Pricing guide · October 2026

How much does a website cost in South Africa?

Ask five companies and you'll get five quotes that don't overlap — from "basically free" to "more than your bakkie." Here's the honest landscape: what each option really costs, what the quote leaves out, and how to know which one your business actually needs.

The real price ranges (2026)

Notice what's missing from most quotes: domain renewal (±R100–R200/year), hosting (R50–R500/month), and someone to actually update the thing. The build price is rarely the real price.

The trap of "free" and cheap builders

DIY builders are fine tools — if you have the hours, the eye for layout, and the patience to learn why your photo suddenly covers the menu. Most business owners don't. We've audited dozens of builder sites: half-finished pages, "Coming soon" sections from 2023, and contact forms that mail into the void. The monthly fee is small; the cost is your weekends and the customers who quietly bounced.

When a one-page site is all you need

If you run a local service business — plumbing, electrical, building, cleaning, landscaping, security — your customers want five things: what you do, what it costs, where you work, proof you're good (photos, reviews), and a button that reaches you. That fits on one excellent page. One page also means nothing to neglect, nothing to break, and everything a customer needs above the fold on a phone.

You need more than one page when you sell many product lines online, publish content weekly, or run bookings through the site. If that's you, we'll tell you so — we don't sell people things they don't need.

What we charge, in the open