This guide shows what web design and graphic design cost in Malta in 2026, using the price lists that Malta designers and agencies publish on their own websites. A small business website from a freelancer or small studio starts at about €600 to €900 plus VAT, and an agency build starts at about €3,500. A logo starts at about €350 to €450 plus VAT. Below you will find the prices for websites, logos, brand identity and social media, what it costs to keep a site running, how to compare a freelancer with an agency, who owns the work, and the Malta Enterprise scheme that can pay back part of a website.
Figures were last verified in October 2026. Every price comes from a Malta provider’s own published price list or from an official page, linked at first mention. Where nothing is published we give our own ballpark and say so. Prices change and every provider quotes each job on its own, so treat all of this as a rough guide and confirm before you pay. This is general information, not professional advice on contracts, copyright, tax or grants, and Dapperlance accepts no responsibility for decisions based on it.
Quick answers
How much does a website cost in Malta?
About €600 to €900 plus VAT for a small site from a freelancer or small studio, €1,200 and up for an online shop, and €3,500 to €8,000 for a small business site from an agency. Website prices
How much does a logo cost in Malta?
About €350 to €450 plus VAT from a small studio, and €600 to €1,200 for a simple wordmark from an agency. Logo and branding prices
What does a full brand identity cost?
About €650 to €1,400 plus VAT from a small studio, and €2,500 to €9,500 from an agency. Logo and branding prices
Is it cheaper to pay monthly for a website?
Cheaper to start, not always cheaper over three years. Compare the total and check what it costs to leave. Monthly or one-off
What does a website cost to keep running?
Roughly €180 a year for hosting and a domain, plus about €70 a month if someone else does the updates. Running costs
Freelancer or agency?
For a small site, a freelancer’s published price is about a quarter of an agency’s starting price. An agency adds strategy, a team and capacity. How to decide
Do I own my logo and website?
Only if the designer transfers the copyright in writing. Under Maltese law it stays with the designer otherwise. Ownership
Can a grant pay for my website?
Malta Enterprise’s Micro Invest can give a tax credit of up to 65% of a website build, including for the self-employed. A logo does not qualify. The grant
How much does a website cost in Malta?
A small business website from a web designer in Malta working alone or in a small studio costs about €600 to €900 plus VAT, and an agency starts at about €3,500. We found six Malta providers that publish their prices. They split into two clear groups.
| What you are buying | Freelancer or small studio | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Small site, about 5 pages | €600 to €900 | €3,500 to €8,000 |
| Bigger site, 10 to 25 pages | €900 for up to 20 pages on WordPress | €8,000 to €20,000 |
| Online shop | From €1,200 | Quoted per project |
All of these are before VAT. A Santa Venera web designer working since 2009 publishes a price list with a 5-page site at €600, a WordPress site of up to 20 pages at €900 and a WooCommerce shop at €1,200, each plus VAT. A Malta web studio lists a basic site from €700. A web agency in Lija prices a small business site of 5 to 8 pages at €3,500 to €8,000 and a corporate site at €8,000 to €20,000.
The agency price includes a discovery phase, a custom design made only for you, and a team working on it. The small studio price usually means a ready-made design (a theme) adjusted to your brand, with you supplying the text and photos. Jes Darmanin, a Luqa web designer who trades as Storm Design, puts a number on that difference. His FAQ page says a custom design adds about €1,000 to €1,500 and two to three weeks compared with a theme.
Small extras add up, so ask for them on the quote. The Santa Venera designer charges €25 for each extra page, €40 a page if he writes the text, €300 for a basic SEO setup and €350 for each extra language.
Should I pay monthly or upfront for a website?
A monthly plan costs less on day one, but over three years it can cost more than buying the site outright, so compare the three-year total and what happens when you leave. Some Malta providers sell the website as a subscription. You pay a small setup fee and a monthly fee that includes hosting and updates. A Malta web studio offers €199 setup plus €69 a month, with a 12-month minimum. A Malta website subscription company offers €397 setup plus €27 a month for a 5-page site with one hour of changes a month.
Over three years, before VAT, the published prices add up like this:
| How you pay | On day one | Total after 3 years |
|---|---|---|
| One-off €600 site, hosting €155 a year, you do the updates | €755 | €1,065 |
| Same site plus €70 a month maintenance | €825 | €3,585 |
| Subscription, €199 setup plus €69 a month | €268 | €2,683 |
| Subscription, €397 setup plus €27 a month | €424 | €1,369 |
The plans include different amounts of help, so the cheapest line is not automatically the best deal. A subscription suits you if you want someone else to handle everything and you do not have the money upfront. A one-off build suits you if you plan to keep the site for years or want to be free to move it. Before you sign a subscription, ask what you get if you stop paying. The €27 a month company charges a €97 export fee to hand over your site files, while Storm Design says on its FAQ that it charges no release fee once a project is paid for.
How much does a logo or brand identity cost in Malta?
A logo from a small studio in Malta costs about €350 to €450 plus VAT, and a full brand identity about €650 to €1,400, while agencies start around €600 for a simple logo and €2,500 for a brand. Most graphic designers in Malta quote after a brief and publish nothing. Five providers do publish prices, and they line up like this:
| What you are buying | Small studio | Agency |
|---|---|---|
| Logo only | €350 to €450 | €600 to €1,200 for a simple wordmark |
| Logo plus brand guide (colours, fonts, usage) | €650 to €685 | €1,500 to €4,000 |
| Full brand identity with stationery or social templates | €1,150 to €1,395 | €2,500 to €9,500 |
The small studio figures, all plus VAT, come from three price lists. Storm Design’s logo and brand pricing page lists a logo at €375, a logo with core brand guidelines at €685, and a logo with an expanded brand book and a stationery set at €1,395, each with up to three rounds of changes. A Cospicua branding studio lists three packages at €350, €650 and €1,150. The Santa Venera web designer sells a logo with a colour palette, fonts and a brand style card for €450.
The agency figures come from the Lija agency’s logo page (a simple wordmark €600 to €1,200, a full logo package €1,500 to €4,000, a brand identity from €2,500) and a Birkirkara branding agency’s fixed prices (€3,500 for a three-week brand sprint, €9,500 for a full identity system).
What changes the price is mostly how many ideas you see and how many rounds of changes you get. The cheapest Cospicua package gives you one design direction and one round of changes. The top one gives you a strategy workshop, guidelines and four rounds. Count those before you compare two quotes.
What do social media and smaller design jobs cost?
Monthly social media management from a Malta freelancer or small studio costs about €110 to €475 a month plus VAT, and small one-off jobs like a flyer are usually priced by the hour. Storm Design publishes three social media plans: €110 a month for two posts, €320 for four posts and a short video, and €475 for five posts and two videos, each with a three-month minimum and the advertising budget on top. The Santa Venera designer starts at €120 a month. See social media managers in Malta for more.
For a business card, a flyer or a menu, nobody we found publishes a stand-alone price. The two hourly rates we found are €30 an hour for extra work at the subscription company and €55 an hour on Jes Darmanin’s listing. A simple card or flyer is usually one to three hours of work, so our ballpark is €50 to €150. That is our estimate, not a published price. Printing is extra, and Storm Design states that its stationery prices cover the design only.
What does a website cost to keep running each year?
Plan on about €180 a year for a domain and hosting, plus about €70 a month if you want someone to update and protect the site. These are the yearly costs that come after the build:
| Item | Typical cost | Where the figure comes from |
|---|---|---|
| .com domain | €25 a year | Santa Venera designer’s price list |
| .mt or .com.mt domain | €20 the first year, then €10 a year | NIC Malta, VAT included |
| Hosting | €155 a year plus VAT | Santa Venera designer’s price list |
| Maintenance (updates, backups, small edits) | €70 a month | Santa Venera designer’s price list |
| Business email | About €45 to €85 per address a year | Storm Design startup package |
The .mt fees are set by NIC Malta, which runs the .mt registry: €10 to set up plus €10 a year, or €18 to renew for two years, all including VAT. Designers who register the domain for you charge more for the service (the Santa Venera designer charges €55 a year for a .mt domain). Whoever does it, make sure the domain is registered in your name.
A WordPress site needs regular updates to stay safe. The €70 plan includes updates, daily backups, security scanning and 30 minutes of small edits a month. If you skip it, either do the updates yourself or accept the risk.
Freelancer or agency: which should I hire?
For a small business website or a first logo, a freelancer or small studio is usually enough, and for a small site it costs about a quarter of an agency’s starting price. The published prices show it: €600 against €3,500 for a small site, €685 against €3,500 for a logo with brand guidelines. For the higher price an agency gives you a team, a strategy phase, more design options and capacity for big or urgent projects.
- A freelancer or small studio usually fits if you need a site of up to about 20 pages or a simple shop, you can supply your own text and photos, and you want to deal with one person who also does the logo.
- An agency is worth considering if you need a custom design system, several languages, integrations with booking or stock systems, or a full rebrand for a company with a sales team behind it.
Many Malta freelancers do both design and web, so one person can make the logo and then build the site in the same style. Storm Design’s startup package bundles a logo, brand guide, a 5-page site, social media artwork and stationery design for €4,850 plus VAT.
Who owns the website and the logo when the job is done?
Under Maltese law the designer owns the copyright in a logo or design unless they transfer it to you in a written agreement, so get the transfer in writing before you pay the last invoice. The Copyright Act says copyright belongs first to the author (Article 11). An assignment or a licence only counts if it is “effected by an agreement in writing between the parties” (Article 24). Paying the invoice does not move the copyright to you by itself.
Some designers put the transfer in their terms. Storm Design’s pricing page says the copyright is transferred to you once you have paid in full, and its FAQ says the code and the site are yours too. Other packages promise “unlimited usage rights”. That lets you use the logo anywhere, which is enough for most small businesses. It is still a licence and not ownership, so if you may one day sell the business or register the logo as a trademark, ask for a written assignment.
For a website, ownership also means practical things. Ask for the hosting login, a copy of the site files, and the domain registered in your name, and ask what leaving costs before you sign.
Is VAT included in these prices?
Almost every Malta design price list shows the price without VAT, so add 18% unless the designer is exempt. The VAT Act sets the rate at 18%. A €600 website therefore costs €708 and a €375 logo €442.50. A freelancer whose turnover is under €35,000 a year can register under Article 11 and charge no VAT at all, so their quote is the final price. When you compare a freelancer with an agency, ask each one “is that with VAT” and compare what you will actually pay. If your own business is VAT-registered, you can usually claim the VAT back, so compare the prices before VAT instead.
Can a grant pay for my website?
Yes, part of it. Malta Enterprise’s Micro Invest scheme can give a tax credit of up to 65% of the cost of developing a website, and a self-employed person registered with Jobsplus can apply. The 2026 guidelines list “development and customisation costs for software systems, websites and digital applications” as eligible. In Gozo the credit goes up to 85%. A tax credit is not cash in hand. It reduces the income tax you pay later.
The rules that catch people out:
- Sign the agreement first. You need an agreement with the developer, signed before the work starts, that says what the site will do. A website started before that agreement does not qualify.
- Each invoice must be at least €500 before VAT. Smaller invoices are not counted, and the VAT itself is never part of the credit.
- A logo does not count. Branding, graphic design and marketing are not on the eligible list.
- Hosting and maintenance count only when tied to a new site. A renewal of an old hosting plan does not.
- You must be registered for VAT, unless you are exempt.
Read the guidelines yourself or ask Malta Enterprise before you sign anything.
How to choose a web or graphic designer in Malta
Send the same short brief to two or three designers, then compare what each quote includes, not only the price. A good brief gets you better quotes. Put this in it:
- What the business does and who the customers are, in two or three lines.
- What you need: logo only, logo and brand guide, website, shop, or all of it.
- For a website, the pages you want and whether you will write the text and supply the photos.
- Two or three sites or logos you like, and one you do not like.
- Your budget range and your deadline. A range helps the designer suggest the right package instead of guessing.
Then ask each designer:
- How many design ideas and rounds of changes are included?
- Which files do I get at the end? For a logo you need a vector file (SVG, AI or PDF) as well as PNG and JPEG.
- Will you transfer the copyright to me in writing?
- Is the domain registered in my name, and do I get the hosting login?
- What does maintenance cost after launch, and what does it cost to leave?
- Will the cookie banner let visitors accept or refuse on the same screen? Malta’s data protection regulator, the IDPC, says in its cookie guidance that pre-ticked boxes are not valid consent.
- Is the price with or without VAT?
Look at three live sites or logos they made, and open the sites on your phone. The web development and graphic design categories on Dapperlance list designers and developers in Malta, and messaging them is free. If you are the designer and want to set your own prices, the ranges above are a good reference, and our guide to starting as a freelancer in Malta covers registration and VAT.
Mistakes to avoid
- Comparing a theme site with a custom site. A custom design adds about €1,000 to €1,500 at one Malta studio. Put both quotes on the same footing before you choose.
- Forgetting VAT. Most published prices exclude it. €600 becomes €708.
- Letting the designer register your domain in their own name. If you part ways, getting it back can be slow. Ask for it in your name from day one.
- Paying the last invoice without a written copyright transfer. Under the Copyright Act the logo stays the designer’s otherwise.
- Taking only a PNG of your logo. You need the vector file for signs, print and future designers.
- Signing a website subscription without asking what leaving costs. One Malta provider charges €97 to hand over your files.
- Starting the website before signing the agreement if you want Micro Invest. The agreement must come first or the cost does not qualify.
- Skipping maintenance on WordPress. An out-of-date site is easier to break into. Either pay for maintenance or do the updates yourself.
Frequently asked questions
How long does it take to build a website in Malta?
The Lija agency quotes 4 to 6 weeks for a small business site of 5 to 8 pages and 6 to 10 weeks for a corporate site. Storm Design says a custom design adds two to three weeks compared with a theme. Most delays come from text and photos arriving late, so have them ready before you start.
How many rounds of changes should a logo price include?
In the Malta price lists we found, between one and four. Storm Design includes up to three rounds in every logo package, and the Cospicua studio includes one, two or four depending on the package. Ask what an extra round costs before you start.
Do I need a .mt domain?
No, a .com works fine for most businesses. A .mt or .com.mt address tells visitors you are in Malta. NIC Malta charges €20 for the first year and €10 a year after that, VAT included. Many businesses register both and point one at the other.
Can one person do my logo and my website?
Yes, many Malta freelancers do both, and it keeps the style consistent. Storm Design and the Santa Venera designer both sell logos and websites. Bundling can also cost less than hiring two people.
Is a freelancer without VAT cheaper?
Often, yes. A freelancer registered under Article 11 with turnover under €35,000 a year charges no VAT, so a €600 quote is €600. A VAT-registered studio’s €600 is €708. If your business is VAT-registered and can reclaim VAT, the difference disappears.
Reminder: the prices in this guide come from Malta providers’ own published price lists as of October 2026, plus our labelled ballpark where nothing is published. Every designer prices each job on its own, so confirm what is included, the copyright transfer, VAT and the running costs in writing before you pay, and read the Micro Invest guidelines and the Copyright Act linked above for the current wording. More guides to hiring and freelancing in Malta are on the guides page.
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