People ask "magkano website sa Cebu?" or "website cost sa Davao?" expecting a wildly different answer per city. The honest truth: your city moves the price, but less than you'd think — and only when you hire a local freelancer or agency. Below is the real 2026 picture for the Philippines' five biggest small-business markets, plus why our price doesn't change wherever you are.
We built this as one page on purpose. Five near-identical "website cost in [city]" pages would be thin filler — the price differences are genuine but small, so you deserve them side by side, not spread across doorway pages.
Website cost per city — freelancer & agency (2026)
| City | Freelancer (business site) | Agency | Local context |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro Manila | ₱20,000–₱45,000 | ₱60,000–₱500,000+ | Highest rates — enterprise demand, studio overhead. Deepest talent pool. |
| Cebu | ₱18,000–₱40,000 | ₱40,000–₱120,000 | Visayas tech hub. Strong developer pool keeps freelance rates competitive. |
| Davao | ₱15,000–₱38,000 | ₱35,000–₱100,000 | Mindanao's commercial center; growing freelance scene. |
| Iloilo | ₱12,000–₱35,000 | ₱30,000–₱90,000 | Lower overhead; smaller trusted-vendor pool, so vet carefully. |
| Bacolod | ₱12,000–₱35,000 | ₱30,000–₱80,000 | Our home base. Lowest provincial rates; quality varies most. |
Bands reflect typical 2026 rates for a 5–8 page business website. Junior freelancers sit at the low end; senior or specialist developers at the high end. DIY builders (Wix, Hostinger) are priced nationally and don't vary by city.
Why Manila and Cebu run higher
It comes down to overhead and demand. Metro Manila studios pay city rents and compete for enterprise budgets, which pulls freelancer expectations up too. Cebu is the Visayas IT-BPO hub with a deep developer pool — high skill, but rates track Manila more than the provinces. Davao, Iloilo, and Bacolod have lower costs of living and smaller enterprise markets, so headline prices drop — but the pool of trusted, won't-ghost-you developers is thinner, so a low quote carries more risk.
The catch with "cheaper province" quotes
A ₱12,000 Bacolod freelancer site sounds like a steal next to a ₱40,000 Manila one. Sometimes it is. But lower provincial rates often come with: a smaller portfolio to judge from, slower turnaround if it's a side hustle, and the same per-edit and maintenance fees that erase the upfront saving within a year. Cheaper-by-city only wins if the vendor is genuinely good — and that's harder to verify outside Manila and Cebu.
Our price is the same in every city
Because we build remotely from your existing Facebook and Google content, our cost doesn't move with your city's rents or freelancer rates. A clinic in Makati and a clinic in Bacolod get the same mobile-first site, the same all-in support, and the same price — ₱0 to start, ₱1,699/month in year 1, then ₱1,000/month. No Metro Manila premium, no province-discount-with-a-catch. We're based in Bacolod and serve the whole country, so provincial businesses get city-grade work without paying city-grade rates.
Two ways to pay — same everywhere
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By route, nationwide
DIY builder vs freelancer vs agency vs done-for-you — the national picture behind the per-city numbers above.
| DIY builder (Wix / Hostinger) | Freelancer | Agency | Web by Lods.AI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Upfront cost | ₱0 plan, but paywalled (ads + branded subdomain) | ₱8,000–₱25,000 | ₱40,000–₱500,000+ | ₱0 to start (or ₱8,500 to own sooner) |
| Who builds it | You | One freelancer | A team | We do — your Web Lods ❤️ |
| Time to live | Hours–weeks (your time) | 2–6 weeks | 4–12 weeks | ~5 business days |
| GCash / Maya pay | Usually unsupported | Varies | Varies | Yes |
| Taglish + PH-local | No | Sometimes | Sometimes | Yes |
| Free preview first | No (free trial only) | No | No | Yes — built in 24h |
| Ongoing | ₱280–₱2,800/mo + your labor | ₱2,000–₱10,000/mo maintenance | ₱2,000–₱10,000/mo | ₱1,699/mo yr 1 → ₱1,000/mo yr 2, cancel anytime |
PH price bands from published 2026 market data (agencies ₱15k–₱500k+; DIY builders ₱280–₱2,800/mo). Web by Lods.AI is a done-for-you service — not a DIY builder.
Your city sets the freelancer's rate, not the value of the website. Pick the vendor you can trust — the peso gap between cities is smaller than the gap between a good site and a ghost.