Best for
An organization that wants its website built on a platform (WordPress or Shopify) its own team can maintain long after launch.
GLIDE holds B-Corp, Climate Neutral, and SOC 2 Type II certifications — credentials that shape the kind of client the studio attracts, and its recent project list runs through a youth soccer organization, a chimpanzee sanctuary, and a disability rights nonprofit, alongside its motorsports and healthcare work.
- Clients
- Austin Humane Society, Arc of Texas, Chimp Haven, Mensa Foundation
- Model / Platform / Where
- WordPress and Shopify web design and development, with SEO built into the build process; Austin, TX
- Budget signal
- Positioned for a full custom site build, priced for an organization that wants the platform choice to be a long-term one.
- Skip if
- Your project needs custom application development beyond a marketing or brand website — GLIDE's platform focus is WordPress and Shopify specifically.
Best for
A brand-forward consumer company that needs its website to carry a bigger creative or loyalty story, not just display a product catalog.
Clay's web work includes a full redesign for a leader in luxury home decor and a digital branding and loyalty-app project for a global coffee and juice chain — projects where the site itself had to do real storytelling work rather than function as a simple product grid.
- Clients
- Serena & Lily, Joe & The Juice
- Model / Platform / Where
- Web design and development, typically bundled with brand or product strategy; San Francisco, CA (remote-first, with team members in New York, Austin, Denver, Lisbon, and Belgrade)
- Budget signal
- Enterprise and growth-stage engagements; not positioned for a bootstrapped first website.
- Skip if
- You need a straightforward site with no broader brand story attached — Clay's web work tends to come bundled with deeper brand or product design, and it has no dedicated Austin office.
Best for
A B2B company that wants its website rebuilt around brand alignment — making sure the site actually reflects the company's positioning, not just its product list.
Solid Digital calls its own process "Digital Growth," treating a website less as a one-time deliverable and more as an initiative with a defined strategy behind it, which shows up in how the studio scopes a typical web engagement across its Chicago, Portland, Denver, and Austin offices.
- Clients
- Case studies available on request
- Model / Platform / Where
- Web design and web development for B2B companies with an established marketing team; HQ Chicago, IL, with an Austin office
- Budget signal
- Positioned for a company with a real marketing budget and an internal team to collaborate with over the build.
- Skip if
- You want a single local point of contact — Solid Digital's Austin office is one of four the firm runs.
Best for
A growing brand that wants its website built by the same team handling its broader brand and marketing strategy.
HMG Creative's technology stack runs from Drupal to WordPress to Shopify to WooCommerce, and its client range — from small local startups to a global hospitality brand — suggests a studio comfortable adjusting the platform choice to the client's scale rather than defaulting to one system.
- Clients
- Marriott, IKEA
- Model / Platform / Where
- Web design and development across WordPress, Drupal, and Shopify, bundled with branding and marketing; Austin, TX
- Budget signal
- Positioned for a full-service engagement where the website is one piece of a broader strategy, not a standalone deliverable.
- Skip if
- You need a fast, narrow website-only project — HMG Creative's model leans toward bundling the site into a larger brand and marketing engagement.
Best for
A B2B tech company whose website needs to carry real weight in a sales process, not just describe the product.
Several of BRIGHTSCOUT's own client reviews single out the website specifically — one described a post-launch website as looking like "a slick product," and clients across data infrastructure and AI platforms have used the studio to combine a brand refresh with the site redesign in the same engagement.
- Clients
- Qualytics, Predibase
- Model / Platform / Where
- B2B website design and development, typically bundled with brand identity work; Austin, TX
- Budget signal
- Positioned for a funded B2B startup rebuilding its site alongside its brand, not a standalone template swap.
- Skip if
- You need a purely consumer-facing site — BRIGHTSCOUT's web practice is built specifically around B2B and enterprise tech positioning.
Best for
A large brand that needs a website to function as one piece of a broader digital experience — not a standalone marketing page.
Handsome's web work for FedEx modernized both the business-to-consumer and business-to-business sides of the customer experience at once, the kind of scope that requires treating the website as connected to the rest of a company's digital touchpoints rather than a project on its own.
- Clients
- FedEx, Keller Williams
- Model / Platform / Where
- Web design and digital experience design, integrated with broader brand and product work; Austin, TX
- Budget signal
- Positioned for a large brand's multi-touchpoint digital project, not a standalone small-business website.
- Skip if
- You need a simple, fast website build — Handsome's web work tends to come bundled with a larger brand or product engagement.
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