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Since 2016, Mothershed Design Co. has helped small businesses create memorable brands and websites that stand out and get noticed...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- SEO
- Branding
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Denver, Colorado
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 3 Projects Listed
VND is a software and IT company in San Antonio, Texas, specializing in creating efficient tech solutions like web dashboards, mobile apps, and private clouds, and offering advanced services in managed IT, cybersecurity, data-center operations, cloud virtualization and AI implementations...
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- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
- Software Development
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- Location
- San Antonio, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $135/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 25 Projects Listed
We build Webflow and WordPress websites that make the phone ring for HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical and other home-service contractors, plus SEO, AI search visibility, Google Ads and branding. Offices in Tampa Bay and Knoxville since 2010. 138 five-star Google reviews...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
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- Location
- Wesley Chapel, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $125/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 33 Projects Listed
Peppermint is a design and development studio forAI, DevTools and SaaS companies: brand, websites, product design, graphics and motion in one team...
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- Web Design
- Branding
- Design Services
- Web Development
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Dover, Delaware
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $80/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 13 Projects Listed
SoftGlaze is a WordPress studio run by Azhar Ali, a WordPress Core Contributor. You work directly with the developer: no account managers, no outsourcing. 150+ projects, 60+ WordPress sites, 20+ WooCommerce stores, 8 plugins on WordPress.org...
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- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- eCommerce Development
- Web Design
- Software Development
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- Location
- Albuquerque, New Mexico
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $15/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
- Portfolios Count
- 24 Projects Listed
Dino Code LA helps startups and businesses build custom software, SaaS platforms, web and mobile applications, AI solutions, and automation systems designed around real business needs...
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- Software Development
- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
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- Location
- Marina del Rey, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $45/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
WebDesign-Miami is a Miami web design company with more than 25 years of experience creating custom WordPress websites, ecommerce stores, website redesigns, landing pages, and local SEO solutions for businesses and professional firms...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- eCommerce Development
- SEO
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- Location
- Miami, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $135/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 9 Projects Listed
CICOR Marketing helps businesses get recommended by AI, found on Google and chosen by customers. Founded in 2013 in Tampa, with a second office in Naperville (Chicago area), we are a Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business and HubSpot Solutions Partner serving clients nationwide...
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- AEO
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- Web Design
- Web Development
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- Location
- Tampa, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $125/hr
- Portfolios Count
- 12 Projects Listed
42connect is a full-service digital marketing company with offices in Cleveland and Denver. Backed by over two decades of experience, we deliver customized strategies across SEO, AI SEO, PPC, and Website Design & Development to drive real, measurable growth for your business...
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- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- AEO
- PPC
- Web Design
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- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
At ConTesta, someone is thinking behind every campaign. The founder is on every account and in every meeting, and a team of specialists does the work: Google Ads, Meta Ads, SEO, web and social media for brands like Lenovo and Motorola, in six languages...
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- SEO
- AI Development
- Advertising
- Web Design
- PPC
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- Location
- Miami, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 21 Projects Listed
VSA is a brand strategy and creative agency. We believe creative is currency, and we help brands turn it into business growth. By bringing strategy, design and marketing together, we build brand systems and campaigns that deliver speed to market, cultural relevance and measurable performance...
Top Services:
- Branding
- Design Services
- Content Marketing
- Web Design
- Web Development
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- Location
- Chicago, Illinois
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Minimal Budget
- $50,000 & Up
- Portfolios Count
- 20 Projects Listed
Eyedea Design Studio is a brand strategy and design studio that helps associations, nonprofits, and growing businesses be, look, and sound as vital as their mission. Based in the Washington DC Metro and Hampton Roads areas, our team works remotely with clients across the country...
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- Branding
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Graphic Design
- Logo Design
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- Location
- Sterling, Virginia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $115/hr
- Portfolios Count
- 16 Projects Listed
SunTec India is an AI-enabled IT and digital services company with 25+ years of experience, 1,500+ full-time employees, 8500+ clients worldwide, and a full spectrum of IT outsourcing, data solutions, digital engineering, eCommerce support, digital marketing and photo editing services...
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- Web Development
- Mobile App Development
- eCommerce Development
- SEO
- Web Design
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- Location
- Laguna Beach, California
- Number of Employees
- 1000 & Up
- Average Hourly Rate
- $25/hr
- Portfolios Count
- 6 Projects Listed
Splash Creative is a branding, web design, and digital experience studio helping ambitious companies become the obvious choice in their market. We combine research, positioning, visual identity, messaging, websites, and AI-ready content systems into brands built for long-term growth. Whether launching a...
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- Branding
- Design Services
- Web Design
- Web Development
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- Location
- Englewood, New Jersey
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $175/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 12 Projects Listed
Founder-led B2B web and marketing agency in Leander, north of Austin, for companies with a complex product and a long sales cycle: websites that convert, SEO and AI search (GEO), Google Ads. Websites from $3,800, SEO from $750/month. Since 2015: 150+ projects...
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- Digital Services
- Web Design
- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- CRO
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- Location
- Leander, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $70/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 13 Projects Listed
Blue Canary Web Design builds fast, accessible websites for small businesses that want to be found and trusted online. We pair clean, custom design with SEO-focused copywriting, so every site loads quickly, ranks well, and speaks clearly to the people it's meant to reach. From tutoring services to therapy...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
- Logo Design
- Design Services
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- Location
- Sandy Hook, Virginia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Boulder, Colorado web design and marketing strategy agency for nonprofits, B Corps, and purpose-driven organizations. Since 2008, we've built conversion-focused WordPress websites and strategies that help good people do great things online...
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- Web Design
- WordPress Website Design
- Digital Strategy
- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
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- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $180/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 6 Projects Listed
Serbyte Web Design & Development builds custom websites that function as growth systems, combining web design, Next.js development, SEO, analytics, lead capture, and automation to help businesses turn traffic into leads and sales...
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- Web Design
- SEO
- Web Development
- Software Development
- UI/UX Design
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- Location
- Kirkland, Washington
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $75/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 6 Projects Listed
Cider House builds custom WordPress websites and brands for small businesses and nonprofits. From design and SEO to digital marketing, we help local and regional organizations grow online with purpose...
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- WordPress Website Design
- Web Design
- SEO
- AEO
- Web Development
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- Location
- Easthampton, Massachusetts
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $105/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
CodeStringers helps growth-stage and small-to-mid-market companies implement, integrate, and operate Zoho-centered digital enablement solutions by combining senior executive consulting, cost-effective delivery teams, and custom software capabilities when needed...
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- Software Development
- AI Development
- Web Development
- CRM Consulting
- ERP Consulting
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- Location
- Santa Cruz, California
- Number of Employees
- 50 - 99
- Average Hourly Rate
- $55/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $50,000 & Up
Slow pages, crawl errors, and sites nobody owns end to end cost small businesses leads. Bree Sharp builds and repairs websites, web apps, and custom tools on Astro, WordPress, and Cloudflare, with technical SEO and GEO built in. Start with a $500 SEO Health Check, delivered in 48 hours...
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- Web Development
- UI/UX Design
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
- AI Development
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- Location
- Olive Hill, Kentucky
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
- Portfolios Count
- 8 Projects Listed
Diggit Software Solutions is a software company helping businesses grow through smart technology. We build and deliver three core products: Kordic, a B2B sales CRM with WhatsApp and email integrations and AI-powered insights; Authentify, a QR-based product authentication solution; and GACS, a generative AI...
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- Web Development
- AI Development
- Mobile App Development
- eCommerce Development
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $22/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 3 Projects Listed
Goyim Design Strategies delivers premium websites, custom applications, and industry-specific SaaS platforms with full code ownership and sovereign decentralized hosting. Based in San Diego, we eliminate monthly fees and vendor lock-in with high-performing systems built for speed and independence...
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- Web Development
- Web Design
- eCommerce Development
- Mobile App Development
- AI Development
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- Location
- San Diego, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $225/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 9 Projects Listed
COMO Creatives is a Houston-based communications, public relations, branding, and marketing agency that helps organizations uncover what makes them unique and bring that story to life. We partner with commercial real estate developers, mixed-use destinations, hospitality brands, lifestyle companies, and...
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- Public Relations
- Branding
- Digital Strategy
- Content Marketing
- Reputation Management
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- Location
- Houston, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
Performance Digital is a full-service marketing agency and long-term partner focused on helping brands grow. We build custom, full-funnel marketing campaigns, from advertising and design to website and strategy...
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- Digital Marketing
- Advertising
- Video Production
- Web Development
- Web Design
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- Location
- Omaha, Nebraska
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 4 Projects Listed
Full-service creative for complex B2B brands. We handle strategy, branding, web, campaigns, content, and digital, and we see past the brief on every one. Most clients arrive with a project. They stay for years...
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- Branding
- Web Design
- Digital Strategy
- AEO
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Alpharetta, Georgia
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Custom websites and web apps for small businesses, built with Next.js, React and TypeScript. No templates or WordPress plugins: you own 100% of the code, domain and content. Direct work with the developer, bilingual (English/Spanish), in the Houston area. Free consultation at rcweb.dev/schedule...
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- Web Development
- Web Design
- UI/UX Design
- eCommerce Development
- SEO
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- Location
- Missouri City, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $30/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 5 Projects Listed
Sofia Web Design is a Fort Worth, Texas studio hand-coding WordPress and Webflow sites for local and DFW-area businesses since 2011. Every project starts with a homepage designed from scratch and approved before development begins SEO and conversion strategy built in from day one. Customer satisfaction comes...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- AEO
- SEO
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- Location
- Fort Worth, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $75/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
Threshold is a Portland branding and digital agency creating distinctive brands, custom websites and digital experiences built around real business needs. Founded in 2004, we bring strategy, identity, messaging, content, website design and development, CMS architecture, SEO and ongoing support together under...
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- Branding
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Logo Design
- SEO
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- Location
- Portland, Oregon
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $165/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 12 Projects Listed
Omis Digital is a web design and development agency based in Dallas, working with clients across the country. We build fast, conversion-focused websites and back them with SEO, AEO, and CRO so the right customers find you and take action. From first wireframe to ongoing optimization, we treat your site as a...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- SEO
- CRO
- Branding
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- Location
- Dallas, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 9 Projects Listed
Utah web design and AI automation studio. Custom-coded websites, local SEO and AI lead follow-up that help small businesses win more calls and inquiries...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- AI Development
- SEO
- PPC
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- Location
- Pleasant Grove, Utah
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 9 Projects Listed
At PINK DOG DIGITAL we provide effective digital solutions for your business. Whether it is a website, search engine optimization, content creation, social media management, digital advertising or photography/videography, Pink Dog has a strategy custom-tailored to meet your needs. We create an online...
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- Digital Strategy
- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
- SEO
- AEO
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- Location
- Cleveland, Ohio
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $20/hr
Parrish Website Design builds custom, search-optimized websites for small businesses in Tampa Bay and beyond. One person handles your research, design, code, and launch. Fixed pricing starts at $1,500 for up to 10 pages, and you own the finished site, with no monthly contract...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- Market Research
- Software Development
- SEO
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- Location
- Tampa, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $75/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 6 Projects Listed
Custom software, marketing, development, and IT consulting. From top line to bottom line, we move the obstacles to propel your business forward...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- eCommerce Development
- Content Marketing
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- Location
- Jacksonville Beach, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
COTO Collective is a San Diego-based outsourced marketing department. We unite brand strategy, website design and development, CRM, sales automation, custom AI implementation, paid media, and SEO into one system - run by senior practitioners, not handed to a junior team...
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- Digital Services
- Video Production
- Creative Services
- Package Design
- Web Design
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- Location
- San Diego, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $125/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $10,000 - $25,000
- Portfolios Count
- 3 Projects Listed
Think Cre8tive is an award-winning digital marketing agency in Grapevine, Texas, named Best Advertising Agency in DFW 11 years running. We deliver SEO, paid media, custom websites and fractional CMO leadership for automotive, home services, legal, healthcare and B2B brands, with tracking that ties e...
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- SEO
- Web Design
- Social Media Marketing
- PPC
- Digital Strategy
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- Location
- Grapevine, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $200/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $25,000 - $50,000
- Portfolios Count
- 8 Projects Listed
David Martin Design is a Bloomington, Indiana digital agency delivering custom web design, premium managed hosting, and results-driven SEO. Partnering with businesses since 1998, we provide direct, expert collaboration without corporate overhead to scale your digital presence...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- SEO
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Bloomington, Indiana
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $105/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 8 Projects Listed
Neuron Web is what happens when a 20-year managed IT firm gets tired of cleaning up hacked WordPress sites and decides to build websites the right way instead. We craft fast, static-first sites for established Southern California businesses - plumbers, roofers, manufacturers, law firms - then stand behind...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- Managed Services
- Location
- Los Angeles, California
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $149/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 4 Projects Listed
VIQQ is a digital agency helping businesses grow through custom websites, mobile apps, AI solutions, SEO, and digital marketing. We combine modern design, scalable development, and automation to create solutions that increase visibility, improve customer experience, and generate measurable business results...
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- Software Development
- Web Development
- AI Development
- SEO
- Web Design
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- Location
- Aventura, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
Clearwater local SEO and web design for contractors and small businesses across Pinellas County. One person, published prices, Google Business Profile first...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- SEO
- Location
- Clearwater, Florida
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 6 Projects Listed
Rex Marketing & CX is a healthcare and mental healthcare marketing agency that works with healthcare practices, therapists, doctors, and HealthTech founders to scale their businesses through advertising, SEO, web development, content marketing, and design...
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- Web Development
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- Content Marketing
- AEO
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- Location
- Austin, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Stack Digital builds custom-coded websites for service businesses, hosted on AWS and designed to turn search traffic into phone calls. Based in St. Charles, Missouri, we pair each site with local SEO, Google Business Profile optimization, and GA4 conversion tracking so owners can see exactly what their...
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- Digital Services
- Digital Strategy
- Web Design
- UI/UX Design
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- Location
- Harrisonville, Missouri
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
- Portfolios Count
- 8 Projects Listed
DGR TechLabs is a US-registered (Wyoming) digital agency running marketing, web and software builds, and AI under one senior team since 2018. We publish fixed prices for productized work, scope retainers in writing, run month-to-month with no lock-in, and hand clients full ownership of every asset, account...
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- Digital Services
- Web Design
- Web Development
- CRO
- Digital Marketing
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- Location
- Sheridan, Wyoming
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 5 Projects Listed
AppliconSoft is an AI engineering and software development company building custom software, mobile apps, SaaS platforms, AI agents, and automation solutions for businesses worldwide...
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- Web Design
- eCommerce Development
- Web Development
- WordPress Website Design
- SEO
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- Location
- Austin, Texas
- Number of Employees
- 100 - 249
- Average Hourly Rate
- $30/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 5 Projects Listed
Desque is a Houston web design agency helping businesses grow online since 2017. We deliver custom website design and development, e-commerce, site migrations, ongoing support, brand identity and strategy, local and technical SEO, and AI search optimization for clients across Houston and nationwide...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- AEO
- SEO
- eCommerce Development
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- Location
- Houston, Texas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $75/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
Twin Summit AI builds AI receptionists, back-office agents, websites and apps for small businesses. We are two operators who run our own businesses on these systems every day, so what we build for you is what we already rely on. Every project starts with a free 30-minute AI audit and a written map of where AI...
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- AI Development
- Web Design
- Web Development
- Phone Answering Services
- Business Consulting
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- Location
- Pueblo, Colorado
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $125/hr
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
- Portfolios Count
- 6 Projects Listed
Rank Fuse Digital Marketing offers comprehensive services to help businesses enhance their online presence and achieve their digital marketing goals...
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- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- Advertising
- WordPress Website Design
- Content Marketing
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- Location
- Lenexa, Kansas
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $100/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 6 Projects Listed
Four Eyes Designs is a full-stack creative studio for growth-stage businesses across Boulder County and the Front Range, one partner instead of five vendors...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- Branding
- SEO
- AEO
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- Location
- Boulder, Colorado
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $150/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 3 Projects Listed
Shilling Digital is a boutique, owner-operated digital studio delivering high-performance web development, local SEO, content, and branding solutions. By leveraging modern tech, we build blazing-fast, custom websites tailored for growing businesses. Skip the agency overheadpartner directly with a dedicated...
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- Web Design
- Web Development
- Digital Marketing
- SEO
- Social Media Marketing
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- Location
- Warsaw, Indiana
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Minimal Budget
- Under $1,000
- Portfolios Count
- 3 Projects Listed
GatorByte designs and builds custom websites for small businesses on Louisiana's Northshore, from contractors and HVAC companies to restaurants, caterers, and design studios. Every site is hand-built for speed on phones and set up for local search, so it brings in calls instead of just looking nice. Launch...
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- Web Development
- Web Design
- Mobile App Development
- Software Development
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- Location
- Mandeville, Louisiana
- Number of Employees
- Under 49
- Average Hourly Rate
- $50/hr
- Minimal Budget
- $1,000 - $10,000
- Portfolios Count
- 1 Project Listed
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Hiring Guide: How to Choose a Leading Web Development Company in the US
How do I choose the right web development company for my business?
Start by assessing your business needs. Define what you want to build and why before speaking to agencies:
- Website vs. web application
- Core features and integrations
- Target users and scalability needs
- Short-term launch goals vs. long-term roadmap
Precise requirements make it easier to identify agencies that truly align with your objectives.
For instance, an agency might suggest Squarespace, one of the best website builders for visual-heavy sites, for design brands, and WordPress for content-reliant businesses.
Next, evaluate potential web development company candidates:
- Review portfolios, case studies, and past clients
- Look for experience with similar industries, project sizes, or technical complexity
- Check independent reviews and recommendations from your professional network
Then, dig deeper through direct conversations. A strong agency welcomes questions and explains its approach clearly.
What are the benefits of hiring an agency?
Hiring a web development company may help you access expertise you can’t always build in-house. Here are the types of benefits you can expect:
- Faster delivery and time to market
Agencies bring ready-made teams and proven workflows. Companies using outsourcing complete around 40% more projects per year compared to fully in-house teams, making agencies ideal for MVPs, replatforming, or tight deadlines.
2. Access to specialized skills on demand
Around 76% of companies outsource IT functions such as coding, QA, and UI/UX design because these skills are expensive and slow to hire internally. Agencies immediately fill gaps in areas such as backend, DevOps, mobile, and integrations.
3. Predictable costs and lower overhead
In-house teams come with recruiting delays, onboarding time, benefits, and long-term salary commitments. Agencies offer scoped pricing, clearer timelines, and easier budget control for defined outcomes.
4. Operational acceleration and innovation
According to Deloitte, 78% of companies outsource to accelerate operations and innovation, while 42% do so to access specialized talent. Agencies work across industries, exposing teams to emerging tools and best practices.
5. Flexible team models across growth stages
Startups gain speed without headcount risk, scaling companies add surge capacity, and enterprises use agencies for complex or skill-specific initiatives while retaining strategic control internally.
What questions should I ask web development companies?
Use the following questions to evaluate the agencies you’re considering:
Relevant Background
- Have you worked on projects with similar goals or complexity?
- How many viable approaches do you see for this project, and why?
Services and Processes
- What is your design and development process from start to launch?
- How do you estimate delivery time, and how do you separate contingency from scope?
- How do you manage third-party APIs and existing system integrations?
- How do you handle compliance, security patches, and recovery?
Relevant to Your Project
- What happens if we request changes mid-project?
- Who owns the code, hosting, licenses, and IP after launch?
- Who owns escalation if delivery timelines or budgets slip?
- Who is the day-to-day point of contact?
How long does it take to develop a website?
It takes a web development agency 14+ weeks from planning to launch to build a standard business website:
1. Planning (2-3 weeks)
Teams define goals, features, and technical requirements early. Weak planning often leads to confusing journeys later. According to the Digital Experience Benchmark Report, 39.6% sessions are impacted by frustration, reducing visit value by 15% through higher bounce rates and lower engagement.
2. Content creation (4-6 weeks)
Copy, visuals, and assets are prepared, often in parallel with design. Content delays frequently push timelines beyond initial estimates.
3. Design (2-3 weeks)
Designers create wireframes and responsive layouts. Custom UX and extended review cycles can add time.
4. Development (varies by complexity)
Front-end and back-end work, integrations, and CMS setup happen here. More features mean longer build times.
5. Testing and review (1-2 weeks)
Teams validate performance, usability, and responsiveness.
This stage matters more than ever, as 58% of websites saw session consumption drop. This means users viewed fewer pages and spent less time on-site, making engagement-sensitive testing critical.
How do I know if my website is performing well?
You know your website is performing well when it delivers measurable business impact. Your web development agency will help you track the following metrics:
- Conversion and revenue impact
A healthy website turns visitors into customers or leads. Improvements in UX and speed should translate into higher conversion rates, lower cart abandonment, and more qualified form submissions.
For example, Walmart recorded a 2% lift in conversions for every one-second improvement in load time, showing how performance translates into revenue.
- Speed and performance signals
Page speed, Core Web Vitals, and overall site stability shape how users experience your website and how search engines evaluate it.
When pages load slowly, elements break, or layouts shift unexpectedly, users struggle to complete journeys, and the site stops supporting real business goals.
- Engagement quality, not vanity metrics
Focus on consumption (pages viewed and time spent), bounce rate, and session depth to understand real engagement.
The 2024 Digital Experience Benchmark Report shows that overall digital consumption declined by 3%, meaning users viewed fewer pages and spent less time per visit.
That drop highlights how many websites struggle to hold attention, making engagement trends a stronger indicator of experience quality.
- User experience effectiveness
When a website feels easy and intuitive to use, visitors stay longer, explore more pages, and complete key actions, directly increasing engagement quality and overall visit value.
- Operational efficiency
A strong website reduces support load by answering common questions, guiding users effectively, and enabling self-service, which in turn lowers ongoing operational costs.
How can I find top web development companies on DesignRush that fit my budget?
Rather than researching agencies one by one, DesignRush lets you compare vetted web development companies in the USA based on budget range, expertise, and past performance.
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Beyond budget, our agency directory allows you to filter agency profiles by location, area of expertise, agency reviews, client types, team size, and hourly rates.
Web Application Development vs. Website Development
What is a web application development company?
A web application development company builds interactive software that runs in a browser: users log in, enter data, and trigger business logic. A website development company builds a marketing site that mainly presents content.
The difference shows up in the work itself.
A website team designs pages, writes front-end code, and connects a CMS.
A web application team also designs a database, writes server-side business logic, builds user accounts with permission levels, and connects your product to other software through APIs.
Typical projects include client dashboards, customer and partner portals, SaaS products, internal tools that replace spreadsheets, and booking or marketplace platforms.
The stack matters more here than on a marketing site, because you will run the backend for years. Agencies on DesignRush commonly build front ends in React and Angular, and back ends in Node.js, Laravel, Python Django, and .NET. Filter by the stack your in-house team already knows, or the one your next hire will know, so you never depend on the original agency to change a line of code.
When you need a web app instead of a website
Answer four questions before you shortlist anyone.
- Do users need to log in? If customers, partners, or staff need accounts with different access levels, you are buying application work.
- Does it store data and act on it? A contact form that emails your inbox counts as a website. A system that saves records, calculates quotes, tracks order status, or triggers workflows counts as an application.
- Does it replace a manual internal process? If your brief starts with “our team currently does this in spreadsheets and email,” you are commissioning software. Judge agencies on how they map processes, not on how their homepages look.
- Will it connect to systems you already run? MuleSoft’s 2026 Connectivity Benchmark Report found that companies run an average of 957 applications, and only 27% of those applications connect to one another.
Ask each agency how many integrations it has shipped with your specific CRM, ERP, or payment provider.
Two or more “yes” answers point to a web app.
The honest answer for most businesses: you need both, with a marketing site to win customers and an application to serve them.
Many agencies listed on this page build both. Ask whether the same in-house team handles the backend or whether the agency subcontracts it and apply the portfolio relevance test to application work specifically.
How much does web application development cost?
Web application development typically costs $30,000 to $200,000+, compared with $5,000 to $30,000+ for a custom website, based on the project tiers in DesignRush’s Web Development Pricing Guide.
A focused internal tool or MVP with one user type and two or three integrations usually costs $30,000 to $100,000. Multi-tenant SaaS products and two-sided marketplaces with payments usually cost $100,000 to $200,000+. The same guide estimates roughly 1,200 hours for a complex custom project with integrations, 700 of them in development, against 80 hours for a small site.
Four cost drivers separate app quotes from site quotes:
1. Custom backend
DesignRush’s pricing guide puts back-end rates at $30 to $100 per hour, against $20 to $80 for front-end work, and app projects spend most of their hours on the backend.
2. Authentication and security
Logins, roles, password resets, multi-factor authentication, and security testing each take real hours. Verizon’s 2026 Data Breach Investigations Report found that vulnerability exploitation has overtaken stolen credentials as the most common way attackers gain initial access, and its Basic Web Application Attacks pattern recorded 3,217 incidents, 2,281 of which ended in confirmed data disclosure. Treat a proposal without a security testing line item as incomplete.
3. Third-party integrations
Every connection to a CRM, payment gateway, or accounting system needs data mapping, error handling, and rework whenever the vendor changes its API. Insist on a separate price per integration, not one bundled “integrations” fee.
4. Ongoing maintenance
DesignRush’s pricing guide estimates hosting and maintenance at roughly 10% of the build cost each per year. On an $80,000 app, plan for about $16,000 a year before you add a single new feature.
Sources
DesignRush sustains a directory of over 40,000 agencies categorized by service category, location, expertise, and reviews. We build our database in two ways:
- Our dedicated team of agency experts actively searches the web for top-performing companies. We then pull information from their websites, online presence, and client testimonials to verify their status and qualifications prior to listing.
- The agencies listed get notified of their profiles on the website, and they can choose to claim it or not, which suggests their availability for more collaborations.
Agencies can also reach out to DesignRush and must go through the verification process prior to being listed.
Why companies trust DesignRush
Every agency is independently vetted before it can be listed or ranked
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FAQs About Web Development Companies
What’s the difference between web development and web design?
Web design focuses on the visual aesthetics and the functional user experience, while web development covers the aspect of building and maintaining the technical foundation that allows designs to function smoothly.
- Web design services: layout, colors, fonts, imagery, UI/UX design, accessibility, and responsive design
- Web development services: front-end and back-end coding, database, servers, APIs, scalability, security, and performance.
How do you choose between a custom-built solution and a CMS or low-code platform?
Choose a CMS or low-code platform (e.g., WordPress, Webflow, or Squarespace) when you need to launch your website fast and affordably. These platforms are also ideal for small businesses with lean teams or those that do not have a dedicated development team to maintain a complex site structure.
Consider a custom-built website if you require unique functionality, tight interactions with internal systems, or performance and scalability beyond off-the-shelf platforms. However, highly tailored websites typically require higher budgets and longer timelines.
What are the common hidden fees in a web development proposal?
The most common hidden fees in a web development proposal include hosting and infrastructure, compliance and security (e.g., SSL certificates, security audits, and plugins), and ongoing maintenance. Some companies also bill extra for copywriting, graphic design, and marketing (i.e. SEO and analytics setup), as these are typically out of the developer’s scope.
What red flags should you watch out for when looking for a web development company in the U.S.?
Spotting these red flags early helps protect your time and money:
- Generic packages and fixed pricing, suggesting templated tactics
- You can’t meet the actual team
- Extremely low quotes and unrealistic guarantees
- Inability to explain their development processes and workflows
How much do website development companies in the USA charge?
In the U.S., the agencies typically price website development projects between $12,000 and $150,000. Here's what you can expect depending on what you need:
- UI/UX design: $2,000-$15,000 per project
- Front-end and back-end development: $3,000-$15,000 per project
- Database and CMS integration: $2,000-$25,000 per year
- eCommerce functionality: $2,000-$25,000 per month
What non-negotiables should I require from my web development contract?
Your website development contract should define and specify your project's scope, requirements, and what is out of scope. It should also detail timelines, milestones, payment structures, revision policies, exit clauses, confidentiality, and data protection terms.
Significantly, your contract should clearly state that you own the intellectual property rights, code, design files, accounts, third-party assets, and licenses of the entire project.
What are the best web development companies in the USA?
The best web development companies in the USA that deliver scalable, secure, and reliable websites include:
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