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Portfolio Website Cost in India
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A portfolio website in India costs about ₹3,868 in year one when you build it yourself on WordPress (₹2,868 hosting plus a ₹1,000 .in domain), ₹2,900 a year on a hosted builder, ₹8,000 to ₹40,000 from a freelancer and ₹50,000 upward from an agency. WebJi® figures are before 18% GST.
For designers, photographers, architects and students in India comparing DIY, builder, freelancer and agency routes on their real three-year cost.
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How much does a portfolio website cost in India by build route?
A portfolio website in India costs from about ₹3,868 in year one if you build it yourself on WordPress, ₹2,900 a year on a builder, and ₹8,000 to ₹50,000 or more if someone builds it for you. The route decides the bill far more than the number of pages does, because a portfolio is usually only five to seven pages.
| Route | One-time build | Recurring | Suits |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIY on WordPress | ₹0 (your weekend) | ₹2,868 a year hosting + ₹1,000 a year .in domain | Students, designers, photographers with culled work |
| Hosted builder | ₹0 | ₹2,900 to ₹9,900 a year | Anyone who wants no plugins or updates to manage |
| Freelancer | ₹8,000 to ₹40,000 (market band) | Hosting, domain and later edits on top | A custom look with your own images and copy |
| Agency or studio | About ₹50,000 upward (market band) | Care plan and hosting usually extra | A studio brand that needs positioning and art direction |
WebJi® figures are before 18% GST, from WebJi® billing on 14 November 2026. Freelancer and agency bands were read from sitesplaced.com on 4 November 2026 and are framing, not quotes.
What does a portfolio website cost over three years?
Compare portfolio quotes on a three-year total, because hosting, the domain and edits recur while the design fee is paid once. A cheap build with expensive edits often ends up costing more than a self-edited site by the third year.
- DIY WordPress: Webji Launch on the three-year term is ₹6,804 billed once, plus a .in domain at ₹1,000 × 3 = ₹3,000. Total ₹9,804 before GST.
- Builder Basic: ₹2,900 × 3 = ₹8,700 at the yearly rate, or ₹5,220 for a two-year term plus one more year.
- ₹15,000 freelancer build: ₹15,000 + Launch yearly ₹2,868 × 3 = ₹8,604 + domain ₹3,000. Total ₹26,604 before edits and GST.
Add the edit cost to the freelancer line honestly. If every new project on the site needs a paid change, the gap widens each year. That is why designers who add work monthly tend to pick a route they can edit themselves.
How to build a portfolio website yourself for under ₹4,000 a year
Self-hosted WordPress on shared hosting is the cheapest route that still gives you your own domain, your own email address and full control of the files. It costs ₹2,868 a year for Webji Launch shared hosting plus about ₹1,000 a year for a .in domain, both before 18% GST.
- Cull the work first: 12 to 20 strong pieces beat 200 average ones, and the culling is what most people skip.
- Register the domain and point it at the hosting nameservers from the welcome email.
- Install WordPress from cPanel and choose a free block theme; a premium theme can wait until the content is final.
- Export images in WebP at around a 2,000-pixel long edge so galleries stay sharp without slowing the phone view.
- Write five pages: home, work, about, services or rates, contact. Test the contact form from a phone before you share the link.
Launch includes 20 GB of space, one domain and ten email accounts, which covers a portfolio of a few hundred optimised images. Theme picks for this route are in the best portfolio WordPress themes.
Is a website builder cheaper than WordPress for a portfolio?
Not in rupees: Builder Basic at ₹2,900 a year is ₹32 more than Launch hosting at ₹2,868, but it removes WordPress updates, plugins and backups from your list. It is the better buy when you will not maintain software, and the worse one when you want custom code or a shop later.
| Package | Per year | Two-year term |
|---|---|---|
| Builder — Basic | ₹2,900 | ₹5,220 |
| Builder — Start | ₹3,900 | ₹7,020 |
| Builder — Pro | ₹9,900 | ₹17,820 |
The AI website builder drafts pages from a short description of your work, which you then edit. Its cost compared with other builders is in AI website builder cost in India.
What do freelancer and agency portfolio quotes include?
A freelancer quote usually buys a five-page layout, a contact form and basic on-page SEO; an agency quote adds positioning, copy and art direction. Hosting, the domain and edits after handover are almost never included in either.
Middle of the band
A custom home page, gallery templates and analytics setup. This is where most designer and photographer portfolios sit.
Top end and agencies
Copywriting, retouching, booking or payment flows and brand work. Sensible for an established studio, premature for a first portfolio.
Before paying, ask three things in writing: how many revision rounds, who owns the hosting account and files at handover, and the price of a single edit six months later. WebJi®’s own website design service lists a starter site of five to seven pages at ₹8,000 to ₹25,000 before GST, quoted by email before any payment.
Which portfolio costs can you cut without hurting bookings?
Cut sliders, animation, paid page builders and stock photos first; keep the budget for image quality and one well-written About page. A client judges a portfolio on the work and on whether you sound credible, not on motion effects.
- Stock images: remove them. Borrowed photos on a portfolio undercut the work you are selling.
- Paid SSL: unnecessary here; free Let’s Encrypt SSL is included with WebJi® hosting plans.
- Premium plugins: a form, a gallery and a backup plugin are enough, and free versions exist for all three.
- Separate email service: Launch already includes ten mailboxes, so hello@yourname.in costs nothing extra.
- Keep: retouching of your best five pieces and a clear rates or services page.
For the wider picture of business sites with more pages, see website design cost in India; for the build steps in detail, how to make a portfolio website.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is the cheapest way to get a portfolio website with my own domain?
Self-hosted WordPress on Webji Launch at ₹2,868 a year plus a .in domain at about ₹1,000 a year, both before 18% GST. Free subdomain plans cost nothing but usually show a platform badge and offer no email on your own name.
What does a portfolio site cost with GST included?
Multiply by 1.18. Launch hosting at ₹2,868 a year becomes ₹3,384 on the invoice, and Builder Basic at ₹2,900 becomes ₹3,422. Ask freelancers whether their quote includes GST, since quotes with and without it are not comparable.
Can a GST-registered freelancer claim the hosting cost?
Yes, if the invoice carries your GSTIN. WebJi® prints its own GSTIN on every invoice and adds yours when you enter it in billing, so the 18% can be claimed as input credit against your service invoices.
Should a photographer pay more for hosting because of large images?
Usually not. Exported WebP images of a few hundred kilobytes each fit comfortably in 20 GB. Move to Webji Turbo at ₹399 a month only when the site also carries a blog, client galleries or a booking system that outgrow the Launch limits.
Prices checked against WebJi® billing on 14 November 2026 · Reviewed by the WebJi® team, Jaipur.
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