At iQyra, a small website starts at $2,700, a Business website is $5,400-$9,000, and a focused web application or SaaS MVP can fall within $10,800-$18,000, depending on scope. Larger platforms start at $22,500. These are our project ranges, not a market average or a quote for every Next.js build.
Our estimating rate is $90/hour. All prices in this article are in USD. A defined project or stage can have a fixed price: an internal overrun does not increase your bill for that scope.
Next.js itself is open-source software under the MIT licence, with no framework licence fee. Your budget pays for the work and the services needed to run the finished project. At iQyra, choosing Next.js does not add a separate technology surcharge.
The useful budgeting question is what your team needs the website to do, both at launch and afterwards.
Start with the type of project
| Project type | iQyra range | Scope to define |
|---|---|---|
| Starter website | $2,700-$4,500 | Custom design, CMS, limited page types |
| Business website | $5,400-$9,000 | Marketing website with CMS and blog; pages and layouts defined in the proposal |
| Pro website | $10,800-$18,000 | More complex features, integrations, or editorial workflows |
| Focused web application or SaaS MVP | $10,800-$18,000 | A limited product release with explicitly scoped workflows |
| Larger platform or marketplace | From $22,500 | Individually defined architecture and functionality |
Website packages and application estimates are different offers, even where their ranges overlap. An application's admin screens are not automatically covered by a website CMS allowance. Nor does the MVP range mean that any application fits within $18,000.
For an existing project, a migration or focused improvement is estimated separately. You do not need to buy a complete website package to fix one problem. If assessing the existing system requires paid work, we explain its scope and price first.
What changes a Next.js estimate?
Page count is a starting point, but the number of distinct templates and workflows matters too. Twenty articles using one template differ from twenty individually designed pages.
| Requirement | What to define before requesting a price |
|---|---|
| Design | Number of distinct layouts, interactive elements, and review stages |
| Content | Existing material to migrate, ordinary copy to write, and pages requiring deeper research |
| Editing | Editable fields, reusable sections, permissions, preview, and publishing workflow |
| Integrations | Systems involved, direction of data flow, error handling, and who maintains the connection |
| Application features | Accounts, roles, payments, dashboards, and business rules |
| Migration | Existing URLs, redirects, content cleanup, and systems that must keep working |
| Delivery | Hosting constraints, deployment, acceptance checks, and ongoing responsibilities |
All our website tiers include custom design and a CMS. Using reusable components does not mean selling a generic template; the design scope and interaction complexity still need to be defined.
The deployment design matters too. A public marketing page and a signed-in dashboard have different data and access requirements. Ask the team to explain the hosting and maintenance consequences of its approach, rather than treating every Next.js project as the same infrastructure purchase.
For a Next.js build, ask how CMS updates reach the public site. Preview, publishing, cache refresh, and recovery from a failed update are part of making the editing workflow usable. A proposal that says only “CMS included” leaves those decisions unclear.
What is included in our website pricing?
Ordinary copy is included across the website. Deeper researched content has a separate allowance: up to 3 pages in Starter, up to 8 in Business, and a defined scope in Pro. This research allowance is not the total number of editable pages.
A form that sends a lead to a CRM and a two-way connection that migrates customer history have different costs. Define the data, direction, failure handling, and systems involved; counting each as “one integration” hides the work. The proposal specifies which connections are included.
There are two rounds of revisions per stage before launch, within the chosen direction. New requirements are estimated before work and billed at $90/hour when handled hourly. Included revisions are not automatically paid changes.
We handle launch and deployment as part of delivery. The proposal should identify the production environment, accounts, and acceptance criteria so handover is clear.
A budgeting example: an eight-page marketing website
Consider this illustrative brief:
- Eight pages using a defined set of custom layouts.
- CMS and blog, with editable text and images.
- One standard form-to-CRM connection.
- Ordinary copy throughout, with deeper research for three pages.
- Preview, publishing, and launch responsibilities defined in the proposal.
This is a candidate for our Business range of $5,400-$9,000. The final price depends on the actual layouts, content, and integration requirements. Eight pages alone are insufficient to quote the job.
Adding a customer portal, multilingual approval workflow, or a complex CRM migration changes the brief. Identify those needs before comparing proposals rather than discovering them during development.
Separate the build from ongoing costs
| Cost | How it is handled |
|---|---|
| Design, build, content, and launch | Defined project scope, with fixed pricing where agreed |
| Hosting, domain, CMS, and external services | Separate provider costs, based on the selected setup and usage |
| Defects against acceptance criteria | 30-day defect-fix warranty after acceptance of the launched project, against its acceptance criteria |
| New features or changes | Separately estimated; hourly work at $90/hour |
| Ongoing support | Optional, from $1,000/month for a defined scope; individual hourly tasks are also possible |
Support pricing is separate from hosting and does not automatically include 24/7 coverage or an uptime SLA. If those are needed, specify them before choosing infrastructure and support arrangements.
Handover includes project-specific code, repository access, and instructions. Account ownership and access are established for your team; pre-existing tools and third-party licences are identified in the proposal.
For a first-year budget, add the build price, 12 months of the chosen recurring services, expected usage charges, and any separately commissioned maintenance or improvements. Do not multiply the optional support minimum by 12 unless you actually plan to buy that service. Ask which charges grow with traffic, editor seats, storage, or API use, and who monitors them.
Reduce the budget by narrowing the first release
Keep the layouts and content types your team actually needs at launch. Reuse a well-designed template for similar pages, prioritize the essential integrations, and defer workflows that do not support the first release. Ask the developer to explain what each reduction removes from scope and whether it creates later rework.
When comparing a freelancer, an agency, or an internal team, check who covers design, copy, testing, launch, and ongoing maintenance. A lower hourly rate does not establish a lower total cost if those responsibilities sit elsewhere.
Compare proposals using the same brief
Ask each team to identify:
- The pages, templates, features, and content included in the price.
- What editors can change without a developer, including new pages and reusable sections.
- Which integrations are standard connections and which require custom logic.
- Who launches the site and how acceptance, defects, and revisions are handled.
- Recurring subscriptions, usage-based costs, and optional maintenance.
- Whether the quoted amount is a fixed price, a non-binding estimate, or hourly work.
- What you own and which licences or subscriptions remain necessary.
A lower quote may suit a smaller brief. The comparison becomes meaningful when both proposals cover the same outcome and obligations.