The short answer
Anywhere from free to PHP 50,000 and beyond. The useful answer depends on how much of the work you want to do yourself. Here is how each option really prices in 2026, and what you actually get at each level.
Key Takeaways
1. Free builders fit simple needs, with custom domains around PHP 900 to 1,200 per year.
2. Freelancers charge PHP 5,000 to 15,000 with 1 to 3 week timelines.
3. Agencies start around PHP 15,000 to 30,000 for bigger budgets.
4. Price drivers are custom design, RSVP system, domain, and revisions.
5. ThriftyWedsites covers everything for a flat PHP 999, live in 24 hours.
Option 1: Free wedding builders (Free, with paid extras)
The Knot, Zola, Joy and Minted offer the core wedding website free, including basic RSVP tools. That is genuinely free, and for simple needs it works. Where money enters: custom domains run around $15 to $20 per year (roughly PHP 900 to 1,200), and platforms sell premium designs or extras like guest texting. General website builders are a different model. Squarespace and Wix charge monthly subscriptions of roughly $16 to $19 per month, and you build every wedding feature yourself with none of the RSVP tooling included.
The cash cost stays low, but plan on spending at least a full weekend, often spread across several evenings, learning the builder, writing copy, preparing photos and fixing the mobile layout. Most couples start enthusiastic and finish exhausted two weeks before the wedding.
Option 2: Freelance designers (Typically PHP 5,000 to 15,000)
A freelancer builds the site for you, which solves the time problem. Prices vary widely with experience, and extras like an RSVP system, gallery pages or revision rounds are often billed separately. Timelines run one to three weeks, and post launch edits depend on your freelancer’s availability. Always ask what happens when you need a change after launch.
Option 3: Web agencies (PHP 15,000 and up)
Simple agency builds often start around PHP 15,000 to PHP 30,000, while larger projects with custom design and booking features run far higher. You get project management and polish, with timelines of several weeks. Beautiful results, but priced for bigger budgets. For most couples, this is more website than a wedding needs.
What actually drives the cost up
Four things: custom design from scratch, an online RSVP system with organized responses, a custom domain with yearly renewal, and revision rounds. Free builders charge extra for some of these or lack them entirely. That RSVP point matters most, because RSVP chaos is the number one reason couples regret the DIY route. Read our guide on getting guests to RSVP on time.
What a flat PHP 999 gets you at ThriftyWedsites
We removed the tiers entirely. One payment covers a designer built site with RSVP system, countdown, love story, venue maps, itinerary, attire guide, gallery, mobile perfect layout and unlimited revisions, launched in 24 hours. See the full breakdown on our pricing page or browse the design collection.
How to choose
If you enjoy design tools and have free weekends, a free builder works. If you want it handled by someone else without agency pricing, a done for you service at a flat rate is the sweet spot. Either way, decide early: your website should be live before invitations go out, not after.
Want this handled for you?
A complete wedding website with everything included, live in 24 hours for a flat PHP 999.