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By Noah Bergström, Design Editor

Last updated September 2, 2026

Raleigh, United States

Dreamten

Dreamten is a 10 to 49 person design studio in Raleigh, United States, rated 5.0 on Clutch across 49 reviews, with a $25,000 minimum and $100 to $149 per hour.

A Raleigh studio listed as pure UX whose reviews are full of logos, wordmarks and identity

Screenshot of the Dreamten website homepage

Key facts

Clutch rating
5.0 / 5
49 reviews
Minimum project
$25,000+
Hourly band
$100 to $149/hr
Team size
10 to 49
Clutch band
Founded
2014
Offices
1
Raleigh, NC

Dreamten as a studio

Dreamten's Clutch service mix reads 100 percent UX/UI design, and if you stopped there you would file it as a product shop. The reviews correct that. One describes a rebrand with logo, brand colours and wordmark plus a marketing website; another credits branding, visual identity, a design system and a client portal; a third defines a style and component library for a compliance web app. Founded 2014 with 10 to 49 people in Raleigh, it charges $100 - $149 / hr with a $25,000+ minimum and holds a 5.0 across 49 Clutch reviews.

Who it fits

Hire Dreamten when you want one small US team to give a B2B or financial product its identity, its marketing site and its interface as a single system. Its own tagline calls it results focused, so expect pragmatic rather than expressive; the eight-industry spread also says generalist.

Strengths

  • Identity and product from the same hands, with logo, wordmark and design system work in three of four reviews.
  • Boutique scale at 10 to 49 people, in operation since 2014.
  • A 5.0 across 49 Clutch reviews from mid-market and enterprise clients at 75 percent of the book.

Watch-outs

  • Branding is not a listed service line despite the reviews; scope identity work explicitly.
  • Eight industries at an equal 10 percent share means no sector depth.

Evidence

  • Service mix: UX/UI design 100 percent; clients 50 percent mid-market, 25 percent enterprise, 25 percent startups.
  • A Clutch reviewer says the team "created a logo, brand colors, and wordmark, and designed and developed the client’s marketing website".
  • Based in Raleigh; founded 2014; rates $100 - $149 / hr; minimum project $25,000+.

What Dreamten reports it does

Self-reported shares from the studio’s Clutch profile. Design disciplines are 100% of the service mix; identity work (branding and graphic design) is 0% and interface work (UX/UI and product design) is 100%.

Service mix

UX/UI Design100%

Industry mix

Advertising & Marketing10%
B2B & Business Services10%
Consumer Products & Services10%
Fintech & Financial Services10%
Software & IT10%
Healthcare & MedTech10%
Real Estate & PropTech10%
E-commerce10%

Client mix

Mid-Market50%
Enterprise25%
Startups & Small Business25%

What clients hired Dreamten for

  • Dreamten has designed a new product web app for a DME compliance software company. The team has also defined the style and component library and has worked on AI medical record review and another product.

    Clutch reviewer, project summary

  • Dreamten designed and developed a brand marketing website for a vessel delivery and coaching company. The team also created the client's branding, visual identity, and design system and built a client portal.

    Clutch reviewer, project summary

  • Dreamten redesigned the UI/UX of a home assessment tool for a home safety and accessibility design company. The team revamped the core assessment flow, report generator, and registration process.

    Clutch reviewer, project summary

  • DreamTen has led a rebranding project for a financial services company. The team has created a logo, brand colors, and wordmark, and designed and developed the client’s marketing website.

    Clutch reviewer, project summary

Frequently Asked Questions

Does Dreamten do branding?

Yes, on the evidence of reviews, even though Clutch lists its services as 100 percent UX/UI. Reviewers describe logos, wordmarks, brand colours, visual identity and design systems delivered with websites and web apps.

How does Dreamten describe itself?

Its tagline calls it a results focused design studio that looks for simple solutions to complex problems. The record shows a 10 to 49 person team in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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Facts per Clutch profile, retrieved August 24, 2026: https://clutch.co/profile/dreamten. Editorially independent. No studio paid to be included or ranked.