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Free · No signup · Built on 600+ project quotesKnow what to build before you build it.<br>Every project starts with the same fog: what will it cost, how long will it take, what could go wrong. Pick what you’re making — we simulate the build and hand you a defensible number.<br>What are you building?<br>SaaSMarketplaceAI appE-commerceWeb appMobile appCustom<br>Auth, subscriptions, dashboards, and third-party integrations.<br>We don’t build websites, so we have no reason to inflate the number.
Live estimateSaaS · representative build<br>Realistic cost<br>$45,500<br>$31,850$63,700
BudgetPremium<br>Where it goes292 hrs
Build<br>$39,450
Buffer<br>$5,900
Content + extras<br>$150
Custom Development (React/Next.js/Node)10.5 weeksHigh risk<br>Real engine output for a representative saas build — targets ±18% of real market quotes. Tune every detail in the calculator.<br>See the full breakdown Email me this estimate — your reference when the quotes come in<br>Send it<br>No spam, ever. Unsubscribe anytime.
The story of one number
Chapter 01 · The problem<br>One brief. Three prices. Who’s right?<br>We sent the same one-page brief to three agencies and got back $4,000, $11,000, and $18,000. That spread isn’t dishonesty — it’s the fog. Without a reference number, you can’t tell a fair quote from a padded one.
Agency A<br>$4,000<br>Template, offshore team, thin scope
Agency B<br>$11,000<br>Mid-tier studio, "it depends"
Agency C<br>$18,000<br>Full custom, padded for unknowns
Founder’s documented example — the same real brief, three real agency quotes. Your project’s spread is exactly what the estimator is built to collapse.<br>Don't get overcharged<br>Compare any quote against real market data from six regions.
Know what you pay for<br>See exactly where every dollar goes — build, features, platform, content.
Pick the right platform<br>WordPress, Shopify, Magento, or custom — the engine recommends the fit.
Know what your website should cost — with our free website cost calculator<br>Project Cost Estimator analyzes 30+ features across 9 calculation engines to give you instant website price estimates for WordPress, Shopify, Magento, and custom builds. Based on 600+ project quotes and public rate benchmarks across 6 geographic markets, it answers questions like “how much does a website cost?”, “what does a Shopify store cost?”, and “how much does WordPress development cost?” with realistic numbers — not vague ranges. We don't build websites, so we have no reason to inflate the number.
Chapter 02 · The simulation<br>Nine engines. One number.<br>When you pick a project, nine models reason about it at once — platform fit, complexity, pricing, risk, timeline, ROI. Watch a representative e-commerce build resolve, line by line, into a defensible number.
How the number is built<br>$23,850<br>Shopify · 8 weeks · calibrated on 600+ project quotes · ±18%
+$8,950<br>Base build<br>144 hrs × $105/hr
+$6,150<br>Feature engineering<br>auth · search · payments · shipping
+$2,250<br>Risk buffer<br>15% contingency
+$4,400<br>Content + strategy<br>copywriting · imagery
+$2,100<br>Warranty + revisions<br>90-day warranty · 2 rounds
Engine clusterreasoning<br>Platform<br>Shopify
Complexity<br>77/100<br>High
Pricing<br>$23,850
Risk<br>Medium
Timeline<br>8 wks
ROI<br>14 mo<br>break-even
Confidence<br>Medium
Health<br>Excellent
Insights<br>flags raised
Representative build · e-commerce, premium design, 50–200 products, US market. Every figure is a live engine output — not a fixed sample.
The estimate assemblesBase build<br>144 hrs × $105/hr
$8,950
Feature engineering<br>auth · search · payments · shipping
$6,150
Risk buffer<br>15% contingency
$2,250
Content + strategy<br>copywriting · imagery
$4,400
Warranty + revisions<br>90-day warranty · 2 rounds
$2,100
Defensible total±18% of market<br>$0<br>Shopify · 8 weeks · calibrated on 600+ project quotes and public rate benchmarks.<br>Run this on your own project
Chapter 03 · Why the number holds<br>Transparent hours × real market rates. Not guesswork.<br>Every estimate is hours the work actually takes, multiplied by real rates — calibrated against 600+ project quotes and public rate benchmarks across six markets. Because we don’t sell the build, the number has no reason to drift up.
Platform-specific pricing<br>WordPress, Shopify, Magento, WooCommerce, Custom
30+ feature analysis<br>Non-linear scaling catches real complexity
6 market regions<br>South Asia to US — adjusted for local rates
ROI projections<br>Break-even analysis with 3 scenarios
Risk modeling<br>12-factor risk engine catches red flags
Smart insights<br>Data-backed recommendations that save money
FF<br>Built by a freelancer, not a marketing team<br>Florin Florea<br>Founder & lead engineer · 10+ years scoping web work
“I’ve scoped Magento, WordPress, Shopify, and Next.js projects for a decade. Every formula in this calculator came from a quote I wrote or got burned by. If a number looks off, hit reply on any email and I’ll look personally.”<br>Engines
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