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What does a Hydra website build actually cost?
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What you need built
Recommended package
Starter Build
Its 500-page envelope holds your 120.
Build
$19,500
Design system only, without the build: $12,000.
Monthly maintenance
$550
Platform maintenance after launch. Month-to-month.
First year, build plus platform
$26,100
$19,500 build, twelve months at $550. Marketing services are separate.
What the package carries
Page envelope
500
You need 120.
Design credits
1,200
Credits are $10 each, so $12,000 of design included.
Build components
3
Interactive tools and calculators built into the site.
Build time
30 days
2 revision rounds · includes 1 location.
Branding, if the identity needs work too
Brand assets already exist and are staying. Priced per brand, separate from the build.
The whole ladder
| Package | Build | Design only | Pages | Maintenance | Locations |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lean Launch | $2,500 | $2,500 | 25 | $250/mo | 1 |
| Essentials Build | $4,500 | $4,500 | 100 | $350/mo | 1 |
| Starter Build | $19,500 | $12,000 | 500 | $550/mo | 1 |
| Premium Build | $32,500 | $20,000 | 800 | $650/mo | 1 |
| Signature Build | $55,000 | $35,000 | 2,000 | $800/mo | 2 |
| Studio Build | $78,000 | $50,000 | 4,000 | $1,000/mo | 2 |
| Flagship Build | $155,000 | $100,000 | 5,500 | $1,250/mo | 3 |
| Multi-Location Franchise | $235,000 | $150,000 | 7,500 | $2,000/mo | 10 |
The page envelope is the ceiling, not a target, a package holding 500 pages is fine for a site of 200. Design-only buys the system without the build.
Rates are the published Hydra OS catalog, live as of 2026-08-20, and can change, the package quoted to you is the one in your agreement. This prices the build and the platform maintenance that follows it. Monthly marketing services are priced per market and move with market size and competition, so they are not included in any figure above and no search budget is estimated here. Hydra Agent pricing is unpublished and deliberately absent.
What you walk away with
- Recommended package
- Build and design-only cost
- First-year total
- Since 2016
- No long-term contracts
- Every marketing dollar is tied directly to a closed invoice