On this page15 sections
- Designpixil vs basement.studio
- The shortlist at a glance
- What matters for a basement.studio alternative
- What goes wrong when a seed AI startup shops for a Cursor-style launch site
- 1. Designpixil
- 2. Pixel Point
- 3. Lusion
- 4. HEX Studio
- 5. Tinloof
- 6. Monogram
- 7. Goodspeed Studio
- 8. Raze
- How to choose between them
- How we ranked this list
- Questions founders ask
basement.studio is a 45-person design and engineering studio in Mar del Plata, Argentina, behind sites for Cursor, ElevenLabs, Vercel and Harvey AI, and it publishes no price or minimum. If you are a seed-stage AI startup that needs the launch site and the product designed at a known price, start with Designpixil: we design and build marketing sites in Next.js or Framer from $3,000, and design the product on the same $4,917 monthly subscription. Pixel Point designs and builds sites for developer platforms such as Neon and Databricks, Lusion in Bristol makes 3D and WebGL sites like the Devin site for Cognition AI, HEX Studio sells brand, motion and sites to AI infrastructure companies from a $30,000 minimum, Tinloof moved Ramp's 300,000-page site to Next.js, Monogram is an Atlanta Vercel partner that built CrewAI's site, Goodspeed Studio publishes every Framer price, and Raze is a two-founder brand and web studio that built Docket's site.
Designpixil is on this list and we wrote it. Every other agency is judged on the same published facts, and how we ranked is at the end.
Designpixil vs basement.studio
| Designpixil | basement.studio | |
|---|---|---|
| Based in | Remote-first, serving the US, UK and EU | Mar del Plata, Argentina, working mostly with US technology companies |
| How you hire them | Monthly design subscription, Fixed-scope projects | Project engagements (not published) |
| Published price | $4,917/mo subscription, projects from $3,000 | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | $3,000 | Not published |
| Team | Founder-led: Anant Jain designs every project | 45 people on its team page |
| Design or build | Designs and builds marketing sites in Next.js or Framer; designs the product and delivers it as a clickable coded prototype or front-end UI code your engineers take over (no backend) | Designs and develops in-house |
| Best for | AI and SaaS founders who want one senior designer shipping every week at a published price | AI companies that want a standout launch website and brand |
The shortlist at a glance
| Agency | Best for | Published price | Minimum project | Not a fit for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Designpixil | Seed-stage AI startups that want the launch site and the product designed at a published price | $4,917/mo subscription, projects from $3,000 | $3,000 | Enterprise programs that need a large team, or products that need backend and infrastructure engineering |
| 2. Pixel Point | Developer platforms that want brand and site as one system | Not published | Not published | In-product UX design; its published case studies are marketing sites and brand |
| 3. Lusion | A 3D or WebGL showpiece site from a studio outside Argentina | Not published | Not published | Product UI, brand identity systems, or founders who want a published price |
| 4. HEX Studio | Brand, motion and launch site for an AI infrastructure startup | Full-cycle creative subscription $8,000/mo | $30,000 | Budgets under its stated $30,000 minimum engagement, or ongoing product UI work |
| 5. Tinloof | A large marketing site rebuilt in Next.js and Sanity | Not published | Not published | Framer migrations (none published) and founders who want a published price |
| 6. Monogram | An engineering-led Next.js site for an AI company | Not published | Not published | Small early-stage budgets; it now leads with custom AI systems and publishes no prices |
| 7. Goodspeed Studio | A Framer site with every price on one page | Migrations from $10,000; sites from $10,000; landing pages from $2,500 | $2,500 | Teams that want a Next.js-first studio; its migration product pages lead to Framer or Astro |
| 8. Raze | A small senior team for a brand and website sprint | Not published | Not published | Large multi-locale sites, Framer migrations, or buyers who want a published price |
What matters for a basement.studio alternative
- 01
Price you can read before the call
basement.studio's FAQ sends you to a contact form; it states no price, no minimum and no engagement model. Of the eight studios here, three publish prices. If your site budget is under $20,000, start with those three and treat the others as a scoping call you may not win.
- 02
Site and product, or site only
Most studios that make Cursor-grade launch sites show no product UI at all. If your onboarding, chat or dashboard also needs design this quarter, pick a studio that shows product screens, or you will be hiring twice.
- 03
3D and WebGL only if your story needs it
basement.studio and Lusion engineer real-time 3D in the browser, which is why their sites look the way they do. A seed-stage AI product rarely needs it; a fast Next.js or Framer site with sharp copy and real product screenshots converts without a GPU.
- 04
Who maintains the site after launch
A custom-coded site needs an engineer or a retainer to change a headline. Ask each studio what a copy change costs a month after launch, and whether the CMS or Framer file is yours to edit.
What goes wrong when a seed AI startup shops for a Cursor-style launch site
A familiar sequence: a seed-stage AI team sees the Cursor and ElevenLabs sites, emails the studio behind them, and waits two weeks for a scoping call. The quote, when it comes, is sized for a company with a brand team and a launch budget, so the founders go back to a template while the product's first-run flow, the thing that actually loses users, stays undesigned.
The cheaper order is to design the product's onboarding and core screens first, then build a Next.js or Framer site around real screenshots of them. That is what we did for Whizo AI, whose developer site shows working code before the sign-up button. Our list of Next.js website design agencies and our design agency pricing study show what each kind of studio really charges.
1. Designpixil: Seed-stage AI startups that want the launch site and the product designed at a published price
Designpixil designs and builds AI startup marketing sites in Next.js or Framer from $3,000, or on a $4,917 a month subscription that also covers the product: 3 to 4 deliverables a week, the first within 24 hours, paused or cancelled any time. The price is on our pricing page, so you know the number before we talk.
Anant Jain, the founder, designs every page. For Whizo AI that meant a developer-facing site with code in Python, JavaScript, Node.js and cURL above the fold; for HAL51 AI it meant the landing page for an AI hardware launch; for Echo AI it meant the whole product in 5 to 6 weeks. We design and build marketing sites in Next.js or Framer. Product work arrives as Figma built on real components, or as a clickable coded prototype or front-end UI code your engineers take over. We do not build backends, so if you need one contract for the whole product, pick a studio below that engineers in-house.
“We worked with Anant on the Whizo AI website and the experience was great. He quickly understood our product, asked the right questions, and delivered a polished website that communicates our value clearly. If you're building a SaaS or AI product, he's someone who understands how to design for it.”
| Based in | Remote-first, serving the US, UK and EU |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2023 |
| Team | Founder-led: Anant Jain designs every project |
| How you hire them | Monthly design subscription, Fixed-scope projects |
| Published price | $4,917/mo subscription, projects from $3,000 |
| Minimum project | $3,000 |
| Design or build | Designs and builds marketing sites in Next.js or Framer; designs the product and delivers it as a clickable coded prototype or front-end UI code your engineers take over (no backend) |
| AI work they publish | Echo AI case study: whole product in 5 to 6 weeksWhizo AI case study: marketing websiteHAL51 AI: landing page |
| Best for | Seed-stage AI startups that want the launch site and the product designed at a published price |
| Not a fit for | Enterprise programs that need a large team, or products that need backend and infrastructure engineering |
2. Pixel Point: Developer platforms that want brand and site as one system
Pixel Point, founded in 2017 with a remote team based in France, designs and builds marketing sites and brands for developer and open-source companies, with case studies for Neon, Databricks' developer hub and Unkey. It publishes no price.
| Based in | France (remote-friendly team) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2017 |
| Team | Not published |
| How you hire them | Project enquiry |
| Published price | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | Not published |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | Databricks (developer hub for agentic apps)Neon (serverless Postgres)Unkey (API developer platform) |
| Best for | Developer platforms that want brand and site as one system |
| Not a fit for | In-product UX design; its published case studies are marketing sites and brand |
3. Lusion: A 3D or WebGL showpiece site from a studio outside Argentina
Lusion is the closest craft peer to basement.studio: a Bristol studio with a worldwide team that designs and builds 3D and interactive websites, including the Devin site for Cognition AI and the Worldcoin globe. It shows no product UI and publishes no price.
| Based in | Bristol, UK (address on its site), with a worldwide team |
|---|---|
| Founded | Not published |
| Team | Not published |
| How you hire them | Project engagements (not published) |
| Published price | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | Not published |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | Devin (Cognition AI): website |
| Best for | A 3D or WebGL showpiece site from a studio outside Argentina |
| Not a fit for | Product UI, brand identity systems, or founders who want a published price |
4. HEX Studio: Brand, motion and launch site for an AI infrastructure startup
HEX Studio builds identities, motion and Webflow sites for AI infrastructure companies such as Composio, Tensorlake and Grafana, with Replit and Exa on its client list. Its contact page states a $30,000 minimum engagement and an $8,000 a month creative subscription.
| Based in | Not stated on its site |
|---|---|
| Founded | Not published |
| Team | Not published |
| How you hire them | Full-cycle brand project, Creative subscription, Maintenance retainer |
| Published price | Full-cycle creative subscription $8,000/mo |
| Minimum project | $30,000 |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | Composio (AI agent infrastructure)Tensorlake (agentic sandbox)Grafana |
| Best for | Brand, motion and launch site for an AI infrastructure startup |
| Not a fit for | Budgets under its stated $30,000 minimum engagement, or ongoing product UI work |
5. Tinloof: A large marketing site rebuilt in Next.js and Sanity
Tinloof is a 25-person remote agency registered in Berlin that designs and engineers in Next.js and Sanity; it moved ramp.com, a site with more than 300,000 pages, off Webflow with zero downtime, and lists Vercel, Mux and Brex as clients.
| Based in | Berlin, Germany (fully remote team) |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2020 |
| Team | 25+ people |
| How you hire them | Project enquiry |
| Published price | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | Not published |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | ARC Prize: ARC Arcade |
| Best for | A large marketing site rebuilt in Next.js and Sanity |
| Not a fit for | Framer migrations (none published) and founders who want a published price |
6. Monogram: An engineering-led Next.js site for an AI company
Monogram is a Vercel Platinum Solution Partner in Atlanta whose work includes the CrewAI, Kasada and Zenity sites. It now leads with custom AI systems for enterprises, and publishes no prices.
| Based in | Atlanta, US |
|---|---|
| Founded | Not published |
| Team | Not published |
| How you hire them | Custom AI systems and websites, Engineers embedded with client teams |
| Published price | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | Not published |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | CrewAIKasadaZenity |
| Best for | An engineering-led Next.js site for an AI company |
| Not a fit for | Small early-stage budgets; it now leads with custom AI systems and publishes no prices |
7. Goodspeed Studio: A Framer site with every price on one page
Goodspeed Studio, a London studio founded in 2022, publishes landing pages from $2,500 and full sites from $10,000, works mainly in Framer, and shows AI clients such as Reka and SizzleKick. Pick it when you want Framer and a fixed price.
| Based in | London, UK |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2022 |
| Team | Not published |
| How you hire them | Signature Site (fixed price), Landing Page, Tune-Up audit, Migration, Embedded Team (monthly) |
| Published price | Migrations from $10,000; sites from $10,000; landing pages from $2,500 |
| Minimum project | $2,500 |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | RekaSizzleKick: AI sales coach |
| Best for | A Framer site with every price on one page |
| Not a fit for | Teams that want a Next.js-first studio; its migration product pages lead to Framer or Astro |
8. Raze: A small senior team for a brand and website sprint
Raze is a two-founder brand and web studio in the United States, founded in 2024, selling brand and website sprints and Webflow to Next.js migrations. Its projects include the brand and site for Docket, an AI sales assistant; it publishes no price.
| Based in | United States (city not stated), working remotely |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2024 |
| Team | Two co-founders |
| How you hire them | Brand Sprint, Website Sprint, Brand + Website Sprint, Embedded Partner (monthly), Webflow to Next.js migration |
| Published price | Not published, quoted after a call |
| Minimum project | Not published |
| Design or build | Designs and develops in-house |
| AI work they publish | Docket: AI sales assistant |
| Best for | A small senior team for a brand and website sprint |
| Not a fit for | Large multi-locale sites, Framer migrations, or buyers who want a published price |
How to choose between them
- You are seed-stage and need the launch site and the product designed at a published priceDesignpixil
- You are a developer platform and want brand and site from one studioPixel Point
- You want every price on one page and are happy with FramerGoodspeed Studio
- You want a 3D showpiece and have the budget for a scoping callLusion
- You are funded and want Cursor-grade brand, 3D and engineering from one 45-person teambasement.studio itself
How we ranked this list
This page is for founders looking past basement.studio, so it is left off the ranking and compared head to head instead, using the same fields as every other studio. The alternatives are studios that do similar work and publish proof of it, and the “how to choose” table says when basement.studio itself is the better fit.
We started from the studios founders keep running into when they ask AI assistants and search engines who to hire, then kept the ones that do this kind of work and publish proof of it. Every fact in the tables comes from the agency's own website or its public directory listings, checked on October 26, 2026. Prices are only ones an agency publishes itself; where it doesn't, we say so instead of guessing.
The order is our judgment of fit for this specific buyer, not a score. We put Designpixil first only on lists where we genuinely fit the buyer, and our entry lists who we are not right for, the same as everyone else's. If something about your agency is wrong or out of date, email hello@designpixil.com and we will correct it within a week.
