A service website
Build clear service pages, project proof and an enquiry form. Agree the questions each page should answer and test the enquiry journey on mobile before launch.
See a service-site example →Astro Web Design & Development Agency
Web Aloha is an Astro web design agency. Our designers and Astro developers build new, content-led websites from the ground up: information architecture, conversion copy, components, optimized media, SEO foundations, and deployment.
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Content included in every package.
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Packages from $777.
Lightning-Fast Performance
Astro can ship little or no client-side JavaScript where it is not needed. We measure representative pages against an agreed performance budget.
Smaller Runtime Surface
Static brochure pages can avoid a public CMS database, admin login, and runtime plugin stack. Integrations still receive appropriate security controls.
SEO & AI Search Ready
Semantic HTML, metadata, and schema are implemented and validated.
Choose the right scope for your Astro website
Choose this service when the main job is creating a new site, new page system, or new brand experience in Astro. If you already have a WordPress site whose URLs, posts, media, metadata, redirects, forms, and ranking signals must survive a controlled cutover, use our WordPress to Astro migration service.
Moving an existing Wix site? Our Wix to Astro migration service covers content transfer, Wix app replacements, an agreed editing workflow and launch checks.
From your business content to a working enquiry journey
A content-led business
Create reusable article, service and case-study templates, with intentional links between them. Agree how your team will edit and review content.
See Gridinta’s page system →A site with rich imagery
Check the image candidate a real browser downloads, along with dimensions, format and visual quality. Our published Astro image study documents the tradeoffs.
Read our image-delivery study →Evidence you can inspect: Gridinta’s published GTmetrix reports show homepage LCP changing from 2.4 seconds on WordPress to 477 milliseconds on Astro. Tests ran from London on 4 and 7 August 2026 using Chrome 142 and Lighthouse 12.6.1.
Send your services, intended customers, and editing needs. We’ll recommend a page structure and confirm scope before starting.
Discuss my Astro website →Measured
Performance budget
Static
HTML-first delivery
Lean
Client-side runtime
Real Results: Before & After Astro
We migrated Wellington House Repiling (wellingtonhouserepiling.co.nz) from WordPress to Astro. Here are the Google PageSpeed Insights scores (mobile) before and after.
⚠ Before: WordPress (Mobile)
Performance
78
Accessibility
87
First Contentful Paint
2.9 s
Largest Contentful Paint
4.4 s
Total Blocking Time
120 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift
0
✅ After: Astro (Mobile)
Performance
98
Accessibility
95
First Contentful Paint
0.9 s
Largest Contentful Paint
1.8 s
Total Blocking Time
0 ms
Cumulative Layout Shift
0
Performance jumped from 78 → 98. Page load dropped from 4.4s → 1.8s LCP. Total Blocking Time hit 0 ms. Same content, same domain. Just rebuilt on Astro.
Source: Google PageSpeed Insights · Mobile · wellingtonhouserepiling.co.nz
Astro Website Development Benefits
Astro is a modern web framework designed for content-driven websites. It can generate clean, static HTML and lets us add client-side JavaScript only where an interaction needs it.
The result is a lean technical foundation that we test against agreed performance and accessibility budgets. Static delivery can remove the public WordPress runtime and reduce hosting overhead, while third-party integrations and dependencies remain part of the security and maintenance scope.
For a worked example of those checks, our Astro image delivery analysis compares generated image sizes and explains why we verify the resource the browser actually selects.
Efficient delivery and clean, structured content support a sound technical foundation for people, search crawlers, and AI systems. Astro gives us direct control over both. Not sure whether a static or dynamic architecture is right for your project? We can help you figure that out.
We use Astro for our own website. We know exactly what it can do, what its limits are, and how to build sites on it that convert visitors into customers.
Built for How the Web Works in 2026
Speed and accessible, semantic delivery affect how people experience a site and how machines interpret its content. Astro gives us a useful foundation for both.
Shorter attention spans
Slow pages create friction. Astro's static-first output gives us a lean base, while actual visitor performance is measured with the site's real content, media, scripts, and hosting.
AI loves fast, clean sites
Many crawlers can consume server-rendered HTML directly. Astro lets us expose the primary content, headings, links, and structured data without depending on client-side rendering.
Measured technical quality
We test performance, accessibility, semantic structure, metadata, and schema on representative pages. These support a sound technical foundation.
Astro vs WordPress, Side by Side
Choose around your content, editing and integrations. Both platforms need implementation-specific checks. For the deeper version, read WordPress vs Astro for business and the benefits of static websites.
| Astro | WordPress | |
|---|---|---|
| Performance | Depends on assets, scripts, hosting and integrations; test representative pages. | Depends on theme, plugins, caching, hosting and content; good performance is achievable. |
| JavaScript | Static content needs no client JavaScript; interactive features and third-party scripts add it. | The theme, editor and plugins determine the amount; heavy JavaScript is not inevitable. |
| Search-accessible content | Static or server-rendered HTML is available. | WordPress normally delivers server-rendered HTML. |
| Owner editing | Files, a connected CMS or an agreed developer-support workflow. | A familiar dashboard and editor, with Elementor available for visual editing. |
| Security | A static frontend needs no public database or WordPress login; integrations and accounts still need protection. | Core, themes, plugins, hosting and user access need ongoing care. |
| Maintenance and cost | Hosting, dependencies, CMS and integration costs depend on the project. | Hosting, licences and update work depend on the chosen setup. |
Running WordPress today? Our WordPress to Astro migration service inventories content and URLs, maps redirects and search signals, and validates parity to reduce cutover risk.
Astro Website Development Services
Custom Astro Websites
Business websites, portfolios, landing pages, custom designed and built on Astro for maximum speed and SEO impact.
WordPress to Astro Migration
We inventory in-scope content and URLs, map redirects and search signals, and compare the source and destination before cutover. Wondering how Astro compares to Next.js for your specific use case? We cover that too.
AI & GEO Optimization
We implement schema, llms.txt, and structured, server-rendered content to support machine understanding.
SEO-First Architecture
Meta tags, heading hierarchy, internal linking, sitemaps, robots.txt, breadcrumbs, every SEO fundamental is built in from day one.
Security by Architecture
Static brochure pages can avoid a public CMS database, admin login, and runtime plugin stack. Hosting, dependencies, forms, APIs, and other integrations still require secure configuration and maintenance.
Ongoing Support
Content updates, dependency review, performance monitoring, and technical improvements. The operating scope depends on the CMS, forms, APIs, and other integrations selected.
Astro Website With Content Included
A fast website with empty pages is still a useless website. That is why we write the content for you, SEO-optimized, conversion-focused copy for every page.
You send us the business details. We turn them into a clear website with useful content and search-accessible pages.
The result is a turnkey Astro website, designed, developed, written, and deployed, with minimal time required from you.
Our Astro Development Process
Discovery & Strategy
We research your industry, audience, and competitors to plan an Astro website built for speed, rankings, and conversions.
We Learn About Your Business
You fill out a short questionnaire. We gather everything needed to structure your content and design your site.
Content & Design Creation
We write SEO-optimized copy for every page and design a custom layout that reflects your brand and speaks to your audience.
Astro Development
We build your site with Astro, including clean HTML, minimal JavaScript, optimized images, and agreed performance and accessibility budgets.
Review & Refinements
We share the first version, collect feedback, and refine it through the agreed review rounds and acceptance criteria.
Launch & Deployment
We deploy your Astro website to a global CDN, set up analytics, and hand over everything. Your site is live and lightning-fast.
Packages at a glance
Compare prices, billing and core scope, then check the full package details before choosing.
| Package | Price | Billing | Core scope |
|---|---|---|---|
| Essential Astro | $777 | Project | Custom one-page Astro website with CDN hosting |
| Growth Astro | $999 | Project | Multi-page Astro website up to 7 pages with MDX blog |
| Ultimate Astro | $1,999 | Project | Complete Astro website up to 15 pages with headless CMS option |
Astro Website Pricing
Every Astro package includes custom design, website content, global CDN hosting, SEO setup, and all the tools for the job.
No hidden fees. Only pay extra if you need extra things (more pages, CMS integration, other languages, etc.)
Essential Astro
A lean one-page Astro website with measured performance and a clear online presence.
$777
- ✓ Custom one-page Astro design
- ✓ Mobile-friendly (responsive)
- ✓ Agreed page-performance budget
- ✓ Essential on-page SEO Makes each page easier for Google to understand and rank for relevant searches.
- ✓ Essential GEO/AI optimization Helps AI search tools understand your business more clearly.
- ✓ Schema markup Adds hidden business details that help search engines understand your website.
- ✓ Contact form integration
- ⚙ Google Analytics, Console, Bing Tools Shows which visitors and searches generate leads, so improvements can be measured.
- ✦ SSL via CDN (automatic) Encrypts visitor data and helps protect your website from common attacks.
- ✦ Global CDN hosting: 1 year included Serves your site from nearby servers for faster loading worldwide.
- ★ Lighthouse and Core Web Vitals QA Measures agreed representative pages for speed, usability, and accessibility before launch.
GET ESSENTIAL
Delivery within 7 days.
Popular
Growth Astro
A multi-page Astro website with structured content and search foundations.
$999
Everything in Essential, plus:
- ✓ Up to 7 pages (home, about, services, etc.)
- ✓ Advanced on-page SEO Improves content, headings and links to compete for more valuable searches.
- ✓ Advanced GEO/AI optimization Adds extra details about your expertise so AI systems understand your business more clearly.
- ✓ Advanced Schema markup Adds detailed service and content relationships, giving search engines richer context.
- ✓ Optimized images (WebP/AVIF, lazy loading) Shrinks images and delays off-screen files, helping pages load faster.
- ✓ Blog setup with MDX content Lets you publish structured articles that build authority without a slow database.
- ✓ Action plan for digital improvements Shows the next highest-impact improvements beyond this website project.
- ✓ Sitemap, robots.txt, llms.txt setup Helps search engines and AI crawlers discover and interpret your content.
- ✓ Global CDN hosting included Serves your site from nearby servers for faster loading worldwide.
- ✓ Open Graph + social sharing optimization Makes shared links look clear and compelling on social platforms.
GET GROWTH
Delivery within 10 days.
Ultimate Astro
Our most complete Astro package for businesses ready to make serious waves online.
$1999
Everything in Growth, plus:
- ✓ Up to 15 pages
- ✓ Separate page for every service
- ✓ Action plan for off-page SEO Recommends trusted mentions and link opportunities beyond your own website.
- ✓ Advanced competitor analysis & research Shows competitors’ successful search tactics, helping prioritize valuable improvements.
- ✓ Conversion tracking setup (forms, buttons) Measures actions such as enquiries and button clicks, showing what drives leads.
- ✦ 1hr. consulting & strategy call
- ✦ 6 SEO blog posts to kickstart rankings Builds topical authority and creates more pages Google can surface for relevant searches.
- ✦ Updated action plan after a year
- ✦ Headless CMS integration (optional) Lets your team edit content through a simple interface without changing code.
- ✦ 1 round of technical updates after a year
GET ULTIMATE
Delivery within 15 days.
Relevant proof
Results and feedback you can verify
Case study
Mobile PageSpeed: 78 → 98
Mobile lab tests from a WordPress-to-Astro rebuild show LCP falling from 4.4s to 1.8s.
Read the case study →Verified Trustpilot review
“Absolutely amazed at the service provided, not only have they designed my original business website 7yrs ago and have provided me with maintenance over the years but recently got an upgraded website over haul and new design. Couldn’t speak any more highly. Thank you so much!”
Wellington House Repiling Ltd · Long-term web design and maintenance client
Verify on Trustpilot →Astro Website Design: FAQ
What is Astro and why should I use it for my website?
Astro is a modern web framework that can generate clean, static HTML and ship little client-side JavaScript where interactivity is not needed. That architecture can support faster delivery, a smaller public runtime surface, and lower hosting overhead. It is well suited to business websites, portfolios, landing pages, and content-driven sites.
How fast is an Astro website compared to WordPress?
Astro gives us a lean starting point because static pages do not require a WordPress runtime for every request. Actual load time and Lighthouse results still depend on content, media, third-party scripts, hosting, and integrations, so we measure representative pages against an agreed performance budget.
Is Astro secure?
A static-first Astro site can reduce the publicly exposed server-side surface because brochure pages do not require a WordPress database, admin login, or runtime plugin stack. Hosting accounts, dependencies, forms, APIs, and other integrations still require secure configuration, updates, and monitoring.
How much does an Astro website cost?
Our Astro website packages start from $777 for a one-page site and go up depending on the number of pages, features, and complexity. Pricing is transparent and straightforward. After a quick look at your business, we can tell you which package makes the most sense.
Do you write the website content too?
Yes. Content creation is included in every Astro package. We write clear, conversion-focused, SEO-optimized copy for every page. You provide the business details, we handle the rest.
Can I edit my Astro website myself?
It depends on the setup. For simple text and image updates, we can integrate a headless CMS that gives you an easy editing interface, no coding required. For more complex changes, you would need a developer. We offer ongoing maintenance plans for exactly this purpose.
Will my Astro website rank well on Google?
Astro gives us a strong technical foundation for semantic HTML, metadata, structured data, sitemaps, internal links, and efficient delivery.
What about AI search visibility?
Astro lets us expose primary content, headings, links, and structured data in server-rendered HTML. We can add an optional llms.txt guide when useful.
Can you migrate my WordPress website to Astro?
Yes. We inventory the agreed content, URLs, metadata, forms and integrations, build the Astro replacement and check parity before cutover. Redirect planning and post-launch monitoring reduce avoidable search risk. Performance and ongoing cost depend on the measured baseline and chosen setup.
Where is an Astro website hosted?
Astro sites can use CDN hosting such as Vercel, Netlify or Cloudflare Pages. Hosting costs depend on traffic, build activity, server functions, storage and connected services. We review the expected workload before recommending a plan.
Do you offer maintenance after launch?
Yes. We offer content updates, performance checks and technical care. A static Astro frontend avoids WordPress core and plugin updates, but dependencies, hosting, forms, a CMS and other integrations may still need maintenance. We scope ongoing support around your implementation.
Who owns the Astro website after it is finished?
You do. Once the project is completed and paid for, you own the website, its content, the code, and all the files. We build websites as business assets you fully control.
Insights on Modern Web Performance
Speed, AI visibility, and smart web strategy are at the core of what we do. Read our real-world insights on how to make your website work harder for your business.
What Is Astro? A Plain-English Guide for Business Owners
WordPress vs Astro: Which Is Better for Business in 2026?
Is Astro Right for Your Business? A Decision Guide
Static vs Dynamic Websites: Differences and Which to Choose
Benefits of Static Websites: Speed, Security, and SEO in 2026
Astro vs Next.js: Which Is Better for a Business Website?
A clear next step
Start a New Astro Website with a Clear Scope
Tell us the audience, pages, content workflow, and integrations the new site needs. We will turn that into a practical design and development plan.
We reply within 24 hours. No pressure and no automatic retainer.