In today’s digital world, your business does not exist if it’s not online. Either you have online or offline business website is necessary.

There are many web developers in Nepal and their cost of website development varies. One can charge more than NPR. 50,000/-  and other for Free

Then,

How to find the right cost of development in Nepal?

Here is a quick summery for you.

	Website design and maintenance cost in a year
Web Design and Development	NPR. 5,000 to NPR. 60,000
Additional Support	NPR. 0 to NPR. 200,000
Website Maintenance	NPR. 40,000 to 1,80,000
Domain Registration and hosting	NPR. 3000 to 1,20,000

 

This wide range of price depends on hours spent for the website development.

Let’s look at the cost of website development in Nepal in Detail.

Majorly,

There are 3 factors that define the price of your website

1.      Tools/ Platforms

2.      Developers experience and

3.      Domain and Hosting

1.  Tools/ Platforms

The use of tools / platforms is determined based on your objective of the website.  Based on your need platform for website development is determined. There are 3 major categories of the platforms / tools.

Before we move ahead let’s look into these types or tools.

1.      CMS

a.      Wordpress

b.      Others

2.      Core Programming Language

3.      Html

 

1.  CMS (Content Management System)

You might have heard most of the developers talk about CMS for website. 

But what is CMS?

In simple terms, it is a software that helps you create, maintain and modify your website with basic technical knowledge.

Website made in CMS do not require any assistance of web developers. You can do it on your own.

We will talk about few popular CMS.

a.   Wordpress:

It is worlds mostly used free CMS. According to an article, “ How WordPress Ate The Internet in 2016... And The World in 2017” published on Forbes, 25% of website in the world is powered by Wordpress.   

Internationally popular brands like Sony Music, BBC America, Bloomberg Professional  and many more include in the list of Wordpress users.

Benefits

Wordpress site can be created easily within a day. Download and install the Wordpress theme, update the content and you are ready to go live.  Its matter of an hour’s even if you need to change the entire theme.

Issues

But you will require regular updates, else the problem might go beyond your reach. In most of the cases even developers who delivered the website might not be able to solve it.

Cost

Therefore, Wordpress site will not cost will range from Nrs. 5000/- depending upon your requirements and expertise of the developers.  You can go for Wordpress free themes or buy a premium or ask for custom Wordpess website.

·        Free Theme: Developers service charge.

·        Premium Theme: NPR. 5000/- + Developers Service charge

·        Customized:  NPR 20,000/- (the price might vary depending on developer’s experience)

Recommendation

If you are not planning to make a website too heavy and you need to update the content frequently then it might be the right choice.

b.  Other CMS

It’s not only Wordpress there are 100’s of CMS being developed. SquareSpace, Wix, Joomla and Drupal to name few.

The cost of developing on these CMS might be slightly higher in compare to Wordpress. Still they are equally dependable.

Global Interface has also launched its own Bow CMS. The CMS system has not yet been released for free download but they are already on use for clients. The CMS is made on Php Laravel Framework and is equally cost effective as Wordpress.

Cost

The cost of developing on BOW CMS depends on the package you choose.

Requirement	Single page	5 pages	Customized
Basic Website development	NPR. 5000/-	NPR. 10,000/-	From NPR.20,000/-

Benefits BOW CMS

·        Localized developers help you solve any issue.

·        Equally cos-t effective as Wordpress.

·        Much safer due to its Laravel Framework.

·        The developer team of the CMS themselves look into your website.

·        File size smaller as each theme is customized for single user.

 

2.  Programming Language:

Programming Language is the communication tool of computer system. It is used to instruct and control the machine. There are thousands of such languages and many are being created every year.

The cost evaluation will be focused on 4 major languages like php, .net, python and Java. Based on their features and availability the price of the website varies. Like developers specialized in php and python might demand less in compare to .Net and Java.

For example:

Requirement	Php	Python	.net	Java
10 pages website of a corporate office.	30,000	25,000	40,000	60,000

*Note: This is expected price of average website developer. The actual price of website might vary depending on developer.

Recommendation

I recommend to go for these platforms when you have a long term goal with your website. Also, if your website is heavy with the data. In these case using CMS might not be a good idea because many CMS like Wordpress are not built for it.

 

3.  HTML Website

This type of website is also stated as a static website. It is a simple website with no database. All the information is written on the front end of the website.

Benefits

·        Low cost of development

·        Loads faster than any CMS website.

·        Almost no risk of being hacked.

Cost

10 Pages website:  Nrs. 5000/- to 10,000/-

 

Recommendation

We suggest clients to go with static website if you do not need to make frequent changes. For example, you need website for corporate office. In this case, the content of the website hardly changes.

You don’t use sword to cut vegetables because knife works better.

Therefore, static website works better than CMS or any core programming languages.

 

2.  Developer Experience

 

Who developed your website?

Every month hundreds of developers join the job market at as an employee or a freelancer. Whoever does your work, there is two things you should keep in mind.

1.       Support: Website has a direct effect on business and its reputation. It not like a bottle of beer, drink it and you are done. System might have some issues as time passes and it needs to be solved.

Therefore, a web developer or and IT company must be available responsibly for support.

 

2.      Maintenance: Website delivers valuable information about your business. Also, Google requires regular updates on website to rank higher in the search engine. Hence, it’s better if you could assign staff or outsource website maintenance task.

Cost

Developers might charge you collectively or may provide you the segregated cost. Even if you get it for free think twice for their support.

Requirement	CMS	Php	Python	.net	Java
10 pages basic website	10,000	30,000	25,000	40,000	60,000
Support (monthly)	500	1000	1000	2000	2000

*Note: This is expected price of average website developer. The actual price of website might vary.

 

3. Domain Registration and Hosting

The cost for domain registration and web hosting are charged separately.

Many mistakenly consider domain name and web hosting as one. Domain is the name of the website which is used in browser. With the name an extension (like .com, .edu, .co) is added to be used in browser.

Eg:  www.globalinterface.com.np Or www.bowcms.com

Web Hosting is the space where all the files and codes are kept. Whenever a domain is typed, the stored files are extracted from hosting via internet and displayed in the browser.

Both domain and space cannot be owned permanently, therefore it must be renewed every year.

 

Cost

Particulars	.com	.com.np
Domain Registration	NPR. 1200/-	Free
Web hosting for  (10 pages website)	NPR. 3000/year

*Note: hosting cost may vary

 

Conclusion

Website is not a onetime service. The cost of website maintenance and support might be higher than its development cost. But it’s necessary to keep going.

Website and web portals are the major source of information these days. Therefore, be prepared with its maintenance as user loves updated and well managed web content. 

You can also get support from Global Interface for your website maintenance if needed. The negligible cost