How AXOmega compares with the market.
NZ$5,900 to NZ$20,000 is what a New Zealand business website "usually costs" — when the agency makes you ask. Ours are on the page, in NZ dollars (GST exclusive) so you can check the maths before you call.
We’re not here to be the cheapest. We’re here to be the clearest: guide pricing on the page, confirmed scope and price in a written proposal after scoping, typically staged 40/30/30, hosting and domain at cost, no cut of sales, and a written next step you can take to any vendor — even if you don’t build with us.
Scan where each AXOmega tier sits against the market.
All prices shown are guide estimates for comparison — the NZD tiers are the same as on /pricing. Market bands reflect typical 2026 published ranges from New Zealand agencies and freelancers, not a quote from any single provider. Your exact scope and final price will be confirmed with you in a written proposal following our scoping discussions.
| AXOmega tier | NZD (GST excl.) | NZ market band | Position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business websitesNZ$5k – 20k · NZ agency band · freelance below, large agency 20k–50k+ above | ||||
| Starter | NZ$5,900 | NZ$5k – 20k | Entry of agency band | |
| Standard | NZ$12,500 | NZ$5k – 20k | Inside agency band | |
| Growth | NZ$20,000 | NZ$5k – 20k | Top of agency band | |
| E-commerce storesNZ$8k – 25k+ · Enterprise beyond ~NZ$50k | ||||
| Starter | NZ$10,000 | NZ$8k – 25k+ | Low end of band | |
| Growth | NZ$21,000 | NZ$8k – 25k+ | Inside band | |
| Scale | NZ$37,000 | NZ$8k – 25k+ | Custom territory | |
| Custom softwareFrom ~NZ$25k · Bespoke platforms · large agency 20k–50k+ | ||||
| Starter App | NZ$15,900 | From ~NZ$25k | Below custom threshold | |
| Ops Platform | NZ$37,000 | From ~NZ$25k | Inside custom band | |
| Extended | NZ$59,000 | From ~NZ$25k | Large-agency range | |
| Automation & AIFrom ~NZ$25k · Custom-work benchmark — we price by hours saved | ||||
| Quick-Win | NZ$3,350 | From ~NZ$25k | Well below band | |
| Workflow Pack | NZ$9,200 | From ~NZ$25k | Well below band | |
| AI System | NZ$15,900 | From ~NZ$25k | Below threshold | |
| Systems integrationFrom ~NZ$25k · Custom-dev benchmark — one sync vs. full estate | ||||
| Connect Two | NZ$5,000 | From ~NZ$25k | Well below band | |
| Stack Sync | NZ$14,200 | From ~NZ$25k | Well below band | |
| Middleware | NZ$26,800 | From ~NZ$25k | Below premium | |
| Advice & monthly careNZ$100 – 500/mo · Typical NZ maintenance retainers — varies by scope | ||||
| Clarity Call | NZ$500 | NZ$100 – 500/mo | One-off advice | |
| Health Check | NZ$1,500 | NZ$100 – 500/mo | One-off advice | |
| Site Care Essential | NZ$79 | NZ$100 – 500/mo | Below typical maintenance | |
| Site Care Standard | NZ$189 | NZ$100 – 500/mo | Inside maintenance band | |
| Site Care Growth | NZ$349 | NZ$100 – 500/mo | Top of maintenance band | |
| Store Care Growth | NZ$549 | NZ$100 – 500/mo | E-commerce premium | |
Extra work beyond scope is NZ$100–$150/hr depending on task & complexity, always pre-approved. Care plans are monthly via Stripe, cancel before next cycle. GST 15% appears as a separate line.
Ask five agencies what a website costs and you'll get five meetings.
Ask us and you get a guide price on this page and a scoped, quoted scope after a short call. The confidence you get from a price you can see — then confirm in writing — beats the one you have to negotiate for.
It’s often hard to compare
Many providers don’t publish fixed prices. Quotes often follow discovery and can range widely — guide figures for a business site are often cited around NZ$5,000 to NZ$20,000+ depending on scope and how the work is priced. That makes like-for-like comparison difficult.
We publish the maths up front
Every tier on /pricing is guide pricing in NZD (GST exclusive) — confirmed scope and price in your written proposal after scoping, typically staged 40% to start, 30% at build review, 30% at launch. If the right scope is smaller, we price it smaller. No meter, no surprise line items.
The decision stops being a gamble
When you know exactly what something costs and exactly what you're getting, you can approve a budget once and spend it once. Whether the answer ends up being us or not, you leave with a written next step you can take anywhere.
We’d rather lose a project to honesty than win it with a vague quote. If the right answer isn’t work we sell, that’s what we’ll say — and point you to who can help.
It’s the model, not the number, that changes the risk.
Same three levers on every build — and the same promise: if an update breaks it, we own the fix.
Scoped and quoted in writing after scoping
Guide price on this page → confirmed scope, deliverables, quality bar and NZD total (GST excl.) in your written proposal after scoping. Typically staged 40/30/30 once confirmed. Change is quoted separately, only with your OK — we flag variance before shipping.
- Written scope so the price means something
- Typically 40/30/30 once confirmed — no meter, no hourly ceiling on thinking
Hosting at cost. No cut of sales.
Domain and hosting are billed at cost — no markup, no trailing commission. E-commerce transaction fees stay at the provider’s rates. What we quote is what the work costs.
- Stripe billing, daily backups, restore tests
- Staging deploys, heartbeat monitoring on stores
Value-based, not time-based
The price reflects what the outcome is worth to the business — not how long it takes. The better we get, the faster you get the same result. Experience becomes the product, not the cost.
- Smallest useful slice first; expand when it earns its keep
- Extra work NZ$100–$150/hr depending on task & complexity, or quoted stage, always pre-approved
Pay for the scope you need.
Where each tier sits — and why it’s priced there.
Websites
NZ$5k – 20k bandPublished guide ranges often put NZ business sites around NZ$5k–20k+. Our Starter sits near the entry of that range and only steps up when the site needs to do more — members, portals, integrations.
Starter (NZ$5,859) is the entry doorway; Standard (NZ$12,555) sits comfortably inside the agency band; Growth touches the top only when the site becomes the front door to operations. Every tier is built so a store or portal can be added later without a rebuild.
Explore Business WebsitesE-commerce
NZ$8k – 25k+ bandGuide ranges for NZ e-commerce builds are often cited around NZ$8k–25k+. Our entry store sits near the low end — connected to your accounting, gateway, and fulfilment so a sale doesn’t create extra admin.
Starter (NZ$10,044) is the most price-competitive category. Growth (NZ$20,925) adds subscriptions, CRM flows, and fulfilment sync. Scale moves into custom territory only where the operation demands it.
Explore E-CommerceCustom software
From ~NZ$25kBespoke platforms are often cited from around NZ$25k+. We can often start below that and stage the build so you pay for each slice only when it’s earning its keep.
Starter App (NZ$15,903) replaces one painful spreadsheet. Ops Platform (NZ$36,828) wires 2–3 workflows that currently live in different tools. Extended is quoted only after mapping the full flow.
Explore Custom SoftwareAutomation & AI
Measured in hours backAI is most valuable where it reliably saves hours — with a human checkpoint where it matters.
Quick-Win (NZ$3,348) moves one daily job to software and measures before/after. Workflow Pack (NZ$9,207) chains 3–5 handoffs plus one AI task with human review. We focus on the few places it genuinely saves time and advise where to leave it alone.
Explore Automation & AISystems integration
One sync vs. full estate"'We enter the same fact twice’ is costing you a day a week. A single 2-way sync is a scoped, quoted job — not a discovery project."
Connect Two (NZ$5,022) removes one daily re-entry with logging and alerting. Stack Sync (NZ$14,229) makes 3–5 systems — website, CRM, accounting — behave like one source of truth.
Explore IntegrationsTechnology advice
Paid only when written downThe 15-minute scoping call is free. When you want a written verdict you can share, it’s a small scoped quote — guide from NZ$500, credited if you build with us.
Clarity Call (NZ$502) turns a worry into a next step; Health Check (NZ$1,507) ranks do / don’t / later across your stack; Fractional Guidance (NZ$2,344/mo) keeps decisions from compounding.
Explore Technology AdviceCare that keeps the site safe, backed up, and improving.
A low monthly price means little if backups aren’t tested, updates aren’t staged, or checkout isn’t monitored. Here’s what AXOmega care includes — and a checklist worth using with any provider, including us.
Checklist to ask any provider
- Daily backups (2× daily for stores) and a tested restore process
- Uptime, security, and — for stores — checkout heartbeat & gateway health
- Staged updates: review and deploy, not direct edits on live
- Clear ownership: who fixes it if an update breaks something
- Honest guidance on what to change — and what to leave alone
Use this list whether you stay with your current host, work with another agency, or choose AXOmega.
AXOmega care — what’s in the price
- Core & plugin updates + daily (sites) / 2× daily (stores) backups + quarterly restore test
- Uptime, security & checkout monitoring; gateway health checks
- Fixes if an update breaks something — we own it
- Staging → review → deploy; SSL, health reports, performance checks
- Bundled human time that rolls one cycle — then honest advice on what next
How to check this yourself — and keep us honest
Market bands above are ranges from published 2026 NZ pricing guides — not a quote from any single provider. AXOmega tiers on this page are the same NZD numbers as on /pricing (GST exclusive); NZD guide prices as on /pricing (GST exclusive).
All figures on this page are guide pricing — the NZD price you approve in your written proposal is the confirmed price. GST 15% is a separate line at invoice. No hosting markup, no trailing commission, no cut of e-commerce sales.
- Want a second pair of eyes? Send us a competing quote — we’ll give a plain-English read before you sign.
- Still between two tiers? The ROI calculator or a Discovery Audit (from NZ$210) filters the choice by return, not by optimism.
Transparency: top web tier NZ$20,000 — market comparison uses the same NZD guide prices as on /pricing.
Quick answers before you compare
Are the NZD figures the final invoice?
No — guide pricing. Final price is confirmed in your written proposal after scoping, GST exclusive. See Billing.
Why not just quote in NZD?
All prices are in NZ dollars, GST exclusive. GST is shown as a separate line. No hidden margin.
Are you the cheapest?
Not trying to be — we’re aiming to be the clearest. Starter tiers sit at the entry / low end of typical bands; larger scopes move into the mid or premium range only where the work warrants it. The ROI calculator on the pricing page is the fastest honest filter.
What if a competitor quotes lower?
Send it over. We’ll map scope vs deliverables line by line and tell you where the gap is — confirmed quote vs hourly, what’s in care, whether hosting is at cost, and whether the timeline includes staging and training. If the other quote is genuinely better for the outcome, we’ll say so.
A price you can check beats a quote you have to chase. Whether the answer ends up being us or not, you’ll leave with a written next step you can take to any vendor. That’s the point of the free 15-minute scoping call.
Not sure which tier earns its keep first?
Describe what you're trying to achieve and we'll give you a plain-English sequence — what to do, what to leave alone, and the smallest first step that pays for itself.
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