+ Sites Measured in Milliseconds, Not Marketing Fluff

An Astro Agency

Astro Development Agency

Flex Solutions is an Astro development agency that builds marketing sites, documentation, blogs, and content-led product pages for teams who care about Lighthouse scores and TTFB more than they care about a page builder. We hire out as a focused Astro agency engagement, not a retainer you forget about.

When you hire Astro developers here, you get engineers who know the islands architecture cold, not a generalist team treating Astro like a React wrapper.

STACK

Astro · MDX · Cloudflare

CONTENT

Markdown · Sanity · Decap

ENGAGEMENT

Project · 3-8 wk

TEAM

2 engineers · 1 designer

What Is Astro, and Why Hire an Agency for It?

Astro is a web framework built for content-led sites. It ships zero JavaScript by default, adds interactive islands only where you need them, and deploys cleanly to the edge. A good Astro agency exists because the framework rewards teams who understand its islands architecture, content collections, and build pipeline deeply, not teams treating it like just another React wrapper.

We use Astro for marketing sites, docs, blogs, and product pages: the pages that have to load fast on a phone in a tunnel, not just in a Lighthouse report run from an office Wi-Fi connection.

What Does an Astro Development Agency Actually Do?

An Astro development agency designs, builds, and migrates content-led websites using the Astro framework, then wires up the CMS, hosting, and performance tooling around it. At Flex Solutions, that means marketing sites, documentation portals, blogs, and content-led product pages, built so that Core Web Vitals pass by default instead of needing a rescue project six months late.

Can You Start Without Committing to a Full Build?

Yes. Week one is a brief, a sitemap, and a content audit only. We agree on scope, brand, and a performance budget before either of us commits to the full six-to-eight-week build. If the fit is wrong, you walk away after week one having paid for a brief, not a half-finished site.

+ HOW WE RUN IT

How We Start: The Eight-Week Astro Build Process

  • 01

    Brief & sitemap

    A one-page brief, a sitemap, and a content audit. Scope, brand, and performance budget agreed before code gets written.

    Fixed-fee briefSitemapPerformance budget
    WEEK 1, Fixed fee
  • 02

    Design + build

    Designs move into Figma, components get built in Astro, real content goes in from day three. Weekly deploy preview links.

    Figma fileAstro componentsPreview deploys
    WEEK 2-6
  • 03

    Polish + launch

    SEO, schema, sitemap, redirects, analytics, accessibility pass. DNS swap.

    Launch checklistRedirect mapAccessibility pass
    WEEK 7-8
  • 04

    Handover or retain

    A 30-day support tail, then either full handover or an ongoing retainer, your call.

    Handover doc30-day supportOptional retainer
    OPTIONAL
+ THE BRIEF

What You Get When You Hire Astro Developers

Astro is the right tool for content-led sites: zero JS by default, islands when you need them, edge-deployable, and small enough that engineers can read the entire framework. We use it for marketing sites, docs, blogs, and product pages, the ones that have to load fast on a phone in a tunnel.

+ WHAT YOU GET
  • Astro 4+ build with islands only where they earn their JavaScript weight.

  • Editorial workflow on Decap, Sanity, or plain Markdown, your call.

  • Schema.org, OG tags, sitemap, robots, and canonicals wired by default.

  • Pagefind or Algolia search, Plausible or Fathom analytics.

  • Cloudflare Pages or Vercel deployment with preview branches.

  • Component library your team can extend without us.

  • Handover doc, redirect map, and a 30-day support tail.

+ CAPABILITIES

Capabilities: Inside the Astro Agency Engagement

What it actually means
  • 01

    Marketing sites

    Hero, product, pricing, customers, careers, designed and built, not a template.

  • 02

    Documentation

    Starlight or hand-rolled docs with versioning, search, dark mode.

  • 03

    Blog & editorial

    Posts, taxonomies, RSS, OG cards, author pages that survive the first hire.

  • 04

    Product pages

    Content-led pages with React or Vue islands, no 200KB bundle for a pricing table.

  • 05

    Migration in

    From WordPress, Webflow, Framer, Ghost, or Hugo, URLs preserved.

  • 06

    Performance

    Lighthouse 100 across top pages, sub-80ms median TTFB at the edge.

+ THE STACK

The Astro Web Development Stack We Trust

Opinions earned across shipped Astro sites, not picked from a framework comparison post.

  • + BUILD
    Astro 4+MDXViteTypeScript
  • + UI
    Tailwindshadcn (islands)LucideMotion One
  • + CONTENT
    DecapSanityMarkdownTina
  • + EDGE
    Cloudflare PagesVercelR2Pagefind
+ HOW WE DECIDE

Astro Web Development vs. the Alternatives: How We Decide

Comparison factorFlex SolutionsHiring a senior FTETraditional agency
Time to start1-week brief, embed by week 2Weeks to months of hiring before code gets touchedWeeks of scoping before the project even starts
Cost structureFixed quote, project-scopedSalary, equity, benefits, indefinitelyRetainer or project fee, scope creep common
Risk if the fit is wrongEngagement ends at week 1, no sunk costA bad hire costs months to unwindContract dispute over what done means
Best fitContent-led sites, migrations, performance-critical rebuildsOngoing product engineering, not a single siteGeneralist scope, not Astro-specific depth

Numbers from Astro Sites We’ve Shipped

100/100
Lighthouse target across top pages
<80ms
Median TTFB at edge
14
Astro sites in production
5wk
Median ship time from brief to launch
+ FAQ

Things teams ask before they sign.

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