Every route priced
The cheapest website routes in the UK, compared
Most rows name an example, with the price shown on its provider’s own page on 13 November 2026. Prices marked “+ VAT” have 20% VAT added at checkout. Introductory offers change often, so follow the link to see today’s price.
| Route | Example | First 12 months | After that | Your own domain? | Who builds it |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free builder plan | Wix Free, Google Sites or Square Online Free | £0 | £0 | Not on Wix or Square Online’s free plans (you get an address such as yourname.wixsite.com). Google Sites can use a domain you buy. | You |
| Builder on an introductory offer | IONOS Website Builder Plus | £12 + VAT (£14.40) | The page shows the normal price as £16 a month + VAT | Yes, free for the first year with your first order | You |
| Builder paid upfront for 4 years | Hostinger Website Builder Premium (Black Friday offer seen 13 Nov 2026) | £85.92 + VAT (£103.10), covering 48 months | Renews at £10.99 a month + VAT | Yes, free for the first year | You |
| Mainstream builder | Squarespace Basic | £144 + VAT (£172.80) billed yearly, or £16 a month + VAT | £144 + VAT a year | Yes, free for the first year on yearly billing | You |
| One-page builder | Carrd Pro Standard | US$19 a year (billed in US dollars) | US$19 a year | Yes, but you buy the domain separately | You |
| Online shop builder | Shopify Basic | About £228 paying monthly (£1 a month for 3 months, then £25), plus card fees | £25 a month, or £19 a month billed yearly | Yes, bought separately | You |
| Pay-monthly web designer | Four UK providers we checked | About £240 to £600, before any VAT they add | £19.99 to £50 a month; two had minimum terms of 12 and 36 months | Often included | Them |
| Millwards free website programme | 5 selected one-page websites | £429 to keep it for 12 months (11 × £39), or £0 if it’s taken offline after the first month | £39 a month, cancel any time | Not at first: yourbusiness.millwards.shop (if you keep the site, you can ask about moving it to your own domain) | Us |
| Millwards Launch | One-page website, built for you | £717 (£249 build + 12 × £39 care), no VAT added | £39 a month, rolling monthly | Yes, your own domain (a new domain is extra) | Us |
Where is the cheapest website I can get?
The cheapest website you can get in the UK is a free builder plan from Wix, Google Sites or Square Online: £0 if you build it yourself, on the builder’s own web address. Which route suits you depends on whether you want to build it yourself, and whether you need your own web address:
- Just need a page online, and happy to build it: a free plan from Wix, Google Sites or Square Online costs nothing. You get the builder’s branding and address, and Wix’s free plan can’t take payments.
- Want your own .co.uk and happy to build it: buy a domain on a first-year offer and connect it to Google Sites, or choose an introductory builder offer that includes the domain, such as IONOS (£12 + VAT for the first year). Budget for the higher renewal prices.
- Want someone to build it for you: the pay-monthly web designers we checked start at about £20 a month. Millwards Digital’s Launch website is £249 plus £39 a month. If you run a side hustle or small business, you can also apply for our free website programme: we pick 5 businesses and build each a one-page website for £0, in return for an honest review and a short video; hosting is free for the first month, then £39 a month to keep it, or we take it offline.
Is Millwards Digital the cheapest website?
No. Launch costs £717 in the first year, which is more than a free or low-cost builder, more than three of the four pay-monthly plans we checked, and about the same as the fourth if VAT is added to its price. What the price covers:
- a one-page website designed and built for your business, not a template you fill in yourself
- managed hosting, SSL, regular backups, routine maintenance and support in the £39 monthly care
- care that rolls monthly: email before your next billing date to cancel
- no VAT on top, because Millwards Digital is not VAT-registered
If the lowest possible price matters most and you have time to build the site yourself, a free or low-cost builder will cost less. The UK website costs guide shows every Millwards price, first payment and 12-month total.
Can I get a website for free?
Yes: a free builder plan costs £0 if you build the site yourself, and some web designers build a few websites for free in return for a review.
A free builder plan. Wix, Google Sites and Square Online let you build and publish a site for £0. The catches: the builder’s name in your web address, its branding on the site, limits such as Wix’s 500 MB of storage, and on Wix’s free plan no way to take payments. Wix and Square Online need a paid plan before you can use your own domain.
A free build from a web designer. Our free website programme is for UK side hustles and small businesses. We pick 5 businesses from the applications, and each gets:
- a one-page Launch website (normally £249), built for you for £0
- free hosting and care for the first month
- a yourbusiness.millwards.shop web address
In return, you give an honest written review and a 30 to 60 second video within 14 days of launch, and we show your site, business name, review and video on millwards.shop and our social media, labelled as part of the programme. After the first month you can keep the site for £39 a month and cancel any time. If you’d rather not, we take it offline and you pay nothing. You don’t need card details to apply.
Can I get a website for £100?
Yes, if you build it yourself. IONOS Website Builder Plus is £12 + VAT (£14.40) for the first year, and free builder plans cost £0. Hostinger’s Premium builder is just over £100 upfront on its Black Friday offer (£85.92 + VAT, £103.10), but that pays for four years. IONOS and Hostinger both include a free domain for the first year, and both cost more when they renew.
We don’t build websites for £100. Our cheapest built-for-you package is Launch at £249 plus £39 a month. Our free programme builds a one-page website for £0 for 5 selected businesses, in return for an honest review and a short video; hosting is free for the first month, then £39 a month to keep it, or we take it offline.
What’s the cheapest way to get a website with my own .co.uk?
About £1.20 for the first year: buy a .co.uk on a first-year offer (IONOS charges £1 + VAT, renewing at £10 + VAT, about £12 a year) and connect it to a free Google Sites site. Wix’s and Square Online’s free plans don’t let you use your own domain. Your other options:
- Buy the domain on a first-year offer elsewhere: a .co.uk was £1 + VAT at IONOS (renewing at £10 + VAT a year) and £3.99 + VAT at 123 Reg (renewing at £12.99 + VAT).
- Choose a builder plan that includes the domain for the first year, such as IONOS, Hostinger or Squarespace on yearly billing.
Whichever you pick, register the domain in your own name, so you can move it if you change provider.
Costs to check before you buy a cheap website
Renewal prices
Introductory offers end. Hostinger’s £85.92 four-year term renews at £10.99 a month + VAT, and IONOS lists its normal price at £16 a month + VAT.
VAT
Several builders show prices without VAT. Add 20% to compare fairly, unless your business is VAT-registered and can reclaim VAT, in which case compare the prices before VAT. Millwards Digital is not VAT-registered, so our prices are the final amount.
Minimum terms
Some pay-monthly designers tie you in for 12 or 36 months. Ask what happens if you want to leave early.
Card fees and extras
Shop builders charge a fee on every sale, and email, extra pages and domains are often priced separately.
Also ask who keeps the website updated, who owns the domain, and what happens to the site when you stop paying.
Common questions about cheap websites
Where is the cheapest website I can get in the UK?
A free website builder plan, such as Wix’s free plan, Google Sites or Square Online’s free plan, costs £0, but you build it yourself and the address carries the builder’s name. The cheapest way to use your own .co.uk is to connect a domain bought on a first-year offer, about £1.20, to a free Google Sites site. If you want it built for you, the pay-monthly web designers we checked cost about £240 to £600 in the first year, before any VAT they add.
What is the cheapest website Millwards Digital offers?
Launch is our cheapest package: a one-page website for £249 to build plus £39 a month for hosting and care, which is £288 to start and £717 for the first 12 months, plus a domain if you don’t already have one. No VAT is added. Through our free website programme we build a one-page website for £0 for 5 selected UK side hustles and small businesses, in return for an honest review and a short video. Hosting is free for the first month, then £39 a month to keep it, or we take it offline.
Is a cheap website worth it?
It can be. A free or low-cost builder is fine if you have the time to build and update it yourself. Paying someone saves that time and usually includes hosting, security and support. Compare the total over the first year or two, not the headline monthly price.
Do website builder prices include VAT?
Not always. IONOS, Hostinger, 123 Reg and Squarespace show UK prices without VAT, so add 20% unless your business can reclaim VAT. Millwards Digital is not VAT-registered, so its listed prices are the final amounts.
How we checked these prices
On 13 November 2026 we read each provider’s own pricing page, help page or published price list, and recorded the price for a new customer. Google doesn’t publish a price for Google Sites; it is free to use with a personal Google account. “First 12 months” is the upfront fee plus 12 months of charges at the published rate. We added 20% where a provider says its prices exclude VAT: Squarespace’s figures come from its UK price list, and its help centre says listed prices don’t include VAT. Carrd only shows prices in US dollars. Shopify, Square and the four web designers don’t say whether their prices include VAT. The four pay-monthly web designers were UK providers whose prices we found published on their own websites; we haven’t named them because their offers change often.
We’ll update this page when we re-check prices. If you spot a price that has changed, email info@millwards.shop.