Last updated September 2, 2026

Client type hub · 68 of 120 studios · Facts retrieved August 24, 2026

Top Design Studios for Startups

The top design studios for Startups are led by Bricx Labs, followed by MetaLab and Fantasy. 68 of the 120 studios in this directory qualify for this list.

68 of the 120 top design studios in this directory work with startup and small-business clients. 16 of them are majority startups shops at 50% or more, and Purrweb reports the highest concentration at 100%. On price, 20 publish a $10,000 minimum, 18 start at $25,000, 12 start at $5,000, and four leave the floor undisclosed. Team sizes skew boutique: 39 list 10 to 49 people on Clutch, 22 list 50 to 249, and the remaining seven sit in other bands.

29 are headquartered in the United States, five in Ukraine, and five in the United Kingdom; 12 do not list an HQ on Clutch. 61 of the 68 carry a Clutch rating; the median is 4.9 across 2,462 reviews, and the other seven have no reviews, so their figures are self-reported only. Five of our editorial top 7 appear here: Bricx Labs, MetaLab, Fantasy, Ramotion, and Fireart. Their position at the top of the list comes from our own scoring, not from Clutch.

Studios: 68
Most common minimum: $10,00020 of 68
Median Clutch rating: 4.961 rated
Top country: United States29 of 68

Top Design Studios for Startups, Ranked

Studios working in Startups & Small Business. Our editorial top 7 lead, then the rest in order of Startups share and review count.

Bricx Labs
01 of 7 in the editorial ranking
San Francisco, United States
A San Francisco studio with one point of view across product, brand, motion and web
Clutch
5.0 (31)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
Web DesignUX/UI Design
MetaLab
03 of 7 in the editorial ranking
Vancouver, Canada
Vancouver interface studio, 75 percent design, big product credits, no Clutch reviews
Clutch
No rating
Minimum
$100,000+
Team
50 to 249
Product DesignCustom Software Development
Fantasy
05 of 7 in the editorial ranking
San Francisco, United States
Fantasy: 250-plus person San Francisco firm, 30 percent design share, no reviews
Clutch
No rating
Minimum
Undisclosed
Team
250 to 999
UX/UI DesignAI Development
Ramotion
06 of 7 in the editorial ranking
San Francisco, United States
A San Francisco studio where identity is 30 percent of the work and illustration is real
Clutch
4.9 (29)
Minimum
$50,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignBranding
Fireart
07 of 7 in the editorial ranking
Warszawa, Poland
A Warsaw studio by name, a development company by the numbers; design is 35 percent
Clutch
4.9 (40)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
50 to 249
Web DevelopmentCustom Software Development
Purrweb
Al Jazirah Al Hamra, United Arab Emirates
A UAE-registered startup MVP factory: mobile builds and UX at $25 - $49 / hr
Clutch
4.9 (44)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
50 to 249
Mobile App DevelopmentUX/UI Design
Draftss
HQ not listed on Clutch
Draftss: productised design service, 95 percent early-stage clients, no reviews
Clutch
No rating
Minimum
Undisclosed
Team
50 to 249
Graphic DesignWeb Design
Duck.Design
London, United Kingdom
A London and New York design production house: graphics, product, motion, from $1,000+
Clutch
4.9 (60)
Minimum
$1,000+
Team
50 to 249
Graphic DesignProduct Design
Zensite
HQ not listed on Clutch
Subscription design and Webflow shop in Singapore; speed and volume, not authorship
Clutch
4.8 (6)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignLow-Code Development
Motka Design Studio
Ljubljana, Slovenia
Slovenian remote studio, all design, for startups that need brand and UI kits fast
Clutch
5.0 (10)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignProduct Design
League Design Agency
New York, United States
A high-volume web design house with a branding sideline, not a signature studio
Clutch
5.0 (140)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
50 to 249
Web DesignUX/UI Design
Gapsy Studio
Warszawa, Poland
A Warsaw and Kyiv web design team for fintech and e-commerce, with animation on record
Clutch
5.0 (56)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
Web DesignUX/UI Design
Digia
Toronto, Canada
Toronto and Kyiv software house at bargain rates where design is a line item
Clutch
4.9 (10)
Minimum
$1,000+
Team
50 to 249
Web DevelopmentCustom Software Development
CodeTheorem
Ahmedabad, India
Ahmedabad UI/UX and Webflow team for startups: young, cheap to enter, half design
Clutch
5.0 (9)
Minimum
$1,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Development
Unfold
North Port, United States
Florida boutique that is all design: identity, web and app UI from one small team
Clutch
5.0 (5)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
Adam Fard UX Studio
New York, United States
A New York UX boutique with a thin public record: audits, wireframes and style guides
Clutch
5.0 (34)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
Eleken
Kyiv, Ukraine
Pure product UX from Kyiv at low rates; no branding, no graphics, all interface
Clutch
4.9 (127)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI Design
Humbleteam
Prague, Czech Republic
A Prague studio where branding is 30 percent of the work and startups are half the clients
Clutch
4.9 (35)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignBranding
Brave UX
Washington, United States
A Washington DC studio for complex application interfaces at $200 - $300 an hour
Clutch
5.0 (29)
Minimum
$50,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignLow-Code Development
Plainthing Studio
HQ not listed on Clutch
Plainthing Studio: low-cost brand and web design for startups, no reviews on record
Clutch
No rating
Minimum
$1,000+
Team
10 to 49
BrandingWeb Design
Ester Digital
HQ not listed on Clutch
A small remote generalist: nine service lines, packaging and a web store in the reviews
Clutch
5.0 (32)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignBranding
Zajno Web Design & Development Studio
HQ not listed on Clutch
A remote studio, half design and half build, with infographics and moodboards on record
Clutch
5.0 (20)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignMobile App Development
Paper Tiger
Ridgewood, United States
New Jersey boutique that starts from mood boards and ships identity and site together
Clutch
4.9 (18)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
UPQODE
Nashville, United States
A Nashville volume web agency: 80 percent web design, fifteen industries, $5,000+ entry
Clutch
4.9 (104)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
50 to 249
Web DesignUX/UI Design
Halo Lab
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Half design, half engineering: a broad Dubai-fronted agency with a brand practice inside
Clutch
4.9 (99)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
50 to 249
Web DesignAI Development
Outcrowd
Oakland Park, United States
A small Florida and Kyiv studio where branding and graphic design carry real weight
Clutch
4.9 (78)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignBranding
Spaceberry Studio
Kyiv, Ukraine
A young Kyiv UX studio for fintech and healthcare with a hardware redesign to its name
Clutch
5.0 (49)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
500 Designs
Irvine, United States
An Irvine brand-and-web agency of 50 to 249 people with creative direction in the reviews
Clutch
5.0 (43)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
50 to 249
Web DesignBranding
Glow Design Agency
Dover, United States
A small product design team for SaaS and fintech that also makes animations
Clutch
5.0 (38)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
Octet Design Studio
Mumbai, India
An Indian UX studio built to simplify complex software, from $5,000+ and $25 - $49 an hour
Clutch
4.9 (28)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
UXReactor
Pleasanton, United States
Pure UX/UI research-and-design consultancy in Pleasanton; process over visual signature
Clutch
4.8 (8)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
Perpetual
New York, United States
A New York product and engineering firm where design is 40 percent of the bill
Clutch
4.9 (97)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI DesignWeb Development
Big Human
New York, United States
New York studio splitting brand, product and build evenly, plus its own startups
Clutch
4.9 (12)
Minimum
Undisclosed
Team
10 to 49
BrandingMobile App Development
Momentum Design Lab
Palo Alto, United States
A Palo Alto UX consultancy since 2002, built for enterprise product work, not brand
Clutch
4.8 (96)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignProduct Design
Excited
L'viv, Ukraine
A Lviv product design studio with illustration and Webflow work hiding behind a UX label
Clutch
5.0 (55)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
Metacarbon
L'viv, Ukraine
A young Lviv product studio whose reviews mention animation, illustration and Framer
Clutch
5.0 (34)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
Baunfire
San Jose, United States
A Silicon Valley corporate-website studio since 2001, priced at $75,000+ and proud of it
Clutch
4.9 (32)
Minimum
$75,000+
Team
10 to 49
Web DesignWeb Development
Fuselab Creative
Tysons, United States
Data-visualisation and dashboard specialists with senior hands on every project
Clutch
5.0 (15)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignCustom Software Development
BASIC
San Diego, United States
San Diego brand agency where branding is nearly half the work and games are a specialty
Clutch
4.3 (2)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
BrandingWeb Design
Barrel
New York, United States
Barrel: New York e-commerce design studio, 100 percent commerce, Shopify-era craft
Clutch
No rating
Minimum
$50,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignE-Commerce Development
Merge Rocks
HQ not listed on Clutch
A remote UX and Webflow team that runs brand workshops but sells interfaces first
Clutch
4.9 (67)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
Creative Navy
London, United Kingdom
A London interface design boutique for medical, automotive and industrial screens
Clutch
5.0 (54)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
Dreamten
Raleigh, United States
A Raleigh studio listed as pure UX whose reviews are full of logos, wordmarks and identity
Clutch
5.0 (49)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
Cieden
Toronto, Canada
A Toronto product UX studio that takes on old interfaces and rebuilds them as systems
Clutch
4.9 (46)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
Orizon Design
HQ not listed on Clutch
A Canadian boutique whose reviews include game art, animation and a brand refresh
Clutch
5.0 (39)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignBranding
tubik
Dnipro, Ukraine
A Dnipro studio with design systems, white-label kits and a logo or two in the reviews
Clutch
4.9 (37)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
EIGHT25MEDIA
San Jose, United States
A San Jose web agency of 50 to 249 with brand-consistency work in the reviews
Clutch
4.9 (30)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
50 to 249
Web DesignDigital Strategy
Lazarev.
San Francisco, United States
Motion-literate product studio with a strong visual signature and a perfect Clutch record
Clutch
5.0 (19)
Minimum
$100,000+
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI DesignBranding
Full Clarity
Farnham, United Kingdom
Tiny UK product and service design consultancy with a research spine and big-name credits
Clutch
5.0 (13)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
2 to 9
UX/UI DesignCustom Software Development
Viget
Falls Church, United States
Long-running US studio that brands, designs and builds with equal seriousness
Clutch
4.8 (7)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
50 to 249
Custom Software DevelopmentProduct Design
Eastern Standard
Philadelphia, United States
Philadelphia agency for universities, hospitals and arts bodies, print work included
Clutch
5.0 (6)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
Web DesignWeb Development
DesignMap
San Francisco, United States
DesignMap: enterprise software product design only, senior rates, and a teaching streak
Clutch
No rating
Minimum
$100,000+
Team
50 to 249
Product DesignUX/UI Design
Arounda
HQ not listed on Clutch
A small design-and-build team for industrial and fintech products; location not on record
Clutch
5.0 (86)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
Netguru
HQ not listed on Clutch
A 250 to 999 person software consultancy where design is a tenth of the business
Clutch
4.8 (73)
Minimum
$50,000+
Team
250 to 999
Custom Software DevelopmentMobile App Development
Slide UX
HQ not listed on Clutch
A two to nine person UX consultancy with a real specialism: aging, care and brain change
Clutch
4.9 (72)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
2 to 9
UX/UI DesignProduct Design
Embacy
Barcelona, Spain
A Barcelona and Paris studio that treats tech websites as brand work, and reviews agree
Clutch
5.0 (66)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
10 to 49
Web DesignBranding
Neuron
San Francisco, United States
A San Francisco UX boutique that audits first and reskins with a design system
Clutch
5.0 (52)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI Design
Musemind
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
A Dubai-fronted 100+ person agency across seven service lines, built for enterprise volume
Clutch
4.9 (48)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
Studio Simpatico
New York, United States
A two to nine person New York studio doing brands, sites and code for nonprofits
Clutch
5.0 (44)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
2 to 9
Web DesignWeb Development
UX studio
Budapest, Hungary
A Budapest product UX practice of 50 to 249 people, enterprise-leaning, UI kits on record
Clutch
5.0 (41)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI DesignCustom Software Development
ProCreator Design
Navi Mumbai, India
A Navi Mumbai UX agency of 50 to 249 for fintech and enterprise, rated 4.7 on Clutch
Clutch
4.7 (38)
Minimum
$10,000+
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI DesignLow-Code Development
NetBramha Studios
Bengaluru, India
A Bengaluru UX studio of 50 to 249 with creative direction and stylised imagery on record
Clutch
4.9 (29)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI Design
Super User Studio
London, United Kingdom
Two-to-nine person London product design advisory for enterprise software teams
Clutch
4.8 (10)
Minimum
$25,000+
Team
2 to 9
Product DesignUX/UI Design
Akendi
Toronto, Canada
Toronto UX and service design firm with field research at its core and a graphic line
Clutch
4.8 (4)
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
UX/UI DesignDigital Strategy
Ueno
HQ not listed on Clutch
Full-service digital agency with a strong interface eye and only a handful of reviews
Clutch
4.8 (3)
Minimum
Undisclosed
Team
50 to 249
UX/UI DesignWeb Design
Hanno
HQ not listed on Clutch
Tiny UK healthcare design partner at $300-plus an hour, praised for process
Clutch
5.0 (2)
Minimum
$100,000+
Team
2 to 9
Digital StrategyGraphic Design
ustwo studio
London, United Kingdom
London and New York product studio known for rapid prototyping, with one candid caveat
Clutch
4.5 (2)
Minimum
$50,000+
Team
50 to 249
Product DesignMobile App Development
Elephant
Wayzata, United States
Elephant: small Minnesota agency with London and Paris offices, more marketing than design
Clutch
No rating
Minimum
$5,000+
Team
10 to 49
BrandingDigital Strategy

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do design studios for Startups charge?

Published hourly rates on this page run from $25 to $49 per hour to $300 or more per hour, with the most common bands being 21 at $50 to $99 per hour, 13 at $150 to $199 per hour, and 11 at $100 to $149 per hour. Seven do not publish a rate. Rates are what each studio self-reports on its Clutch profile, retrieved August 24, 2026, so confirm them on a call.

What is the typical minimum project size for design studios for Startups?

The most common published floor is $10,000, which 20 of the 68 studios list. The range runs from $1,000 to $100,000. 36 fit a budget under $25,000, and four do not disclose a minimum at all.

How big are the design studios for Startups on this page?

By Clutch headcount band, 39 at 10 to 49, 22 at 50 to 249, and five at 2 to 9. Two are 250 people or more, which usually means a broader service catalogue and an account layer between you and the designers whose taste drew you in.

Where are design studios for Startups based?

Of the 68, 29 in the United States, five in Ukraine, five in the United Kingdom, and four in Canada. 12 do not list an HQ. Most studios work remotely regardless of address, so weigh time-zone overlap and studio culture more than the city.

How should you shortlist a design studio from this list?

Start with the 12 studios that carry both sides of the craft, at least 20% branding or graphic design and at least 20% UX/UI or product design: Ramotion, League Design Agency, Outcrowd, and Duck.Design among others. Then check each minimum against your budget, and read the review excerpts for named identity systems, typography and interface detail rather than generic praise for communication. Bricx Labs, MetaLab, Fantasy, Ramotion, and Fireart are also scored in our editorial ranking, which weights design taste at 40%.

Other client types

Facts per each studio’s Clutch profile, retrieved August 24, 2026. Shares are what each studio self-reports; ratings and review counts are Clutch’s. Editorial ranks come from our methodology. Editorially independent. No studio paid to be included or ranked.