The question comes up at every first meeting: how much does a website cost? The honest answer is that it depends, and you should be wary of anyone who quotes a price before understanding your project. The short answer: in Belgium in 2026, a professional website runs from EUR 1,500 for a freelancer's small showcase website and EUR 5,000 for a full entry-level site, to more than EUR 20,000 for an advanced build, with most SME projects around EUR 12,000 (all amounts in this article exclude VAT; ranges verified on 13 October 2026). Here is the detail behind those ranges, what drives the budget, and the method we use to quote.
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The price ranges in 2026
In Belgium, a professional website falls into four broad families:
- Small showcase website, from EUR 1,500: a few pages built with AI on a proven base, framed by a designer, with a closed scope (no blog, no multilingual, no integration). The right choice for a freelancer or a small business that has to reassure before the first call.
- Entry-level site, from EUR 5,000: built with AI on a proven base, the code belongs to you. Design framed by a designer. Fast to deliver, ideal to establish a presence.
- Custom site, from EUR 12,000: built on a real professional CMS, design 100% yours, and you own it. The choice of SMEs who want a website that works.
- Advanced site, from EUR 20,000: multilingual, business integrations, custom modules, for the most demanding organisations.
Why two quotes for "the same website" can vary tenfold, and how to see the difference before you sign: Spider-Man drawn in 10 minutes, 1 minute and 10 seconds.
Below EUR 1,500, you are usually not buying a website, but a template filled in for you. It gets you by, but it does not set you apart from competitors using the same one. From EUR 1,500, a small showcase website is only serious if its scope is written down: number of pages, corrections included, what is not. That is the principle of our Solo package.
What each budget actually contains
Comparing quotes only makes sense if you compare what is inside them. Here is how the three families of quoted websites break down:
| Item | Entry (EUR 5,000) | Custom (EUR 12,000) | Advanced (EUR 20,000+) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Design | Framed by a designer, tool-based | 100% custom | Custom, reinforced direction |
| Page templates | The tool's standard templates | 8 layouts designed for you | 10 to 12 layouts |
| Code ownership | Yes | Yes, you own the code | Yes |
| Languages | 1 | Multilingual included | Multilingual included |
| Business integrations | No | Simple (forms, agenda) | Custom (CRM, portals, APIs) |
| Technical SEO foundations | Basic | Built in from day one | Built in + support |
| Time to launch | A few weeks | From four weeks | Set at kickoff |
In all three cases, the number of pages is unlimited: you publish them yourself. First-year hosting and team training are included.
What really drives the price
Contrary to popular belief, it is not the number of pages. On a real CMS you publish as many pages as you want, yourself. What gets quoted is:
- The number of page templates: the layouts we design for you. A service page, a project sheet, an article: each layout is designed, developed and tested. It is the first price driver.
- Languages: an FR/NL/EN site does not cost three times an FR site, but translation, multilingual architecture and maintaining three versions add up. To decide what to translate, read do you have to translate everything into Dutch?
- Integrations: connecting the site to your business software (a real estate CRM, a booking tool, a client portal) takes real development. It is also what turns a showcase site into a working tool.
- Content: who writes the texts, who provides the photos? If everything has to be created, budget for it.
- Migrating the existing site: a rebuild with migration (content, addresses, rankings) takes more preparation than a fresh build. Our method is detailed in migrating without losing your rankings.
How we quote a project
Our quotes are always built the same way, and you can demand the same transparency from any supplier:
- 1. An exploratory call to understand your business, your clients and what the site must produce (enquiries, applications, bookings).
- 2. A written scope: the list of layouts, languages, integrations and content, in black and white. That document makes the price, not a hunch.
- 3. A fixed price: once the scope is agreed together, the price does not move. A 10 to 30% deposit starts the project, the balance follows the milestones: you pay as you receive.
If a quote does not detail the layouts, the languages and what is excluded, you are comparing numbers that do not describe the same thing.
In Brussels, the grant changes the equation
Businesses with an operating base in the Brussels Region can, under conditions, benefit from the Prime Digitalisation grant: 25 to 70% of eligible expenses, capped at EUR 10,000 per calendar year. On a EUR 12,000 site, the real investment can drop by half. The full mechanics are explained in our guide to the grant.
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