Website prices are hard to compare, because nobody sells quite the same thing. One provider charges to build it and leaves the rest to you. Another charges a low monthly fee, but you do the work. A third takes care of everything, but wants the money up front. We are one of the players in this market ourselves, so bear that in mind as you read. We have tried to be fair, and the figures come from the sources at the bottom. The prices are for the Norwegian market.
Five ways to get a website
| Option | Upfront | Per month | Who does the work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website builder (Wix etc.) | NOK 0 | approx. NOK 170–350 | You |
| Freelancer | NOK 5,000–15,000 | hosting on top | The freelancer, then you |
| Web agency, standard | NOK 15,000–40,000 | from approx. NOK 600 | The agency |
| Web agency, bespoke | NOK 40,000–150,000 | from approx. NOK 600 | The agency |
| Website as a subscription | NOK 0 | a few hundred to well over a thousand | The provider |
The ranges come from published price lists and price guides, see the sources at the bottom. The monthly figure for agencies is hosting alone. Maintenance and changes often come on top.
Website builder
Wix, Squarespace and similar tools give you ready-made templates and an editor to change them. Wix's cheapest paid plan costs around 17 dollars a month on an annual plan. It is clearly the cheapest in money, but you are the designer, the copywriter and the web manager. The site will be as good as the time you put into it.
Freelancer
A freelancer often sets up a site in WordPress or a website builder for you. You pay for the setup, and then you usually take over. Ask who updates the software, who is responsible if the site goes down, and what a change will cost in a year's time.
Web agency
An agency gives you the most control over the result, and the price reflects that. The wide range is because "a website" can mean anything from five pages of text to a solution with integrations and logins. After launch, hosting and maintenance come on top. One of the price guides in the source list estimates hosting at around NOK 600–1,300 a month and maintenance agreements at around NOK 1,000–3,500 a month. The alternative is paying by the hour when you need something.
Website as a subscription
Here you pay nothing at the start and a fixed amount each month. Prices vary a lot, and so does what you get. Some build on ready-made templates, some have a lock-in of one to three years, and some include changes while others charge for them. Read the terms before you compare prices.
What people forget to budget for
- The domain. A .no domain typically costs NOK 100–200 a year with a Norwegian registrar. It should always be registered in the company's name, not the provider's.
- Email on the domain. An address like post@yourbusiness.no is not part of the website. It is bought from the registrar or from Microsoft or Google, and costs a fixed amount per user per month.
- Changes after launch. New prices, new staff, new photos. If that is not included, you pay by the hour every time, and that is where many sites end up out of date.
- Your own time. With a website builder it is often the biggest cost. Count on a day or two to get started, and some time every month after that.
- Text and photos. No provider can write about your business without knowing something about it. Good photos from a photographer cost extra, but often do more than the design.
What makes a website more expensive
The price goes up with whatever takes work: more pages, more languages, online booking or logins, an online shop, integrations with other systems, and a lot of text to write. A site with a front page, services, about us and contact is as simple as it gets. Even so, it can look completely different depending on how much work goes into the design.
What does it cost with us?
We sell websites as a subscription, from NOK 1,490 a month excl. VAT. There is no setup fee and no lock-in. For that you get a site we design and code for your business, connecting your domain, hosting, monitoring, backups and ordinary changes when you ask. Nothing is invoiced until you have seen the finished site and approved it.
What we do not sell: online shops, email on your domain, and an editor you can use yourself. If you want to change the site on your own every week, a website builder is a better choice.
Wondering whether renting beats buying? We ran the numbers in Rent or buy a website? The numbers over five years.
Sources (retrieved October 2026, in Norwegian unless noted):
- Hjemmesidehelten: Nettside pris 2026 (ranges for agencies, freelancers, website builders and hosting)
- Wix: Plans and pricing (English)
- Smartbyrå: Hjemmeside til bedriften, pris (example of a subscription price)
- Webfront: Hva koster en nettside i Norge (2026)? (example of a subscription price)
Several of the sources are written by providers who sell websites, just like this article.