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| Solution Type | Best For | Starting Price | Max Price | Flexibility | Ownership | Scalability |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Website Builders | Personal sites, startups | $300 | $900 | Low | No | No |
| WordPress / Drupal | Blogs, service-based businesses | $1,500 | $40,000 | High | Yes | Yes |
| E-commerce Platforms | Small to large online stores | $5,000 | $100,000+ | Medium to High | Partially / Yes | Medium to High |
| Custom-Built Systems | Enterprise, SaaS, marketplaces | $10,000+ | $1,000,000+ | Unlimited | Yes | Enterprise-Grade |
We understand that not every business has the budget to dive straight into a fully custom-built website. And that’s perfectly okay. Platforms like Wix, GoDaddy Website Builder, Squarespace, and Hostinger offer a low-cost entry point—typically around $300–$500 for a complete website setup using one of these tools. They’re user-friendly, quick to launch, and provide a way to establish an online presence without breaking the bank. For businesses just starting out, or for personal portfolios and informational sites, these platforms can absolutely do the trick.
While website builders are a great starting point, they do have their limitations. As your business grows, you might find yourself wanting to add features like an events calendar, a custom payment gateway, or a tailored customer login system. These platforms usually don’t allow that kind of flexibility—or if they do, it comes with clunky third-party plugins or steep monthly fees. Customization can be difficult or even impossible, depending on the platform.
That’s why many of our clients eventually migrate to more flexible systems like WordPress or custom-built solutions. But there’s no rush. We’ll help you build something solid for today, and when you’re ready for the next step, we’ll be ready too. Whether you’re launching a simple site or planning for something more robust down the road, our team can guide you each step of the way—with no judgment and no pressure.
Get Started with a Builder
For businesses ready to go beyond the limitations of drag-and-drop builders, platforms like WordPress and Drupal offer far more flexibility and room to grow. At Above Bits, we generally recommend WordPress as the top choice—it powers over 40% of all websites on the internet for a reason. It’s user-friendly, easy to maintain, and has a massive ecosystem of plugins, themes, and support resources. Whether you want a sleek marketing site, a service portal, or a fully-fledged online store, WordPress can handle it without requiring a team of full-time developers to keep it running.
The cost of a WordPress website can vary greatly depending on your needs. A simple, professionally built WordPress site typically starts around $1,500, while complex, feature-rich solutions can reach $30,000–$40,000 or more. It all depends on how many custom features, integrations, and design requirements are involved. But what you get in return is something that can grow with your business—not hold it back.
Unlike site builders, platforms like WordPress and Drupal give you full control. You’re not boxed into preset templates or limited to someone else’s rules—you get to define how your site looks, functions, and evolves over time. Need to add an events calendar, a booking system, gated content, or even a multilingual setup? No problem. With thousands of plugins and a community of developers around the world, just about anything is possible. And if it’s not out there already, we can build it for you.
Another huge benefit? You own everything. Your design, your code, your content—it’s all yours. That makes it easier to scale, switch hosting providers, and update your site as your business changes. At Above Bits, we make sure your WordPress site is optimized, and built for the long haul. You’ll be able to edit content yourself if you want to, or have us handle it for you. Either way, it’s your site, your rules.
Explore WordPress Solutions
If your website’s primary goal is to sell products, then an e-commerce platform is the right investment. At Above Bits, we work with a range of tools to match the size and needs of your online store—whether it’s a simple catalog with a few dozen products or a high-volume multi-vendor marketplace. For many clients, we recommend WordPress + WooCommerce, a highly flexible combo that allows full control over both the website design and the shopping experience. A solid WooCommerce store typically starts at $5,000 and can reach $20,000, depending on features like advanced shipping rules, payment gateways, product filtering, customer groups, and more.
We also work with Shopify and BigCommerce, which are great for users who want a more managed solution. Pricing is often similar to WooCommerce builds—around $5,000 to $20,000—but with fewer customization options and recurring subscription fees. These platforms shine in ease of use and security but can hit limits when you want advanced custom features or deep third-party integrations. Still, they’re solid options for many retail businesses starting out or growing steadily.
For large and complex stores that require enterprise-level power, Magento (also known as Adobe Commerce) is often the go-to. It’s a feature-rich eCommerce platform designed for scalability, performance, and deep customization. We’ve worked with Magento since its earliest versions, and we know it inside out. Magento solutions typically start at $10,000 and can grow up to $100,000+, especially when custom modules, vendor-based order splitting, or marketplace features are involved. It’s a powerhouse—but it’s not for the faint of heart. Development and maintenance are more involved, and the learning curve is steep, both for the team and the store owners.
Magento gives you unmatched flexibility in handling promotions, shipping logic, B2B and B2C setups, advanced reporting, and integrations with CRMs, ERPs, and fulfillment systems. But with great power comes great responsibility—hosting, performance tuning, caching, and security all need to be dialed in carefully. That’s why we recommend Magento only when the business case demands it—and when you’re ready to invest in long-term growth and reliability.
Launch Your Online Store
Sometimes, your business needs go far beyond what platforms like WordPress or Shopify can offer. That’s where custom-built systems come in. These projects usually start around $10,000 and can scale up to $1,000,000+, depending on complexity, scale, and integrations. At Above Bits, we specialize in creating powerful digital platforms using frameworks like Laravel, Node.js, Yii, and React—technologies trusted by enterprises around the world. Every system is crafted to match the exact needs of your business logic, user journeys, and operational goals.
But we don’t just build code—we engineer full solutions. Our custom systems are designed to run reliably, scale intelligently, and integrate seamlessly with the services your business depends on. If you need a custom CRM, ERP system, booking engine, vendor marketplace, or even a private content platform, this is where that vision becomes real.
What makes our custom systems stand apart is the professional-grade DevOps infrastructure we build alongside the application itself. We’re not just writing code—we’re deploying it through automated pipelines, managing environments, and securing performance with tools like Amazon RDS, S3 storage, load balancers, remote backups, and monitoring dashboards. We use GitHub auto-deployments, set up CI/CD workflows, and leverage cloud-based analytics and logging systems to keep everything running smoothly and transparently.
Need a video streaming solution, cloud-based search engine, or AI-driven reporting dashboard? No problem. Want to scale across continents or balance traffic between regions? We’ve done that too. With DevOps baked into our development process, we don’t just build powerful systems—we make sure they’re stable, secure, fast, and future-proof. Every feature, every deployment, every line of code is handled with precision—because at this level, quality is non-negotiable.
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