The honest 2026 numbers, including the ones that never stop: domain, hosting, upkeep, and the subscription you never get out of. Then ours: a real site, designed, written, built and checked by our team, from US$79, once, and it’s yours outright.
Start free — tell us your business See Launchr Sites →Typical 2026 ranges from published Australian price guides. The right-hand column is us.
| Route | To build it | Every month after | Who does the work |
|---|---|---|---|
| Do-it-yourself builder | A$0 up front | A$20–$50, forever | You do |
| Freelancer or small agency | A$2,000–$7,000 | Hosting + upkeep A$100–$300 | One person, on the clock |
| Agency, custom build | A$6,000–$15,000+ | Retainer, often A$300+ | A team, on the clock |
| Launchr | US$79 single page · from US$149 multi-page | US$0. Optional hosting and care US$19 | Our Agents. A person checks it |
Domain registration (about A$15–$30 a year) is yours whoever builds the site. In Brisbane? Web design in Brisbane, same prices, local team. Comparing AI website builders? See how a done-for-you one differs.
| DIY AI builders | Subscription site services | Launchr Sites | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Who does the work | You do | Templates do | We do |
| Year one | US$300–$600+ in credits | US$150–$300 | From US$79, once |
| Year five | Still paying | Still paying | US$0 Launchr fee — it’s yours |
| If it doesn’t work | Your problem | Your problem | You don’t pay |
A single-page site from US$79. A full multi-page site from US$149. If you’d like us to host and care for it, that’s optional from US$19/mo (how Run pricing works — one click from your build page, cancel any time).
One page or several. A menu, a gallery and a contact page are still one site. We count what you need, not what a template has slots for.
Written from your real business by our Agents. Your own photos drop into picture slots in the editor. No stock-image bill.
Bookings that can’t double-book, accounts, quotes. That is an app, quoted the same way: what an app costs.
Take the code and host it anywhere, or leave it with us from US$19 a month. Either way the site is yours.
Free, no card. Talk or type. The board reads your pitch and shows exactly what we will build, and the price.
One price, known before you commit. Pay once and the Agents start.
A working preview, usually the same day. Change the wording, colours, fonts and pictures yourself. Sign off.
Download the code and point your domain at it, or we host and care for it from US$19 a month.
Your next customer might not Google you at all — they’ll ask an AI. Every Launchr Site is engineered for AI visibility: clear, crawlable, machine-readable, so search engines and AI answer systems can understand your business and cite it when relevant. (Nobody can guarantee a ranking — anyone who says otherwise is selling magic.) See Launchr Sites for the full picture and real examples you can click.
In Australia in 2026: a do-it-yourself builder is A$20 to A$50 a month for as long as the site exists; a freelancer or small agency is about A$2,000 to A$7,000 for a five-page business site; a custom agency build is A$6,000 to A$15,000 and up. Launchr is US$79 for a single page and from US$149 for a multi-page site, paid once.
Three things recur: the domain (about A$15 to A$30 a year), hosting (A$10 to A$60 a month for a small site) and maintenance (A$100 to A$300 a month if a professional does it). Most small businesses budget A$30 to A$80 a month all in. With Launchr the site itself has no monthly fee. Hosting and care from us is optional at US$19 a month, or host it anywhere you like.
The same as anywhere with Australian labour rates: A$2,000 to A$15,000 through an agency, or a subscription builder forever. Launchr is an Australian company, Brisbane and Sydney, and charges from US$79 once because a team of Agents does the design, words and build, with a person checking every page.
You can build one free on a subscription platform, on their domain, with their branding, until you want your own name on it. A real site always has a domain and hosting cost, which is yours whoever builds it. What you can avoid is paying every month for the site itself.
It can write the pages. It cannot host them, test every link on a phone, or fix them when they break. That last stretch is where most do-it-yourself builds stall, and it is the part our team does before you see the preview.
A factory builds it: a team of Agents doing design, words and build, with humans checking everything before you see it. Same working site, a fraction of the labour cost. We run our own businesses on the same factory.
Outright. Download the code, point your domain, done. No Launchr fee ever again. Domain registration and hosting basics are the only ongoing costs, and they are yours, not ours.
Tell us the address when you pitch. We read it and rebuild from your real business. Your words, your details, your photos. Then stop renting.
It works and you approve it, or you don’t pay. Every site is built end to end and checked before sign-off, with included revisions.
Australian market figures are typical 2026 ranges from published price guides, not a promise about any one provider. Prices in USD; checkout shows Australian dollars. Full terms: Terms of Service.
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