What Web Designers in Melbourne Charge (2026)
We read the websites of the first 20 web design businesses Google showed us for Melbourne. Seven show a price. Here are the Melbourne prices we found for about five pages, and what they add up to over two years.
Most Melbourne web designers we checked don’t show a price on their website. On 10 October 2026 we read the websites of the first 20 web design businesses Google showed us for Melbourne. Seven show a price for a website. The other 13 don’t. We haven’t named any of them, because prices change.
The short version: Among the 15 Melbourne-based designers we found who publish a price, about five pages costs from $800, GST not stated, to $2,915 plus GST as a one-off, and one $2,500 offer is normally $3,500. One plan is $99 a month with nothing upfront. Over two years, the Melbourne totals we could work out ran from $1,695 or more to $4,752 including GST. Our own five-page build is $500 flat including GST. Hosting is free on your own account, we build remotely from Perth, and larger sites have bigger packages or a custom quote.
What to do next: Comparing Melbourne quotes? Use the tables and the three checks below, and ask who owns the site. Our prices and inclusions are on the pricing page, or you can start your project.
What Melbourne web designers publish
To see more prices, we kept reading until we had 15 Melbourne-based designers who publish one. Here is some of what they publish.
| What the package is | Published price | GST |
|---|---|---|
| Up to 3 pages, or up to 5 pages | $500, or $800 | Not stated |
| Up to 5 pages, or up to 10 pages | $999, or $1,999 | Not stated |
| Small business site, page count not stated | From $1,399 | Not stated |
| 5-page site, with the words written and 12 months of hosting | $1,899 | Included |
| Custom site, page count not stated (two studios) | From $2,000, and from $2,200 | Not stated |
| 1 to 5 custom pages | $2,500 as a limited-time offer, normally $3,500 | Not stated |
| Up to 7 pages | $2,490 | Added on top |
| 5-page site, with six months of hosting free | $2,915 | Added on top |
| 5 pages on a monthly plan | $99 a month, nothing upfront | Not stated |
| Monthly plan with a 12-month minimum | $180 a month | Added on top |
| Hand-coded site on a monthly plan with a 12-month minimum | $399 a month | Not stated |
| Larger agency builds (three agencies) | From $5,000, from $10,000 and from $15,000 | One adds GST; two don’t say |
What five pages costs
These prices from the table above are for a site of about five pages. We’ve added our own price as the last row, and as the last two rows of the two-year table. We build remotely from Perth.
| What the package is | Published price |
|---|---|
| Up to 5 pages | $800, GST not stated |
| Up to 5 pages | $999, GST not stated |
| 5 pages on a monthly plan | $99 a month, nothing upfront |
| 5-page site, with the words written and 12 months of hosting | $1,899 including GST |
| 1 to 5 custom pages | $2,500 as a limited-time offer, normally $3,500 |
| 5-page site, with six months of hosting free | $2,915 plus GST |
| CatalystHub 5-page website (Standard build), with the words written for you | $500 flat, including GST |
What it adds up to over two years
These are the Melbourne totals we could work out for a site of five pages or so, cheapest first. The $800 package doesn’t publish a hosting price, so we couldn’t total it.
| Route | Upfront | After launch | Two-year total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Up to 5 pages with the designer’s hosting | $999 | Hosting from $29 a month | $1,695 or more |
| 5-page site with managed hosting | $1,899 inc. GST, first 12 months of hosting included | Hosting at $404 a year after that | $2,303 |
| 5 pages on the $99 monthly plan | $0 | $99 a month, with hosting and updates included | $2,376, and the provider keeps the site ($1,188 more to take it with you) |
| 1 to 5 custom pages with managed hosting | $2,500 | Hosting at $29.95 a month | $3,218.80 |
| 5-page site with hosting | $2,915 plus GST, first six months of hosting free | Hosting at $27 plus GST a month | $3,741.10 inc. GST |
| Up to 7 pages with managed hosting | $2,490 plus GST | Hosting at $59 plus GST a month | $4,296.60 inc. GST |
| The $180 monthly plan (its site says five pages in one place and 18 in another) | $0 | $180 plus GST a month, 12-month minimum | $4,752 inc. GST, and the provider keeps the site |
| CatalystHub Standard build with our Basic care plan (hosting, daily backups and security updates) | $500 | $49 a month, first month free | $1,627 inc. GST |
| CatalystHub Standard build, no care plan | $500 | Your domain. Hosting is free on your own account | $500, plus your domain |
Three things to check on any quote:
- Is GST in the price? Of the 15 Melbourne designers who publish prices, one includes GST, four add it on top and ten don’t say beside the price.
- Do you own the site? On two of the three monthly plans we read, the provider keeps the website when you stop paying. One charges a fee equal to 12 months of payments to hand it over. Ask, and get the answer in writing.
- What do you pay after launch? Ask for the monthly or yearly figure before you sign, and multiply it by two years.
Where CatalystHub fits
The check we care most about is the second one: who owns the site. On a CatalystHub build you own the code and the domain from handover, and hosting is free on your own account. The Standard build is five pages for $500 flat including GST, live in seven business days. We are a Perth studio, not a Melbourne one, and build remotely for businesses anywhere in Australia, as web design across Australia explains. Need more pages? Extra pages after launch are $100 a page, and larger sites have bigger packages or a custom quote. Our inclusions differ from the packages above, so compare line by line on our pricing page. Who owns your website lists what to ask any designer.
For entry prices in other states and territories, see published website prices by state and territory in our guide to what a small business website costs in Australia.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a five-page website cost in Melbourne? On the Melbourne websites we read on 10 October 2026, one-off prices for about five pages ran from $800, with GST not stated, to $2,915 plus GST. One $2,500 price is a limited-time offer and is normally $3,500. One plan is $99 a month with nothing upfront.
Do Melbourne web designers show their prices? Most of the ones we checked don’t. Of the first 20 web design businesses Google showed us for Melbourne, seven show a price for a website. The other 13 don’t.
Do I own a website I pay for monthly? Not always. On two of the three monthly plans we read in Melbourne, the provider keeps the website when you stop paying. One charges a fee equal to 12 months of payments to hand it over. Ask, and get the answer in writing.
What does a Melbourne website cost over two years? The Melbourne designers’ totals we could work out ran from $1,695 or more to $4,752 including GST. The $800 package doesn’t publish a hosting price, so we couldn’t total it.
What do I pay CatalystHub after launch? Nothing, unless you choose a care plan. Those start at $49 a month, the first month is free with a new build, and you can cancel any month with 14 days’ notice.
Figures: prices read on each designer’s own website on 10 October 2026. The 20 are the first web design businesses Google showed us that day for “web design melbourne” and “web designer melbourne”, searched from Perth while signed out, skipping ads, directories and list articles. Two of the 20 have their head office in Sydney. Results change by day and by place.
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