By Renie Ravin, co-founder of InkySites. Updated 8 November 2026. Every price below was read on the company's own page on 8 November 2026. This is general guidance, not legal or tax advice. The yearly bill after the build is the other guide: what it costs to keep a small-business website running in India.
Who can build your website, and what each charges
Each row below is one kind of builder, with prices from their own pages on 8 November 2026. Read the third column before the second: it shows what you would still pay for or do yourself. If you have time to write and arrange your own pages, a website builder keeps your monthly bill small. A freelancer fits a small job you can describe clearly. When you want the build and the launch handled for you, ask an agency.
| Who builds it | What it cost, read 8 November 2026 | What the price often leaves out |
|---|---|---|
| You, on a website builder | Zoho Sites Lite ₹60 a month (billed yearly); Squarespace Basic ₹630 a month paid yearly or ₹810 paid monthly; GoDaddy Airo Starter ₹699 a month (billed yearly); Shopify Basic ₹1,800 a month paid yearly or ₹1,994 monthly; Rs999 Web Services ₹999 a year plus 18% GST for an AI-built site of 4 to 5 pages, “Domain not included”. | Your time, your words and photos, and your web address after the first year |
| A freelancer | No Indian freelancer's own page with a rupee price turned up. On Fiverr, one India-based seller lists USD 80 for one page, USD 140 for five pages and USD 220 for ten. Upwork's page for Indian web developers says USD 16 to USD 35 an hour. | Priced in US dollars on the marketplace; your words, photos and hosting |
| A small agency | Expert Web World: ₹3,999 plus GST for 1 to 5 pages, an offer. KavalaTech: ₹6,999 with GST included for up to 5 pages, offer price. Redpulse: ₹9,999 plus 18% GST for up to 5 pages. Webthropic: ₹9,999 for up to 5 pages. Site Mints: from ₹14,999 for 3 to 5 pages. Devki Infotech: ₹15,000 plus 18% GST for up to 5 pages. COPG Global: ₹24,999 for 5 pages, struck through from ₹29,999. Webstra: ₹35,000 to ₹75,000 for 1 to 5 pages. Simeon Solutions: from ₹50,000 plus GST for 5 pages. Mediaverse Digital: ₹60,000 for up to 8 pages, GST extra. | Often your web address, hosting after the first year, the words, and changes after launch |
| An established agency | None we looked at publishes a price. It sits behind a form or a call. Some smaller agencies publish prices for bigger sites: Webstra ₹2,50,000 to ₹6,50,000 for 16 to 40 pages; Mediaverse Digital from ₹3,00,000 for a shop or a custom build. | Everything is in the quote, so the quote is what you compare |
What your package includes, and what it leaves out
The same price buys different things at each agency, so read what is listed under the figure. Expert Web World's ₹3,999 Startup includes a domain, a year's hosting and email. Site Mints bills hosting and copywriting separately. Devki Infotech asks for full payment for the domain, hosting and SSL on top of its package. Some extras have a published price you can plan for: KavalaTech charges ₹500 a page plus GST for writing, ₹1,000 plus GST for an extra page. Adding a shop at KavalaTech is ₹15,000 plus GST. No Indian provider page we read gives a standalone price for a logo, photography or a second language. If you need one, ask for it as its own line in your quote.
Your first year of costs, all in
The build price is one part of your first year. Here are three first years worked out from published prices. On Zoho Sites Lite, doing it yourself, ₹720 for the year plus ₹899 for a .in address at its renewal price comes to ₹1,619, before the local taxes Zoho adds. Expert Web World's Startup offer comes to ₹4,718.82 with 18% GST, including a domain and a year's hosting. Redpulse's Starter with twelve months of its Basic Care plan comes to ₹33,987 plus 18% GST, with the first year's hosting included. For year two onwards, see what it costs to keep a small-business website running in India.
How to compare quotes when nobody publishes a price
No established Indian agency we looked at publishes a build price. Their price sits behind a form or a call, so your quote is the only figure you will see. To make quotes comparable, write one short brief and send the same one to three builders. Say how many pages you need, whether you will supply the words and photos, and whether you want to sell online. Then ask each one to price every item on its own line. You end up with quotes you can lay side by side and check row by row.
- Whose name will your web address be registered in? It should be yours, so you can move your website whenever you choose.
- What does year two cost, in rupees? A renewal with no amount is a figure you first meet on an invoice.
- Is GST included or extra? The same printed price can differ by 18% once tax is added.
- Who writes the words and supplies the photos? If it is you, your launch date depends on you.
- How many rounds of revisions are included? KavalaTech's Starter includes 1 and COPG Global's includes 2, so ask for the number.
- Is hosting included, and for how long? Some packages include only the first year.
- What does a change cost after launch? A small update after launch was ₹500 to ₹2,000 at Webstra, so know the rate before you need one.
- Will you hand over the code and every login? With them you can move to someone else without starting again.
GST on your website quote
Website design and development is taxed at 18% GST. A supplier with turnover under ₹20 lakh (₹10 lakh in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland and Tripura) need not register, and an unregistered one cannot charge it, so one quote carries 18% and another does not. Redpulse prints "plus 18% GST" and KavalaTech "All package prices include GST". Redpulse's ₹9,999 plus 18% comes to ₹11,798.82, so ask which one you are quoted. This is general guidance. For tax advice, ask your accountant.
Why some builds cost more than others
- The number of pages: packages are priced by page count, and KavalaTech charges ₹1,000 plus GST for each extra page.
- Selling online: KavalaTech prices a shop as a ₹15,000 plus GST add-on, and Shopify Basic adds a 2% fee on an outside payment provider, which a store in India pays on every sale because Shopify's own payment service is not offered there.
- Who writes the words: if the builder writes them, expect a line for it, such as KavalaTech's ₹500 a page plus GST.
- A blog: KavalaTech adds one for ₹5,000 plus GST, so leave it out if you will not write posts.
- Changes after launch: Redpulse's Basic Care is ₹1,999 a month for 2 update requests, so count how often your details change.
Traps to check in a website quote
- Struck prices and offers: COPG Global prints a struck higher price on every tier, and Expert Web World's ₹3,999 is struck from ₹7,000. Ask what you will pay once the offer ends.
- A renewal with no amount: Expert Web World's page says "Renewal applies after 1 year" and gives no figure. Ask for the year-two amount in writing.
- Your web address in someone else's name: Pixlabo, an Indian agency, lists a domain registered in the agency's name as a red flag. The .in registry will not recognise a registrant whose details are "masked out by any proxy", so check that the name on yours is your own.
- Prices that change with who is looking: Wix showed one reader in India ₹250 a month and another USD 17.77. Compare prices you saw yourself, on the same day.
- Builder hosting that renews higher: Hostinger Website Builder is ₹139 a month for 48 months, then ₹449 a month. Plan your budget for the second price.
Keeping old page addresses when you replace a site
A new site often gives some pages new addresses, and anyone following an old link, from a search result or a bookmark, then lands on an error page. Google's own guide to moving a site says to list each old address beside its new one, and recommends "server side permanent redirects from the old URLs to the new URLs". It also says to expect search rankings to move for a while as it reads the new site. Ask for that list and the redirects as a line in your quote, so people who arrive at an old address still reach you.
When to keep your current website
A new site is worth paying for when yours stops doing its job. If your website opens well on a phone, shows your current address and prices, and people can reach you from it, a rebuild may buy you little. Run the free site check first. It shows who your web address is registered with, when it expires, and whether browsers trust your security certificate. If all of that is in order, you keep a site that works and the money for a rebuild.
Where InkySites fits
InkySites builds a free, fresh version of your current site from its public pages, or a first site from your Google listing if you have none. It reaches you by email within 48 hours, with no card. If you like it, the plan is $29 a month for hosting and unlimited reasonable changes, with no separate build fee. You ask for changes by email, or on WhatsApp once you connect your phone. We do not sell a build on its own or maintain WordPress installations. Your web address stays registered to you, and your site's complete code is yours any time you ask.
Questions people ask.
How much does a website cost for a small business in India?
On prices read on 8 November 2026, a five-page site from a small Indian agency was priced from ₹3,999 plus GST at Expert Web World, an offer, to ₹75,000 at the top of Webstra's range. Doing it yourself on a builder's entry plan ran from ₹60 a month on Zoho Sites Lite to ₹1,994 a month on Shopify Basic, paid monthly. No established agency we looked at publishes a price, so your quote is the figure to compare.
Is GST charged on website design in India?
Yes. Website design and development is taxed at 18% GST, and the GST Council's September 2025 rate changes did not include it. A supplier with turnover under ₹20 lakh (₹10 lakh in four north-eastern states) need not register, and an unregistered supplier cannot charge GST, so some quotes carry it and some do not. Ask each builder whether their price includes it. This is general guidance. For tax advice, ask your accountant.
Whose name should my web address be registered in?
Yours. The .in registry will not recognise a registrant whose details are "masked out by any proxy", and .in allows no privacy service. Pixlabo, an Indian agency, lists a domain registered in the agency's name as a red flag in its contract checklist. Ask your builder to register it in your name, or register it yourself and give them access. Then you can move your website when you choose.
Can I build my own small-business website instead?
Yes, on a website builder. Entry plans read on 8 November 2026 ran from ₹60 a month on Zoho Sites Lite to ₹1,994 a month on Shopify Basic, paid monthly. You supply your time, your words and your photos. Check what hosting renews at: Hostinger Website Builder is ₹139 a month for 48 months, then ₹449 a month. You trade a smaller bill for more of your own time.
Should I pick the lowest website quote I get?
Pick the quote that lists the most of what you need, priced line by line. A low price can leave out your web address, hosting after year one, the words or changes after launch. Site Mints, for example, bills hosting and copywriting separately. Check whether GST is included, what year two costs, and whose name your address is in. Then compare your first-year totals.
Where these prices come from
We read about 150 price, policy and tax pages on 8 November 2026, and recorded each with its address and the sentence its figure came from. Every price here appears as that page printed it, in its own currency, with no averages worked out. This guide is re-read and updated when prices move, so you can check any figure yourself.
- Builders: Zoho Sites, Squarespace, GoDaddy Airo, Shopify, Hostinger Website Builder, Rs999 Web Services, Wix
- Freelancers: Fiverr (one India-based seller), Upwork
- Agencies: Expert Web World, KavalaTech, Redpulse, Devki Infotech, COPG Global, Webstra, Simeon Solutions, Mediaverse Digital, Webthropic, Site Mints
- After launch: Redpulse (care), Digital Hive, Lookup Marketing, MedMatrix
- Web addresses: BigRock, Hostinger, GoDaddy; the .in registry's terms for registrants
- Ownership: Pixlabo's contract checklist
- Payments: the countries Shopify's own payment service supports, read 8 November 2026
- Moving a site: Google's guide to site moves with URL changes, re-read 8 November 2026
- GST: the rate notification and its service codes (CBIC), the September 2025 changes and registration (GST Council)
See your new website before you pay anyone
InkySites will build a free version of your website and email it to you within 48 hours, with no card. To start smaller, run the free site check and see who your web address is registered with today.