Websites built by hand instead of clicked together. The difference does not show on day one, it shows in the second year.
Web design decides how a page looks and where the eye goes. Web development decides whether it loads fast, works on every device, can be read by Google, and whether you can still have it changed in three years. The two belong together but often get done by different people. With us the same person does both, so the design does not fall apart when it gets built.
CODE // HANDARBEIT
We build without page builders and without builder add-ons. The difference does not show on day one, it shows after two years: a hand-built site is still fast then, because it carries no code nobody uses.
MESSEN STATT MEINEN
Fast is not a feeling, it is a measurement on real visitors. We check the three values Google uses for it and do not ship while they are not in the green. On a phone, not on a developer machine.
ÜBERGABE // EIGENTUM
You get the complete code, all credentials and a description of how the thing is built. Any other developer can continue from that. It is the most important difference to a page builder, from which you cannot take the appearance with you.
Often. If a site has to stand within two days, the budget is small and little will change over the coming years, a page builder is the sensible answer, and we say so. Hand-built pays off as soon as the site is meant to bring inquiries, as soon as it grows, or as soon as you want to stay independent. This table helps with the decision, even if you end up not building with us.
Qualitative comparison of two approaches, without naming providers
A website starts at 2,500€ for a well-considered one-pager, sits at 4,500€ for the usual scope of five to ten pages and at 7,500€ when multiple languages or integration with existing systems come into play. An application going beyond a website starts at 5,000€.
We deliberately do not name an hourly rate. An open hourly rate shifts the entire risk onto you, because you only know what it cost at the end. With a fixed price the risk sits with us, and that is right, because we can judge better how long something takes.
If you do not need a website but an application with users, permissions and a database, that is on our page about web app development. And if it is about design rather than build, then web design.
I write the quote, I design, I build. You do not get an account manager standing between you and the work, you talk to the same person from the first question until after launch.
If something does not make sense, I say so, even when that makes the project smaller. In the long run that is more pleasant for both sides. If you have technical questions, in Vienna you talk to me directly and not to a project manager.
Most of the development work cannot be seen on the finished page. Images delivered at the right size. Fonts that do not load late and make the text jump. A heading structure a screen reader understands. Forms operable by keyboard.
Those points decide whether a page ranks on Google and whether it meets the accessibility act. They cost little while building and are expensive afterwards, because they sit in the structure and not on the surface. So we do them from the start instead of offering them as an extra line item.
Describe the plan briefly. If a site or a design already exists, send the address along and we can answer more concretely.
A website starts at 2,500€ for a one-pager, sits at 4,500€ for the usual scope of five to ten pages and at 7,500€ with multiple languages or integration with existing systems. An application going beyond a website starts at 5,000€. That is a fixed price. We deliberately do not name an hourly rate, because an open hourly rate shifts the entire risk onto you.
Web design decides how a page looks and where the eye goes. Web development decides whether it loads fast, works on every device, can be read by Google and whether you can still have it changed in three years. With us the same person does both, so the design does not fall apart when it gets built.
Often a page builder is the right choice, and then we say so. If a site has to stand within two days, the budget is small and little will change, it saves you money. Hand-built pays off as soon as the site is meant to bring inquiries, as soon as it grows, or as soon as you want to be able to switch provider without redoing everything.
Yes, completely, plus all credentials and a description of how the site is built. Any other developer can continue from that. It is the most important practical difference to a page builder, from which you cannot take the appearance with you.
Yes. If you have a finished design, whether from an agency or in-house, we build it. We name the price after seeing the design, because it depends heavily on how clean and complete it is. What we do say beforehand: whether the design is technically buildable the way it was intended.