Rooster Grin Media is a web development agency in San Francisco that also keeps client sites running after launch. The team builds template and fully custom websites, then handles hosting, upkeep, and email migration.
Digital marketing sits alongside the build work. Rooster Grin runs SEO, Google Ads, and Facebook and Instagram campaigns for the practices it serves.
Its Thread platform adds appointment reminders, HIPAA-compliant patient forms, online scheduling, review management, and VOIP service. Much of the client roster is orthodontic and dental.
The company made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing private companies and the Financial Times ranking of the Americas' fastest-growing companies, both in 2022. Its client sites have taken Web Excellence Awards in 2022 and 2023.
Ari Salomon has been building websites in San Francisco since 1996, which makes this one of the longest-running one-person studios in the city. He works almost entirely in WordPress now.
Services cover responsive site builds, WooCommerce stores, custom theme work, and landing pages. Hosting and maintenance come through a separate arm, HelloARI Hosting, and include free WordPress security updates.
Clients can also get logo work, graphic design, and vinyl signage from the same source. That suits small businesses wanting one point of contact. Salomon is a fine art photographer as well, with panoramic cityscape work shown under his own name.
Few Bay Area studios work only with social change organizations. Kalamuna does, splitting its team between Oakland and Toronto.
The agency designs, builds, and supports Drupal and WordPress sites, with accessibility treated as a requirement rather than an add-on. Work spans research and strategy, design and content, web development, and long-term support.
Recent projects include the University of Toronto Scarborough's Human Geography department and Link21, a regional rail planning initiative. Kalamuna also runs an admissions diagnostic for colleges that want to fix where prospective students drop off.
The company has publicly endorsed the UN Open Source Principles, which tells you something about how it thinks about the tools it builds with.
AIS Technolabs runs its North America office out of Pacifica, south of San Francisco, with headquarters in Ahmedabad, India. The company has been in business more than 16 years.
Its main lines are iGaming platforms and remote engineering teams. That covers white-label casino, sportsbook, and poker software, plus custom mobile apps, CRMs, and WebGL builds.
Clients can also hire dedicated developers by skill set, from WordPress and React to Unity and Python. AIS reports 180 apps launched and a 95% client retention rate.
What started in 2000 as a logo and branding studio was building more websites than logos by 2005. Founder Aron Scarinzi brought in Garrett Goldman in 2010, and the shop moved from Fruitvale to downtown Oakland.
Today State Creative builds custom sites on WordPress, Drupal, and Laravel for financial firms, professional services, and retailers. Ongoing WordPress maintenance and security work is a large part of the business.
A good fit for organizations that want the same team handling both the build and the years of upkeep that follow.
Ninety-seven percent of Kanopi Studios clients come back the following year. The agency works in both Drupal and WordPress for higher education, healthcare, nonprofits, and arts institutions.
Past builds include PEN America, the UCSF Department of Surgery, and a First Tee multisite that houses more than 150 member chapters. The Frick Collection is a supporting client.
Kanopi is a certified Canadian Women Business Enterprise and a Drupal Certified Platinum Partner. The team is fully remote, concentrated around San Francisco and Victoria, BC.
Proleadsoft is a digital agency in the Castro, founded and led by Imran Alavi. Website builds sit next to iOS and Android app development and custom software.
The marketing side covers search engine optimization, paid search, email, and newer GEO and AEO work aimed at visibility inside AI answers. Cloud migration and DevOps round out the technical services.
Client work spans medical technology, industrial manufacturing, and legal, including Rani Therapeutics and Sundyne. The team also takes on occasional pro bono projects for local nonprofits.
Two ways to work with CiderSoft: hire pre-vetted senior engineers into your own team, or hand over a project start to finish. Placements typically take about two weeks.
Since 2015, the company has delivered more than 200 projects for over 100 clients. Work includes a Salesforce SMS integration for TalkDesk and a headless WordPress rebuild of The Field Museum's collection portal.
Staff augmentation contracts run month to month with a three-month replacement guarantee and a US-based project manager.
Nonprofits and schools make up most of the client list at this Oakland studio. MIGHTYminnow builds custom WordPress sites, then stays on for support, upkeep, and staff training.
Projects include the Oakland Public Education Fund, Dogs 4 Diabetics, Techbridge Girls, and Mills College Children's School. Graphic design is handled in house alongside development.
Worth a look if your organization needs an accessible site and someone to keep it patched afterward.
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Small businesses across Oakland, San Jose, and the wider Bay Area are the focus here. Services include web design, local SEO, lead generation, and review management, with a free audit of your current site.
Custom WordPress work is all this shop does: themes, plugins, and web apps, plus digital strategy and ongoing support. Arrow Root Media rebuilt the MoMA press office site and has worked with SFMOMA and the Alameda County Food Bank.
Founder Sharee Adriazola has spent 20 years on brand strategy for cultural institutions and mission-driven groups. MyGroove Design pairs positioning and messaging work with visual identity, website builds, and live streaming from its Oakland studio.
Running since the dot-com years, Neko Media has designed, built, and hosted small business websites since 1999. The Antioch firm covers graphic design, CMS development, shopping carts, redesigns, and organic search work.