The spread in prices and promises among studios is huge. To avoid choosing by a nice presentation, ask a studio eight questions. The answers will show who you are dealing with.
Ask for links to sites in production, not mockups and screenshots. Open them on a phone, check the speed and the forms. Ask what task each project solved.
The domain, hosting and source code should be registered to you. If the studio “keeps” the access to itself, you depend on it. Ask directly: “Will I get all the access and source files?”
It only makes sense to compare offers when the scope of work is the same.
A website on a builder starts cheaper, but you pay a subscription the whole time and are limited by the platform’s capabilities. Hand-written code costs more at first, but any developer can continue it. Ask what your site will be built on and what happens if you want to change contractors.
The studio’s team or an intermediary who passes the order to freelancers? That isn’t always bad, but you should know who is responsible for the result.
Ask for a breakdown by stages with dates: brief, design, layout, filling, launch. Guidelines: landing page — 1–2 weeks, multi-page site — from 3 weeks. If a site is promised “in a day,” it is most likely a template.
A good studio talks about requests, speed and a clear structure, not only “beautiful design.” Ask what analytics is connected, so that in a month you can see whether the site works.
We name the price after a short brief, not “out of thin air”: you get a range — from the minimum option that solves the task to an extended one. The price includes responsive layout, SEO markup, a request form and deployment, and anything beyond that is discussed separately. That makes studios’ offers easier to compare.
Compare the scope of work, not the total: two offers with different prices usually have different scopes. A breakdown of the factors is in the article on website cost.
Yes. It should contain the stages, timing, scope of work, and the handover of source files and access.
No: a price that is too low more often means a template, a website builder or no support, and you end up paying later.
Yes, message us on Telegram — we will estimate the task before work starts.
Message us on Telegram or call — we'll reply and estimate the task without unnecessary formalities.