Framed vs. frameless
A framed shower door, with a metal frame supporting the glass panels, costs $190 to $500 for the door and hardware.[1]
A frameless door costs $300 to $3,300, with most homeowners landing between $530 and $1,391 for installation; custom or oversized frameless doors push toward the top of that range.[1]
The gap comes down to glass thickness and hardware. Frameless doors use thicker tempered glass, roughly double a framed door's glass, along with hinges and clips machined for that specific opening rather than a standard frame size.[1]
Sliding vs. pivot
A sliding door installation runs $200 to $400, the least expensive configuration because it uses a simpler track system.[1]
A frameless pivot door, hinged to swing open rather than slide, runs closer to $1,000 once you include the heavier glass and hardware a pivot hinge needs to carry that weight without sagging.[1]
Labor and installation
Installation labor runs $500 to $1,000, or roughly $60 an hour for the 2 to 4 hours a typical door takes to fit and seal.[1]
Upgrading from standard 3/16-inch glass to 1/2-inch glass, common on frameless doors, adds about $650 to the job on its own.[1]
Full enclosures
A full glass enclosure, panels plus a door rather than a single door on an existing surround, runs $1,800 to $5,000, scaling with how many fixed panels the layout needs beyond the door itself.[2]
Every pane on a shower enclosure has to be tempered safety glass, identified by a small permanent mark etched or silkscreened in a corner, because glazing within 60 inches of a shower or tub's water surface is treated as a hazardous location under residential building codes.[3]
What drives the price within each style
Door width is the first lever: most standard doors top out around 60 inches, and anything wider moves into custom sizing, which adds cost on both framed and frameless styles.
Hardware finish is the second lever. A basic chrome or brushed-nickel handle and hinge set costs less than a matte-black or brass finish, and that gap applies whether the door is framed or frameless.
Panel count is the third lever on a full enclosure specifically: a single fixed side panel next to a door costs less than a wraparound enclosure with two or three fixed panels, since each panel adds its own glass, seal and mounting hardware.[2]
Curved and neo-angle doors
A curved or neo-angle door, built for a corner shower rather than a straight opening, sits at the top of the frameless range, commonly $3,300 or more, since the glass has to be cut and the hardware fitted to a non-standard shape.[1]
If your shower has a standard rectangular or square footprint, a curved or neo-angle door isn't necessary and a standard sliding or pivot door will cost meaningfully less for the same coverage.