01What drives the price of a website
Five things decide most of the cost. First, the number of unique page layouts, since ten pages sharing one template cost less than five that each look different. Second, functionality: payments, logins, bookings and learning features add development and testing. Third, integrations with gateways, CRMs or accounting tools. Fourth, content: who writes, photographs and loads it. Fifth, support after launch. A quote that does not break these out is hard to judge, so ask for them.
02A brochure or company website
This is the most common request: a home page, about, services, contact and perhaps news. Cost depends mainly on design depth and content. A template with light customisation is cheapest; a custom design built around your audience costs more but tends to convert better. For a Ugandan company, budget also for click-to-call and WhatsApp contact options and a properly worded privacy notice, since even a contact form brings the Data Protection and Privacy Act into play.
03A school website or learning platform
School websites in Uganda range from a simple public site with admissions and term dates to full learning platforms with pupil logins, lessons, assessments and fee payment. The jump in cost comes from user accounts and content behind a login, which need roles, privacy controls and more testing. Our team built the Alvina Schools virtual learning environment, and in our experience scoping the learning features carefully saves far more money than anything else.
04An ecommerce website
An online shop adds product management, checkout, payments, delivery rules and order emails. In Uganda the payment integration deserves its own budget line: connecting MTN Mobile Money and Airtel Money through a gateway such as Flutterwave or Pesapal, and testing callbacks properly, is real development work. Catalogue size, product variations and any link to stock or accounting systems also add to the price.
05Running costs to budget for every year
Beyond the build, plan for recurring costs. A .co.ug or .ug domain renews annually through a registrar. Hosting is billed monthly or yearly and varies with traffic. Payment gateways charge a fee per transaction, which you should confirm directly with Flutterwave, Pesapal or whichever provider you choose. Business email on your domain is usually a per-user subscription. Finally, budget for maintenance: updates, backups and security monitoring are what keep the investment working.
06Where our prices sit
We are a specialist WordPress agency, so we are not the cheapest option in the Ugandan market and do not aim to be. Strategy and design projects start from $1,500, development projects from $5,000, migrations from $1,000 and managed services from $2,000 per year. Every engagement is scoped in writing first, so you know what is included before you pay anything.
