Design
A ready-made template, tweaked a little, is quick. A design drawn from scratch for your business takes many hours.
Guide
What does a website cost in Norway?
Short answer: anything from nothing to well over NOK 100,000, depending on who makes it and how much you do yourself. Here’s what actually drives the price.
- Freelancer
- NOK 15,000–40,000 one-off
- Agency
- NOK 30,000–100,000 one-off
- Running on top
- NOK 500–3,000/month
- Siite
- NOK 599/month, all included
In short
A simple business website of five to ten pages typically costs between NOK 15,000 and 40,000 as a one-off price from an agency or freelancer in Norway. Fully bespoke work is often between NOK 30,000 and 100,000.
On top of that comes running and maintenance, often between NOK 500 and 3,000 a month. The domain costs from around NOK 99 a year.
Subscription models swap the one-off price for a fixed monthly amount. With us it starts at NOK 599 a month with no setup fee. The figures are typical market levels, not fixed prices.
What drives the cost
The price is almost never the technology, it’s the hours
Copy
The item people underestimate most. Good copy needs someone to get to grips with your trade and rewrite it into something the customer understands.
Images
Your own photos need a photographer, free stock photos need searching, AI images need direction.
Technical setup
Domain, hosting, security, Google setup and forms that actually work.
The four ways
How people get a website
| Model | Typical price | Suits you when |
|---|---|---|
| Do it yourself | From a few hundred NOK/month | You have the time, the patience and the wish to learn the tool |
| Freelancer | NOK 15,000–40,000 one-off | You know fairly well what you want, and can follow up along the way |
| Agency | NOK 30,000–100,000 one-off | You need something bespoke, and have the budget for it |
| Subscription | From about NOK 600/month | You want predictable costs and don’t want to own the project |
Norwegian agencies typically charge NOK 900 to 1,800 an hour, freelancers often NOK 600 to 1,200. That explains why the same number of pages can cost very different amounts.
What gets forgotten
The bill after launch
A website isn’t finished when it launches. It needs updating, securing and now and then repairing. If you buy the site as a one-off project, expect one of two things: either you pay by the hour every time something needs changing, often from around NOK 1,200 an hour, or you do it yourself.
This is the main reason many small businesses end up with a website nobody touches for five years. Not because it cost too much to make, but because every little change costs money and needs someone to take the initiative.
The maths
How to compare the models fairly
Add up the one-off price and the running costs over the period you’ll actually keep the site, say three to five years. Divide by the number of months. That shows you the real monthly cost, so you can compare like with like.
A one-off price of NOK 25,000 plus NOK 800 a month for running comes to about NOK 1,500 a month over three years. Then the question is no longer what’s cheapest, but whether you’d rather pay a lot now and little later, or the same every month.
If you’re unsure, read more about how a subscription works or see our prices.
What does a simple website cost in Norway?
A simple business website of five to ten pages typically costs NOK 15,000 to 40,000 as a one-off price from a freelancer or agency. With a subscription you pay a fixed monthly amount instead – with us from NOK 599, with no setup fee.
Why do prices vary so much?
Because the price is mainly working hours. A design drawn from scratch, copy written by someone who gets to grips with your trade, and your own photos take many hours. A tweaked template takes few.
What does it cost to run a website?
Running and maintenance typically cost between NOK 500 and 3,000 a month, depending on what’s included. The domain comes on top, from around NOK 99 a year.
Is it cheaper to make the website yourself?
In money, yes. In time, rarely. A site builder costs a few hundred NOK a month, but you spend the hours on design, copy and setup yourself, and you have to maintain it afterwards.
What should a small business expect to spend?
Most small businesses need one to five pages. That puts you at the lower end, either as a one-off price of around NOK 15,000 to 25,000, or as a subscription from around NOK 600 a month.
See your website before you decide
Tell us a little about your business and we’ll make a draft of your website. Free, no obligation and ready within two working days.