Business website: what it includes and what it costs

The short answer, based on offers published in the Romanian market and verified in September 2026: a business presentation website is quoted between $130 and roughly $2,200, and agency starting packages cluster in the $325 - $630 range. There is also a subscription route, from $20 per month, which is a different product rather than the same website for less.

Our own number first, so you can stop reading if we are not your range: at Digital U a presentation website starts at $650, and the Premium version, with an SEO audit before the build and copy written around what your customers actually search for, at $1,300. Both are floors, not quotes, and both include design made for you rather than a bought theme, the copy if you do not have it, and the domain, hosting and code in your name from day one. Book a free 30-minute call and you leave with your own number. The rest of this article is the market around that number, with sources.

The distance from $130 to $2,200 is not somebody’s margin. It is the fact that “presentation website” describes two things that have little in common: a page with five sections and your contact details, and a twenty-page site with copy written to be found in Google. Let us put the numbers on the table and, more importantly, see what goes into each one.

What a business presentation website actually is

A presentation website is the site a company uses to show its services and receive enquiries, without selling directly online. No cart, no payments, no stock. It has service pages, an About page, proof that you know your trade, and an obvious way for someone to contact you.

That is also the practical boundary with an online store: the moment products, a cart and payments appear, price and complexity jump into another category, which we covered separately in how much an online store costs in 2026.

What a presentation website costs: published market prices

Our floors first, then the public offers in Romania, verified in September 2026:

Source	Published price
Digital U — us	from $650 presentation site, from $1,300 Premium with SEO audit and copy included (pricing)
Rauden	starter package $130, business $300, professional $390
Novaweb	from $390 for an adapted premium template, from $850 for custom design
Necesit.ro	$325 - $630 to build a website
Perfect Pixel	$550 - $1,100 for a simple 4-5 page site, from $880 for a complex 10-20 page site
IT eXclusiv	from $990
SiteLa90Lei	$20 per month, subscription with domain and hosting included

The most useful figure is not in the table but in the real requests published by Necesit.ro: a presentation website of up to 5 pages is estimated at $650, one of 6-20 pages at $980, and one of over 50 pages at $2,600. Same label, four times the price difference.

Prices published locally in RON or EUR are converted to USD at the September 2026 rate and rounded, so the whole article reads in one currency.

Why prices vary so much for the same “presentation website”

Three variables explain almost all of the gap, and all three are verifiable in the published offers:

Page count. Starter packages typically cover five pages. Novaweb states explicitly that each page beyond the five included costs $150. If you have eight services and want a separate page for each, the headline price is not your price.

Adapted template or design made for you. At Novaweb, the gap between the two is $390 versus $850, for the same page count. An adapted premium template looks good and is a fair choice for many businesses. It just looks good the same way every other site built on it does.

Who writes the copy. This is the line almost nobody reads. Novaweb’s $390 package is described as covering five pages “with the texts supplied by you”. If you do not have the copy, you have two options: write it yourself over the coming evenings, or pay someone to write it. It is not a hidden cost, it is a cost moved onto you.

Add to that the revisions included: one round of changes on the template package, two on the custom one, per the same source. If you are the kind of client who wants to see one more version, ask upfront what round three costs.

Not sure how many pages you actually need? Tell us what services you sell in a free 30-minute call or drop us two lines. You walk away with a page count and a range, even if you never work with us.

Subscription website or one you buy once

The subscription route is real: SiteLa90Lei publishes a complete package at $20 per month, with a .ro domain and hosting included and the site ready in a maximum of five days. At $20 a month, the first year costs you $240, below the entry point of most buy-once packages.

The maths changes by year three. The real difference, though, is elsewhere, and it deserves direct questions before you sign any subscription: whose name is the domain in, what happens to the site if you stop paying, and can you take the files with you if you leave. A subscription where the answer is “the site stays with us” is not a cheaper website, it is rent.

The simple rule: a subscription fits when you need a presence now and do not yet know whether the business is heading this way. A site bought once fits when you already know what you sell and want the investment to stay yours. We wrote at more length about the difference between a site that merely exists and one built to bring enquiries in brochure website or client machine.

How long a presentation website takes to build

The published timelines are surprisingly close to each other. Novaweb advertises 7-14 working days for the adapted template and 14 days for custom design. SiteLa90Lei advertises a maximum of five days from receiving the necessary information.

That phrase, “from receiving the necessary information”, is what decides the real timeline. In practice, a presentation website rarely stalls for technical reasons. It stalls because the copy is missing, the team photos have not arrived, or the design direction has not been signed off. If you want it live fast, prepare the materials before kick-off, not after.

What a presentation website needs in order to bring enquiries

A presentation website that actually receives enquiries has, almost without exception, the same things:

• A separate page for every service you want to be found for. A single “Services” page with eight paragraphs ranks for none of them.
• An obvious way to get in touch, present on every page. A tappable phone number on mobile and a short form, not just an email address in the footer.
• Proof. Projects, numbers, reviews, client logos. Without them, you are a company that says about itself that it is serious.
• Speed on mobile. A slow site is not an aesthetic problem, it is a money problem. We showed exactly what it costs per month in why a slow site loses customers.
• Structure Google understands. Titles, meta, sitemap, indexing. Without them the site exists but cannot be found.
• A cookie banner and GDPR set up properly, not ticked off at the end to get them out of the way.

The costs that repeat every year

The build price is a single payment. A website also has costs that run whether you touch it or not. Perfect Pixel breaks them down publicly, in an article updated in November 2025: domain $10-15 per year, hosting $55-165 per year, maintenance and technical support $22-55 per month, with an estimated first-year total of $770-1,320.

Other agencies bill them separately and transparently. Novaweb lists managed hosting at $32 per month, with the first month included on any new site, and its Basic maintenance package at $76 per month.

There is no “no recurring costs” option. There is the option where you see them in the quote, and the option where you discover them in month thirteen.

What to ask before you sign

Five questions that separate two offers that look identical:

1. How many pages are in the price, and what does an extra one cost? Serious agencies have that number. Ask for it in writing.
2. Who writes the copy? If the answer is “you supply it”, add your own cost or time to the budget.
3. Design made for me, or an adapted template? Both are valid answers. Just know which one you are buying.
4. How many rounds of revisions are included? And what the next one costs.
5. Whose name are the domain, hosting and code in at the end? If they hesitate on this one, you have learned everything you needed.

Our answers to those same five questions

It would be hypocritical to hand you the list and let you apply it to everyone but us:

The question	Our answer
1. How many pages?	We fix the number in the brief, along with the rate for anything beyond it. Written in the quote, not discovered at the end.
2. Who writes the copy?	We do, if you do not have it, written to be found in Google. If you already have it, we use yours and you pay nothing extra.
3. Design or template?	Design made for you, not a bought theme. That is in the base package, not a paid add-on.
4. Mobile and speed?	Measured. You get the mobile PageSpeed Insights score before launch, not a promise that it “will be fast”.
5. Who owns everything at the end?	You do. Domain, hosting and code are in your name from day one. If you leave tomorrow, you leave with all of it.

Our own floors are public on the pricing page: a presentation website starts at $650, and the Premium version, with an SEO audit before we build and copy written around what your customers actually search for, at $1,300. These are floors, not quotes: your number depends on page count and on who writes the copy, exactly the variables that produce the spread in the offers above.

Frequently asked questions

What is a presentation website? A presentation website is the site a company uses to show its services and receive enquiries, without selling directly online. It has no cart, products or payments: it has service pages, proof of work and a clear way to get in touch.

How much does a business website cost? Offers published in Romania in September 2026 range from $130 (Rauden’s starter package) to $390 - $850 (Novaweb), $325 - $630 (Necesit.ro) and $550 - $1,100 for a simple 4-5 page site (Perfect Pixel), with complex projects above $2,200. At Digital U the floor is $650 for a presentation site and $1,300 for the Premium version.

How long does it take to build a presentation website? Between 5 and 14 working days, per the published timelines: Novaweb advertises 7-14 working days for an adapted template and 14 days for custom design, and SiteLa90Lei a maximum of 5 days from receiving the information. The real timeline depends on how fast you send the copy and the photos.

What should a presentation website contain? A separate page for every service you want to be found for, visible contact on every page (a tappable phone number on mobile and a short form), concrete proof (projects, reviews, numbers), good mobile speed, SEO structure (titles, meta, sitemap, indexing) and a properly configured cookie banner with GDPR.

Does a presentation website have to be built in WordPress? No. WordPress is the most common choice in Romanian offers (Novaweb builds its packages on WordPress with Elementor), but a presentation website can also be built on custom code or a visual builder. What matters at purchase is who owns the site, how fast it loads and who can administer it after launch.

Is a presentation website at $20 per month a good deal? It costs $240 in the first year, below the entry point of most buy-once packages, and it is a reasonable choice if you need a presence now. Before signing, ask whose name the domain is in, what remains of the site if you stop paying, and whether you can take the files with you.

How much does it cost to build an online store? Considerably more than a presentation website, because products, a cart, payments and integrations enter the picture. We detailed the ranges and monthly costs in how much an online store costs in 2026.

How is this different from the price of a website in general? “Website” also covers online stores and platforms, so the published ranges are far wider. We compared the types and their prices in how much a website costs in 2026.

Want a number for your own site, not a market range? Tell us what services you sell or book a 30-minute call directly: we settle the page count and tell you honestly what it would cost, no obligation. If you already have a presentation website, you can ask for a free audit instead.