Website Cost Estimator
Explore a build-cost scenario for an Australian website project. Choose a project type, build level and add-ons. Inclusions depend on project type and are listed beside the estimate.
Build and add-on prices are in AUD excluding GST. GST is shown separately in your estimate.
Project type
Build level
Optional add-ons · excluding GST
Assumes up to about 10 pages, with your text and photos supplied, and two rounds of revisions.
Three or more add-ons usually means a larger scope than these ranges assume. Treat this as a starting point and ask for a fixed quote.
Build a useful project scope
These details enrich your brief without changing the existing build-price assumptions. Complex migrations, content and integrations need a scoped quote. Enter operating budgets as supplier totals including any applicable GST. These are separate from the build estimate; no extra GST is added to them here.
Results stay on your device. Copy, download or print includes your inputs and the stated assumptions. Enquiries do not automatically attach your inputs.
Example, assumptions and model details
A template Business Website uses the $2,400 base multiplied by 0.7, producing a $1,680 lower estimate excluding GST before selected extras. GST is $168, giving a $1,848 lower total including GST.
Prices and timelines are internal planning assumptions, not national market averages or binding offers. Build and add-on prices exclude GST; 10% GST and the inclusive total are shown separately. Ongoing costs are separate. Exclusions and scope must be confirmed in a quote.
- Evidence basis
- Elev8d's planning assumptions, or the numbers you enter. Not an independent benchmark.
- Population and market
- Built for Australian businesses. Not based on a survey of the market.
- Review owner
- Elev8d
- Model version
- 2026-09-20-gst-1
How to use this tool
Pick your project type, then read its Included as standard list. SEO setup is included in every build; larger site types include more. Add-ons that do not fit the type are not offered.
Choose a build level: template based for speed and budget, fully custom for a design that is unique to your brand.
Add optional extras and watch the range move live. If the extras outgrow the project type, the tool says so and suggests the type that fits. Turn the estimate into a fixed quote when it looks right.
How the estimate works
Amounts are AUD planning assumptions, not a quote or independently verified market prices. Review date: September 2026. Build and add-on prices exclude GST. The estimate shows 10% GST and the total including GST separately. Hosting, maintenance and other ongoing costs are outside the build estimate; the scope planner accepts your own operating budgets. Scope and inclusions need confirmation.
The semi-custom base starts at $2,400 excluding GST for business sites, $8,000 for stores, $15,000 for applications and $800 for landing pages. Template builds use a 0.7 multiplier and fully custom builds use 1.5. A template business site therefore starts at $1,680 excluding GST, plus $168 GST, for $1,848 including GST. SEO setup is included in every build. Add-ons already included in a type are never charged twice, and add-ons that do not fit a type, such as a blog on a landing page, are not offered for it. When the add-ons cost more than the top of the type's semi-custom range ($2,000 for a landing page), the project has outgrown that type: the tool shows no price for it and suggests the type that fits.
Frequently Asked Questions
Straight answers about Australian website cost planning.
Because two projects that sound the same can differ a lot in detail. Content volume, integrations, revisions and timeline all move the number. The range is honest, a single figure would not be.
Read Included as standard for the selected project type. Every build includes SEO setup, and landing pages also include a contact form; larger website types include more. An included feature is never charged as an add-on, and add-ons that do not fit a type, such as a blog on a single landing page, are not offered for it.
When the add-ons cost more than the top of that project type's semi-custom range, the project has outgrown the type and a price for it would mislead. The tool says so and points you to the project type that fits, or to a fixed quote.
A CMS is useful when your team needs to edit content. Confirm the editing requirements, training and handover scope in a quote; this price model does not specify them.
No. Hosting is essential, but maintenance, content updates and SEO retainers are optional. This estimate covers the build only — your quote will outline realistic ongoing costs upfront so there are no surprises.
Sometimes the right answer is a smaller scope, not a cheaper build. We'll scope your project honestly and tell you where to spend and where to save.
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