Web design and digital marketing agency in San Francisco and the Bay Area
Websites, SEO and Google Ads for businesses in San Francisco, Oakland, San Jose and across the Bay Area. We don’t keep an office in the Bay Area: we work remotely, the way we work with clients across the US, with the price fixed in writing before you pay.
four clients tripled conversion, ad return or revenue
projects since 2015
on Clutch in Austin: conversion optimization, landing pages
What Bay Area businesses struggle with online
Three studios with 68 to 141 reviews hold the map. Under them a Reddit thread asks who to hire and four “top web design” lists follow, so a buyer meets a dozen names before calling any of them.
A Google Ads click averages $12.58 on “general contractor san francisco”. If the site doesn’t show services, proof and a clear next step, each visitor who leaves without calling is $12.58 gone.
If your site doesn’t say plainly what you do and where, AI assistants name someone else.
Monthly PDFs full of impressions and keywords. No calls tracked, no forms attributed, no way to tell which channel paid off.
California clients, no Bay Area office
Uwindi is based in the Austin area, with our own team of 13: 150+ projects since 2015 for service companies and B2B firms across the US, no white-label handoffs. The order is fixed: the website first, then SEO and Google Ads to send the right buyers to it, then Website Care to keep it fast and secure. Everything runs under your name. Los Angeles companies are among them: ECA Partners, Talent Compass and MassHere.
What San Francisco buyers search for when they need a website
“web design san francisco”
About 590 searches a month at $47.06 a click, highest from October to January (1,300 in October 2025, 880 in December and January). Google counts “web designer san francisco” and “web design company san francisco” as the same search.
“website design san francisco”
About 320 a month at $11.58, peaking at 720 a month in both October and November 2025, then 590 in March 2026.
“web design san jose”
About 390 a month at $9.71, with 1,300 in October 2025.
“web design oakland”
About 320 a month; no cost per click reported.
“web design bay area”
About 260 a month at $16.72, busiest from October to January.
“web developer san francisco”
About 10 a month. “website redesign” and “small business website” with San Francisco: too few searches to report.
Who you’re up against in San Francisco
On November 10, 2026, we searched “web design san francisco” and “website design san francisco” the way a buyer in the city would.
The same three studios hold the map on both searches
They have 141, 70 and 68 Google reviews, a bar a new or remote studio won’t clear soon, so the organic results are the realistic target.
Lists and Reddit outnumber studios
On the second search a Reddit thread asking for a recommendation was the first organic result, and four of the nine results were lists. On the first, four lists and a Reddit thread sat under the map and an AI Overview.
Freelancers next to agencies
A San Francisco freelancer, a Peninsula WordPress studio and one agency’s page covering both San Francisco and Los Angeles all rank, so buyers weigh very different offers on one screen.
What a Bay Area property manager’s website has to show
Property management is one of the busiest service searches here: “property management san francisco” gets about 1,600 searches a month, and a click costs about $6.80. The owners behind those searches are handing over a building, so give them three things before they call: what you charge, which kinds of buildings you manage, and how you handle the local rent rules. San Francisco, Oakland and San Jose each have their own rent ordinance, so a manager working in more than one city needs a page per city, with buildings or reviews from there. Keep tenants out of the owner’s path: a portal login and a repair request in the header, and the owner inquiry as the main button.
What we do for San Francisco businesses
Web design and development on Astro with a headless CMS, or on WordPress with Bricks for teams that prefer traditional hosting; a 5-page Business Website goes live in 3–4 weeks. SEO and AI search, Google Ads, Website Care, brand identity, and call and form tracking. Every service stands on its own; most clients start with one.
Our projects
For Bay Area companies we show the work closest to theirs: a marketplace web app and a SaaS launch, next to two Los Angeles recruiting firms.
A massage therapist marketplace: web app with Stripe subscriptions and search by location
A Turo fleet service’s brand, web app and investor page: Top 20 at Startupbootcamp
A slow, glitchy site fixed, a brand refresh and landing pages that bring more inbound leads and calls
No brand and no site for ads: a rebrand and a one-page site their campaigns now run on
How we work with San Francisco clients
A custom site takes 8–10 weeks from kickoff; a five-page site takes 3–4. We start with your buyers and your current site, draft the key pages from material you already have, and design every page for your approval before we build. At launch every old address is redirected and your team gets an admin walkthrough. The first month of support is free, build defects are fixed for a year, and you can stop after any stage and keep the work you paid for.
The price is fixed in writing before you pay anything.
Stop after any stage and keep the work you paid for.
San Francisco web design and marketing pricing
Published prices, scoped in advance. Here is where most clients start; larger scopes get a fixed price in writing before work begins.
Business Website
A conversion-focused website that turns Bay Area visitors into qualified inquiries.
- Up to 5 core pages, including Home
- A short review of your competitors behind your homepage message
- Custom homepage design, other pages from proven components
Local SEO
Local SEO to own your service across San Francisco and the Bay Area.
- Google Business Profile optimized and monitored
- 3–5 priority local search themes
- 1 SEO sprint a month on existing pages
Focused Ads
Google Search and Maps ads for Bay Area buyers searching for your service right now.
- Google Search and Maps ads
- Service- and location-specific keywords
- Call and lead tracking
Brand identity
A visual identity that makes your company look as good as your work.
- Logo design, primary and secondary versions
- Color palette
- Typography system
Full plan details and payment options: Website development.
Uwindi’s team is quick to respond via BaseCamp and phone for urgent matters.
The site looks like us, not like a template.
Based on our very positive experience, we will definitely expand the areas of our cooperation.
Jojo DeaMarketing Manager, MoticYou ask,
we answer
- Do you have an office in San Francisco?
No. Uwindi is based in the Austin area and works with clients across the US remotely: most meetings are video calls over a shared workspace, and the price is fixed before the first invoice. If you need someone who will drive to your office, we will tell you on the first call that we are not the right fit.
- Do you do SEO for San Francisco businesses?
Yes. Local SEO starts from $750 a month: your Google Business Profile, priority local search themes, citations, a review system and a monthly SEO sprint on your own pages. Larger and multi-location scopes are SEO Growth at $2,000 a month or Custom SEO from $3,500. First improvements usually show in 3–6 months.
- How much does a website cost in San Francisco?
The same as everywhere we work: the five-page Business Website costs $3,800, fixed, and launches in 3–4 weeks; for a Custom Growth Website, prices start at $7,500. For scale, an agency advertising on “web design san francisco” pays about $47 for a single click, so the complete five-page build equals roughly 80 of those clicks. Bigger scopes are priced in writing up front and paid in stages.
- Should our site say San Francisco or the Bay Area?
Name the cities, and keep “Bay Area” as the umbrella. Buyers mostly type a city: “general contractor san francisco” and “general contractor san jose” get about 880 searches a month each and Oakland about 320, while “general contractor bay area” gets 720. The regional phrase is also dearer to advertise on, about $15.59 a click against $7.63 for San Jose. Put the cities you really serve near the top of the homepage, give the biggest ones their own page with work from there, and use “Bay Area” for the overview.
- Do you work with businesses in Oakland, San Jose and the rest of the Bay Area?
Yes. Clients in Oakland, Berkeley, San Jose, the Peninsula or the South Bay work with the same team at the same published prices, and local SEO is set up for the cities your own customers search from.
