Best Agencies for Static Sites on Cloudflare and Vercel in 2026

Key takeaways

• The list is alphabetical, and nobody is first. We have no ranking to sell. Each studio is described only from its own website, read on 23 October 2026. Their numbers are their claims, not ours.
• Pick by your size. Some studios here work with large brands moving off legacy platforms. Others publish a fixed-scope offer for smaller teams. Matching size matters more than a ranking.
• Check the hosting account. Vercel's own guidelines say a free Hobby account is for non-commercial personal use only, and that includes a site where anyone is paid to write or update the code. Ask which plan your site will run on and whose name is on it.
• A static site is cheap to host, not cheap to run. Cloudflare's free plan allows 500 builds a month and 20,000 files per site, which covers most business sites. The real cost is the people who build and edit it.
• Ask who edits it after launch. If your team cannot publish without a developer, the site will slow down, whatever the page speed score says.

The short answer

If you are a large organisation moving off a legacy CMS, start with Bejamas. If you are a funded company that has outgrown a template site and wants a fixed scope and launch date, look at Goodspeed. If your marketing team feels boxed in by a platform, Lucky Media says that is its core work. If you are a small business that wants an Astro site and search work together, Digital Elevator describes that in its own article. For a small site with one editor, you may not need an agency at all, as we explain below.

Who is writing: Amariq is a web design studio. We run our own site as a hand-coded static site on Cloudflare, and we write about it in Webflow vs a static site on Cloudflare. Our client work is on Webflow, Framer, WordPress and Shopify, so we have left ourselves off this list on purpose. We are not paid by any studio below.

How we chose, and what we read

We looked at what Google showed on 23 October 2026 for "best astro web development agencies": Astro's own partner page, a roundup from Digital Elevator, one from EnactOn, one from Online Optimism, and studio pages from Goodspeed and others. Then we opened each studio's own website. We included a studio only if its own page was readable and stated what it does. Opace appeared in several lists, but we could not open a page of its own to cite, so it is left out rather than described from someone else's words.

Order: alphabetical. That is the whole rule.

The four studios, from their own pages

Bejamas

Astro's own partner page lists Bejamas, with the line "North America / Europe" and a client list that includes Alpro (Danone), Costa Coffee and SumUp. Bejamas's own site describes four steps: audit, design, migrate and run. It names Astro and Next.js, the CMSs Contentful, Sanity and Storyblok, and hosting on Vercel, Netlify or Cloudflare. It also says it is ISO 27001 certified. The page does not list a price or a timeline. Its case-study figures are its own, so ask for the sites behind them.

Digital Elevator

Digital Elevator is a search and AI visibility agency. In its own article, last updated 17 September 2026, it says it builds with Astro 5 and static output on the Cloudflare edge, that web design starts at $6,000, scoped and priced upfront, and that static hosting costs nothing a month. The same article ranks Digital Elevator first, and it says so openly. Treat the numbers as the studio's claims and confirm them in a quote.

Goodspeed

Goodspeed calls itself an "Astro development agency for funded teams". Its page lists Astro development, headless CMS setup with Sanity, Contentful or Storyblok, migrations, speed and SEO tuning, and a monthly retainer. It promises a fixed scope and launch date, says changed URLs get a 301 redirect, and says titles, canonicals and structured data are checked page by page before launch. It lists no prices. Its headline statistics, such as how many products it has shipped, are its own and we did not check them.

Lucky Media

Lucky Media is based in Dallas, Texas. Its home page lists marketing websites, headless CMS solutions and platform migrations, and mentions Next.js, Astro, Contentful and Statamic. One case study on the page is a Chainguard website rebuild in 30 days, which is the studio's claim. No prices are shown.

Hosting rules to check before you sign

A static site is hosted on someone's account, and the plan decides what you pay and what you are allowed to do.

The Vercel rule matters most for buyers. If an agency builds your business site on its own free Hobby account, it is outside Vercel's terms as written on its fair use page, last updated 14 September 2026. Ask for the project to sit under an account in your name, on the right plan.

Vercel's partner directory

Vercel publishes a solution partner directory. On 23 October 2026 it listed 116 partners with tiers named Platinum (15 partners), Gold (12), Silver and Enrolled (12), and 115 of the 116 listed Next.js as a framework. The page does not say how a partner earns a tier, so a tier is a starting point for questions, not proof of quality. Bejamas appears in the list.

What the ranking pages miss

We read the Digital Elevator roundup in full. Its seven agencies are each matched to a use case, and the author discloses that the article ranks its own firm first. In that article, and in the search listings of the others, three things were missing.

1. Hosting terms. The roundup we read does not mention that Vercel's free plan excludes commercial work, or ask who holds the hosting account.
2. Who edits after launch. It mentions headless CMS options, but does not compare how much a non-technical editor can do alone.
3. A way to check claims. Its performance numbers come from the studios themselves. A buyer can run a free test on a live case-study site and compare it with the claim.

Questions to ask any studio

1. Which hosting account will the site run on, and will it be in my name?
2. Who can publish a change without a developer, and how?
3. What CMS do you recommend and why? What does it cost each month?
4. How do you protect search traffic? Ask for the redirect list.
5. What happens if you leave? Can another developer take over the code?
6. What is the scope and price, and what is not in it?
7. Can I see two live sites you built, not screenshots?

Our guide to choosing a web design agency covers the wider checks, and hiring an offshore agency safely covers the extra care needed when the team is far away.

When you do not need an agency

If the site has one technical editor, a few dozen pages and no logins, you may be better with a builder or a tool you control. Compare the options in our Webflow alternatives by use case, and see what a hosted builder really costs in our Webflow cost guide.

How we help

If a static site is not the right fit, we build on Webflow, Framer, WordPress and Shopify, priced from the scope of the project and never by the hour. We take 40% to begin, 30% when you approve the design and 30% ahead of launch. On final payment the design, copy and code are yours, with the domain, hosting and analytics accounts held in your name. Start with our Webflow or WordPress service pages.

Frequently asked questions

What is a static site?

A static site is a set of ready-made pages served from a content network, with no database behind each visit. Astro builds them from components. A page that needs interaction loads a little script only where it is needed.

Is Astro or Next.js better for a business website?

For a content-led marketing site, Astro is built to send less script to the browser. Next.js suits sites that need heavier app features. Both appear in the studio pages above, so ask the studio why it recommends one.

How much does an Astro website cost?

Few studios publish prices. Of the four above, only Digital Elevator states a figure, from $6,000 for web design in its own article. Ask for a written scope and a fixed price.

Can I host a static site for free?

Yes for hosting. Cloudflare's free plan allows 500 builds a month and 20,000 files per site. You still pay for the domain and for the people who build and edit the site.

Can I use Vercel's free plan for a business site?

Vercel's fair use page says Hobby teams are for non-commercial personal use only, and commercial use needs Pro or Enterprise. Check the page and the current terms before you rely on it.

Will a static site rank better?

Speed helps, but it does not replace good content and a clear structure. Keep your URLs or redirect every changed address, and carry over Search Console and analytics.

How do I check a studio's claims?

Ask for live sites, run a free speed test on them, and ask for the redirect plan from a past migration. Treat percentages and counts on a studio's page as claims until you see the evidence.