Static Site
Simple, pre-built pages — fast and lightweight
Transparent by design
Website Development Pricing
We build websites and web apps using the architecture that best fits your goals — not a one-size-fits-all package. Every quote is itemized before any work begins.
- 1Core Build Price — based on the architecture your project needs
- 2Integration Add-ons — optional features added on top (forms, payments, search…)
- 3Standard Maintenance — optional monthly plan to keep your site secure and running
- 4Custom Upgrades — new features or changes after launch, priced separately
- 5Domain, Hosting & Third-Party — billed at cost, directly to you
Section 1
Core Architecture Pricing
Pick the architecture that matches what you're building — or let us recommend one during a free consultation.
Multi-Page Site (MPA)
Classic website — a full page loads with every click
Jamstack
Static speed with dynamic features (forms, search) added on
Single-Page App (SPA)
Feels like a smooth app — no page reloads
Server-Side Rendering (SSR)
Fresh, SEO-friendly pages built per visit
Hybrid Rendering
Mixes static + dynamic pages in one app
Headless / Decoupled
One backend powering multiple frontends (web, app, kiosk)
Full-Stack Web App
A complete custom app — frontend, backend, database, all included
Microservices
A large system broken into independent, scalable services
Section 2
Architecture Decision Tree
Not sure which architecture fits? Follow the path that matches your project.
A note before you dive in: these are different dimensions, not one ladder
This list mixes four genuinely different questions into one ranking, for the sake of a single easy-to-scan table. It's useful, but worth knowing what you're actually comparing:
| Dimension | Question It Answers | Which Items Belong Here |
|---|---|---|
| Rendering Strategy | How and when is the HTML built for the browser? | Static (SSG), MPA, SPA, SSR, Hybrid Rendering |
| Application / Backend Structure | How is the codebase and backend organized? | Full-Stack Monolith, Headless/Decoupled, Microservices |
| Delivery Philosophy | Is content pre-built and reused, or fetched live from services? | Jamstack |
| Infrastructure / Deployment | Where does the code physically run? | Edge Computing |
For example, a modern multi-vendor marketplace might look like this:
- Structure: Headless/Decoupled — a separate backend serves data via API to multiple frontends (web, mobile app, admin panel)
- Rendering: Hybrid — static marketing pages, SSR for live product listings that need to stay fresh
- Delivery Philosophy: Jamstack — the static portions are pre-built and served from a CDN, with dynamic features handled by APIs/serverless functions
- Infrastructure: Edge Computing — the whole thing runs on Vercel or Cloudflare's edge network for low latency worldwide
That's four independent decisions working together, not four competing options from one list. Not every project needs an active choice in all four, though. A small internal tool might just be: monolith (structure) + SSR or SPA (rendering) — with no Jamstack layer and no edge deployment, because there's no need for either. That's still a completely valid architecture; it simply hasn't made a deliberate choice on the other two dimensions.
Static Website
“I need more than flat pages”
Content / SEO Needed
public-facing, discoverable
MPA
server renders each page
“I want SPA speed but keep SEO”
Jamstack
pre-built + APIs for dynamic bits
App-like Interactivity Needed
dashboards, tools, logged-in apps
SPA
browser renders, feels like an app
“I need a real backend (auth, DB, payments)”
Full-Stack Monolith
backend + rendering via SSR
“Different pages need different strategies”
Hybrid Rendering
mix static, SSR, and regenerated pages per route
“I need one backend to power web + mobile + other clients”
Headless / Decoupled Architecture
“I've outgrown one backend — teams need to work independently”
Microservices Architecture
Section 2 (continued)
Integration Add-Ons
Add any of these on top of your core build. Prices shown are typical one-time setup fees unless noted otherwise; delivery time is added on top of your core build timeline.
Maps
Show locations, directions, or a store finder
Scheduling
Let customers book appointments/reservations online
Social Login & Sharing
Sign in with Google/Facebook, easy content sharing
Analytics
Track visitors, clicks, and conversions
CDN Setup
Faster loading for visitors worldwide
SMS / Push Notifications
Real-time alerts (OTPs, order updates, reminders)
Search
Fast on-site search for content or products
Monitoring & Error Tracking
Automatic alerts if something breaks
Storage
File/image uploads (profile pictures, documents, products)
Authentication
Secure account signup/login system
Business Email
A professional info@yourdomain.com address, set up and ready before handover
Email Delivery
Order confirmations, receipts, password resets
Payments
Accept online payments (one-time or subscriptions)
CMS Setup
Let your team update content without touching code
CRM Integration
Connect your site to a sales/customer tracking tool
AI Services
Chatbots, smart recommendations, AI-generated content
After launch
Ongoing Plans & Upgrades
Keep your site secure and evolving after it goes live.
Standard Maintenance
Security patches, dependency updates, uptime monitoring, backups, and bug fix hours — choose the plan that matches your app's complexity.
From $15/mo
Custom Upgrades
New features, design changes, or architecture upgrades after launch. Small tweaks to major new modules — always quoted before we start.
From $15/hr
Section 5
What's Billed Separately
To keep our pricing transparent, the following are not included in the build price above — they're billed directly to you, at cost.
| Item | Who It's Paid To | Typical Cost | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domain Name | Domain registrar (e.g. Namecheap, VentraIP) | ~$10 – $20/year | You own this account and renewal — we never lock you out of your own domain |
| Hosting | Hosting provider (varies by architecture) | ~$0 – $50+/month | Static/Jamstack sites often qualify for free-tier hosting; larger apps cost more |
| Third-Party Services | The relevant service provider directly | Varies | See note below |
Our approach to third-party services
Wherever possible, we build using free tiers of third-party services (analytics, CDN, basic email sending, social login, etc.) so you don't pay extra for standard functionality. If your project's scale or feature needs require a paid plan — for example, high email volume, premium AI usage, or an SMS provider — that cost is billed directly by the service provider to your own account, not marked up by us. This means:
- You always own your own accounts for these services (no vendor lock-in to us)
- We're transparent about which services are free vs. paid before you commit
- You only pay for the usage tier your project actually needs
Section 6
Q/A
Common questions about architecture choices.
Q1: What are the differences between those 10 architectures?
| # | Architecture | Description (Plain English) | How It Works | Where to Use | Real-Life Examples | Advantages | Limitations | Popular Technologies | How Common Is It? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Static Site (SSG) | A website made of pre-built, ready-made pages — like printing a book once and handing out copies. | Pages are built in advance and served as-is from a server or CDN; no real-time processing needed. | Content is mostly fixed and the same for every visitor | A personal portfolio, a simple business brochure site, a conference landing page — ideal for portfolios, landing pages, blogs, and documentation sites | Extremely fast, cheap to host, very secure, easy to scale | Not great for content that changes often or personalized data | Hugo, Jekyll, Eleventy, Astro | Beginner-friendly, widely used for simple sites |
| 2 | Multi-Page Application (MPA) | The “classic” website — every click loads a whole new page. | Each URL request triggers the server to send back a full new HTML page. | SEO and simplicity matter more than a snappy, app-like feel | Wikipedia, a typical WordPress blog or news site — well suited to news sites, e-commerce catalogs, content-heavy sites, and SEO-critical sites | Simple mental model, great SEO out of the box, works without heavy JS | Slower navigation (full reloads), more server load | WordPress, PHP, Django, Ruby on Rails | Extremely common — still the backbone of the web |
| 3 | Jamstack | Static-first pages that “call out” to services when they need dynamic data. | Frontend is pre-built and served via Content Delivery Network(CDN); dynamic features (forms, search, auth, payment) come from third-party APIs or serverless functions. | You want static-level speed but still need a handful of dynamic features | A marketing site built with Astro or Gatsby, hosted on Netlify or Vercel — ideal for marketing sites, blogs with comments/search, and small e-commerce | Fast + secure + scalable, flexible tech choices | Can get complex once you need lots of dynamic features | Next.js (static export), Gatsby, Netlify, Vercel | Very popular for modern content sites and startups |
| 4 | Single-Page Application (SPA) | A website that feels like an app — content updates without reloading the page. | Browser loads one HTML shell, then JavaScript swaps content in and out dynamically. | The experience needs to feel like a native app and SEO isn't a priority | Gmail, Trello, and Google Docs, where the page never “reloads” once open — typical for dashboards, admin panels, and web apps like email clients or project tools | Smooth, app-like experience, fast interactions after initial load | Slower first load, harder SEO, needs more JS knowledge to build | React, Vue, Angular | Extremely widely used for interactive apps |
| 5 | Server-Side Rendering (SSR) | Combines the best of MPA and SPA — each page is freshly built by the server, but still feels dynamic. | Server generates full HTML per request (with current data), then JS “hydrates” it into an interactive app. | Content changes often and needs to be both indexable and personalized | Search-results pages on travel or booking sites, most product pages on Shopify or Next.js stores — common for e-commerce product pages, social feeds, and news apps needing SEO plus interactivity | Great SEO, fast perceived load, up-to-date content | Higher server cost, more complex to build/maintain | Next.js, Nuxt, SvelteKit | Very common for modern production apps |
| 6 | Hybrid Rendering | A single app that mixes rendering strategies page-by-page instead of forcing everything into one approach. | Each route declares its own strategy — some pages pre-built at build time, some rendered fresh per request, some regenerated on a schedule — all in one codebase. | Different pages in the same app have genuinely different freshness needs | A modern e-commerce site with static category pages alongside a live cart and checkout — fits e-commerce, content platforms mixing evergreen and breaking content, and marketplaces with mixed freshness needs | Combines static-page speed with dynamic-page freshness; avoids over-engineering the whole site around its most demanding page | Requires a framework that supports it well; can get confusing tracking which page uses which strategy; caching/invalidation needs care | Next.js (App Router + ISR), Nuxt 3, SvelteKit, Remix | Extremely popular — the default approach for most new production apps today |
| 7 | Headless / Decoupled Architecture | The “brain” (content/data) and the “face” (design/display) live in separate places and only talk through APIs. | A CMS or backend only manages data; a separate frontend app fetches and displays it however it wants. | The same content needs to power more than one frontend (web, app, kiosk, etc.) | A retail brand's website, mobile app, and in-store kiosk all pulling from the same shared content system — suited to multi-platform brands, large content sites, and flexible marketing teams | Frontend and backend can be built/scaled independently, very flexible | Requires more setup, more moving parts to maintain | Contentful, Strapi, Sanity + Next.js/React frontend | Increasingly popular for growing businesses |
| 8 | Traditional Full-Stack (Monolith) | One big application handles everything — pages, business logic, and database — in a single codebase. | A single server app processes requests, talks to the database, and renders the response all in one place. | You're moving fast early on and don't yet need independent scaling | Early-stage SaaS tools, most university or small-business web apps — a strong fit for internal tools, SaaS products, marketplaces, and most business web apps | Simple to develop and deploy early on, everything in one place | Gets harder to scale/maintain as the app grows large | Django, Ruby on Rails, Laravel, Spring Boot | Extremely common for small-to-mid businesses |
| 9 | Microservices Architecture | Instead of one big app, the system is broken into many small specialized apps that work together. | Each service handles one job (e.g., payments, users, inventory) and communicates via APIs. | The product and the team have both grown too large for one codebase | Netflix, Uber, and Amazon, with separate services for search, payments, recommendations, and more — typical for large-scale platforms, multi-vendor marketplaces, and enterprise systems | Teams can work independently, easier to scale specific parts, fault isolation | Complex to design, deploy, and monitor; needs strong DevOps | Node.js/Go/Java services, Docker, Kubernetes, gRPC | Common at scale — used by large platforms and enterprises |
| 10 | Edge Computing / Distributed Architecture | The website's logic runs in many locations around the world at once, close to each visitor. | Code executes on CDN “edge” servers near the user instead of one central server, reducing latency. | Users are spread globally and latency is a top priority | A global storefront on Cloudflare or Vercel Edge, serving fast pages from the nearest city to each visitor — used for global platforms, real-time personalization, and high-traffic apps needing low latency worldwide | Extremely fast globally, highly resilient, scales naturally | Newer/more complex tooling, debugging distributed logic is harder | Cloudflare Workers, Vercel Edge Functions, Deno Deploy | Fastest-growing category — used by large-scale global platforms |
Quick way to think about it
- 1–4 → Good for content-focused sites and interactive basics (blogs, marketing, small apps)
- 5–6 → Good for production apps that need SEO plus freshness, mixed across pages
- 7–8 → Good for flexible, multi-platform products and full business apps
- 9–10 → Good for large-scale platforms with heavy traffic and multiple teams
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