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Quick summary
- A school company profile site starts at IDR 3,000,000 per year, ready in 7 to 14 working days, 50 pages
- The admissions page should be live between September and December, before parent enquiries climb
- A foundation from kindergarten to senior high takes the SEO package from IDR 5,000,000 per year, 150 pages
- New applicants land in the committee WhatsApp group, not an inbox nobody opens between classes
- SPP billing, attendance and the library are app modules at IDR 5,000,000 per module per year, server included
- Hosting, SSL, the server, a WhatsApp group and unlimited revisions are included for a year. The domain is bought separately
One admission season decides the whole school year
Income at a school does not arrive evenly. Parent enquiries climb from about November to January, decisions land between February and June, and the admissions page goes quiet once term starts. That window is short and does not come back.
So the build date matters more than the colour palette. A company profile site needs 7 to 14 working days plus time to collect content, so a school starting in May has lost half the season. The committee is teachers on a full timetable, so applications go to their WhatsApp group.
Parents do the searching, and they use different words
Whoever types the query is almost always a parent, not the student. The search happens at night on a phone, often while two or three schools get compared in a group chat. The words pair level, character and city: islamic primary school in Cibinong, private junior high fees in Depok.
A second group already has children enrolled and wants announcements, the academic calendar and payment details. A third is alumni needing a certified diploma copy. A fourth is an Artificial Intelligence assistant asked for an accredited school in one district, which finds nothing because the grade sits inside a picture.
- Level and character: integrated islamic primary, full day junior high, vocational streams
- Cost: entry fee, enrolment fee, monthly tuition, scholarships
- Dates: admission schedule, registration waves, entrance test, results
- Brand: the school name plus admissions, fees, address, accreditation
A hidden fee list keeps the front desk phone ringing all day
One question fills nearly every incoming chat: how much does enrolment cost. Many schools hold the figure back for fear of comparison, which pushes every parent into a chat with the admin. The office then repeats one answer all day, while parents who will not chat pick a school that shows its numbers.
The figure is never secret anyway. Parents trade amounts in their own chats, so what the site hides still circulates without the school's explanation. If the foundation will not commit to exact numbers, a range per level already filters enquiries.
- The enrolment fee and whether instalments are allowed
- Monthly tuition for each level
- Uniforms, books, the annual activity charge
- Sibling discounts, scholarships, places per class
The admission form gets filled on a phone, with a snapshot of a family card
Online registration is nearly always done on a phone, and documents are photographed rather than scanned. Birth certificate, family card and report book arrive as camera files, heavy and slightly crooked. A form that rejects large files or accepts only PDF stops the parent halfway.
Test and interview dates come from a calendar, not a free text box, so the committee is not handed twenty dates in twenty formats. Every applicant gets a registration number and can check their own stage: registered, tested, interviewed, accepted, paid. That page removes most of the chasing messages.
What schools actually use, and what only adds to the bill
Schools get pitched systems that already exist for free or are mandatory elsewhere. Building a learning platform from scratch while teachers are happy in a free digital classroom, or rebuilding education data that must go into the government system anyway, ends as a menu item nobody clicks.
What gets skipped is the cheap half: accreditation and registration number as plain text, a year of academic calendar, staff with their qualifications, a page per stream and per extracurricular, and an activity gallery with dates. Parents read exactly this before deciding.
- Needed: admission wave dates that are current, not last year's
- Needed: a page per level and per stream, not one for all
- Needed: fees and announcements the office can update from a phone
- Not yet: a parent app or custom learning platform
How Metanotech runs the build
The build starts with content, not layout. We ask for the school profile with its accreditation and registration number, the levels or streams, the admission dates, the approved fee structure, the staff list and the activity photos. One school at one level ships as a company profile site from IDR 3,000,000 per year in 7 to 14 working days.
A lone admissions page suits a Landing Page from IDR 2,000,000 per year, ready in 3 to 5 working days. Foundations spanning kindergarten to senior high take the SEO package from IDR 5,000,000 per year, up to 150 pages, while SPP billing, attendance, the library and internal grades become app modules at IDR 5,000,000 per module per year.
During the build you share a WhatsApp group with our team, the principal and the office, revisions stay uncapped for a year, and hosting, SSL and the server are included. The domain is bought separately and stays in the school's name. Our office is in Gunung Putri, Bogor, West Java.
Metanotech packages matched to schools and foundations
| Package | Best for | From, per year |
|---|---|---|
| Landing Page | One admission wave page, 1 page | IDR 2,000,000, 3 to 5 working days |
| Company Profile Website | One school, one level, profile and admissions, 50 pages | IDR 3,000,000, 7 to 14 working days |
| SEO Website | Foundation or boarding school, a page per level, 150 pages | IDR 5,000,000 |
| App Modules | SPP billing, attendance, library, internal grades | IDR 5,000,000 per module, 5 modules IDR 20,000,000 |
| Paket Bisnis Berjalan | SEO website plus 3 app modules | IDR 20,000,000 |
Frequently asked questions
How much does school website development cost?
School website development starts at IDR 3,000,000 per year for one school with up to 50 pages, or IDR 5,000,000 per year on the SEO package for a foundation with several levels. Hosting, SSL, the server and unlimited revisions are included for a year, and the domain is bought separately.
How long before a school website can take applications?
A school company profile site takes 7 to 14 working days once the fee structure, the admission wave dates and the list of levels reach us. A single admissions page is done in 3 to 5 working days, and delays usually trace back to unapproved fees.
When is the best time to build a school website?
September to December is the best slot, before parent enquiries climb in the new year. A school that starts in May usually loses half the admission season, since the build needs 7 to 14 working days plus time to gather content.
Can admissions run directly on the school website?
Admissions can run on the website itself, with uploads taken straight from a phone camera, a date picker for test slots and an automatic registration number. Each new applicant lands in the committee WhatsApp group the same day.
Should school fees be published on the website?
School fees belong on the page, at minimum as a range per level with a note on what the figure covers. Parents trade amounts in their own chats regardless, so hiding the number only burdens the front desk.
Does a school website replace the government data system?
Dapodik is a government system and still gets filled in where it lives, so a school website does not replace it. Internal work such as SPP billing, attendance, the library and grades becomes app modules at IDR 5,000,000 per module per year.





