A design studio for logistics startups designs the website or the software for a company that moves, stores or tracks goods. Where the studios below publish a price or a Clutch minimum, it runs from $4,599 a month to $100,000+ for a project.
Your customers decide on your website. Your dispatchers and drivers decide on your app, all day, on screens that can't afford to confuse them. Few studios are good at both.
We build logistics websites too, so this list isn't ranked. Studios are in alphabetical order, us included, and nobody paid to be on it.
How we picked
A studio made the list if:
- its own site names logistics, fulfillment or supply chain client work
- it designs software or websites for startups or software companies, by its own account
- it shows client work on its own site
- it's a studio, not a solo freelancer
We left out freelancers, template shops, and studios that don't say they work with startups or software companies. Prices, ratings and client names come from each studio's own site or Clutch profile.
The five studios at a glance
Two of the five publish a price: Eleken, and Phenomenon Studio, whose pages differ. Cieden and Lazarev set a Clutch minimum, and Hexcode publishes none.
| Studio | Based | Best for | Price signal (USD) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cieden | Lviv, Warsaw and Wilmington, per its site | AI and warehouse interfaces | Clutch minimum $10,000+, $50 to $99/hr |
| Eleken | Kyiv, with a US entity in Delaware | Freight platforms on a monthly plan | $4,599/mo part-time, $6,599/mo full-time, 2-month minimum |
| Hexcode (us) | Indore, India | A logistics marketing site, shipped fast | Not published |
| Lazarev | San Francisco | Funded logistics platforms with a bigger budget | Clutch minimum $100,000+, $100 to $149/hr |
| Phenomenon Studio | Tallinn, Lugano and Dover (USA) | Dispatch dashboards and driver apps | From $6,000 for a website, $9,000 for a mobile app, $15,000 for a product redesign |
The numbers behind it
| Studio | Clutch | Named clients |
|---|---|---|
| Cieden | 4.9 (46 reviews) | OptaHaul, Tandem AI, Vimaan |
| Eleken | 4.9 (100+ reviews, per its site) | LogitudeWorld, Lambda, TendrX |
| Hexcode (us) | Profile, no reviews yet | Portless |
| Lazarev | 5.0 (19 reviews) | Flikair, Nimble, Priority Tire |
| Phenomenon Studio | 5.0 (54 reviews) | Saifast, Wayels |
Figures from each studio's own site or Clutch profile, checked . A Clutch minimum is the smallest project a studio sets on Clutch, not a quote. Where a rating says "per its site", the studio states it and we haven't checked it on Clutch. Named clients are ones the studio names on its own site.
Notes on each studio
Cieden
A UI/UX studio with offices in Lviv, Warsaw and Wilmington, Delaware, per its site. Its logistics page shows Tandem AI (an AI agent interface for logistics automation), Vimaan (warehouse inventory verification) and OptaHaul (dashboards for dairy logistics). It says a comprehensive solution typically takes about six months and publishes no price. Clutch shows 4.9 from 46 reviews and a $10,000+ minimum.
Good fit if: you're building an operator-facing tool, such as a warehouse or automation interface.
Not a fit if: you want a published price or a quick website-only job.
Eleken
A product design studio with offices in Kyiv and Newark, Delaware. Its cases include TendrX (a freight tendering platform for shippers and carriers, designed over a first three-month version), LogitudeWorld (a white-label shipment tracking platform) and Lambda (an internal supply chain tool turned into a client-facing product). It publishes $4,599 a month part-time and $6,599 full-time, with a two-month minimum, and shows 4.9 from 100+ Clutch reviews, per its site.
Good fit if: you want a dedicated designer on a monthly plan for a freight or tracking product.
Not a fit if: you need designers on US hours, because most of its designers are in GMT+2, per its site.
Hexcode (us)
A 15-person studio in Indore, founded in 2020, with US overlap until 1pm PT. Portless, global fulfillment for ecommerce brands shipping direct from Asia, is the only logistics client named on our work page. Our Portless case study covers a 40+ page website designed, built and shipped in under 12 weeks. We don't publish a price and we have no Clutch reviews yet. See the Portless case study
Good fit if: you sell logistics or fulfillment and need a website shipped inside a quarter.
Not a fit if: you need dispatch dashboards or a driver app researched and designed, because our logistics work is a website.
Lazarev
A design studio that says it's based in San Francisco, with a contact address in Mountain View. Its logistics page lists six cases, including Nimble (an autonomous fulfillment website tied to a $106M Series C), Flikair, Priority Tire and Vessel Finance. It publishes no price. Clutch shows 5.0 from 19 reviews and a $100,000+ minimum.
Good fit if: you've raised a round and want a full logistics platform or site redesigned.
Not a fit if: your budget is under $100,000, its Clutch minimum.
Phenomenon Studio
A studio with offices in Tallinn, Lugano and Dover, per its logistics page. It lists dispatch dashboards, driver apps, tracking portals and warehouse tools, and names Saifast (a promo website for a logistics platform) and Wayels (a courier system dashboard). Its logistics FAQ gives about $35K to $55K for a marketing-focused logistics website and $120K to $200K for a mid-complexity platform, while its main pages say from $6,000 for a website, so confirm which applies. Clutch shows 5.0 from 54 reviews.
Good fit if: you need dispatch, driver and tracking screens designed along with the website.
Not a fit if: you expect the $6,000 starting price to cover a full logistics platform.
Website or operations software first?
Start with whoever decides to buy. A shipper decides on your website, and a dispatcher decides on your app, so the first spend depends on which one you're short of.
| Your situation | Look for | Watch for |
|---|---|---|
| Selling to shippers and brands | A site that explains rates, coverage and tracking | A homepage that only says end to end |
| A dispatch team on screens all day | Dashboards tested with dispatchers | Designs reviewed only by founders |
| Drivers on phones | Mobile flows built for one hand | A desktop layout squeezed onto a phone |
| Selling to enterprise buyers | Integrations and security shown up front | Pages with no list of integrations |
Six questions to ask before you sign
- Which logistics products have you designed, and can I see them live?
- Will you test with dispatchers or drivers, or only review with founders?
- Do you design the marketing site, the operations software, or both?
- What does a first version cost, and how long does it take?
- Who does the work, and have they designed for a warehouse or a fleet before?
- Can I speak to a logistics founder you've worked with?
Questions
How much does design cost for a logistics startup?
Eleken publishes $4,599 a month part-time and $6,599 full-time. Phenomenon Studio says from $6,000 for a website, but its logistics FAQ gives about $35K to $55K for a logistics website, so confirm. Cieden's Clutch minimum is $10,000+ and Lazarev's is $100,000+. We publish none.
Do these studios design operations software or only websites?
Four of the five design software as well. Cieden shows warehouse and automation interfaces, Eleken freight platforms, Lazarev logistics platforms and Phenomenon Studio dispatch and driver apps. Our logistics work is a website.
Do I need a studio with logistics clients?
It helps, because logistics screens are dense and used all day. All five studios here name logistics work: Cieden, Eleken, Lazarev and Phenomenon Studio on their own pages, and us with Portless. Ask each for a live example.
How long does a logistics design project take?
From about three months for a first version. Eleken's TendrX first version took three months, our Portless website shipped in under 12 weeks, and Cieden says a comprehensive solution typically takes about six months. The others publish no timeline on the pages we checked.
Why isn't this list ranked?
Because we're on it. Ranking a list we compete in would tell you more about us than about the studios. So it's alphabetical, with the facts we could check.
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