How Much Does a Law Firm Website Cost in 2026?

Short answer: a law firm website typically costs $2,000 to $8,000 from a freelancer, $5,000 to $15,000 from a basic agency, and $10,000 to $35,000 or more for a full-service custom build in 2026. Plan on $200 to $500 monthly for upkeep on top.

Option	Typical build cost	Typical upkeep
DIY builder	$100 to $2,500 a year	Your own time
Legal-specific site builder	Included in the subscription	$100 to $300 monthly
Freelancer	$2,000 to $8,000	Hourly, as needed
Basic agency (template foundation)	$5,000 to $15,000	$200 to $500 monthly
Full-service custom build	$10,000 to $35,000+	$200 to $500 monthly

Ranges are from Timmermann Group's 2026 attorney website cost guide. Juris Digital's guide puts lead-generation sites for larger firms at $10,000 to $50,000.

How much are attorney websites, really?

It depends on what you are buying. A solo practice with three practice areas needs far less than a multi-office firm with twenty attorneys and pages in two languages.

Juris Digital lists what moves the number: more locations, attorney profiles, practice pages, languages, integrations and existing pages to move. On The Map's 2026 guide adds that agencies focused on law firms usually start around $2,500, and that more attorneys mean more pages.

What drives the price of a law firm website?

Five things account for most of the gap between quotes:

1. Number of practice areas. Each one needs its own page, written for the person searching for it.
2. Attorney bios. One per attorney, connected to the practice areas they handle.
3. Who writes the words. Writing practice-area pages is real work, and some quotes leave it to you.
4. Intake and scheduling. Consultation forms, booking and call tracking add setup and upkeep.
5. Template or custom. A template is cheaper and looks like other firms in town.

Ask every vendor to separate one-time build costs from recurring ones: hosting, software licenses, security updates and support.

What does a law firm website have to do?

The site exists to turn a worried reader into a consultation request. That takes three things.

Load fast on a phone. Google's research, published in its AdSense documentation, found 53 percent of mobile visits are abandoned when a page takes longer than three seconds to load.

Make the next step obvious. A consultation button on every practice-area page, and a short form.

Get answered fast. In Clio's 2019 study, as reported by 2Civility, only 40 percent of law firms responded to an email inquiry and 56 percent of calls were answered by a person. The same report found consumers ranked timeliness of response as the most important factor when looking for a lawyer, at 82 percent.

What should a law firm website never do?

Attorney websites are advertising, and your state bar's rules apply. A careful build avoids:

• Promises or predictions about case outcomes
• "Specialist" or "expert" claims your state doesn't allow
• Testimonials or results without the disclaimers your rules require
• Intake forms that ask people to type out the details of their legal matter

The intake form should collect name, contact, practice area and preferred time only. The details of a matter wait for the consultation, after a conflict check.

What does upkeep cost each month?

Timmermann Group puts agency maintenance at $200 to $500 monthly for security updates, plugin upkeep and monitoring. Legal-specific builders charge about $100 to $300 monthly with hosting included. On The Map puts the upper end of agency upkeep much higher for large sites.

Upkeep keeps the site running. It doesn't answer the phone. The Clio numbers above are the cost nobody quotes: a consultation request that sits unanswered overnight often goes to the firm that answered first.

What does a law firm website cost with Axeon?

We don't sell the website by itself. It is part of AxeonCORE, from $799/mo on a 12-month agreement, with $0 setup (normally $3,000):

Included in AxeonCORE	What it does for a law firm
Custom website	A page per practice area, attorney bios and consultation booking
Local SEO	Google Business Profile, practice-area pages, review requests after every appointment
24/7 missed-call text-back	A missed call after hours gets a text back right away
60-second first reply	Every web inquiry is answered within a minute
Online booking and two-way text inbox	Prospective clients book a consultation or text your office
Call tracking and AxeonPROOF	Calls, inquiries and reviews in one monthly dashboard

Hosting, security and up to 2 hours of content updates a month are included. Month-to-month is available with the $3,000 setup paid upfront, or prepay a year for $7,990. AxeonGROWTH is $1,999/mo plus ad spend ($500/mo minimum) and adds ads management, an AI phone receptionist and quarterly photo and video. See the full pricing.

You approve every word before it goes live. We don't promise rankings, cases or outcomes. One firm per specialty within 5 miles.

See the details on our law firm website page and our law firm page. If you're comparing builders more broadly, read what a website costs a practice or firm in Des Moines.

Questions to ask before you sign

• What do I own, and when? The domain, the Google profile, the client data and the site itself.
• Which costs are one-time and which recur? Get both in writing.
• Who writes the practice-area pages, and who reviews them for advertising rules?
• What happens when someone fills out the form at 9 PM?
• How fast does a site you built load on a phone? Ask for a real result, not a promise.

The bottom line

A law firm website costs a few thousand dollars from a freelancer and $10,000 to $35,000 or more from a full-service agency, plus $200 to $500 monthly to keep it running. The bigger cost is the consultation request nobody answers.

Axeon Studio is in West Des Moines, IA. Want to know if your area is open? Check your area. $0 to start. Nothing due until it's working.