Ask five agencies what a website costs and you'll get five speeches and no numbers. Here are the numbers.
What Brooklyn agencies actually charge
A typical custom small-business site in Brooklyn runs $2,500 to $10,000. Subscription agencies charge $2,999 and up per sprint. Budget template shops start around $399 to $600, and you get exactly what that sounds like: your business poured into the same mold as everyone else's.
What you're actually paying for
Most of that money buys hours: meetings, revisions, project managers. The actual thing you need is simple. A site that loads fast, looks real on a phone, says what you do, shows your prices, and gives people a button to book or call.
Why we can charge less
We're honest about this: AI (Claude and other tools) does the slow, repetitive work in hours instead of weeks. We do the part that matters: we visit your business, take the photos, write words that sound like you, and check everything. You pay for judgment, not hours.
The one rule
Whatever you pay, never pay for mystery. If someone can't tell you exactly what you get and what it costs before you sign, walk away.