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 plan the build I PLAN IT. I BUILD IT. same person, both jobs the plan the build I PLAN IT. I BUILD IT. same person, both jobs 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.
your brief Discovery call Proposal Design + build Launch what are you building? what it needs to do 30 minutes no charge are we the right fit? fixed scope timeline and price you approve first built in the open previews every week measure improve nothing is built before this is agreed your brief Discovery call Proposal Design + build Launch what are you building? what it needs to do 30 minutes no charge are we the right fit? fixed scope timeline and price you approve first built in the open previews every week measure improve nothing is built before this is agreed 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. A focused marketing site usually takes 3 to 6 weeks. Services and prices
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Vercel 4.9 out of 5 The fastest way to ship a modern site, with zero-config previews.Watch-out: bandwidth costs add up at scale. Free, 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 $129/mo. Framer 4.7 out of 5 Design-grade sites you can launch without a developer.Watch-out: less control than hand-coding. Free, then $10/mo. Plausible 4.7 out of 5 Lightweight, privacy-first analytics with no cookie banner needed.Watch-out: fewer deep features. From $9/mo. Hostinger 4.6 out of 5 Cheap, fast managed hosting that punches well above its price.Watch-out: renewal prices jump. From $2.99/mo. Sanity 4.6 out of 5 A flexible content backend that editors do not fight with.Watch-out: requires developer setup. Free, then $15/mo. Webflow 4.5 out of 5 Pixel-perfect visual development with a powerful CMS.Watch-out: steep learning curve. From $14/mo. Kit 4.5 out of 5 Creator-friendly email and automation without the enterprise bloat.Watch-out: templates are basic. Free, then $25/mo. Field guides What we have written down. Seven guides so far: what a site costs, which platform to pick, why pages load slowly.
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