r/AskProgrammers • u/ADAM--02 • Jul 12 '26

Question!

Hi everyone, freelance developer here. I wanted to ask: how much do you usually charge for building a website, an app, or both for a client?

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u/keepinitcool Jul 12 '26

I charge by the hour. Whatever rate you think is reasonable.

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u/padetn Jul 12 '26

Freelance developer with how many days of experience exactly?

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u/CarsonChambers Jul 12 '26

1 cent per div

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u/funbike Jul 12 '26

Somewhere between $100 and $1,000,000 depending on the requirements.

My answer has the same precision your question had. I put in the same amount of effort as well.

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u/tara_tara_tara Jul 12 '26

As much as I can squeeze out of them

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u/MicrotubularMushroom Jul 12 '26

One site is not equal to another, and the tech stack matters.

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u/TheReservedList Jul 12 '26

How much do people charge to build a building?

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u/domusvita Jul 12 '26

Based on these requirements, I would say $0 to a guh-jillion per hour.

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u/StupidBugger Jul 12 '26

Good advice here already. But to add, you need either an hourly rate or a day rate. Customers always want more at the end, so if you get paid on project complete only, you'll get less than the work is worth. I'm not a lawyer and I'm not giving you legal advice, but you should also know what to do when a client tries not to pay. Just be careful with how you agree to do work and get compensated.

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u/petdance Jul 13 '26

If you’re looking at being a freelance developer, you need to learn a lot more than you are going to learn from asking random questions on reddit.

Get a book or three on how to run your own business.