New website for a cybersecurity firm in Frankfurt: real cost vs local agencies (2026)

The verdict in three sentences

For a cybersecurity firm in Frankfurt, the website must prove three things to a CISO within seconds: your actual services, the certifications you actually hold and how to reach you during an incident. A local agency typically charges 15,000 to 40,000 EUR for this kind of site; Kolonell's fixed grid runs from 2,700 EUR (Starter) to 8,200 EUR (Premium), with a project manager reachable in your time zone. The real gap shows over three years with side costs included, and there are cases where the nearby agency remains the right call.

What a cybersecurity firm's website must prove

A CIO at a bank, insurer or industrial group in the Rhine-Main region reads your site to verify. The pages that matter:

• one page per service: penetration testing, red teaming, managed SOC, incident response, compliance advisory (NIS2 for entities in scope, DORA for financial entities);
• certifications and accreditations actually held (ISO 27001, CREST where applicable), with their scope;
• the team: profiles, expertise, working languages, local presence;
• an incident hotline visible on every page;
• the legal notice required in Germany (Impressum) and a privacy policy compliant with the GDPR and the BDSG;
• anonymised case studies, never client names without written consent.

This is not legal advice: your Impressum and privacy policy should be validated by your counsel.

Build cost: what the Frankfurt market charges

Local ranges come from typical German agency quotes and public rate pages; they vary widely with scope. At Kolonell every tier includes a project manager reachable in your time zone and native English or French copywriting. Gated client areas, portals and integrations (CRM, ticketing tool) are on quote. Details in the international offer.

Three-year cost, hidden costs included

The build price is only part of the bill. What gets added: team photography, translation handled by a third party, legal review of the Impressum and privacy policy, maintenance after the included period.

Maintenance amounts are market assumptions used for comparison: at Kolonell, maintenance after the 3 included months is on quote. Translation into German by a specialist translator commonly runs 0.15 to 0.25 EUR per word (market assumption).

When a local agency is the better choice

A Frankfurt agency makes sense if you need weekly in-person workshops with your executive committee, a full rebrand (name, logo, identity) alongside the site, a heavy integration with systems already documented by a local partner, or if a tender requires a provider established in Germany. In those cases the price gap pays for real proximity.

If instead you need a clear site, written by native speakers, delivered fast, with solid service pages and a visible hotline, a fixed grid avoids the overruns common in time-and-materials projects.

Questions to ask any provider: who writes the service pages, and do they know what a SOC is? Who hosts the site, and where is form data stored? Are the Impressum and privacy policy covered? What does a month of maintenance cost after launch? Who is my contact, and at what hours?

Mini case study

Illustrative example. Main Shield Security, 25 staff in Frankfurt, runs penetration tests and a SOC for industrial and financial clients. It wants a site in German and English with one page per service and an incident hotline.

• Local agency quote received: 32,000 EUR.
• Kolonell Premium, the multilingual tier, in German and English: 8,200 EUR.
• Team photography: 1,800 EUR (market assumption).
• Legal review of the Impressum and privacy policy: 900 EUR (market assumption).
• Kolonell total: 8,200 + 1,800 + 900 = 10,900 EUR.

Gap at build: 32,000 - 10,900 = 21,100 EUR, enough to fund several months of technical content or a certification.

FAQ

Is Starter enough for a cybersecurity firm?

For a young firm with few services, Starter at 2,700 EUR can do the job at first. Once you have several offers and regulated buyers, Growth at 4,500 EUR is usually a better fit.

How long until we are live?

Allow 3 to 4 weeks for Starter and Growth, 4 to 6 weeks for Premium, provided internal approvals keep pace. A local agency usually quotes 2 to 4 months.

Is a site in German and English possible?

Yes, that is the role of Premium, the multilingual tier, with languages set in the quote. Translation by a third party remains a separate cost, often 0.15 to 0.25 EUR per word.

Can we add a client portal or an encrypted incident reporting form?

Yes, on quote, because scope and security requirements vary widely. These modules sit outside the fixed grid.

What happens after the 3 months of support?

Maintenance is offered on quote according to your needs. On the market it commonly sits between 150 and 600 EUR per month (market assumption).

Let's scope your project. A cybersecurity site with service pages, hotline and Impressum, on the fixed grid, delivered in 3 to 6 weeks. See the international offer or request a free quote: detailed reply within 48 hours.