How Much Does a Website Cost in Nepal in 2026?

Ask five companies in Kathmandu what a website costs and you will hear five numbers, somewhere between fifteen thousand rupees and fifteen lakh. None of them is lying. They are quoting for different things, and the quote rarely says which. This guide breaks down what a website actually costs in Nepal in 2026, what moves the price, and how to tell a fair proposal from a cheap one that becomes expensive later.

The short answer

For a custom business website of around eight pages, with proper design, technical SEO and an enquiry form that reaches a person, expect to pay from roughly NPR 65,000 with a serious agency. An ecommerce store with payments, inventory and an admin panel usually starts in the low lakhs. A web application with logins, roles, dashboards and integrations typically starts around NPR 3,00,000 and climbs with scope. Those are our own starting points, published on our web development page, and they are in line with what established teams charge.

• Template site set up by a freelancer: NPR 15,000 to 40,000.
• Custom business website, 5 to 10 pages: NPR 65,000 to 2,00,000.
• Ecommerce store with eSewa, Khalti and an admin panel: NPR 1,50,000 to 5,00,000.
• Web application or portal with logins and business logic: NPR 3,00,000 and up.
• International clients: the same work is usually priced in USD on a separate ladder, still well below US or UK agency rates.

What actually drives the price

Page count is the number people ask about and the one that matters least. A ten-page brochure site is cheaper than a three-page site with a booking system, because the cost lives in behaviour, not in pages. The things that move a quote are the ones that need thinking, building and testing.

• Custom design versus a bought theme. Original design takes days of work; a theme takes an afternoon to install and years to fight.
• Anything with a login. Accounts mean passwords, permissions, password resets and data protection.
• Payments. Integrating eSewa, Khalti or a card gateway properly includes the failure paths, not only the happy one.
• Integrations with other systems: an ERP, an SMS provider, a courier API, a CRM.
• Content. Writing, photography and translation are real work, and someone has to do them.
• Multilingual sites. Nepali and English versions double the content and add routing and SEO work.

Why the cheap quote is rarely cheap

The fifteen-thousand-rupee website exists, and for a business that needs a page with a phone number it can be enough. The trouble starts when that site has to do more. It is usually a page builder theme loaded with plugins, it scores badly on Core Web Vitals, and it is often hosted on the freelancer's account, so the business does not legally control its own domain. When the freelancer moves abroad, which happens a lot, the site becomes a hostage.

The most expensive website is the second one, the one you pay for after the first could not be fixed.

Before signing anything, ask a single question: will the domain, the hosting account and the code repository be registered in our name? If the answer is anything other than yes, the price is not comparable to a proposal that says yes.

The running costs nobody puts in the quote

A website is not a one-time purchase, and budgeting as if it were is the most common mistake we see. Every year there is the domain, the hosting, and the time it takes to keep things updated and secure. None of it is large, but all of it is recurring.

• A .com.np domain has long been free for registered Nepali entities (check the registrar's current terms); a .com costs roughly NPR 1,500 to 2,500 a year.
• Hosting: from a few thousand rupees a year for a small site to tens of thousands for an application with a database. See where to host your app in Nepal for the trade-offs.
• Maintenance: updates, backups, uptime monitoring and small fixes. Usually a modest monthly retainer, covered in what website maintenance actually involves.
• Email: Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, billed per user.
• Paid tools: maps, SMS, transactional email and analytics can each add a small monthly line.

WordPress or custom code?

WordPress is cheaper to start and easier for a non-technical team to edit. A custom build on a framework like Next.js costs more up front, loads faster, has a much smaller attack surface and needs fewer emergency updates. For a content site where the team publishes weekly, WordPress is often the right call. For anything with logic, speed targets or growth plans, custom usually costs less over three years. The full comparison is in Next.js or WordPress in 2026.

How to compare two proposals fairly

Put the proposals side by side and check that they are quoting for the same thing. Most price gaps disappear, or reverse, once the scope is written down. A good proposal reads like a specification, not like a brochure.

• Is every page and feature listed, or is it "website as discussed"?
• Who writes the content, and who supplies the photos?
• How many rounds of design revision are included?
• Is technical SEO included at launch: sitemap, schema, redirects, Search Console?
• What happens after launch: how long are fixes free, and what does support cost after that?
• Who owns the domain, hosting and code on day one?
• Is there a staging site you can see while the work happens?

Where to save, and where not to

Save on features you might need later. A smaller first version that launches in five weeks and earns enquiries beats a large one that launches in five months. Do not save on speed, mobile layout or the enquiry path, because those are the three things that decide whether the site produces any business at all. Most visitors in Nepal arrive on a mid-range Android phone on mobile data, and a site designed on a desktop monitor tends to forget them.

If you want a written scope and a fixed price for your own site, that is exactly how we work: you get the number within one business day, with ownership in your name. Start with how to choose a web development company in Nepal if you are still comparing, or talk to us directly.