DeftPath designs custom websites, AI receptionists and automations for small businesses. We build a working preview first — you only pay when you love it — then launch in 48 hours.
Custom websites, AI receptionists, MCP servers, Custom CRMs, Security audits, Cloud cost cuts, AI slop cleanup, Answer-engine ready
Most agencies sell you a process. We hand you a result. Every project starts with a working preview of your new website — designed around your business, written in your voice and fast on every phone — before you spend a cent. Love it, and we launch in two days. Not quite? We refine it with you until it is unmistakably yours.
The website is the core. AI agents, automation and search keep it working for you long after launch day — all built and cared for by the same team.
A few of the small-business websites we have designed, built and launched recently. See all work
Four steps, no deposits, no discovery decks. You see a working website within 48 hours and only pay once you want to launch it.
Send your current URL or a few lines about the business. We audit your site, competitors and search presence — no discovery decks.
We design and build a real, working preview — your content, your brand — on a private link. Nothing to pay yet.
Request changes right from the preview. Unlimited revisions until it feels unmistakably yours.
We connect your domain and go live on a global edge network — then keep improving with Site Care, SEO and AI agents.
DeftPath sits between a slow traditional agency and a do-it-yourself builder: custom design and code you own, at a fixed price, with a working preview before you pay.
| DeftPath | Traditional agency | DIY builder | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See it before you pay | Yes — a working preview | Deposit first | You build it yourself |
| Time to first draft | 48 hours | 3–8 weeks | Weekends, indefinitely |
| Price | $2,499 fixed | $3,000–$15,000+ | $200–$600 / year, forever |
| Design | Custom, hand-reviewed | Custom | Template |
| Who owns the code | You — every file | Varies by contract | The platform |
| AI agents & automation | Built in-house | Usually outsourced | Plugins & add-ons |
| SEO & answer engines | Structured from day one | Extra retainer | Basic settings |
Senior engineering for the work that keeps slipping down the backlog: connecting your product to AI assistants, replacing per-seat software, closing security gaps, cutting cloud bills and untangling AI-written code. Scoped in a call, fixed-price, and the code is yours.
A custom DeftPath website is $2,499, one-time. Site Care — hosting and changes — is optional at $49/month, or $79/month with an AI receptionist that answers your visitors 24/7. You see the working preview before you pay anything.
$2,499one-time
You get the full site and source files. Host anywhere you like. No hosting, change requests, or AI receptionist.
$2,499+ $49/mo
or $79/mo with the AI receptionist
We host on a global CDN and handle the ops. Add the AI receptionist to answer visitors 24/7.
AI receptionist: Includes about 250 conversations a month (2M AI tokens). The allowance resets every billing month.
Start a projectMore AI & automation for any plan: contact-form auto-reply $149 · after-hours lead capture $99 · voice receptionists & workflow automation quoted per business. Explore AI agents →
Engineering work — MCP servers, custom CRMs, security audits, cloud bill fixes and AI code cleanups — is scoped on a short call and quoted as one fixed price. See engineering
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DeftPath is a web, AI and engineering studio. For small businesses we build custom websites, AI receptionists and automations, and show you a working preview of your new website before you pay anything. For software teams we build MCP servers and AI apps, custom CRMs, security audits, cloud cost fixes and AI code cleanups.
No. We build a working preview of your new website first. You only pay once you have seen it and want to launch it.
A custom website is $2,499, one-time and fixed. Optional Site Care — hosting, backups, security and change requests handled one at a time — is $49/month, or $79/month with an AI receptionist that answers your visitors 24/7. It cancels any time.
Your first preview is ready within 48 hours of us having your details. Once you approve it, we connect your domain and launch — usually the same week.
Yes, completely. The code, design, domain and analytics are yours. If you ever want to move to another host or developer, you can.
Yes. Every DeftPath site ships with semantic markup, metadata, a sitemap, schema.org structured data and fast Core Web Vitals, so both search engines and AI answer engines can understand it.
Yes. There is a 14-day money-back guarantee on the one-time build fee. If the site is not what you wanted and we cannot make it right, you get a full refund within fourteen days of launch.
No. Websites and growth systems are built for owner-led businesses, but our engineering work — MCP servers and AI apps, custom CRMs, security audits, cloud cost fixes and AI code cleanups — is for any team that ships software, from two-person startups to established product teams.
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Our team and clients sign in at app.deftpath.com to answer email replies from one shared inbox and book meetings on one calendar. Connecting a Google account lets the app send those replies from your own Gmail address and put meetings on your Google Calendar. It can’t read your mailbox, and you can disconnect at any time.
Send your current website or a few lines about your business. We'll reply within a few hours on weekdays — and your preview is on its way.