Research
What Design Agencies Charge in 2026: 63 Agencies Compared
Design agencies rarely say what they charge. We checked 63 product design agencies that work with AI and SaaS startups for what they state publicly: the prices on their own websites and the smallest project they will take. Here is what a founder can know before the first sales call.
Anant JainFounder, Designpixil
|Data checked October 10, 2026Key findings
40 of 63
agencies only quote after a sales call
$25,000
median minimum project (43 agencies state one)
37 of 43
minimums are $10,000 or more
$699 to $15,000
published monthly prices (14 agencies)
Minimum project size
The smallest project an agency will take is the most useful single number for a startup budget, because it tells you who will not pick up the phone. 43 of the 63 agencies state one, and 37 of those start at $10,000 or more.
Under $5,000
3 agencies
$5,000 to $9,999
3 agencies
$10,000 to $24,999
13 agencies
$25,000 to $49,999
15 agencies
$50,000 and up
9 agencies
Every price an agency publishes
23 agencies put a number on their own website. Most of them sell a monthly subscription, where the price is the product. Each links to the page we took it from.
| Agency | Published price | How you hire them |
|---|---|---|
| ManyPixels | From $699/mo, billed monthly | Design subscription, Dedicated designer |
| Cerebral Studio | From $1,795/mo (10 hours); $5,995/mo (40 hours) | Monthly retainer (hours-based), Fixed fee |
| Wavespace | From $2,200/mo (55 hours) | Design subscription (hours-based), Fixed-scope project, Embedded partnership |
| Musemind | From $2,600/mo (40 hours) | Monthly design subscription (hours-based), Project proposal after a call |
| Awesomic | All-in-One plan $2,995/mo | Subscription talent marketplace, Dedicated talent |
| Beew Studio | $4,500/mo; projects from $5,000 | Design subscription, Fixed project |
| Precious Studio | From $4,500/mo | Monthly design team, Two-week sprint, Fixed project |
| Eleken | From $4,599/mo (part-time designer) | Dedicated designer subscription, Team extension, 3-day free trial |
| DesignJoy | $4,995/mo | Design subscription |
| Orizon | $5,990/mo subscription | Design subscription, Weekly sprints, Enterprise pod, Staff augmentation |
| Dreamten | From $7,950/mo | Monthly fractional design team |
| Bricx | Projects from $25,000; retainers from $10,000/mo | Monthly retainer, Fixed project |
| Glow | MVP $12,500; retainer $12,000/mo | Fixed-price MVP, Design retainer (3-month minimum), Enterprise retainer, Free 3-day trial |
| Superside | From $15,000/mo, annual term | Annual design subscription, Dedicated team, Project add-ons |
| Cieden | From $50/hr; UX audit from $2,000 | Project-based (hourly), Team extension, Fixed-price sprints and audits |
| WANDR | UX audit $500; engagements from $10,000 | Fixed-scope project, Embedded design team, Design and development |
| Phenomenon Studio | UX audit from $2,000; web app design from $12,000 | Fixed-scope projects, Dedicated team, Team extension |
| Halo Lab | Projects from $5,000 | Pay per milestone, Fixed cost (branding), Monthly dedicated team |
| Arounda | Typical projects from $6,000 | Dedicated designers and developers, Project estimate after discovery, 3-day free trial |
| Rocket Farm Studios | AI prototype sprint $15,000 to $25,000 | AI audit, Prototype sprint, Tiered builds, Retained pod |
| Purrweb | Simple mobile app $30,000 to $45,000 | Outsourced development, Dedicated developers, MVP development |
| GoInvo | Design diagnostic $50,000 to $90,000 | Design diagnostic (4-8 weeks), Product launch (2-4 months), Embedded partnership |
| The Vibing Company | €35,000 for a 14-day build | Fixed 14-day build, Fixed-scope rescue weeks |
The full dataset
All 63 agencies, alphabetically. Designpixil is excluded from every number on this page.
| Agency | Based in | Published price | Minimum project |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arounda | Offices in Los Angeles, London, Amsterdam and Tallinn | Typical projects from $6,000 | $25,000+ |
| Awesome | Brooklyn, New York, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Awesomic | San Francisco, US | All-in-One plan $2,995/mo | Not stated |
| basement.studio | Argentina (team), working mostly with US companies | Not published | Not stated |
| Beew Studio | Not stated on its site | $4,500/mo; projects from $5,000 | $5,000+ |
| Big Human | New York, US (remote team) | Not published | Not stated |
| Bilberrry | Seattle, US | Not published | $25,000+ |
| Blink | Seattle, US | Not published | $25,000+ |
| Bricx | Dubai, UAE | Projects from $25,000; retainers from $10,000/mo | $25,000+ |
| BRIX Agency | Not stated on its site | Not published | Not stated |
| Cerebral Studio | Los Angeles area, US | From $1,795/mo (10 hours); $5,995/mo (40 hours) | Not stated |
| Cieden | Toronto, Canada and Lviv, Ukraine | From $50/hr; UX audit from $2,000 | $10,000+ |
| Clay | San Francisco, US | Not published | $50,000+ |
| Craft | Boston and Philadelphia, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Daito Design | Austin, Texas, US | Not published | $10,000+ |
| DesignJoy | Phoenix, Arizona, US | $4,995/mo | Not stated |
| DesignMap | San Francisco, US | Not published | Not stated |
| DOOR3 | New York, US | Not published | $25,000+ |
| Dreamten | Raleigh, North Carolina, US | From $7,950/mo | $25,000+ |
| Eleken | Kyiv, Ukraine, with a US entity in Delaware | From $4,599/mo (part-time designer) | $10,000+ |
| Excited | Ukraine (team) | Not published | $10,000+ |
| Fantasy | New York, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Feels Like | Los Angeles, US and Barcelona, Spain | Not published | Not stated |
| Forge | San Francisco, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Fueled | Not stated on its site | Not published | $75,000+ |
| Funsize | Austin, Texas, US | Not published | $10,000+ |
| Fuselab Creative | McLean, Virginia, US | Not published | $25,000+ |
| Glow | Dover, Delaware, US (remote team) | MVP $12,500; retainer $12,000/mo | $10,000+ |
| GoInvo | Boston, US | Design diagnostic $50,000 to $90,000 | $100,000+ |
| Goji Labs | Los Angeles and New York, US | Not published | $50,000+ |
| Halo Lab | Warsaw, Poland and Boston, US | Projects from $5,000 | $10,000+ |
| Lazarev.agency | San Francisco, US | Not published | $100,000+ |
| ManyPixels | Singapore | From $699/mo, billed monthly | $1,000+ |
| MetaLab | Victoria, Canada | Not published | $100,000+ |
| Moby | Seattle, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Musemind | Dubai, UAE, with offices in New York, London and Berlin | From $2,600/mo (40 hours) | $10,000+ |
| Neuron | San Francisco, US | Not published | $25,000+ |
| NineTwoThree | Boston, US | Not published | $100,000+ |
| Orizon | Montreal, Canada | $5,990/mo subscription | $25,000+ |
| Parallel | San Mateo, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Phenomenon Studio | Tallinn, Estonia, with offices in Switzerland and the US | UX audit from $2,000; web app design from $12,000 | $10,000+ |
| Planetary | Brooklyn, New York, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Precious Studio | Austin, Texas, US | From $4,500/mo | $10,000+ |
| Punchcut | San Francisco, US | Not published | Not stated |
| Purrweb | Walnut, California, US and the UAE | Simple mobile app $30,000 to $45,000 | $5,000+ |
| Ramotion | San Francisco, US | Not published | $50,000+ |
| Rocket Farm Studios | Needham, Massachusetts (Boston area), US | AI prototype sprint $15,000 to $25,000 | $25,000+ |
| Shakuro | Lewes, Delaware, US and Dubai, UAE | Not published | $5,000+ |
| Standard Beagle Studio | Austin, Texas, US | Not published | $25,000+ |
| StanVision | Sofia, Bulgaria | Not published | $25,000+ |
| Studio Maydit | Remote, serving the US, UK and EU | Not published | $1,000+ |
| Superside | Fully remote (US-incorporated) | From $15,000/mo, annual term | Not stated |
| The Gradient | Not stated on its site | Not published | $25,000+ |
| The Vibing Company | Munich, Germany | €35,000 for a 14-day build | Not stated |
| thirteen23 | Austin, Texas, US | Not published | $10,000+ |
| thoughtbot | Not stated on its site (US-based, remote team) | Not published | $10,000+ |
| UpTop | Seattle, US | Not published | $25,000+ |
| Utility | New York, US, with an office in Los Angeles | Not published | $50,000+ |
| UX studio | Budapest, Hungary | Not published | $10,000+ |
| Venice Inc. | Venice, Los Angeles, US | Not published | Not stated |
| WANDR | Los Angeles, US, with studios in Silicon Valley, Austin and Miami | UX audit $500; engagements from $10,000 | $25,000+ |
| Wavespace | US-registered, global team | From $2,200/mo (55 hours) | $1,000+ |
| Wve Labs | Los Angeles, US | Not published | Not stated |
How we collected this
Prices come only from each agency's own website, and each links to the page. Minimum project sizes are the ones agencies state on their public directory listings, read on the date above. We did not pose as buyers or ask agencies for quotes, so these are the numbers any founder can see before a call.
Two limits are worth knowing. Minimums are stated by the agencies themselves and are a floor, not a typical project. And the sample is the agencies on our agency lists, which lean toward studios that serve startups. Designpixil is one of them and is left out of every figure.
Spot something out of date? Email hello@designpixil.com and we will fix it. The 49 lists that use this data update with it.
Questions
How much does a product design agency cost in 2026?+−
Across the 43 agencies in this study that state a minimum project size, the median minimum is $25,000, and 37 of them start at $10,000 or more. Only 23 of 63 agencies publish a price on their own website.
How much does a design subscription cost?+−
Published monthly prices among the agencies we checked run from $699 to $15,000. Graphic-design subscriptions sit at the low end; product design subscriptions mostly sit between about $2,000 and $6,000 a month; enterprise creative plans start around $15,000.
Why do most design agencies not publish prices?+−
Most agencies scope each project before quoting, because the same request can mean five screens or fifty. The cost for the buyer is that comparing agencies takes a sales call each. Agencies that sell a fixed monthly subscription are the main exception: their price is the product, so they publish it.
Can I use these numbers in my own article?+−
Yes. Please link to this page as the source. The data is updated when we re-check the agencies, and the date at the top of the page says when that was.
How were the agencies chosen?+−
They are the studios that appear on our agency lists for AI and SaaS founders: the ones founders run into when they ask AI assistants and search engines who to hire, plus local studios in the US cities we cover. It is not a random sample of all agencies, so treat the numbers as describing this market, not every design agency.
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