# Web Design Edinburgh | Websites from £500 | BrightRay > Web design in Edinburgh for small businesses, trades and charities. Fixed-price websites from £500, live in around 7 days, and you own everything. Source: https://brightray.co.uk/web-design-edinburgh/ Web design · Edinburgh # Web design in Edinburgh — fixed-price websites from £500 Brightray builds professional websites for Edinburgh small businesses, trades and charities from a fixed £500, live in around 7 days once your content is ready. You deal directly with the designer by call, WhatsApp and email, and you own the site, the domain and the content outright — no long contract to get out of. Get a quote [See pricing](https://brightray.co.uk/prices/) Or call 0141 461 4870 · [WhatsApp us](https://wa.me/447977785345?text=Hi%20BrightRay%2C%20I'd%20like%20a%20quote%20for%20a%20website.) · [Book a call](https://brightray.co.uk/book-a-call/) - Fixed £500 for up to 5 pages, £950 for up to 10 — quoted up front - Live in around 7 days once your text and photos are ready - You own the site, domain and content — no minimum term - Serving Edinburgh, Leith, Musselburgh, Dalkeith and Livingston From £500 fixed Live in 7 days 20% off for charities Found on Google ## Nearby areas we cover - [Web design Livingston](https://brightray.co.uk/web-design-livingston/) - [Web design Dunfermline](https://brightray.co.uk/web-design-dunfermline/) - [Web design Glasgow](https://brightray.co.uk/web-design-glasgow/) - [Web design Kirkcaldy](https://brightray.co.uk/web-design-kirkcaldy/) What you get ## Everything, as standard. Whatever the budget, these aren’t extras. They’re the baseline for anything that leaves the studio. ### Designed for you No off-the-shelf themes. Your site is designed around your business, your customers and what you actually need it to do. ### Built for phones first Most of your visitors arrive on a mobile. Your site is designed for the small screen first, and looks sharp everywhere else. ### Found on Google Sensible titles, descriptions and structure, plus your Google Business Profile set up properly so local customers find you. ### Fast by default No bloated page-builders. Lean, hand-written pages that load in a blink — which Google rewards and visitors notice. ### Plain-English support One person, direct contact, no ticket queues. Questions answered in language you don’t need a translator for. ### WhatsApp built in Every enquiry can go straight to your phone by WhatsApp — customers message you in one tap. Standard in every package. Pricing ## Simple, upfront pricing. Agreed before any work starts. The price you’re quoted is the price you pay. Essential · ONE-OFF £500 - Up to 5 pages, custom designed - Contact form, WhatsApp & click-to-call - Google Business Profile setup - Search-engine basics done right - Live in around 7 days - 30 days of free tweaks Choose Essential Growth · MOST POPULAR £950 - Everything in Essential - Up to 10 pages - Booking & enquiry forms - Galleries & news section - Online payments if you need them - 60 days of free tweaks Choose Growth Bespoke · FROM from £1,800 - Everything in Growth - Online shop or bookings - Member & login areas - Integrations with your tools - Scoped and quoted together - Timeline agreed up front Talk it through Optional extras ## Add only what you need. WhatsApp chat, Google Business Profile setup and mobile-first design are standard in every package. These are the extras — pick any, or none. [### Advanced SEO £100 Keyword research, optimised titles & meta on every page, schema markup, sitemap + Google Search Console and local-SEO tuning.](https://brightray.co.uk/guides/) [### Interactive calculators from £150 Cost estimators and quote calculators that keep visitors on your site, boost engagement and turn browsers into enquiries.](https://brightray.co.uk/#contact) [### GEO — AI search £100 Get recommended by ChatGPT, Google AI & Perplexity: answer-first content, FAQ & entity schema, directory consistency and AI-answer testing.](https://brightray.co.uk/how-we-use-analytics-to-get-you-more-leads/) [### SEO + GEO bundle £175 Both add-ons together — the full “Get Found” search + AI-answer package.](https://brightray.co.uk/guides/) [### Extra pages £40 each Add more pages beyond your package as your business grows.](https://brightray.co.uk/#contact) [### Online shop £350 Sell up to 10 products or take payments — typically £500–£2,400 elsewhere.](https://brightray.co.uk/#contact) [### Booking system from £150 Let customers book appointments or slots online.](https://brightray.co.uk/booking-system/) [### Copywriting £45 / page We write the words for you, in plain English.](https://brightray.co.uk/#contact) [### Blog / news setup £90 A blog or news section, ready for you to post updates.](https://brightray.co.uk/guides/) [### Logo & branding from £120 A clean logo and colour palette if you need them.](https://brightray.co.uk/#contact) Keep it growing ## Simple monthly plans. All optional, all by Direct Debit, cancel any time. The one-off build is yours to keep either way. ### Care Plan £25/mo Hosting, SSL, updates, security, backups and small monthly edits — cancel any time. ### Care + Growth £45/mo Everything in Care, plus a monthly SEO & GEO refresh, a content update and a simple analytics report. ### SEO & GEO ongoing £75/mo Monthly ranking and AI-visibility monitoring, with ongoing tweaks to keep you ahead. Registered charities and community groups get 20% off every package and add-on, plus the first 3 months of any monthly plan free. [See every price on one page](https://brightray.co.uk/prices/), including apps, the booking system and charity prices. How we compare ## What a small-business website costs in Edinburgh. We read the published prices of Edinburgh web designers, monthly-fee website plans and DIY builders so you can see where a fixed £500 site sits. There are cheaper options, faster options for the very smallest sites, and bigger agencies for bigger projects — here is the honest picture for a small, professional site. ### Brightray Up-front price £500 fixed for up to 5 pages; £950 for up to 10 Ongoing cost Optional £25/month care plan (hosting, SSL, backups, small edits), cancel any time Time to go live Around 7 days once your text and photos are ready Who owns it You own the site, the domain and the content outright ### Typical Edinburgh agency or studio Up-front price Published prices for a site of up to 5 pages from about £390 to £1,999; some quote + VAT on top Ongoing cost From no monthly fee to about £100/month for care or support, where published Time to go live From about 5–10 days for the smallest packages to a month or more; larger builds 4–12 weeks Who owns it Varies — several hand the site over outright once paid; check the contract ### Monthly-fee website plans Up-front price £0 up front Ongoing cost About £99/month locally on a 12-month term; national plans from £29 to £99/month Time to go live From about 7 days to a few weeks Who owns it Minimum terms of 12–24 months are common; one local plan hands the site over only after 24 months, and on some national plans the site is taken down if you cancel ### DIY website builders Up-front price No build fee — you design and write it yourself Ongoing cost Roughly £8–£29/month for the main plans on annual billing; intro offers can be lower and renewals higher Time to go live As quick as you can design and write it Who owns it Your content, but the site runs on the builder's platform while you subscribe Starting prices and terms published on providers' websites, checked 26 October 2026: seven Edinburgh web design businesses plus national website builders and monthly-plan providers (one builder's UK prices are from an independent price guide, as its own page did not show them). Ranges are starting prices for a small site, not quotes — your brief may cost more or less anywhere, including here. Brightray hosting is via the optional care plan. What we do ## Websites and an AI voice assistant for small businesses. A website that brings in enquiries, set up for Google and AI search, plus an AI voice assistant (AI receptionist and smart voicemail) that answers the calls you miss. [WebsitesA website that wins you work →Designed and built for you, mobile-first, set up for Google and AI search. Live in as little as 7 days.](https://brightray.co.uk/websites/) [AI receptionistEvery call answered, 24/7 →A natural, clear voice answers your calls, takes the details and emails you a summary, recording and transcript.](https://brightray.co.uk/ai-receptionist/) [AI voicemailNo more lost voicemails →Only answers the calls you miss. Callers talk to an assistant instead of a beep, and you get their details straight away.](https://brightray.co.uk/ai-voicemail/) Website + AI voice assistant Your website brings in the calls and the AI voice assistant answers them, 24/7. We set up both for you. Ring 0141 461 4870 to talk to our AI receptionist. It’ll take your details and we’ll call you back. [Book a call about both](https://brightray.co.uk/book-a-call/?topic=receptionist) [How it works](https://brightray.co.uk/websites/#bundle) Questions ## Asked and answered. How much does a website cost in Edinburgh?+ Published prices for a site of up to 5 pages from Edinburgh web designers ran from about £390 to £1,999 when we checked in October 2026, with some quoting VAT on top. Brightray is a fixed £500 for up to 5 pages or £950 for up to 10, quoted before any work starts. Is a pay-monthly website cheaper than paying once?+ Up front, yes — many plans start at £0. Over time, not always: at £99 a month a 12-month term costs £1,188, and minimum terms of 12 to 24 months are common — one local plan only hands the site over after 24 months, and some take it down if you stop paying. A one-off £500 site you own, plus our optional £25/month care plan, comes to £800 in the first year and you can cancel the care plan at any time. How quickly can you build my Edinburgh website?+ Around 7 days from the point we have your text and photos. Most of the elapsed time on any web project is waiting for content, so we keep the build itself short and send you a preview to check on your own phone before it goes live. Should I just build it myself with a DIY website builder?+ If you enjoy design and have the time, a DIY builder can be a sensible start at roughly £8–£29 a month. If you would rather spend that time running your business, a fixed-price site built for you and set up for local search is usually the better use of money. Do you work with Edinburgh charities and community groups?+ Yes — charities, community groups and churches get 20% off, taking a standard site to £400, and the cost can be spread over a monthly Direct Debit rather than paid up front. Do you cover the Lothians?+ Yes — Edinburgh, Leith, Portobello, Musselburgh, Dalkeith, Livingston and the rest of the Lothians. The whole process runs by call, WhatsApp and email, so you get the same service wherever you are. Get in touch ## Let’s build yours. Tell us what you do and what you need — two sentences will do. You’ll get a reply within one working day with a fixed price and a start date. No obligation. Or call 0141 461 4870 [Book a call with us](https://brightray.co.uk/book-a-call/) [Request a callback](https://brightray.co.uk/book-a-call/#callback) Prefer to give us the full picture? [Start a detailed project brief](https://brightray.co.uk/brief/) — pick your business type, content and exact brand colours.