Cost to Develop a Web App

There are many numbers and figures to answer this question, but in reality "it depends" on the details of your product engineering process. When it's about the development of business, you have to be more careful. Also, avoid spending on irrelevant things. The cost of the web app doesn't only depend on the features you want but also on the development company you hire as well as the process followed by their developers.

There have been many cases where companies avoid clients by getting them to include irrelevant processes which make the cost of project more expensive. Thus, it is necessary to evaluate the company profile, previous projects & clients, understanding their business standards before hiring them for building your website.

 

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How to calculate the cost of developing a web app?

 

Domain Expenses

Domain refers to the name of your site by which it'll be identified. The most prominent step in web app development process is getting a proper domain name.

You would also require a secure & active server to make your website accessible to the whole world. The cost for hosting your website can cost you upto $40/year. Prices can differ based on bandwidth & hosting(shared/dedicated or windows)  you choose.

 

Designing

The design demonstrates the standard of the website and attracts the clients. You might fall into a wrong impression from the viewers if your site has an inappropriate structure or hard to read the content. You have to take care of every small detail like font size, font type, picture presentation, and colour selection, for a perfect website. Design of your website should match with your nature and business of your business.

The cost factors in the design are highly dependent on project type, time consumption for designing website, and requirement of the client. The essential cost of design may go from $300 to $1000. While adding more customization to your site, the price can rise upto $5000 to $10000.

 

Project Complexity

If  you require a website with single one-page excluding other functionalities than the cost of the site will be very less compared to the website with higher features and functionalities.

An essential website containing 5 to 10 pages like Blog, gallery, integration, etc. will cost you around $1500 to $3000. On the other hand, if your eCommerce websites consist of 'n' number of pages including multiple payment gateway options, purchase system, catalogues, etc., then the cost of the website can reach upto $40,000.

Aside from this, the cost of web development companies or developers in India varies from different regions of the world. The cost of web developers in North America ranges between $35 to $200/hour, in western Europe, it is $30 to $150 respectively. In regions like Oceanic and Asia, the prices start from $15 to $80/hour & so on...

 

Choice of developers

Many developers are working with a team of web development companies while other developers work as a freelancer. The charges of both of them vary accordingly. A freelancer can cost you slightly lower than the development companies($3000 to $30,000) depending on the project requirements.

However, you have to beware while choosing the best for you. Everything provided at a lesser price isn't always best for you. Go through their profiles and past records to know more about the freelancers or development companies. Select the one which provides the status of the work daily and delivers the project on the given date. Building a web application is a one-time cost for the business, don't spoil it in saving some dollars. It may cost you right now, but later it will be a relief with better support from the web development companies.

Hence, the reason why companies cost higher due to its periodic updates and long-time support, which freelancers can't provide all the time. Choose a web development company which fits in your budget and has finished relevant projects in a minimal amount of time. You can hire our professional web developers at just $15/hour. To figure out of what we can accomplish more for your business, connect with us today!