How much does a website for an architecture firm cost?

A website for an architecture firm can cost a few hundred dollars a year or tens of thousands up front. The gap comes from who does the work and how much work there is. This guide puts the published numbers side by side, with sources and dates you can check.

The short answer, by route

You can build the site yourself, hire a freelancer or hire an agency. The ranges below come from Clutch's pricing page, HubSpot's cost guide, Wix's and Webflow's published prices and one modeled estimate for architects' websites in the US.

• Build it yourself on a website builder. The paid Wix and Webflow plans in the table below cost $180 to $1,908 a year, billed yearly. HubSpot's 2025 cost guide, citing DesignRush, puts builders at $0 to $50 a month. You do the design and the writing yourself, with your own photos.
• Hire a freelancer. HubSpot gives $2,000 to $15,000, a range it credits to Clutch. For an architect's website in the US, ProjectCostEstimator models $4,350 to $14,500.
• Hire an agency. Clutch says web design agencies typically charge $2,000 to $100,000, and that most projects reviewed on Clutch cost less than $10,000. HubSpot, citing WebFX, gives $10,000 to $145,000. For an architect's website in the US, ProjectCostEstimator models $10,150 to $31,900.

Here are the same ranges on one scale. Both general agency ranges run past the right edge.

The builder row is a yearly cost, and the others are what you pay to get the site built. The ProjectCostEstimator rows come from a model, explained further down.

Website builders: what the plans cost today

The paid Wix and Webflow plans below cost $15 to $159 a month, billed yearly, in US dollars and before taxes. Builder prices change often, so the table carries a date.

Prices checked on October 12, 2026. Wix: prices from its blog post on premium plans (updated June 10, year not shown). Its plans page adds that prices and currency vary by location. Webflow: webflow.com/pricing, per site, plus taxes. Squarespace showed us prices that didn't match the US prices a review site listed in September 2026, so we don't quote them.

For an architecture firm, the plan question comes down to project pages. If you want to add projects yourself from a shared layout, you need a CMS: the part of the site where you add a project by filling in fields. On Webflow, the cheapest paid plan that includes it is Premium.

On this route the plan is the easy part to budget. The larger cost is your own time: choosing a template, preparing photos, writing each project and checking every page on a phone.

Freelancers and agencies: what the published numbers say

Most projects reviewed on Clutch cost less than $10,000, and for a small practice that is the number to go by. Clutch's web design pricing page, updated on September 21, 2026, says agencies typically charge $2,000 to $100,000. The average from verified Clutch reviews is $38,105.39. The larger projects pull that average far above what most projects cost.

Clutch also lists the most common hourly rates for web design companies by country: $100 to $149 an hour in the US, Canada and Australia, and $50 to $99 in the UK. At the bottom of each range, a UK hour costs half as much as a US hour. Where the team works changes the quote before anyone has looked at your projects.

HubSpot's guide, last updated on July 1, 2025, gives freelancers $2,000 to $15,000 (credited to Clutch) and agencies $10,000 to $145,000 (credited to WebFX). Ranges that wide cover very different projects, so they tell you little until the scope is fixed.

Price pages for architects, and why quotes vary so much

Treat the price pages you find for architects' websites as sales pages. You will find pages built from one template and repeated for each city or country. Some carry no date, and some describe hypothetical example firms.

ProjectCostEstimator is open about its method. Its architect page, updated in July 2026, says it is based on more than 600 project quotes and rate benchmarks, and it applies a location multiplier of 1.45 for the US. Its US result, $4,350 to $14,500 with a freelancer and $10,150 to $31,900 with an agency, is a modeled estimate, and real quotes can land outside it.

The hourly rate explains part of the spread between quotes. The rest is scope: how many pages the site has and how much of the work the studio does for you.

What drives the price for a practice

Six lines move the quote for an architecture firm: the number of projects, photography, drawings, languages, a CMS and motion. Ask each studio how its price changes with each one.

Number of projects

Each project usually gets its own page or sheet, with its photos, a short text and data such as location, year, area and credits. Ten projects take far longer to build than three. Ask whether the price covers a set number of project pages, and what each extra one costs.

Photography

Photos decide how an architecture site looks, so find out whether they are in the quote or a separate budget. If you plan to send work to ArchDaily, its guide asks for at least 15 images of each built project, at least 2,880 pixels wide, taken by architecture photographers. Check whether your current photos meet that bar before you budget the site. Get the photographer's written permission to use them online.

Drawings

Plans and sections help people understand a project, and they need work before they go online. A drawing made for print often has small labels and thin lines that disappear on a phone. ArchDaily's guide asks for clear drawings without labels or construction notes, readable on a computer screen. Someone has to prepare them, and that time is part of the price.

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Languages

A second language means every page exists twice. The text needs translating and checking, and each version needs its own titles and descriptions for search. The build and the writing grow with each language you add.

A CMS for your projects

If you want to add projects yourself, the site needs a CMS with a project template. That takes longer to build than fixed pages, and on some builders it sits on a higher plan, as the Webflow rows above show.

Motion and custom design

Scroll animations, video and custom layouts take design time and testing on phones. They add hours, and heavy video can make pages slow to load.

Yearly and hidden costs

After launch, you keep paying for the plan or hosting, the domain, photos of new work and changes. Some of these come back every year, and some every time you add a project.

• Builder plan. The site lives on the platform, so the plan renews for as long as it stays online. At the prices in the table above, three years of Wix Core cost $1,044 and three years of Webflow Premium cost $900, billed yearly and before taxes.
• Domain. A domain is registered for a set term, usually a year, and then has to be renewed. Most yearly Wix plans and every yearly Squarespace plan include a free first year of domain registration, with conditions. On Wix, the voucher comes only with a first plan purchase and only for a new domain bought from Wix. From year two, you pay to renew it.
• Hosting. Builders include it in the plan. With a site built by a studio, someone pays for it, so ask who pays and what it costs from year two.
• Photography. Every new project you want to show needs photos. Budget for them each time you add work to the site.
• Maintenance and changes. HubSpot's 2025 guide puts maintenance at $250 to $12,000 a year and doesn't say where that range comes from. It can mean a few text edits or ongoing development, so ask what a maintenance fee covers.

When you compare routes, add three years of these costs to the launch price. A cheap launch with high yearly fees can cost more over three years than a higher one-time price.

How to compare quotes on the same scope

Two quotes only compare if they cover the same work. A quote that leaves part of the work out can look cheaper than it is, so before you look at the totals, ask each studio to answer the same list in writing.

1. Scope. How many pages and project pages, how many languages, and who writes the text and prepares the photos. Our guide to building an architecture firm website lists the pages most firms need.
2. Domain in your name. The domain should be registered to you or your firm, with a login you control. If a studio registers it in its own name, moving later gets harder.
3. Who owns the files. Ask whether you can take the site to another provider, and what happens to it if you stop paying.
4. Rounds of revisions. How many are included, and what an extra round costs.
5. Launch date. A date in writing, when the clock starts, and what happens if the studio misses it.
6. Guarantee. Whether there is a refund if the result doesn't work for you, and on what conditions.
7. Year two. What hosting, the domain and changes cost after launch.

Where Patroclo fits

Patroclo is one more route to compare, with a fixed price and a fixed scope. We're a web studio in Córdoba, Argentina, that builds websites in English and Spanish and works remotely. Prices are in US dollars.

The Founder Website · live in 72 hours costs $449.99. Until November 12, 2026, the first 10 websites cost $289.99, in return for a testimonial and permission to show the site as a case study. The website includes:

• Custom design with your brand and photos.
• A site that works perfectly on phones, tablets and desktops.
• WhatsApp and a contact form.
• Basic SEO.
• The domain in your name and the first year of hosting.
• Google Maps profile setup.
• A launch kit and a QR sign.

The site goes live 72 hours from the moment we get your material: logo, photos and contact details. If we miss that, you get 3 months of the care plan free. Two rounds of revisions are included, and if the site still doesn't convince you after them, ask within 7 days and we refund 100%.

The care plan is optional: $39.99 a month for up to 3 changes a month. If you leave, we hand over the files.

Against the checklist above, this offer answers the domain, the files, the revisions, the launch date and the refund. It suits a practice that wants its projects shown well and a direct way for people to get in touch. If you need a large site with custom features or integrations, compare agency quotes for that scope.

The finished product turned out excellent. Great back-and-forth with the team and a very fast turnaround. Highly recommended, and their service is very efficient. The site turned out extraordinary and very functional, truly what we were looking for.

Diego Juncos · Juncos & Asoc. Architecture

CALA Desarrollos, a home developer in Córdoba, got 8 new inquiries in its first week online. You can read the case study, see what we build for architecture firms or go straight to pricing. If you'd rather see your site before you decide, send us your Instagram and in 48 hours we'll show you a real homepage, built with your photos and your brand.

Sources

1. Clutch, web design pricing, updated September 21, 2026. Agency range, usual project cost, average cost (from verified Clutch reviews) and the most common hourly rates by country. Accessed October 12, 2026.
2. HubSpot Blog, website design cost, updated July 1, 2025. Freelancer range (credited to Clutch), agency range (credited to WebFX), builder range (credited to DesignRush) and maintenance range (no source given). Accessed October 12, 2026.
3. ProjectCostEstimator, architect website cost, updated July 2026. Modeled US freelancer and agency ranges for an architect's website, and the method behind them. Accessed October 12, 2026.
4. Wix Blog, Wix premium plans, updated June 10 (year not shown). Plan prices, billed yearly. Accessed October 12, 2026.
5. Wix, plans. Prices vary by location and exclude taxes; the free domain voucher and its limits. Accessed October 12, 2026.
6. Webflow, pricing. Basic and Premium prices, billed yearly and monthly, and which plan includes the CMS. Accessed October 12, 2026.
7. Squarespace, pricing. The free first year of a domain with yearly plans. Plan prices not quoted because the ones it showed us may differ by location. Accessed October 12, 2026.
8. Style Factory, Squarespace pricing, updated September 24, 2026. US prices that differ from the ones Squarespace showed us; not quoted. Accessed October 12, 2026.
9. ArchDaily, guide to publication, undated. Image and drawing requirements for built projects. Accessed October 12, 2026.