Should you build your website with code, "no-code", or a website builder?

If your business needs advanced solutions such as integrations between the website and other systems, we are happy to tailor a hand-coded solution based on the content platform Sanity CMS. Our approach is that we only write code if it benefits your business.

If a platform like Webflow covers all business needs now and in the near future, we would recommend this lightweight approach instead of hand-coding. Here we can develop exactly what we want with full design freedom, without restrictions from a template framework. We build websites with the same principles as hand-coding but through a graphical interface that cuts development time to less than 50%. However, the possibilities are limited compared to coding where "everything is possible". Read more about the differences further down.

For the simplest websites that just need to "work and look nice", we often point towards the website builder Squarespace, which, unlike the two previous options, allows users without prior knowledge of web development to build their own website.

Build anything! Unlimited possibilities for features and growth. You may not need a bunch of complicated functionality now, but what is your business going to look like in 2-5 years? How are you planning to grow? Is your website functionality going to evolve? It’s hard to plan ahead, but it can save you time and money in the long run if you start with modern technology that won’t hold you back.

Build what your customers want and what’s best for your brand, not what the template and plug-ins allow you to build.

The Sanity + Next.js tech combination hosted with Vercel (yes, I let the geek out) features super-fast websites for better usability. Slow load times are sales killers, especially on mobile. Google: 53% of mobile users abandon sites that take over 3 seconds to load.

Totally customized editing that fits your content. Content is built with custom blocks and layouts making it easy for the editor to build and update pages without needing help from developers.

With a headless CMS like Sanity, the content of your business is stored as structured data, totally separate from the presentation. That means that when it's time to design and develop a brand new website, your content can live on and be presented in the new solution without starting from scratch.

Customized shopping experiences with no template restraints. Combine e-commerce with other web content seamlessly. When we couple Sanity with headless e-commerce platforms like Shopify, the solution is extremely powerful and future-proof for growing international brand stores. Read about our headless Shopify + Sanity development services here.

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Real-time content collaboration and advanced version control.

Integrate with just about anything. Send and receive data to any system that allows it.

All your content in one place with a “headless CMS” that totally separates content and display, allowing you to distribute your content to the web, emails, apps, anywhere. Easily share by email newsletters recipes, products, or whatever content is relevant to your customers, manually or automatically.

Sanity has amazing image editing and processing that is easy for editors and provides fast load times for users.

Easily handle multiple languages on one site. Even simple low-budget (or in this case no-budget) websites like the non-profit Support not Protect feature the option to speak to their audience in their native language.

High level security and granular editor permissions.

Fully integrated member and payment handling for membership sites.

Upload videos directly in the Sanity editor, and they're uploaded via the MUX plugin in the background, which processes the video, and makes source files in different sizes for different device types automatically that we can access and display on the website.

If you spend 50-100k NOK (5-10k EUR) on a simple solution in Squarespace, WordPress, Webflow, or Wix now, that money is lost when your needs exceed the possibilities of the platform.

Successful brands like Nike, reMarkable, and Sonos build their site on Sanity - the best modern CMS.

Sometimes we simply can't afford what we want or should have. If a custom high-end website that would be perfect for your business costs 300k NOK and your budget is 100k NOK, we will help you evaluate if the benefits of going custom will cover an increased investment short term or if it's better to start simple with Webflow and re-evaluate in the future.

If a platform like Webflow covers all the business needs now and in the near future, we will recommend this lightweight approach instead of custom development.

For early-stage startups and companies who need to test concepts that will evolve rapidly and potentially get dropped, building great websites and user experiences on Webflow is a great way to go. Within the limitations of Webflow, we can build exactly what we want how we want it, so it's an amazing tool for prototyping.