The short answer
In Bengaluru, expect ₹35,000–₹90,000 for a professional business website, ₹1.2L–₹4L for a custom web application, and ₹1.5L–₹6L+ for a serious e-commerce build. Anything under ₹15,000 is a template with your logo dropped in.
Ask five Bengaluru agencies to quote the same website and you will get five numbers spanning an order of magnitude. That is not because four of them are cheating you — it is because "website" is not a unit of work. It describes anything from a single-page template to a bespoke platform with custom integrations.
This guide breaks down what you actually get at each price point, what genuinely drives cost up, and the specific places where a quote can look cheap and end up expensive.
Price ranges by website type
These are realistic 2026 ranges for work done by experienced developers in Bengaluru. They assume custom design rather than a purchased theme.
| Type of website | Typical range | Timeline | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|
| Landing page | ₹15,000 – ₹35,000 | 1–2 weeks | A single campaign or product launch |
| Business website (5–8 pages) | ₹35,000 – ₹90,000 | 2–4 weeks | Most SMBs, professional services |
| Corporate site (15+ pages) | ₹90,000 – ₹2,50,000 | 5–8 weeks | Established firms, multi-service companies |
| E-commerce store | ₹1,50,000 – ₹6,00,000 | 6–14 weeks | Retail, D2C brands |
| Custom web application | ₹1,20,000 – ₹4,00,000+ | 8–20 weeks | Portals, dashboards, SaaS |
What actually drives the price
Page count is the number clients focus on, and it is one of the weaker predictors of cost. These five factors move the price far more:
- Number of unique designs A 20-page site where 15 pages reuse one layout costs far less than an 8-page site where every page is designed differently. You pay for distinct designs, not URLs.
- Custom vs template A purchased theme takes days to configure. A design built from scratch for your brand takes weeks — and is the single largest line item in most honest quotes.
- Integrations Payment gateways, CRM sync, WhatsApp Business API, ERP connections, and login systems each add real engineering work. Two or three integrations can add ₹40,000–₹1,50,000.
- Content Most quotes assume you supply text and images. Professional copywriting adds ₹1,500–₹5,000 per page; a photo shoot adds ₹15,000–₹60,000. Budget for it or the launch will stall.
- Performance and SEO engineering Getting Core Web Vitals into the green and structuring the site so Google understands it is deliberate work. Cheap builds skip it entirely, which is why they do not rank.
Where cheap quotes get expensive
The lowest quote frequently becomes the highest total cost. Watch for these five patterns:
Compulsory monthly hosting lock-in. Some agencies quote a low build price but require you to host with them indefinitely. Ask directly: "If I leave, do I get the full source code and database?" If the answer is anything but a clean yes, the low price is a lease, not a purchase.
- No staging environment. Changes go straight to your live site. Every update becomes a risk.
- "SEO included" with no specifics. Genuine SEO work means schema markup, meta strategy, performance budgets, and a sitemap. Ask what exactly is included.
- Nulled or pirated themes and plugins. Common at the bottom of the market and a genuine security liability — these are a well-known malware vector.
- No revision allowance in writing. "Unlimited revisions" verbally becomes billable changes later. Get the number in the contract.
- Mobile treated as an afterthought. Over 70% of Indian web traffic is mobile. If the quote does not mention responsive testing, assume it was not budgeted.
Ongoing costs after launch
The build is one-time. These recur, and they are smaller than most people fear:
An SSL certificate should be free (Let's Encrypt) — if someone charges you ₹8,000 a year for one, that is pure margin. Maintenance is genuinely optional for a static business site; it matters more for e-commerce and anything with user logins, where security patches are not negotiable.
How to compare quotes fairly
Before comparing numbers, make every agency quote the same thing. Send all of them an identical brief specifying: number of unique page designs, exact integrations needed, who writes the content, whether you receive source code ownership, and what post-launch support is included.
A quote you cannot compare is not a quote — it is a negotiating position.
Once the briefs match, the spread usually narrows dramatically, and the remaining differences tell you something real about approach and quality rather than about what each agency assumed.
A realistic recommendation
For most Bengaluru businesses — a professional services firm, a clinic, a manufacturer, a growing D2C brand — the sensible spend is ₹45,000 to ₹85,000 on a hand-coded, genuinely responsive, SEO-structured website that you own outright. That range buys work that will still serve you in three years.
Below ₹20,000 you are buying a template, and the total cost of ownership over three years is almost always higher. Above ₹2,00,000 for a standard brochure site, ask hard questions about what specifically justifies it.
If you want a fixed, itemised quote against your actual requirements, tell us what you need — or read our guide on how to choose a development company in Bengaluru.