The person who plans your site is the person who builds it.

Cerfel is a small web studio. We plan the site around what it has to achieve, then work back to the design and the build. That order is the one thing we are dogmatic about.

The person who draws the plan is the one who writes the code.

There is nobody sitting between you and the person writing the code. Remote, and deliberately small: if we are not the right studio for it, we will say so.

Send us your briefor write to [email protected]

How a project runs

Four steps after your brief. You approve the scope and the price before we write any code.

A breadboard of a project: each place, what happens there, and where it leads.

A small site starts around €2,500, a custom build around €4,000. We plan 3 to 6 weeks for a focused marketing site. Services and prices

Tools we recommend

Each review says what the tool is bad at. Every link goes straight to the tool: no affiliate programme has been joined.

Vercel 4.9 out of 5: A host for Next.js and React sites that builds a preview of every change.Watch-out: the free Hobby plan is for personal, non-commercial use. Free for personal use, then $20/mo.
Ahrefs 4.8 out of 5: Keyword, backlink and site-audit data for serious SEO research.Watch-out: expensive for hobby sites. From €119/mo (price shown in Europe).
Framer 4.7 out of 5: Sites and landing pages you can design and publish without a developer.Watch-out: less control than hand-coding. Free, then $10/mo billed yearly.
Plausible 4.7 out of 5: Lightweight analytics without cookies, made and hosted in the EU.Watch-out: fewer deep features. From $9/mo.
Hostinger 4.6 out of 5: Low-cost managed hosting for WordPress and small sites, cheapest on a four-year term.Watch-out: renewal prices jump. From $2.49/mo on a 48-month term, then $10.99/mo.
Sanity 4.6 out of 5: A headless content backend with structured, real-time editing.Watch-out: requires developer setup. Free, then $15 per seat/mo.
Webflow 4.5 out of 5: Visual website building with a CMS for structured content.Watch-out: steep learning curve. Free, then $15/mo billed yearly.
Kit 4.5 out of 5: Email newsletters and automations aimed at creators.Watch-out: templates are basic. Free up to 10,000 subscribers, then $33/mo.

Field guides

What we have written down. Six guides so far: what a site costs, which platform to pick, why pages load slowly.

answer it in one glance: where you wake up and what it costs
one obvious action
trust next to the button, not on another page
a booking starts within two clicks of the homepage

From What makes a travel site take bookings: the decisions that settle it are made before the design starts.

Framer vs Webflow: which one should you build on?
Prices and CMS limits checked in October 2026, where each one wins, and which to pick for a portfolio, a startup or a site that will keep growing.Tools, 9 min, updated 17 Oct 2026
What makes a travel site take bookings
The decisions that settle it are made before the design starts, and none of them are about photography.Playbook, 8 min, updated 27 Oct 2026
Core Web Vitals for small sites: a practical checklist
Google’s three thresholds, four things to do and three to stop doing, and how to measure what your visitors actually get.SEO, 6 min, updated 27 Oct 2026
Choosing a website platform in 2026
WordPress, Webflow, Framer, or custom? Three questions settle it, and none of them is about features.Tools, 9 min, updated 27 Oct 2026
The SEO basics every small business site needs
The short list for a small site: a sound technical base, pages written for what people search, links earned safely, and measurement without cookies.SEO, 8 min, updated 27 Oct 2026
How much does a website cost in 2026?
Doing it yourself costs a plan, about $36 to $360 a year at list price; having it built starts around €2,500 here. Prices checked in October 2026.Playbook, 10 min, updated 17 Oct 2026

Send us your briefor write to [email protected]

The person who plans your site is the person who builds it.

Cerfel is a small web studio. We plan the site around what it has to achieve, then work back to the design and the build. That order is the one thing we are dogmatic about.

The person who draws the plan is the one who writes the code.

There is nobody sitting between you and the person writing the code. Remote, and deliberately small: if we are not the right studio for it, we will say so.

How a project runs

Four steps after your brief. You approve the scope and the price before we write any code.

A breadboard of a project: each place, what happens there, and where it leads.

A small site starts around €2,500, a custom build around €4,000. We plan 3 to 6 weeks for a focused marketing site. Services and prices

Tools we recommend

Each review says what the tool is bad at. Every link goes straight to the tool: no affiliate programme has been joined.

Vercel 4.9

A host for Next.js and React sites that builds a preview of every change.Watch-out: the free Hobby plan is for personal, non-commercial use. Free for personal use, then $20/mo.

Ahrefs 4.8

Keyword, backlink and site-audit data for serious SEO research.Watch-out: expensive for hobby sites. From €119/mo (price shown in Europe).

Framer 4.7

Sites and landing pages you can design and publish without a developer.Watch-out: less control than hand-coding. Free, then $10/mo billed yearly.

Plausible 4.7

Lightweight analytics without cookies, made and hosted in the EU.Watch-out: fewer deep features. From $9/mo.

Hostinger 4.6

Low-cost managed hosting for WordPress and small sites, cheapest on a four-year term.Watch-out: renewal prices jump. From $2.49/mo on a 48-month term, then $10.99/mo.

Sanity 4.6

A headless content backend with structured, real-time editing.Watch-out: requires developer setup. Free, then $15 per seat/mo.

Webflow 4.5

Visual website building with a CMS for structured content.Watch-out: steep learning curve. Free, then $15/mo billed yearly.

Kit 4.5

Email newsletters and automations aimed at creators.Watch-out: templates are basic. Free up to 10,000 subscribers, then $33/mo.

Field guides

What we have written down. Six guides so far: what a site costs, which platform to pick, why pages load slowly.

answer it in one glance: where you wake up and what it costs
one obvious action
trust next to the button, not on another page
a booking starts within two clicks of the homepage

From What makes a travel site take bookings: the decisions that settle it are made before the design starts.

Framer vs Webflow: which one should you build on?

Prices and CMS limits checked in October 2026, where each one wins, and which to pick for a portfolio, a startup or a site that will keep growing.Tools, 9 min, updated 17 Oct 2026

What makes a travel site take bookings

The decisions that settle it are made before the design starts, and none of them are about photography.Playbook, 8 min, updated 27 Oct 2026

Core Web Vitals for small sites: a practical checklist

Google’s three thresholds, four things to do and three to stop doing, and how to measure what your visitors actually get.SEO, 6 min, updated 27 Oct 2026

Choosing a website platform in 2026

WordPress, Webflow, Framer, or custom? Three questions settle it, and none of them is about features.Tools, 9 min, updated 27 Oct 2026

The SEO basics every small business site needs

The short list for a small site: a sound technical base, pages written for what people search, links earned safely, and measurement without cookies.SEO, 8 min, updated 27 Oct 2026

How much does a website cost in 2026?

Doing it yourself costs a plan, about $36 to $360 a year at list price; having it built starts around €2,500 here. Prices checked in October 2026.Playbook, 10 min, updated 17 Oct 2026