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Cafés · 2026 prices

How Much Does a Café Website Cost?

A small café website typically costs $500–$2,000. The calculator below is preset for one — change the pages, the extras or the state to price your own.

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What the site needs

What to charge for a café website

$950–$1,550

About 17 hours at $55–$90 an hour, the freelance rate in the US. Plus $50–$110 a month for hosting and updates.

Sites for independent cafés typically sell for $500–$2,000.

What a café website needsWeb design rates in every state

What a café website costs

A typical café site has 3 pages and 3 extras. Built by a freelancer at the US rate it comes to $950–$1,550 — about 17 hours of work — plus $50–$110 a month to host and keep it updated.

Built inPriceMonthly
Mississippi (lowest rates)$500–$750$35–$65
US average$950–$1,550$50–$110
Washington (highest rates)$1,350–$2,150$60–$145

The pages a café website needs

  • Home
  • Menu
  • Visit us

Its job is to show the menu, the hours and the address — most visits are someone deciding where to go right now.

What drives the price

  • Menu or price list — about 2 hours.
  • Gallery or portfolio — about 2 hours.
  • Local SEO setup — about 3 hours.

Leave one out and the price drops by those hours times your rate. Tick or untick them in the calculator above to see it.

What every café website must have

  1. Opening hours that are always right.
  2. The menu with prices.
  3. Directions in one tap.

Find cafés that need a website

Plenty of cafés still have no website at all. See them, city by city, or search your own with the free finder:

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Questions

How much does a café website cost?+

A website for a small café typically costs $500–$2,000 from a freelancer or small studio, plus $50–$110 a month for hosting and updates. A 3-page site with menu or price list, gallery or portfolio, local seo setup takes about 17 hours.

How much should I charge to build a café website?+

At the US freelance rate, $950–$1,550. Where you live matters: the same site prices at $500–$750 in Mississippi and $1,350–$2,150 in Washington.

What should a café website include?+

Opening hours that are always right. The menu with prices. Directions in one tap. The usual pages are Home, Menu, Visit us.

Can a café just use a website builder?+

Yes, if the owner has the time to design it, write it and keep it up to date. Most cafés pay someone because the hours cost more than the site does — and because a site built for the trade wins more customers than a template.

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Wages: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025 estimates, for web developers (15-1254) and web and digital interface designers (15-1255). Those are employees' wages; freelance rates and prices here are estimates built from them, not BLS figures.