website is from A$1,499, one-off. That covers up to 5 pages and 2 rounds of changes.
- On the first day you pay from A$1,598 on Website, you run it: the A$1,499 build plus your first month at A$99.
- After that it's from A$99 a month. Hosting is part of the monthly plan, so there's no separate hosting bill.
- Your first 12 months on Website, you run it come to A$1,598 + (11 x A$99) = A$2,687.
What drives the cost of any website
Whoever builds it, the price of a small business website usually comes down to the same few things.
The number of pages is the big one. A home page and a few service pages is a small job. Twenty services across ten suburbs is a much bigger one.
Selling online adds work too. So does taking bookings or letting clients log in to see their records.
Then there are rounds of changes. Every round of "can we move this, can we change that" takes time, and a clear limit up front means no surprise bill at the end.
Words and photos matter more than people expect. Real photos of your work and your actual prices make a better site, and someone has to gather them. Usually that's you.
Last is what happens after launch, which is easy to forget when you're comparing quotes. A website needs hosting, a security certificate and someone checking it stays up. It also needs changing whenever your hours, prices or services do.
What our build includes
A designed website is from A$1,499. It's designed for your business alone, from your signup answers, your photos and your brand.
An AI design engine drafts every page and a person runs it: each page is checked and refined by a person before you see it. You look at it on a private page, ask for changes, and nothing goes live until you approve it.
The starting price covers up to 5 pages and 2 rounds of changes. Need more pages or more rounds? We quote them before any work starts. It's delivered in 3 to 5 business days.
Need a part your clients log into, for document uploads, records and messages? That's the Designed + client backend build, from A$2,999, delivered in 5 to 7 business days.
The second bill: hosting
A website usually comes with a second bill: hosting, paid every month or every year just to keep it online. Ours doesn't. Hosting, the security certificate and uptime checks are part of the monthly plan. One bill.
That applies to websites we build. If you keep a website you already have, it stays with whoever hosts it now, and that bill is still yours.
Monthly plans
Every designed website we build carries on a monthly plan, from A$99. That's what keeps it hosted and running.
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Website, you run it | A$99 a month | Hosting, SSL and uptime, the Studio, the website assistant, and 25 AI edits a month. You make changes yourself; we don't make them for you. |
| Website, looked after | A$199 a month | Hosting, the assistant, free Google, Bing and Apple Maps listings set up and kept matching your site, a monthly Google indexing check, up to 30 minutes of site changes a month and 100 AI edits a month. |
| Done for you | A$349 a month | Everything in Website, looked after, plus up to 8 Studio posts and 4 short video reels a month made for you, up to 2 new SEO pages a month and up to 60 minutes of site changes a month. |
| Done for you + Ads | A$649 a month | Everything in Done for you, plus Google or Meta ads built and managed, and a monthly report. Ad spend is paid to Google and Meta directly, not to us. |
Two cheaper ways to start. No website yet? The one-page site is A$39 a month with no setup fee: one page with tap-to-call and an enquiry form, made by our AI design engine and checked by a person before it goes live, with hosting included. It has no Studio and no website assistant, though you can add the Studio from your account for A$49 a month on top. Keeping the website you already have? Studio only is A$49 a month: branded posts, a posting plan, scheduling and email to your customers, with no website from us.
Want your posts made for you, without a website from us? Posts, done for you is A$179 a month, with no setup fee: up to 8 branded posts a month, made from your photos and what you tell us. You see each one before it goes out, and we publish it to your connected accounts. During the free days, Instagram and Facebook posts come as ready-to-post reminders you post yourself; on a paid plan they post automatically once your first post has been checked. It works with the website you already have, or with none.
Add-ons
| Add-on | Price | What it is |
|---|---|---|
| Sell things on your site | +A$1,000 one-off | Gift vouchers, fixed packages, up to 25 items, paid straight into your own Stripe account |
| Real online store | +A$2,500 one-off | Up to 100 products with a real cart, paid into your own Stripe account |
| Your logo, designed | +A$149 one-off | 6 logo options, up to 2 rounds of "more like this", your final logo as a vector file |
Neither shop add-on raises your monthly plan. If you need stock levels, sizes and shipping worked out at checkout, that's a different job again, and we'll point you to the right tool rather than build it badly.
What isn't in the price
- More than 5 pages or more than 2 rounds of changes. Those are quoted first.
- Ad spend on Done for you + Ads, which goes straight to Google or Meta.
- Your domain name. It's registered in your own name, at your own registrar, and never sits under our account.
Which plan fits
Happy to make small changes yourself by typing them in your own words? Website, you run it at A$99 is enough. Want your map listings set up and someone to make your changes? That's Website, looked after. Want posts and new pages made for you each month? Done for you.
Monthly plans have no lock-in, and you can cancel any month. If you leave, you keep your domain and a copy of your site: its pages, styles, images and script. The enquiry forms, the assistant, the shop and the client area are software we run, so those stop.
Already have a website you like? You don't need a new one to get found. Our free guide shows how to claim your Google, Bing and Apple Maps listings, and our guide to getting found in ChatGPT and AI search covers the rest.