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Next.js development
Next.js websites, portals and web apps, built to last.
Marketing sites that grow into products: logins, dashboards, gated docs and your own data, on Next.js with Sanity. Building on Shopify? See Shopify apps on Next.js.
Built by the team behind sites for
Why next.js
Next.js renders each page the way it needs: static for marketing, on request for anything personal, streamed for dashboards. One codebase covers the site, the portal and the API behind them.
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Creative Labs agent↻ Replay
You10:02
Can customers see their invoices after they sign in?
CL agent10:03
Yes. Added an /account/invoices route behind sign-in that reads from your billing API. The preview link is live; the marketing pages are unchanged and still static.
Message #portal
Next.js, Astro or WordPress?
When Next.js is worth it, and when it isn’t.
Next.js earns its keep where the website and the product meet: customer portals, gated content, dashboards, calculators and pages built from live data. For a content-only site, Astro is simpler and cheaper to run; see Astro vs Next.js.
WordPress
Astro
Next.js
This pageBest for
Blogs run by one person on a budget
Marketing sites, blogs and docs
Sites with logins, portals and app features
Who edits pages
Your team, in Gutenberg or a page builder
Editors in Sanity, from approved blocks
Editors in Sanity; app screens by developers
Time to launch
4 to 8 weeks
6 to 8 weeks
8 to 14 weeks
Sign-in & user data
Plugins
Possible, not its strength
Built in: sessions, roles, per-user pages
Rendering
PHP per request, then cached
Static HTML by default
Static, on request or streamed, per route
Hosting
A managed WordPress host
Vercel, Netlify or Cloudflare
Vercel, or any Node host
This site runs on Next.js and Sanity, so the patterns we build for clients are the ones we run ourselves.
Our process
How a Next.js build runs.
A marketing site in about 8 weeks; with a portal or app features, 10 to 14. Coloured bars are our work, grey ones are yours.
NEXT.JS SITE + PORTALARCHITECTURE, DESIGN AND BUILD
WEEK 1
WEEK 2
WEEK 3
WEEK 4
WEEK 5
WEEK 6
WEEK 7
WEEK 8
WEEK 9
WEEK 10
Y
You
Access, data, sign-offs
Access
Sign-off
Launch
A
Architecture
Data, auth, rendering
Discovery
Auth + data model
D
Design
System, pages, screens
Design system
Pages + screens
B
Build
Components, portal, QA
Components + CMS
Portal + QA
Point at any part to see what happens there.
How we work
Next.js, decided before the first commit.
01
Rendering per route
Static for marketing pages, on request for anything personal, decided page by page.
02
Sign-in and data done properly
Auth, roles and API access designed up front, with secrets kept on the server.
03
Hosting you own
Vercel or your own cloud, on your account, with the repo in your GitHub.
04
A CMS for the marketing pages
Sanity with live preview, so marketing never waits on an app release.
Pricing
One project, or a team every month.
Fixed price for the project, or a subscription that keeps shipping after launch.
One-time project
$10,000
from
Design and build at $1,000 to $3,000 a page, so a 10-page Next.js site runs $10,000 to $30,000. Portals and app features are scoped and fixed before we start.
✓Architecture and data model
✓Design system + pages
✓Sign-in, portal or app features
✓CMS and deploy in your accounts
✓60-day support
Subscription
$3,000
/ month
Development subscription for sites and portals that keep shipping.
✓Senior Next.js engineer
✓Updates every 24–48 hours
✓New features every sprint
✓Pause or cancel monthly
Quality
What every Next.js build is checked for.
Core Web Vitals green
Field data, not a lab run.
Sign-in and roles
Every protected route tested signed out.
Security headers
CSP and HSTS set; secrets server-side.
SEO parity
Every old URL kept or redirected.
Accessibility
WCAG 2.2 AA on every template.
Error tracking
Errors and slow routes reported.
Content editing
Marketing publishes without a deploy.
You own it
Repo, CMS and hosting in your name.
Words from the brands we've built for
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Cellocity TeamCellocity
Still got questions?
Your questions about Next.js
When do we need Next.js instead of Astro?
When the site does more than publish content: logins, a customer portal, dashboards, per-user pricing or pages built from live data. If it’s mostly content, Astro is simpler; see Astro vs Next.js.
Can you build a customer portal or members area?
Yes. Sign-in, roles, account pages and the API calls behind them, connected to your billing, CRM or product data. We design the data and permissions first, then the screens.
Can our marketing team still edit the website?
Yes. Marketing pages come from Sanity with live preview, kept apart from the app code, so publishing a page never waits on a release.
Do we have to host on Vercel?
No. Vercel is the easiest home for Next.js, but it also runs on Netlify, Cloudflare, AWS or your own Node servers. Hosting sits on your account either way.
How is this different from your Next.js work for Shopify?
Our Shopify apps on Next.js service builds apps and storefronts on Shopify’s APIs. This one is for websites, portals and web apps that don’t depend on Shopify.
What does a Next.js site cost?
Design and build runs $1,000 to $3,000 a page at a fixed price, so a 10-page site is $10,000 to $30,000. Portals and app features are scoped separately and fixed before we start. See the website cost calculator.
You've reached the end, so now…
Tell us what you’re building.
Send us your store. Within one business day you get a short Loom from a senior: the three things we'd fix first, what it would cost, and whether we're the right team for it.
- No pitch deck, no discovery-call theatre
- You keep the audit whether or not you hire us
- Fixed-scope quotes, no hourly surprises
Prefer to talk? Book 20 minutes with Haniel or call +1 855-764-4977