A WordPress website costs between $2,500 and $40,000 in the US, plus $100 to $800 a month to keep it healthy. A theme-based build with your content sits at the bottom of that range. A custom block system with a design your marketing team can extend without a developer sits at the top, and that is usually where the money is well spent.
Theme-based build
$2,500 – $8,000
A premium theme configured to your brand, standard plugins, your content loaded.
Custom block system
$10,000 – $28,000
Custom design, reusable blocks, ACF fields, performance and accessibility work.
Enterprise WordPress
$30,000 – $120,000
Multisite or complex editorial workflow, custom integrations, staging and release process, uptime obligations.
The cheaper option
For a simple brochure site, a well-chosen premium theme configured properly costs a fraction of a custom build and performs identically. The custom investment pays off once the site is a marketing asset that changes weekly.
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Typically $100 to $800 a month depending on complexity and response commitments. The main cost of skipping it shows up as a compromised site and an emergency rebuild.
Not inherently. Builders are fine when the build is structured so non-developers can work safely; they are a problem when they produce pages only the agency can touch.
For content-driven marketing sites with a team that publishes regularly, it remains hard to beat on cost and staffing. For applications, it is the wrong tool.
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