How Much Does a Website Cost in Texas in 2026?
Quick answer
In 2026, most Texas small businesses budget $3,000–$7,000 for a professional website set up for local search. In Houston, HTX Web Designs prices a small four-to-six page site at $1,500–$3,500 and a custom build with local search work at $3,500–$7,000; in San Antonio, local agencies typically charge $3,000–$6,000 for five to seven pages, according to Breck AI Media. Unusually, Texas treats website creation as a taxable service, taxing 80% of the price. BunkWise's packages start at $999.
Texas has a big, competitive web design market spread across four major metros, and pricing reflects that competition: flat-fee packages under $1,000 sit alongside agency builds well into five figures. What really separates Texas from most other states is tax. Where most states treat website design as an untaxed service, Texas generally taxes it. That changes the real cost of a quote, and it is worth understanding before you compare prices.
Houston website prices
HTX Web Designs, a Houston studio, splits the local market by budget:
- $1,500–$3,500 buys a tidy site of four to six pages, suited to sole traders and new businesses.
- $3,500–$7,000 covers a fully custom build with local search work, pages for the areas you serve, enquiry forms and a content system you can edit. HTX Web Designs sees this as where most Houston small businesses should aim.
- $7,000–$15,000 and up is for online shops, bookings, several locations or sites of more than twenty pages.
By provider, the same guide lists DIY builders at $25–$500 a month, freelancers at $500–$5,000 and local agencies at $2,000–$15,000+, and says most small business websites fall between $2,000 and $10,000.
San Antonio website prices
| Who builds it | What it costs in San Antonio |
|---|---|
| You, on Wix or Squarespace | Up to $300 a year in fees, and roughly 40–80 hours of your own time |
| A freelancer billing by the hour | $75–$150 an hour, usually $2,000–$5,000 in total |
| A local agency on a flat fee | $3,000–$6,000 for five to seven pages, over one to two months |
| A high-end or fully custom build | From $8,000 to $25,000 and beyond |
Source: Breck AI Media, "Web Design Pricing in San Antonio" (June 2026). Breck also sells its own 5-page package for $799, one of several low-cost fixed-scope offers in Texas.
Southtown Designs, another San Antonio firm, gives a wider design-and-development range of $1,000–$24,000 depending on scope, copywriting at $50–$500 a page, and developer time for updates at $90–$150 an hour.
Texas taxes website creation
This is the part most out-of-state guides miss. In a 2024 letter ruling (No. 202404008L), the Texas Comptroller treated the creation and maintenance of a website as a data processing service, which is taxable in Texas. The Sales Tax Institute's summary quotes the reasoning: building and maintaining a site "involves the compilation, storage, and manipulation of data." Pure planning or design blueprints and consulting were treated as non-taxable.
There is a partial break: under Section 151.351 of the Texas Tax Code, 20% of the value of data processing services is exempt, so sales tax applies to 80% of the price. On a $5,000 website, tax is charged on $4,000. When you compare quotes, check whether a Texas provider has added this tax, and whether a lower quote simply leaves it out.
Privacy: the TDPSA exempts most small businesses
The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act took effect on July 1, 2024. As Davis Wright Tremaine explains, it has no revenue threshold; instead it exempts businesses that meet the SBA's definition of a small business, except that even they must get consumer consent before selling sensitive personal data. For most local service businesses, a clear privacy policy and sensible form handling are what the website needs.
Running costs after launch
- Hosting, security and support: $100–$500 a month according to both HTX Web Designs and North Texas Web Design.
- Domain: $10–$60 a year depending on the extension (Southtown Designs).
- Shared hosting: about $33 a month in Southtown's example, rising for VPS or cloud hosting.
- Copywriting: $50–$500 a page if you don't write it yourself.
HTX Web Designs makes a fair point: a $1,000 site that never ranks can cost more than a $4,000 site that brings in work. Compare what each quote is designed to achieve, not only its price.
How to compare Texas quotes
- Ask whether Texas sales tax is included, and on what share of the price.
- Get a written list of pages and features, with a fixed price.
- Ask whether service-area pages are included if you cover several suburbs or cities.
- Check that you will own the domain, hosting account and the finished site.
- Ask what "SEO included" covers and how Google Business Profile will be set up.
- Ask what maintenance costs after launch, and what it includes.
Hiring a designer outside Texas
Texas is on Central Time, so India is 10.5 hours ahead in summer and 11.5 in winter (El Paso, on Mountain Time, is an hour further back). Work with a designer in India tends to run overnight: you review in the afternoon, and changes are ready the next morning. Calls fit best early in the Texas morning.
HTX Web Designs warns that some overseas providers charge $300–$2,500 and know nothing about the Houston market, which is a fair caution about the cheapest end of any market, local or overseas. Whoever you hire, judge them on live work and a written scope. Also note the tax point: an overseas provider won't normally collect Texas sales tax, but Texas use tax rules may still apply to your purchase, so ask your accountant. Our guide to hiring a web designer from India goes through vetting and contracts.
Where BunkWise fits for Texas businesses
BunkWise Technologies is a website design company based in India, with fixed prices for US clients:
| Package | Price | Typical delivery | What it includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $999 | about 1 week | 3–4 pages, mobile-first design, contact form, WhatsApp button, Google Maps, basic SEO, Google Analytics and Search Console |
| Business | $1,999 | about 2 weeks | 5–7 custom-designed pages, keyword research, on-page and technical SEO, LocalBusiness schema, Google Business Profile integration |
| Growth | $3,499 | about 3 weeks | Up to 10 pages, competitor analysis, local SEO structure, AEO and GEO for AI search, keyword-focused copywriting, 20–30 FAQs |
| Premium | $5,999 | 4–6 weeks | 15+ pages, blog with 3–5 starter articles, 30–50 FAQs, technical SEO audit, citation and backlink strategy, monthly report |
| Plan | Price | What it includes |
|---|---|---|
| Local SEO | $499/month | Google Business Profile optimisation, local keyword monitoring, technical fixes, 1–2 content updates, monthly report |
| Growth SEO | $999/month | 2–4 SEO articles a month, new landing pages, competitor monitoring, backlink and citation work |
| Advanced SEO | $1,799/month | 4–8 content pieces a month, multiple landing pages, link-building, digital PR, conversion-rate optimisation |
BunkWise prices as published on the pricing page. Any local sales tax or VAT depends on your own country's rules for services bought from abroad; your accountant can confirm.
Why businesses choose BunkWise: one person is accountable for your project from the first message to launch day. You get a page-by-page plan and a fixed price before any work starts, you review a private preview before anything goes live, and every package and price is published, so there is nothing to negotiate. BunkWise has taken on 12 client projects so far, including 3 for international clients (2 in the UAE, 1 in progress). Get a free quote.
BunkWise sits between the $799 flat-fee packages and the $3,000–$7,000 custom builds that Houston and San Antonio studios describe as the sweet spot. The Business package at $1,999 is a 5–7 page custom-designed site with keyword research and technical SEO; Growth at $3,499 adds competitor research, service-area structure and content written for AI search, the scope Texas agencies place at $3,500–$7,000 before tax.
If you want someone who can meet you in Houston or San Antonio, a local studio will suit you better. Otherwise, our live client websites show the standard of work, and all prices are on the pricing page.
Frequently asked questions
How much does a small business website cost in Texas?
In Houston, HTX Web Designs puts a clean 4–6 page site at $1,500–$3,500 and a fully custom site with local SEO at $3,500–$7,000. In San Antonio, Breck AI Media says local agencies typically charge $3,000–$6,000 for five to seven pages.
Is website design taxable in Texas?
Creating and maintaining a website is generally taxable in Texas as a data processing service, according to a 2024 Comptroller letter ruling summarised by the Sales Tax Institute. Texas taxes 80% of the price of data processing services, because the Tax Code exempts 20%. Planning-only design work and consulting are treated differently.
How much do Texas web designers charge per hour?
Freelancers in San Antonio typically charge $75–$150 an hour, according to Breck AI Media, and Southtown Designs puts developer time for updates at $90–$150 an hour.
Does the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act apply to my small business?
Usually not. The TDPSA took effect on July 1, 2024, and exempts businesses that meet the SBA's small-business definition, except that they must get consent before selling sensitive personal data.
How much does it cost to maintain a website in Texas?
Houston and North Texas agencies both quote $100–$500 a month for hosting, security updates and support, depending on how much work is included.