How Much Does a Website Cost in 2026: Real Package Prices

If you searched for how much a business website costs, or website development price Cluj, you probably found either 500 lei offers with no explanation at all, or pages with a "request a quote" button that say nothing concrete. I work alone, from design to deploy, on real projects for companies in Cluj and across the country, so I'll show you exactly what a website price is made of and what you get at each budget, no invented numbers.

What a website price is actually made of

A fair price isn't a number pulled out of thin air, it's the sum of several pieces of work. When someone gives you a price without knowing what you actually want, something is usually missing from the list, and you find out only after you've paid the deposit.

• UI design and structure: how the site looks and reads on both phone and desktop
• Frontend development: the code that makes the site fast and interactive, not just a modified template
• Backend and database, if you need user accounts, orders, complex forms, or editable content
• Animations and interaction: micro-interactions, transitions, elements that make the site feel premium
• Integrations: online payments, CRM, email marketing, booking systems, chatbot, or AI agent
• Testing on real devices and speed optimization, not just "it works on my laptop"
• Deployment, domain, SSL certificate, and initial hosting setup

Three real budgets for 2026

There's no single price for "a website," because a one-page site and an online store with 200 products are completely different projects in terms of work volume. Here's what website packages actually look like in practice, with price ranges I've seen confirmed on the Romanian market in 2026.

Package 1: Business website, 3,000–8,000 lei

This covers business websites for small businesses and local companies: 3 to 8 pages, custom design, a working contact form, basic SEO optimization, and subtle scroll animations. At the top of the range you get a more elaborate design, animated sections, and integration with Google Analytics or a simple FAQ style chatbot.

Package 2: Online store, 8,000–25,000 lei

How much an online store costs in Romania depends directly on the number of products, the complexity of the payment setup, and integrations with couriers or ERP systems. A functional e-commerce site with online payments, inventory management, customer accounts, and an admin panel starts at 8,000 lei for a simple catalog and can reach 25,000 lei or more for integrations with automatic invoicing, multiple payment methods, and complex discount logic.

Package 3: Custom web app or SaaS, starting from 20,000 lei

The cost of building a custom web app starts where a regular website ends: user accounts, roles, business specific logic, dashboards, AI agents connected to your own data. For a functional MVP we're usually talking about 20,000 to 60,000 lei, and for a more mature product with multiple integrations and a large user base, the budget can go beyond 100,000 lei. This is where experience matters most: I built my own security SaaS product, so I know what a project looks like when it's actually taken to production, not just a pretty prototype.

What costs extra, and what often gets forgotten

An honest quote tells you upfront what comes after delivery too, not just how much building the site costs.

• Monthly maintenance: updates, backups, monitoring, usually between 150 and 500 lei per month depending on complexity
• Hosting and domain: annual costs separate from development, typically 200 to 800 lei per year
• A dedicated AI agent or chatbot, like the one on this site, can be added separately, from 3,000 lei for a simple assistant up to 15,000 lei for one connected to orders and your database
• Professional content and photography, if you don't already have them ready

If you've received quotes with big price differences for seemingly identical requirements, ask exactly what's included in each line from the list above. That's usually where the answer is, not in the quality of the company that gave the lower price.