Cost guide
How much does a website cost in India in 2026?
A simple website in India costs anywhere from ₹0 to well over ₹50,000. A free builder costs nothing but your time (and a domain, if you want one). Paid builders charge a monthly or yearly plan. A freelancer or agency charges for the build and often again every year. HimX builds a complete personal or small-business website with AI for ₹100, paid once, including the address and hosting.
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Website cost in India, by how you make it
The same simple five-page website can cost almost nothing or a lot, depending on who does the work:
| How | What you pay | What you do yourself |
|---|---|---|
| Free builder (Google Sites, Wix free, Canva) | ₹0 — their name stays on the site and in the address; your own domain is about ₹500–1,500 a year | Everything: layout, words, photos |
| Paid builder (Hostinger) | ₹139 a month on a 48-month plan — ₹6,672 paid up front; renews at ₹449 a month | Build it yourself with templates and AI help |
| Paid builder (GoDaddy) | Starter ₹699 a month billed yearly — ₹8,388 a year (a free tier exists) | Build it yourself with templates and AI help |
| Freelancer | ₹10,000 to ₹80,000 | Brief them, send content, check it |
| Agency | ₹50,000 to ₹2 lakh and more | Brief them, approve it |
| HimX (AI, by HimLocal) | ₹100 once — address and hosting included | Upload your CV or photos, answer a few questions |
Builder prices from each company's pricing page; freelancer and agency ranges from Hostinger's India cost guide. Read on 23 October 2026 — see Sources.
The costs people forget
- Renewals: the first-year or multi-year price is often the lowest you will ever pay. Check the renewal price before you buy.
- Paying up front: a low monthly number can mean two or four years paid on day one.
- Your domain (yourname.in or .com): about ₹500–1,500 a year, separate on most free plans.
- Your time: on a free builder, you are the designer, writer and photographer.
- Changes later: with a freelancer, every change after launch can be a new bill.
What ₹100 gets you on HimX
HimX is an AI website builder from HimLocal, a software company in Kullu, Himachal Pradesh. ₹100 is the launch price, paid once; from 1 January 2027 it will be ₹1,000.
- A complete website made from your CV, photos and answers — home page, sections, contact and enquiry buttons — in English or Hindi.
- Your own address: ai-yourname.himx.in.
- 500 AI credits to change it by chat ("make the photos bigger", "add my new phone number"). Clicking to edit text and photos is free.
- Up to 20 of your own photos and 2 short videos. HimX does not make AI pictures; the designs are drawn in code.
- Live for 1,000 visits or one year, whichever comes first. A yearly plan keeps it after that.
- Enquiries come to you on WhatsApp, a call or a form. The ₹100 site does not take payments.
Which one should you pick?
- You want a personal or portfolio site, or a shop window for a small business, quickly and in Hindi or English: HimX.
- You enjoy designing and have time: a free builder.
- You want to sell online with your own checkout and many products: a paid builder or a store plan (HimLocal for Business runs online stores, café ordering and hotel booking on yearly plans).
- You need custom features or a large site: a freelancer or an agency.
Questions people ask
What is the minimum cost of a website in India?
A website can be made for ₹0 on a free builder such as Google Sites, if you do the work and accept their name in the address. The cheapest finished website with its own address and hosting is HimX at ₹100 once, for 1,000 visits or one year.
How much does a small business website cost in India?
Usually ₹6,000–10,000 a year on a paid builder, ₹10,000 to ₹80,000 from a freelancer, and ₹50,000 or more from an agency. A shop-window site that takes WhatsApp enquiries costs ₹100 once on HimX; online orders and bookings on HimLocal for Business start at ₹5,000 a year.
Is a ₹100 website real? What is the catch?
Yes. HimX charges ₹100 once at launch. The limits are stated up front: the site stays live for 1,000 visits or one year, whichever comes first, it lives at ai-yourname.himx.in, and it takes enquiries but not payments. A yearly plan keeps it after that.
Does a website need hosting and a domain separately?
On most builders the hosting is included and the domain is separate. With a freelancer you usually pay for both yourself every year. On HimX the address and hosting are included in the price; your own .com or .in can be added on a yearly plan.
Can I still get a free website from Google Business Profile?
No. Google turned off Business Profile websites in March 2024 and stopped redirecting them in June 2024. A Business Profile still shows your listing on Google Maps — put your own website link on it.
Sources
Prices are each company's own published prices (or a cited report where a company's page did not load for us), read on 23 October 2026. They change — check the company's site before you buy. HimX is made by HimLocal, who wrote this page.
- Hostinger India — Website Builder pricing (official, read 23 Oct 2026)
- Hostinger India — "How much does a website cost in India" (updated 26 Feb 2026)
- Zoutons — GoDaddy India website builder plans, 29 Aug 2026 (godaddy.com did not load for us)
- Wix — plans (official; rupee prices depend on your region)
- Canva — publishing websites for free (official help)
- Cyfuture — website builder and domain costs in India
- Search Engine Journal — Google Business Profile websites shut down (2024)