PSG grant for a website: what it actually covers

PSG provides up to 50% of eligible costs, capped at S$30,000 per company per financial year (1 April to 31 March). To qualify, a business needs to be registered and operating in Singapore, have at least 30% local shareholding by Singaporean citizens or Permanent Residents, and have annual turnover under S$100 million or fewer than 200 employees. Website and digital-solution categories are genuinely supported — this isn't a grant limited to manufacturing or specific sectors.

This is the rule that changes everything about how to use PSG. You can't claim 50% off any website project from any developer — a business selects from a published list of pre-approved solutions on the GoBusiness Grants Portal, and must obtain quotations from vendors IMDA has separately vetted and listed for that solution category. A vendor becomes pre-approved through IMDA's own application process (a vendor briefing, a self-assessment checklist, an appointed representative, and a requirement to land at least five PSG-funded customers within the first ten months of the appointment) — it isn't something a business can request on a client's behalf.

Practically, this means PSG funds productised, fixed-scope packages — not a bespoke, fully custom build. If a project needs something outside a listed vendor's pre-approved package (custom integrations, a non-standard tech stack, bespoke design work), it likely falls outside what PSG will fund for that vendor, even if the vendor is otherwise listed.

Processing typically takes around six weeks from a complete application. The rule that catches businesses out: you must not sign a contract or make any payment for the solution before the grant application is approved. Starting work, or even paying a deposit, before approval can disqualify the claim entirely — so PSG has to be sequenced before a project starts, not applied for retroactively once work is underway.

If a project needs to start sooner than a six-week approval window allows, needs custom scope a pre-approved package doesn't cover, or the business simply prefers choosing an engineering partner outside the pre-approved list, paying directly is often the more practical route — it trades a possible 50% saving for speed and scope flexibility. To be direct about where we stand: Causal Labs is not currently a PSG pre-approved vendor, so a project with us isn't PSG-eligible today. Our published pricing on the Website Design & Development page reflects what a direct-pay project actually costs, with no grant assumption built into the number.