How Long Does It Take to Build a Website?
Agency: 4 to 8 weeks.
The 2026 timelines, honestly: an agency takes 4 to 8 weeks (discovery, design, revisions, launch). DIY on a template builder takes 20 to 60 hours of your evenings, usually stretched across a month, and the abandonment rate is brutal: most half-built DIY sites never launch. AI building collapsed the timeline: PISCES produces a complete draft (design, copy, structure) in about 90 seconds, and most owners polish and publish within an evening.
Why DIY takes 10x longer than you expect
The builder ads show drag-and-drop; they do not show the 47 decisions per page: which template, which fonts, what does the headline say, why does mobile look broken. Decision fatigue, not software difficulty, is why the average DIY site takes a month of evenings and why so many die at 70 percent done. AI building removes the blank-page problem: you react to a finished draft instead of assembling from zero, and reacting is fast.
What it costs
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1 AI build + publish a one-pager on a free address (with badge) |
| Launch | $29/mo | 3 pages, your own domain, 25 AI edits a month, no badge |
| Pro | $99/mo | 25 pages, blog, Stripe store, booking, full Next.js code export |
Full details on the pricing page.
See your site rebuilt by AI, free
Paste your current website's URL and PISCES rebuilds it, 10x better, in about 90 seconds. Keep it only if you love it.
Get my free rebuild →Frequently asked questions
Can I really launch a website in one day?
Yes. PISCES builds the draft in about 90 seconds; give yourself the evening to review copy, swap photos and make edits, then publish. The free plan lets you do the whole cycle without paying.
Why do agencies take 6 weeks?
Coordination, not craft: discovery calls, design rounds, feedback loops, developer queues. The actual build hours are a fraction of the calendar time. AI removes the queue entirely.
What is PISCES?
PISCES is the AI website builder from Marketing By Magnet: paste your current site's URL (or answer a few questions) and the AI builds your entire site in about 90 seconds. Free to build and publish a one-pager; $29/mo for your own domain; $99/mo for blog, store, booking and full code export.