What a custom website costs when you hire a remote team

What drives the price

A small business site with a handful of pages and a contact form usually goes live in a few weeks. An online store, a booking flow or a customer portal is weeks, because each one needs its own logic, testing and edge cases. The biggest price drivers are almost always the same.

• Number of distinct page layouts, not the number of pages
• How you edit content: fixed pages, a simple editor, or a full content system
• Integrations such as payments, bookings, WhatsApp, a CRM or accounting software
• Custom logic: logins, quotes, dashboards, AI assistants
• Languages, accessibility requirements and how much content the team has to write

How remote teams structure quotes

A quote should list what is included, what is not, and how changes are priced. Whether to pay a fixed price or by the hour depends on how settled your scope is; our guide to fixed-price and hourly contracts covers that choice.

How to compare quotes fairly

Send every team the same short brief and ask them to reply with a written scope. A low quote often leaves things out, such as content entry, hosting set-up or search basics. A high one may include work you do not need. Line the scopes up side by side before you look at the totals.

• Is the price fixed against a written scope?
• Are the code repository, domain and hosting accounts registered to you?
• Is hosting included, and can you move it elsewhere later?
• What does support or a small change cost after launch?
• Is payment split into milestones you can check in a browser?

Costs after launch

Budget for the domain, hosting, any paid services such as email or a WhatsApp Business account, and occasional updates. A well-built site needs little maintenance, but security updates and small content changes never stop entirely. Ask for these costs in writing before you start, not after.

What Cassnetic Tech charges

We are a partner-led team in Malaysia working with clients worldwide. Projects outside Malaysia are quoted in US dollars, usually from US$1,000. Larger builds such as online stores, web apps and AI integrations are scoped first, then priced. The scope and price are fixed before work starts, and the code and domain are registered to you.