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How much does it cost to build a website, store, app and bot in 2026 - IT project pricing

How much a website, online store, app, AI chatbot and Telegram bot cost in 2026 - price ranges in euros and timelines for every type of IT project in one place.

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How much does it cost to build a website, store, app and bot in 2026 - IT project pricing

Short answer up front: in 2026 a landing page starts at €400, a solid company website at €900, an online store at €1500, a mobile app at €3000, an AI chatbot at €600, a Telegram bot at €300, and process automation at €200. The upper limits depend on how big and complex the project is - below I break down each type separately.

This is the pricing hub. I give you the ranges for every type of project I do, and next to each one there's a link to a separate article where that single topic is taken apart in detail.

Project typeRange (€)Timeline
Landing page€400 – €15001 – 2 weeks
Business / company website€900 – €40002 – 5 weeks
Online store€1500 – €12,0003 – 10 weeks
Mobile app (iOS + Android)€3000 – €30,000+4 – 16 weeks
AI chatbot€600 – €60001 – 4 weeks
Telegram bot€300 – €30003 days – 3 weeks
Automation (n8n / Make)€200 – €30002 days – 3 weeks

Prices are net, in euros, because it's easier to plan a budget that way than with a vague "5 to 80k PLN" range that tells you nothing. I convert the euro at the exchange rate on the day of the quote.

Landing page

One page, one goal - a signup, a purchase, a phone call. A simple landing page with a form and analytics hooked up I can build from €400 in a week. A more elaborate one, with animations, A/B tests and CRM integration, runs €800–1500. It's the fastest way to start advertising before a bigger site exists.

Exactly how much a landing page costs and what drives the price

Business and company website

Here the scope grows with the number of subpages and how much content you need to organize. A few-page business card site on Next.js with a blog and a multilingual version is €900–2000. A larger corporate site with an editing panel, integrations and a custom design reaches €4000. I build on Next.js, so the site is fast and shows up well in Google - not just pretty.

Full website pricing for 2026

Online store

The widest range of all, because a "store" can mean 20 products or a 5000-item catalog with inventory and invoicing. A small store with BLIK, Przelewy24 and one courier company starts at €1500. A mid-sized one, with many categories, variants and wholesaler integration, is €4000–8000. A large e-commerce build with custom logic reaches €12,000 and up.

How much an online store costs and what it depends on

Mobile app

A working app on iOS and Android starts at €3000 for an MVP. That's one app for both platforms in React Native, ready to publish in the stores - not the "from $20" you see in ads. A full product with login, payments, chat and a backend is €15,000–30,000+. Cross-platform brings that budget down by 40–60% compared to building natively.

Detailed pricing for an iOS and Android mobile app

AI chatbot

A GPT-based bot that answers customer questions from your knowledge base, embedded on the site, costs from €600. A more advanced assistant with access to your CRM, calendar, order placement and support in several languages is €2000–6000. What matters isn't the chat itself, but how many systems it has to talk to.

How much it costs to deploy an AI chatbot

Telegram bot

The cheapest entry point into automation. A simple bot - notifications, signups, FAQ - is €300 and a few days of work. A bot with payments, an admin panel and a connection to a database or CRM runs €1000–3000. It works great as a mini-app before someone decides to commit to a full mobile app.

Telegram bot pricing step by step

Process automation

The cheapest thing with the fastest return. One scenario in n8n or Make - say a lead from a form lands in the CRM, a notification fires and a row gets added to a sheet - is €200–500. A bigger set of connected scenarios across several systems is €1000–3000. Here you usually pay once and save hours every week.

How much automation in n8n costs

What drives the price of any IT project

Whatever the project type, the price breaks down into three things.

The first is scope - how much actually has to be built. A contact form and a booking system with payments are two different worlds, even though both "are on the site."

The second is complexity. A standard template and logic I've done dozens of times are cheap. An unusual requirement, integration with a client's old system, or something that can't be solved with an off-the-shelf tool pushes up the price and the timeline.

The third is who does it. A junior at €500 who won't get the project across the finish line. An agency that adds a project manager, a salesperson and office overhead to your quote. Or a single senior who builds the whole thing and talks to you directly - that's three different prices for what looks like the same result. There's a separate piece on this: freelancer vs agency for a website.

What's usually not in the quote

This is where budgets tend to balloon after the contract is signed. The following are standardly left out of the quote:

  • content - you write the copy for subpages and product descriptions yourself, or pay extra for copywriting,
  • translations - a multilingual version is a separate cost if you don't have the texts ready,
  • photos and graphics - a shoot or buying stock is a separate line item,
  • domain and hosting - a few dozen to a few hundred PLN a year, paid directly to the provider,
  • post-launch care - small fixes in the first days I do for free, but ongoing support is a monthly contract.

I bring this up at the start so there are no surprises halfway through the project.

How I price

I don't pull a final price out of thin air after one email. I start with a short discovery - a conversation and a few questions about what the project should do, what it connects to, and who'll be using it. Only then do I give a fixed price for a specific scope, not an hourly rate where the final figure is a surprise.

A fixed price means the risk of underestimating is on my side, not yours. If something turns out to be harder than it looked, that's my problem, not an extra bill for you. A price change mid-project only comes into play if you change the scope - adding a feature that wasn't in the agreement.

I work with Next.js, React Native, n8n and AI models - tools that let me do more in less time, which is why my ranges start lower than agency ones. If you want a concrete quote for your project, get in touch or see exactly what I do with websites.

FAQ

How much does a website cost in 2026? A simple business card site starts at around €400–900, a standard company website runs €900 to €2000, and an elaborate corporate site with integrations and an editing panel reaches €4000. On the Polish market you'll see prices from 1900 PLN for a simple build up to tens of thousands of PLN for large portals - I give the ranges in euros to make offers easier to compare.

Why do prices for websites and apps vary so much? Because a "website" or an "app" isn't a single product. It comes down to scope (how much has to be built), complexity (whether it's standard or an unusual requirement) and who builds it (junior, agency or senior freelancer). The same words can mean a €500 project and a €15,000 one, which is why a sensible quote is only possible after a conversation about the details.

Is it cheaper to hire a freelancer or an agency? A senior freelancer usually comes out cheaper, because you're not adding office, salesperson and project manager costs to the project. An agency makes sense for very large projects where you need a team of several people at once. For a website, store or app for a small or mid-sized company, one senior does the same thing for less. I broke this down in a separate piece on choosing between a freelancer and an agency.

What's not included in the project price? Most often content, translations, photos and graphics, domain and hosting, plus ongoing care after launch. You either provide these yourself or pay separately. You pay for the domain and hosting directly with the provider - that's a few dozen to a few hundred PLN a year, not part of my quote.

How much does it cost to maintain a website or app after launch? The domain and hosting alone are usually 100–500 PLN a year for a website. Small fixes in the first days after launch I do as part of the project price. If you want ongoing support - updates, monitoring, regular changes - that's a monthly contract, usually €50 to €300 depending on how big the project is and how often things change.

Can a project be done cheaper than these ranges? It can, but almost always at the cost of something. A site built from a website-builder template for 50 PLN a month exists, it just looks like a thousand others and performs poorly in Google. An app "from $20" in an ad is bait - that amount won't produce anything that passes App Store review. A low starting price usually means you'll pay later for the missing pieces.

How fast will I get a quote? After a short conversation and a few questions about scope, I usually send the quote with a concrete, fixed price within 1–2 business days. I don't count hours - you get one figure for the agreed scope, so you know where you stand right away.

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