Web design company in San Francisco
Rathly is a San Francisco web design agency on California Street. Our designers and developers build custom websites that load fast, rank well and stay in your name.
- ✓Planning meetings downtown, by appointment
- ✓Custom builds or WordPress
- ✓Live about a month after content arrives
- ✓Code, domain and copy in your name
Website design for Bay Area businesses
Bay Area buyers judge a site in seconds and leave if it feels slow or dated. A site that loads fast and states the offer up top keeps them reading.
Custom brand design
Layouts built from your brand, product and team photos, with no theme shared with another firm.
Neighborhood and city pages
Pages for the neighborhoods and nearby cities you serve, each with local proof.
WordPress when it fits
We build and extend WordPress sites when you need them, using our own theme code instead of stacked plugins.
Fast on every device
Pages that adapt to every screen and pass Core Web Vitals on phones, tablets and laptops.
Accessible by default
We audit contrast, headings, alt text and keyboard access with Lighthouse on every page.
Leads routed to your CRM
Contact, quote and booking forms send each lead to Smarfle or your own CRM, with its source attached.
Client websites our agency designed
Two recent builds, a healthcare redesign and a new site for a home service company, with results after launch.
New York Cosmetic, Skin and Laser Surgery Center
Redesign · Healthcare · New York
2.9K keywords ranking
Ahrefs estimates about 11K organic visits monthly and counts 164 Google AI Overview citations.
Forterra Pest Control, Dallas-Fort Worth
New website · Pest control · Texas377 pages and 181 redirects
Old addresses redirect to matching new pages, which let Forterra keep the rankings it already had.What Bay Area buyers expect from a website
Local buyers live on the web and spot a clumsy site fast. They compare a few firms online, then contact the one that looks most credible.
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Clear offers, fast pages
Say what you do, for whom and at what price in the first screen. Light pages keep that promise on a phone with one bar of signal.
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Proof from real clients
Reviews, case studies and team photos carry more weight here than stock images. Show the people buyers will meet.
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More than one language
San Francisco offers city services in Chinese, Spanish and Filipino. A page in your customers' language can win them before competitors try.
San Francisco web design and development, one team
The people who draw your pages also code them and set up SEO, so nothing slips between teams.
Each project starts with a strategy for the job your website must do, like booking calls, selling a product or recruiting staff. That goal shapes every layout we draw.
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Branding and visual design
Your logo, colors, photography and tone set the visual direction. If your branding needs a refresh, we handle it in the same project instead of sending you to another studio.
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UX and product pages
Visitors scan before they read. Our UX work puts pricing, proof and the main call to action where people look first, on every screen size.
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Custom web development or WordPress
Most of our builds use modern technology like Astro or Next.js, paired with an editor such as Keystatic. When your team prefers WordPress, we build it with our own theme code.
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SEO in the build
Titles, schema, redirects and internal links go in before launch, so every search engine can read the new site on its first day.
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Website care and maintenance
After launch we monitor forms, page speed and rankings for several weeks and repair any drop. About 95% of support tickets get a fix the same or next business day.
Website clients from the city to the South Bay
- ●Financial District
- ●SoMa
- ●Mission District
- ●Hayes Valley
- ●Marina
- ●Pacific Heights
- ●Oakland
- ●Berkeley
- ●San Mateo
- ●Redwood City
- ●Palo Alto
- ●San Jose
Video calls and email carry most projects, and we meet downtown whenever it's useful.
The four-week build, step by step
Plan on four weeks once your content is ready.
- 01Week 1
Goals and page plan
After some research on your market, we settle the page list, goals and leads that count.You get a page plan - 02Week 2
Homepage design
You see the homepage and main pages laid out with real photos and copy.You get designs to approve - 03Week 3
Development
Pages go into the CMS, and every form starts sending leads to your CRM.You get a working preview - 04Week 4
Testing and launch
Real-device testing covers speed, forms, redirects and tracking before we go live.You get your live site - 05Today
Talk to a designer
Book downtown or by video.Talk to us →
What clients say about our websites
“Highly professional and efficient marketing agency. Their team knows what they’re doing when it comes to website speed optimization.”
Orlando · Google review · Mar 2025
“Rathly built our new website and made the whole process easy. They listened to what we needed, made a custom design and delivered everything on time. I’m really happy with the result.”
Orlando · Google review · Nov 2025
“Ihor is a highly skilled individual when it comes to website development. He built a new website for us. Delievered on time. And was very responsive. I recommend him for your project.”
Orlando · Google review · Nov 2025
Rathly vs a typical web design agency
Where a website project with us differs from the usual build.
Ownership
The agency keeps the code or hostingYou own the code, the design and the domain.Project lead
Often a designer, with tracking left outIhor Lavrenenko, certified in Google Analytics and Google's Privacy for Agencies and Partners.Platform
A page builder theme with pluginsCustom design with a CMS your staff can edit.Launch
Months of rounds before go-liveLocal sites launch about a month after we get your content.Rankings
Old URLs lost on launch dayA full redirect map keeps the rankings you have.Leads
A form that sends one emailCalls and forms flow into Smarfle or your own CRM.Visit our web design agency downtown
Our California Street office meets website clients by appointment.
San Francisco office
Since Oct 2026
Questions website clients ask us most
What does a new website cost in San Francisco?
Prices start from $5,000, with your industry setting the rest. A medical or legal site with many pages and features costs more than a simple shop site.Do you build WordPress websites?
Yes. We build custom WordPress sites and extend existing ones with our own code. For most new sites, we suggest a lighter CMS that loads faster and needs fewer updates.Read the full answer →OwnershipWill I own the site and the code?
Yes. Every account, from the domain and hosting to the code, belongs to you on day one. Another web developer could take over the next morning if you leave.Read the full answer →VisitDo I need to visit your office?
No. Video, phone and email cover most projects. If you'd like to plan face to face, book a time at our California Street office.Read the full answer →ChoosingHow do I pick a web design agency in San Francisco?
Pull up a few sites they built, on your phone. Then ask who writes the copy, who maintains the site and who owns each login.Read the full answer →Plan your site with a San Francisco web designer
- ✓ Downtown meetings or video calls
- ✓ One fixed price, in writing
- ✓ Your code and your domain
- ✓ Replies the same or next business day