What you actually get for more money on a website
Price differences in websites mostly buy speed, structure, integration and somebody to call, not visual quality. Cheap sites often look fine.
What does more money actually buy?
Performance on a phone, structured data that search engines and AI assistants can read, integrations into systems you already run, and somebody responsible when it breaks.
Looks are the thing buyers compare and the thing that differs least. A good designer on a builder produces something that looks excellent.
When is a cheap website a false economy?
When it is slow on mobile, when nobody is responsible for maintaining it, and when the contact form is not monitored. The last one is the expensive failure because it is silent.
How do I judge a quote?
Ask what happens after launch, who owns the accounts, and what a change costs in month six. The answers separate quotes far better than the page count does.