How much does a Next.js developer cost in India?

Project-based at DevLune: websites from ₹10,000, full-stack products from ₹45,000. Outside India the same floors are quoted at about 2.5× in USD or EUR.

Should a startup use Next.js or plain React?

For anything public-facing, Next.js: server rendering and built-in SEO are what a landing page or a marketplace needs. Plain React is fine for an internal tool behind a login.

Freelancer, agency or studio?

A freelancer for a small, well-defined task; an agency when you need a team on site; a small studio when you want one accountable builder, a written proposal and a fixed quote. See the comparison guide.

Do I need to be in India to work with you?

No. The work is remote, over email and async tools, with a few hours of overlap with most time zones. Billing in INR, USD, EUR or GBP.

Guide · Hiring

How to hire a Next.js developer for a startup.

Next.js is the default way to build a serious web product in 2026, which means everyone lists it on their profile. The difference between a developer who has shipped with it and one who has installed it shows up in your Lighthouse score, your search rankings and your hosting bill. Here is how to tell them apart before you pay.

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What a real Next.js developer knows

The App Router and React Server Components: what runs on the server, what runs in the browser, and why it matters for speed and for search
TypeScript in strict mode, so the codebase can be handed to the next person
Core Web Vitals: what LCP, INP and CLS mean and how to keep them green
SEO as engineering: server rendering, metadata, structured data, sitemaps, canonical URLs
A backend: auth, a database, an API, usually on Supabase, Postgres or a serverless platform
A deploy pipeline: preview deployments, environment variables, a domain wired up properly

Five questions to ask

Show me a live site you built with Next.js, and let me run Lighthouse on it
Which parts of this page would you render on the server, and why?
How will this site rank for the things my customers search?
Who owns the code and the accounts when we are done?
How do we communicate, and what happens if I am asleep when you are working?

Red flags in a quote

No live work to show, only screenshots
Login, search or SEO listed as paid add-ons
Extra pages priced as a percentage of the base
A retainer required before a single page ships
A timeline with no written scope attached to it

What it costs

At DevLune a website starts at ₹10,000 (3-5 weeks weeks) and a full web product at ₹45,000 (8-12 weeks weeks). Both include the first 5 pages, SEO basics, analytics and deployment, with the source code handed over. Every figure is negotiable and the proposal is written before any money moves.

How an engagement works here

Describe the project on the contact page, or get an instant estimate with no sign-up
A written proposal and an itemised quote arrive, usually within 24 hours, in one private project link
Accept and sign there; work starts on the advance
Progress, payments and files all live in that one link; no sales calls at any point

Short answers

The questions this guide gets asked most.

The service behind it

Full-Stack Web Development from ₹10k

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