How much does a one page website cost? Real prices and traps to avoid

A one page website looks like the simplest web project there is: a single page, a few sections, a contact form. And yet quotes range from €200 to €8,000 for what looks, from a distance, like the same deliverable. As with landing page pricing, the gap is not a scam: it comes from who builds the page and what the price actually includes. Here are the honest ranges in 2026, the factors that drive the bill up or down, and the traps that turn a “cheap little site” into a rushed redesign six months later.

One page website: what are we talking about exactly?

A one page website is a brochure site condensed into a single page: business presentation, services, about section, testimonials, contact — all stacked vertically, with a menu that scrolls to each section instead of opening other pages. It is the ideal format for a freelancer, a tradesperson, a practice or a restaurant that wants a clean online presence without managing ten pages.

Be careful not to confuse it with a landing page: both fit on one page, but a single page does not imply a single goal. A landing page is built around one conversion action (book a call, download, buy), whereas a one page site presents a business as a whole, with several possible exits. That nuance changes the structure, the copy — and sometimes the price. We detail the distinction in landing page or brochure site; in practice, both formats are built with the same tools and priced in the same waters.

Price ranges per option

As always on the web, the price depends less on the page than on how it is produced. Four options, four orders of magnitude — consistent with our full pricing comparison:

The freelancer: a few hundred euros to about €2,000

A one page brochure site is less work than a long sales page: expect €500 to €2,000 with a serious freelancer, depending on the level of design and the content included. Below €300, you are almost always buying a resold template with your colours applied — you might as well buy it yourself and save the markup. Day-rate grids and the questions to ask before signing are covered in our guide to freelance rates.

The agency: upwards of €2,000 – 3,000

An agency bills a full process (scoping, art direction, copywriting, development), rarely relevant for a standalone one page site unless your brand demands complete custom work. How agencies operate and price is broken down in agency landing page pricing — the orders of magnitude apply identically to a one page site.

The builder: a few dozen euros per month, with no end

Wix, Squarespace and the like let you publish a one page site the same day, for a subscription of a few dozen euros per month. The trap is mathematical: over three years, that rent far exceeds the price of a template — and the day you stop paying, the site disappears.

The template: under €100, once

A quality template costs under €100, one single time, code included, with free hosting on Vercel or Netlify. It is the cheapest option on the market, provided you are comfortable with a few simple operations (editing copy, deploying). The full trade-off is covered in template or custom build.

What makes a one page quote vary

• Copywriting: if the provider writes your copy rather than just integrating it, expect several hundred euros more — often the most profitable line item on the quote.
• Custom design: starting from a blank mockup rather than an existing structure adds one to two days of design to the bill.
• Basic SEO: clean tags, structured data, mobile performance. Rarely itemised, but it is what separates a serious quote from a low-cost one.
• Multilingual: each extra language means a translation, hreflang tags and additional testing — the quote can climb by 30 to 50%.
• Maintenance: tweaks, updates, backups. Never included by default with a freelancer, often sold as a monthly retainer by agencies.

A word on the design line item, the one you are most tempted to trim. A 2003 study by B.J. Fogg and his Stanford team, “How Do Users Evaluate the Credibility of Web Sites?”, conducted with over 2,500 participants, shows that a site’s appearance (its “design look”) is the first criterion by which visitors judge its credibility — mentioned in nearly half of all evaluations, far ahead of every other criterion. Skimping on the design of a one page site therefore means skimping precisely on what your visitors look at first to decide whether to trust you. It is also the argument for premium templates: a professional design already paid for by hundreds of buyers, at a fraction of its production cost.

The hidden and recurring costs

The creation price is never the total cost. A one page site lives with recurring expenses no quote highlights: the domain name (around ten euros per year), hosting (free on Vercel for a static site, a few euros per month elsewhere), builder subscriptions that keep running as long as the site exists, and maintenance — updates, tweaks, security — whose scenarios we cost out in landing page maintenance costs. For a full first-year view, our complete landing page budget adds up every line item, one-off and recurring: the method applies word for word to a one page site.

One page or several pages: when a single page is enough

A one page site is enough when your business fits into one message: one trade, one area, one audience. It becomes a handicap when you target several distinct Google queries — “plumber Lyon 3” and “water heater repair Lyon” each deserve their own page, because Google ranks pages, not sections. If your strategy relies on multi-query SEO (several services, several cities), plan a multi-page site from the start, or a one page site designed to be extended. The good news: a well-built one page site on a modern stack like Next.js can be extended in a few hours, with no redesign.

The “cheap” trap that ends up expensive

The classic scenario: a €200 one page site from a micro-services platform or a free builder, online within a week. Six months later, the verdict — dated design that inspires no trust, page slow on mobile, impossible to evolve, code that isn’t yours. The result: a complete redesign, in other words paying twice. The real question is not “what is the lowest price today?” but “what will this page cost me over three years, redesign included?”. On that count, the two winning options are the serious freelancer (if you have the budget and a genuine need for custom work) and the premium template (if you don’t).

If your decision leans towards the second option, the LanderKit templates were built exactly for this: professional Next.js one pages and landing pages at €89 each (or €229 for the 10-template bundle), code delivered and yours for good, free hosting on Vercel, zero subscription. The design that builds credibility is already there; all that’s left is to add your message.