Cheap website for a business: the 5 cheapest ways in 2026
A cheap website for a business costs from a couple of thousand kroner a year if you build it yourself on a website builder, against DKK 12,000–30,000 from a freelancer. The cheapest is rarely free: free builders show ads and no domain of your own, and WordPress on cheap hosting takes your time for updates. Here are the five cheapest ways, compared over three years.
What is the cheapest way to get a business website?
The cheapest way is to build it yourself on a website builder with your own domain. That costs DKK 5,500–7,500 over three years in Striive, excluding VAT, domain included, against DKK 26,000–77,000 with a freelancer. The price is your own time: a couple of days for a small site, less when AI writes the first draft.
| Route | Price | Own domain | The catch |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free website builder | DKK 0 | No | Ads for the builder and an address like yourbusiness.builders-domain.com. |
| WordPress on cheap hosting | From under DKK 100 a month in the first year | Yes | The intro price rises at renewal, and you handle updates, security and backups yourself. |
| one.com Portfolio | DKK 948 the first year, then DKK 1,428 a year | Yes | The intro price only lasts a year, and booking and a shop need a pricier plan. |
| Striive | DKK 99 a month incl. VAT for the first 4 months, then DKK 249 a month incl. VAT | Yes | You build it yourself, with AI to help. Booking and payments are on the way, not ready yet. |
| Freelancer | DKK 12,000–30,000 + running costs | Yes | Every later change usually costs hours. |
The one.com prices were read on 2026-09-23 on one.com’s own page, which doesn’t say whether they include VAT. See every builder side by side in our comparison.
What does a cheap website cost over three years?
Over three years, a small five-page website costs DKK 5,500–7,500 with Striive, DKK 26,000–77,000 with a freelancer and DKK 62,000–192,000 with a web agency. Running costs make the difference: hosting, licences and a service agreement cost every year.
| Freelancer | Web agency | Striive (you build it) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Build | DKK 12,000–30,000 | DKK 35,000–90,000 | No build fee |
| Running per year, from year 2 | DKK 4,500–15,500 | DKK 9,000–34,000 | DKK 2,000–3,000 |
| First year in total | DKK 16,000–46,000 | DKK 44,000–124,000 | DKK 1,500–2,500 |
| Three years in total | DKK 26,000–77,000 | DKK 62,000–192,000 | DKK 5,500–7,500 |
All amounts exclude VAT and come from our website cost calculator, built on Danish hourly rates: about DKK 500–900 an hour for freelancers and DKK 900–1,400 for agencies. Running costs are hosting, a domain, licences and a service agreement. Striive is DKK 99 a month incl. VAT for the first 4 months, then DKK 249 a month incl. VAT, plus your domain.
What do you give up with a cheap website?
It depends on where the saving comes from. The usual sacrifices are:
- Your own domain, if it’s free. Customers remember yourbusiness.dk, not a long address at the builder.
- Your time, if you build it yourself. Plan on 9–18 hours for five pages, fewer when AI writes the first draft.
- Security and updates, if you pick the cheapest hosting with WordPress: plugins need updating, or the site becomes vulnerable.
- Help, if you pick a cheap freelancer: when they’re busy, your change waits.
Can a cheap website look professional?
Yes. What makes a website look professional isn’t the price, but your own domain, the HTTPS padlock, good photos of your own work, short texts and a page that works on a phone. You can have all of that on a website builder. What it takes is in professional website.
How do you keep the price down without paying for it later?
Five moves that work:
- Buy the domain yourself, in the business’s name. A .dk domain usually costs under DKK 200 a year.
- Choose a solution where hosting, HTTPS and updates are in the price.
- Start with five pages, and build on once you know what customers ask about.
- Write the texts yourself, or let AI write the draft and edit it.
- Check the price after the intro offer before you sign up, and choose a solution without lock-in.
Frequently asked questions
With your own domain, it starts at a couple of thousand kroner a year on a website builder. Striive is DKK 99 a month incl. VAT for the first 4 months, then DKK 249 a month incl. VAT, plus your domain.
Rarely. Without your own domain and with ads for the builder it looks less trustworthy, and you can’t take the address with you if you switch. More in free website.
From an experienced freelancer, rarely, unless it’s a single page from a template. On a website builder you can stay well under. See website under DKK 5,000.
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