Hire an agency when
You need original brand strategy, art direction, research with your own customers, or a build with real systems behind it. Expect a scoped project, a timeline measured in months, and a budget in five figures or more.
Web design agencies in Chicago
Chicago web design agencies bill $110 to $225 an hour, noticeably below the coasts for comparable quality. The market is weighted toward B2B: manufacturing, logistics, healthcare, insurance, and professional services.
That focus shapes the work. Chicago studios tend to be stronger on information architecture, lead generation, and long sales cycles than on art direction, which makes the city a good value pick when your site has to explain something complicated and convert.
Web design agencies in Chicago
5 web design agencies in Chicago: 97 Switch, ArtVersion, Fuzzy Math, Orbit Media Studios and Solid Digital. Each entry lists what the studio does, what it charges where that is public, and a link to its own work. The list is alphabetical, editorial, and unpaid. Last reviewed August 2026.
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97 Switch
Chicago, United StatesChicago agency covering web design, custom development, creative, and digital marketing for brands across industries.Web design · Web development · SEO
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ArtVersion
Chicago, United StatesChicago consultancy working across brand, interface design, and web builds for startups through large enterprises.Web design · Brand identity · Web development
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Fuzzy Math
Chicago, United StatesChicago consultancy focused on user-centered design for complex B2B, enterprise, and healthcare software.Web design · UX research · Design systems
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Orbit Media Studios
Chicago, United StatesChicago agency focused entirely on websites, with in-house strategy, design, and CMS development.Web design · Web development · SEO
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Solid Digital
Chicago, United StatesChicago agency working with B2B brands on website strategy, design, development, and ongoing optimization.Web design · Brand identity · Web development
Hire a studio in Chicago, or build it yourself
Both are real answers. The difference is what you are buying.
Build it yourself when
You already know what you want to say and mainly need the site to look right, work on mobile, and go live. That covers most marketing sites, launches, and landing pages, and it takes days instead of months.
Build it in Modulify
Describe the site and get a designed, responsive one back, then edit it and publish yourself. No handover, no change requests, and nothing to wait on the next time the copy needs to move.
Hiring a web design agency in Chicago
What buyers ask most before they shortlist.
Across the agencies listed on this page, minimum project budgets start around the low five figures. Rates vary with scope: a marketing site costs far less than a site with a CMS, ecommerce, or custom application behind it. Each profile lists the studio's own stated minimum and hourly range.
Every studio here is listed on its own merits, with the services, pricing, and published work it states publicly. The list is alphabetical, there is no ranking or scoring, and no agency has paid to be included or placed higher.
Ask who will actually do the work rather than who is in the pitch, what happens after launch and what it costs, whether you own the code and the design files outright, and how you will edit the site yourself once it is live. Get that last answer in writing, because it decides how much you depend on them afterwards.
Hire an agency when you need strategy, original art direction, or a complex build with integrations. Build it yourself when you know what you want to say and mainly need it to look right and go live. AI site builders now cover the second case at a fraction of agency cost, which is what Modulify does.
