Web Design in Greece: What a Website Costs in 2026, Before and After VAT
Web design in Greece, priced: what three Greek agencies publish for 2026, what pushes the price up, the 24% VAT on top, and what to ask before you sign.
Short answer
Web design in Greece costs roughly €500 for a simple business site and €8,000 or more for an online shop, going by three Greek agency price lists I opened on 23 September 2026 and checked again on 7 October 2026. On top of that comes Greek VAT at 24%, and none of the three price lists says whether it's included.
I build websites from Heraklion, Crete, for Greek businesses and for foreigners who run one here. This article is for you if you're an English-speaking business owner in Greece, or a company abroad buying a site from a Greek studio. It shows what the market charges, what moves the price, how VAT works on the invoice, and what to ask so two quotes become comparable.
What web design in Greece costs, by the agencies' own price lists
Search Greek for "κατασκευή ιστοσελίδων τιμές" (website building prices) and you'll mostly find agency pages. These are the prices three of them publish. The numbers are theirs, not mine.
| Type of website | Cactus Web (updated 10/04/2026) | BeeDigital (updated 05/10/2026) | Webmate (updated 04/05/2026) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Simple business site | €500 to €2,000 (5 to 10 pages) | €500 to €1,200 | €1,800 to €2,500 (up to 10 pages) |
| Mid-size, professional | €2,000 to €4,000 (10 to 20 pages) | €1,200 to €2,500 (custom design, blog) | from €2,500 (custom design, 15 to 25 pages) |
| Online shop | €1,500 to €3,500 (up to 100 products) | €2,500 to €8,000+ | €4,000 to €8,000+ |
| Hotel with a booking system | not listed | €1,500 to €5,000 | not listed |
Three things stand out:
- The same category starts at a different price at every studio. A "simple business site" starts at €500 at one and €1,800 at another. That doesn't mean one is overcharging. It means "simple" means something different to each of them.
- None of the three says whether the prices include VAT. That's a 24% difference. On a €2,000 site plus VAT, you pay €2,480.
- None of them puts what's excluded on the same line as the price, and that part is worth more than the number itself.
If you run a hotel, the ranges above are too broad to plan with. I break hotel sites down tier by tier in what a hotel website costs.
Greek VAT on a website: what you actually pay
Website design and development in Greece is charged at the standard VAT rate, and the standard rate is 24%.
From the AADE information note on VAT rates, the Greek tax authority, as I opened it on 6 October 2026. The standard rate is 24%, and website work falls under it, apart from the few islands with reduced rates.
What that means for you depends on who's buying:
- If you're a business registered in Greece with a VAT number (ΑΦΜ), you pay the VAT and offset it in your VAT return, so the price that matters is the net one.
- If you're a private person, you pay the full amount with VAT and can't reclaim it. Do the sum before you say yes.
- If you're a business in another EU country, then according to the European Commission's Your Europe guide to cross-border VAT, a supplier selling services to a business in another EU country usually doesn't charge VAT. You account for it in your own country under the reverse charge.
- If you're outside the EU, the same guide says services to customers outside the EU usually carry no VAT.
The last two are general rules, not tax advice. Ask your accountant how they apply to your company before you sign.
What pushes the price of web design in Greece up
When someone asks me "how much for a site?", these are the questions I ask before I give a number. Each one moves it.
How many different kinds of page
Ten pages that share one layout cost less than five pages that are each different. What counts is the number of templates, not the number of pages.
A ready-made theme or your own design
A ready-made WordPress theme costs less, and for many businesses it's the right call. A custom design costs more, but the site doesn't look like fifty others. If you're unsure which platform fits, I compare the two in Next.js vs WordPress.
Languages
In Greece this one comes up on almost every project. A bilingual Greek and English site needs every text written twice, plus correct hreflang, so Google shows the English page to visitors and the Greek page to Greeks.
Google's own guidance on language versions, 6 October 2026. That declaration (hreflang) is extra work on every bilingual site.
What connects behind the site
This is usually the biggest part. Payments, couriers, a booking system, an ERP, a CRM, invoicing. Every connection has its own problems that only show up when you test it. On a cosmetics shop I built, the API of ACS, one of the big Greek couriers, answered "OK" even when no voucher had been issued. Things like that take time, and time is billed. If you want to see what these connections can do on their own, I show it in AI automation for small business.
Who writes the copy
If you write it, it costs less. If I write it, with keyword research so you show up on Google, it costs more, but the text has a reason to be there.
Technical SEO
Structured data, fast loading, a correct sitemap. In some packages this is one line called "basic SEO setup". Ask what it means in practice. What I check on every site is in my technical SEO checklist, and what makes a WordPress site slow is in WordPress speed optimization.
Whether there's an old site
A redesign has to keep every old URL that brings visitors, or redirect it. Otherwise you lose what you'd earned on Google. That check is real work, and it's often missing from the quote. I explain how I do it in website redesign SEO, and what a redesign tends to cost in website redesign cost.
The costs the package doesn't show
The build isn't the only thing you'll pay for. Cactus Web (updated 10/04/2026) gives these indicative yearly and monthly figures:
| Cost | Indicative amount (Cactus Web) |
|---|---|
| Domain (.gr or .com) | €10 to €30 a year |
| Hosting | €50 to €500+ a year, depending on size |
| SSL certificate | usually free, or €50 to €200 a year |
| Maintenance and support | €50 to €300 a month |
Add what you pay without thinking of it as "the site": plugin licences, an email service, a booking engine subscription. Ask whose name each of these will be in. If the domain is registered to the agency, the site isn't yours, however good it is.
What I charge
I don't have a price list with packages, because I don't work in packages. Every quote is written for the project and runs to several pages: what gets built, what content goes on each page, what you can change yourself from the admin panel, and at the end the page with the price. I want you to know what you're buying before you see what it costs.
Two things always hold:
- My prices are quoted without VAT, and the quote says so in writing. To get what a Greek business or private buyer pays, add 24%. And for any other quote you get, if it doesn't say "with VAT" or "without VAT", ask them to write it.
- The domain, the accounts and the code are in your name from day one.
I work in English and Greek, so the quote, the calls and the admin panel can all be in English.
One example for scale: a membership platform with a monthly subscription, online payment and a video library per tier is priced after a first conversation, because it depends on the features and the amount of content. It's one of the more complex jobs I do, since money comes in every month and some content is for members only. I show how a project like that is built step by step in the Pilates platform case study.
For a simple site or an online shop, send me two or three lines and you'll get a price range by email, without a call. My other builds are on the portfolio page.
A cheap website: when it's the right choice
Not everyone needs a €4,000 site. If you're starting out, if your site is a card with a phone number and an address, and clients find you through referrals, a simple site on a ready-made theme does the job. I'll tell you that myself.
Cheap turns expensive in three cases:
- When you expect the site to bring clients from Google, and nobody has looked at what your clients search for.
- When the site has to take payments, bookings or shipments, and the connection is a plugin nobody tested with a real order.
- When in two years you want to change agency and find out the domain isn't yours.
What to ask before you sign
Website design in Greece is quoted in wildly different ways from studio to studio. These questions help you compare two quotes that look the same:
- Is the price with or without VAT?
- How many different kinds of page does it include?
- Who writes the copy and who finds the photos?
- What does "SEO" mean in this quote, specifically?
- Whose name will the domain, the hosting and the accounts be in?
- What does the second year cost (hosting, maintenance, licences)?
- If there's an old site, who checks that the old URLs aren't lost?
- Can I change text and photos myself?
If a studio answers all eight without hedging, its price is comparable. If one dodges three of them, its low price probably has an explanation.
FAQ
How much does web design in Greece cost for a simple site in 2026?
From about €500 to €2,500, depending on the studio and what it means by "simple", according to three Greek price lists I last checked on 07/10/2026. None of the three says whether that includes VAT, so ask.
How much does an online shop cost in Greece?
On the same price lists, from €1,500 for a small shop to €8,000 and up. The cost rises with the number of products, variations, shipping methods, and connections to an ERP or invoicing.
Are Greek website prices with or without VAT?
On the three price lists I checked, it isn't stated. My own quotes say in writing that prices are without VAT, so you add 24%. For any quote you get, ask the same before you compare it with another.
Do I pay Greek VAT if my company is outside Greece?
Usually not, if you buy as a business. For a business in another EU country the reverse charge applies and you account for VAT at home, and services to customers outside the EU usually carry no VAT, according to the European Commission's Your Europe guide. Check with your accountant for your case.
Can I hire a web designer in Greece if I don't speak Greek?
Yes. I do the quote, the calls and the admin panel in English, and I can build the site in English, Greek or both.
What does a website cost after it's built?
Domain, hosting, maintenance and licences. Cactus Web gives €10 to €30 a year for a domain, €50 to €500 a year for hosting and €50 to €300 a month for maintenance as indicative figures. Always ask what the second year costs.
Getting a price
"How much does a website cost" only has an answer once you know what the site has to do. If you know, send me two lines: what your business is, what the site should do, and whether one already exists. You'll get a price range by email, without VAT, like every quote I send.