How Much Does a Law Firm Website Cost in 2026?
Quotes for the same firm website range from €1,500 to €20,000. The difference is almost never the technology. It is who writes the copy, who takes the photographs and how many pages are actually being built.
| Route | One-time | Per year | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Website builder, self-built | €0 | €130 to €300 | Solo, one focus area |
| Template with its own code | €89 | €30 to €80 | Firms with several practice areas |
| Done for you at a fixed price | €799 | €30 to €80 | Firms outsourcing the build only |
| Freelancer | €2,000 to €6,000 | €200 to €500 | Mid-sized firms |
| Agency | €6,000 to €20,000 | €800 to €3,000 | Larger firms and partnerships |
Law firms receive very different quotes for what sounds like the same request. That is because “a website for a law firm” is not a defined deliverable. A solo practitioner with one focus area needs five pages. A partnership with eight practice groups and six admitted lawyers needs around twenty.
This breakdown separates the cost by what actually has to be done.
What drives the price
The number of pages. Every practice area needs its own page or it is invisible to search. Every lawyer needs a profile. When work is billed by the hour, this is the single largest lever.
Who writes the copy. Practice-area text is demanding, because it has to be legally accurate and understandable to a layperson at the same time. Externally that runs €200 to €500 per page. Internally it consumes billable hours, which are more expensive than buying it in.
How custom the design is. A bespoke design costs several thousand euros. Whether it generates more instructions than a well-structured template is unproven.
The routes
Website builder, self-built
€11 to €25 a month, you build it.
Works for a solo practice with one or two focus areas. Past about five practice areas the maintenance becomes tedious, because every page is hand-made and nothing holds the structure together.
The real cost: twenty to forty hours of firm time. At an internal rate of €150, the cheapest-looking route is the most expensive one on this page.
Template with its own code
A complete firm website bought once, rebuilt onto your firm by chat. Practice pages and profiles already exist.
The real cost: half a day to a day for the rebuild, plus your own copy. Nobody has to invent the structure.
Done for you at a fixed price
You supply the content, someone else builds and launches. Our AI Website Service does this for €799.
Freelancer
€2,000 to €6,000, usually WordPress, often with basic SEO.
Watch out for: maintenance afterwards. An unmaintained WordPress firm site is exploitable within two years, and in a law firm that is a larger problem than elsewhere.
Agency
€6,000 to €20,000. Strategy, custom design, copy, photography, build.
Worth it when: the website is a primary client channel, typically in competitive practice areas with high matter values.
The line items that go missing
Check every quote against this list:
- Copy per practice area. The largest hidden item.
- Portrait photography. €300 to €800 for the whole firm.
- Compliance review. Bar association details, professional regulations, indemnity insurer.
- Cookie banner and analytics. Legally sound setup, €200 to €600.
- Data-protection-compliant hosting. Increasingly something clients ask about.
- Handover training. Who updates the site when a new associate joins?
Three years, compared
For a firm with five practice areas and three admitted lawyers:
- Website builder: €400 to €900 plus roughly thirty of your own hours
- Template, self-rebuilt: purchase price plus €150 hosting plus roughly eight hours
- Fixed-price service: €799 plus €150 hosting
- Freelancer: €2,600 to €7,500 including maintenance
- Agency: €8,400 to €29,000 including maintenance
What none of these numbers tell you
Whether the site generates instructions depends on three things, none of which appear in a quote: whether every practice area has its own page with a readable text, whether the phone number is reachable in one tap, and whether the lawyers appear as people rather than an institution.
A website at €800 that does those three things beats one at €15,000 that does not.
Further reading
The nine best law firm website templates are compared with prices, and fifteen patterns that work shows what the strongest firm sites have in common. Every law firm template ships with practice pages and profiles already built.
Frequently asked questions
Usually they are not, but they need more pages. Eight practice areas and five admitted lawyers means around nineteen pages instead of five. When work is billed hourly that changes the total. With a template it does not.
Having the imprint, privacy policy and regulatory information checked externally runs €200 to €800. Most firms do it in-house, which is free in cash and expensive in billable hours.
Portraits yes, everything else no. Clients instruct people. One decent portrait per lawyer costs €300 to €800 as a package and outperforms any stock image of scales and gavels.
With a static site, essentially hosting only. With WordPress, budget €200 to €600 a year for updates and plugins, or the site becomes a security liability within two years.
Only once the basics exist. A separate page per practice area with a decent text outperforms any monthly retainer spent on a site that lists everything on one page. After that, retainers run €500 to €2,000 a month.
Keep reading
- 9 Best Law Firm Website Templates 2026 Nine law firm website templates compared on practice-area structure, credibility and cost. Including which ones handle multiple attorneys and urgent enquiries properly.
- What the Best Law Firm Websites Do Right (15 Patterns) Fifteen patterns that separate law firm websites which generate enquiries from ones that only look professional. With the checks to run on your own site.
- Website Template vs. Website Builder, the Honest Comparison What you actually get from a template versus a website builder, including the three-year cost, what happens when you want to leave, and which one suits which situation.
- Answer Engine Optimization: how to get cited by ChatGPT AEO puts you inside the answer instead of on the result list. What language models cite, the six questions your page must answer, and how to measure it.