What to check before hiring a web developer in Tbilisi
- The written specification. Webit agrees a technical specification with the client before design begins, and DESIGN.GE prepares a detailed technical assignment and a mockup version first. The document matters later too, because Web Tbilisi bills any change outside the agreed specification at 20 GEL an hour.
- Who can edit the site after launch. Ask which system the site runs on and who will update it. Webit gives every project its own admin panel, with user roles where needed, while Function, ArtGeorgia Lab and Web Tbilisi train clients to manage a CMS site themselves.
- Free support and what follows it. Free periods run from Web Tbilisi’s 30-day warranty and ArtGeorgia Lab’s 1 month to 2 months at Function, 3 to 6 months at Webit and 1 year at DESIGN.GE. Ask for the monthly maintenance price before signing, since that is what you pay once the free period ends.
- Handover of the files. When a site goes on the client’s own hosting, Web Tbilisi passes over the site archive and database once the project is paid in full, with the transfer included in its price. Get the same promise in the contract, along with the domain and hosting logins in your own company’s name.
- A realistic timeline. Opes Digital quotes 2 to 4 weeks for a simple site and 8 to 12 weeks for e-commerce or a custom application. At Omedia, work on most projects begins 4 to 6 weeks after initiation, so build that lead time into a larger project’s schedule.
How much a website costs in Tbilisi
ArtGeorgia Lab, Web Tbilisi, Function and Leavingstone publish their own prices. ArtGeorgia Lab starts at $400 for a landing page, $700 for a WordPress or Joomla site and $1,300 for an online store. Web Tbilisi’s tiers start at $500, $1,200 and $2,500, with maintenance at $200 a month. Function sells a WordPress company site for 2,500 GEL and a Laravel one for 4,500 GEL. Leavingstone works at a different scale. Its discovery phase alone is priced at $15,000 to $25,000, and a product team costs from $20,000 a month.
Omedia, Redberry, Webit, WD Studio, Opes Digital and DESIGN.GE price each project on request.
Types of web development company in Tbilisi
Software houses building web platforms. Omedia (since 2006), Leavingstone (since 2010) and Redberry (since 2014) build customer portals, SaaS products and institutional sites such as the National Bank of Georgia’s nbg.gov.ge. DESIGN.GE works on business systems such as the Tenderers.net procurement platform. This group suits a company planning a web application rather than a brochure site.
Custom web studios. Webit, Function, WD Studio and Opes Digital build company websites and custom business systems. Webit builds in Laravel, Function sells WordPress and Laravel packages, WD Studio adds PrestaShop and ERP work, and Opes Digital sells branding and ads alongside the build.
Budget CMS studios. Web Tbilisi and ArtGeorgia Lab build on WordPress and Joomla, with ArtGeorgia Lab also working in Tilda and Wix. Both publish starting prices, from $400 at ArtGeorgia Lab and $500 at Web Tbilisi, and both work in Russian as well as English. They suit a small business that wants a working site for a known budget.
