10 Best UX Agencies in New York (2026)

Best UX agencies in New York

The best UX agencies in New York work at the pace the city's funding environment sets. New York's software scene skews toward fintech, media and enterprise B2B, which means denser interfaces, heavier compliance constraints and buyers who expect a design partner to understand a regulated workflow rather than just a style guide.

Ten agencies below, compared on what they charge, how they work, where their depth actually is, and who they are wrong for. Every agency here carries a verified Clutch profile, and the ratings below are taken from it. Each entry says what an agency is worth hiring for and where it is the wrong choice for UX work in New York.

How the ten agencies compare

Agency	Best for	Starting price	Clutch rating	Not a fit for
Bricx	B2B and AI SaaS, seed to Series C	$25,000+	5.0/5, 27 reviews	Non-SaaS businesses, budgets under $25,000
DOOR3	Fintech and risk platform product design	$25,000+	4.9/5, 47 reviews	Fast-moving early-stage teams
Perpetual	New York media and finance platforms	$25,000+	4.9/5, 97 reviews	Being the largest client
thoughtbot	Short senior sprints on regulated products	$10,000+	4.9/5, 39 reviews	Design-led programmes at volume
Top Notch Dezigns	Local websites and paid search	$10,000+	5.0/5, 16 reviews	Regulated workflows and product UX
Duck.Design	European hours, startup-scale pricing	$1,000+	4.9/5, 60 reviews	Regulated enterprise experience
Spaceberry Studio	Fintech-weighted pure UX practice	$10,000+	5.0/5, 49 reviews	Afternoon collaboration, build capability
Konstant Infosolutions	Large-scale build capacity, lowest rate	$5,000+	4.9/5, 173 reviews	Design partnership, shared working hours
WANDR	Commerce and media outcomes	$25,000+	5.0/5, 34 reviews	Fintech and compliance-heavy workflows
Big Human	New York brand and product together	Undisclosed	4.9/5, 12 reviews	Published pricing, deep sector proof

Best UX agency for New York B2B SaaS companies: Bricx

Bricx is the best UX agency for New York B2B and AI SaaS companies that want in-house-level design quality without hiring in-house. Bricx has completed 50+ SaaS design projects across 30+ industries, with clients including Writesonic (YC S21), Collectwise (YC F24), Gigacatalyst (YC X26), Sybill, Camb.ai, LTV.ai, Instadapp, Hobbes and AT Kearney. The agency holds 27 verified reviews on Clutch at an average of 5.0/5.

Bricx works exclusively with B2B and AI SaaS companies, from seed stage through Series C, covering branding, website design, product UX/UI and end-to-end development. Engagements start at $25,000. Working remotely with US clients across time zones is the default rather than the exception, and overlap hours are agreed up front.

They have a wealth of knowledge and experience in the world of UX and leaned in heavily on all aspects of our brand.

Starting price

$25,000+

Engagement model

Fixed-scope projects and monthly retainers

Timeline

First delivery within the first week; full scope varies by project

Clutch

5.0/5, 27 reviews

Hourly rate

$50 - $99

Best for

B2B and AI SaaS teams that need in-house-level design quality and speed without hiring in-house.

Not a fit for

non-SaaS businesses, one-off logo or print work, and budgets under $25,000.

DOOR3

DOOR3 has been a New York technology consultancy since 2002 and its record maps onto the city's software economy almost exactly: a four-week UX audit followed by a twelve-week design engagement for a fintech company, and ongoing product design for a risk exchange platform. Its output splits nearly evenly at 34% AI consulting, 33% custom software and 33% UX/UI.

No industry on its card exceeds 10%, so despite the fintech reviews there is no published sector concentration to point at. 40% of its clients are enterprises over a billion dollars, which sets the pace of an engagement, and its project rescue offering suggests a meaningful share of work arrives already troubled.

Starting price

$25,000+

Engagement model

Project-based, enterprise scope

Clutch

4.9/5, 47 reviews

Hourly rate

$100 - $149

Team size

50 - 249 people

Best for

New York fintech and enterprise teams needing an audit before a redesign.

Not a fit for

small teams needing startup pace, or budgets under $25,000.

Perpetual

Perpetual is a New York agency whose client list reads like the city's own industries: Reuters, where it built what it describes as a YouTube for traders, Fox Sports, and HIMSS. Finance and media in one portfolio is the New York software economy in miniature, and UX/UI is 30% of its output with 97 Clutch reviews behind it.

Its client base splits into near-equal thirds across small business, midmarket and enterprise, so a small New York team competes for attention with billion-dollar accounts. Information technology is only 15% of its industries, so pure B2B SaaS is thinner on its record than the media and finance work suggests.

Starting price

$25,000+

Engagement model

Design and development, project-based

Clutch

4.9/5, 97 reviews

Hourly rate

$100 - $149

Team size

50 - 249 people

Best for

New York media, finance and content platform companies.

Not a fit for

teams that need to be the priority account, or budgets under $25,000.

thoughtbot

thoughtbot has run from New York since 2003, the longest tenure on this page, and 15% of its clients are government with medical at 30% and financial services at 20%. That is a regulated client base rather than a stylistic one, which matches what New York buyers on this page are described as expecting. Its reviews include a two-week discovery sprint ending in a working prototype.

39 Clutch reviews is a thin public record for an agency of that age, and at $150 to $199 an hour it sits at the top of the range here. UX/UI is 15% of a mix led by web development at 30%, so design is a supporting line rather than the centre of the business.

Starting price

$10,000+

Engagement model

Design and engineering, project-based

Clutch

4.9/5, 39 reviews

Hourly rate

$150 - $199

Team size

50 - 249 people

Best for

New York teams wanting a short, senior sprint before a larger commitment.

Not a fit for

sustained design-led programmes, or budgets under $25,000.

Top Notch Dezigns

Top Notch Dezigns is a genuine New York agency, founded 2004, but it competes in a different market from the rest of this page. Web design is 50% of its output with pay per click and search engine optimisation at 10% each, and 70% of its clients are midmarket companies. Its documented work is WordPress builds for a nonprofit and a research institute.

There is no product design or UX line on its card at all, which is a problem on a page whose reader is buying a partner for a dense, regulated workflow. 16 Clutch reviews is the thinnest record here, and $150 to $199 an hour is a full New York rate for template-based website work.

Starting price

$10,000+

Engagement model

Project-based

Clutch

5.0/5, 16 reviews

Hourly rate

$150 - $199

Team size

10 - 49 people

Best for

New York businesses that want a marketing site and paid search in one place.

Not a fit for

regulated workflow and product design, or budgets under $25,000.

Duck.Design

Duck.Design's most New York-shaped work is redesigning a strategic advisory firm's website while also reworking its corporate documents and reports, plus a B2B SaaS platform for a logistics company. It works from London, five hours ahead, which leaves a New York team the whole morning and most of its own afternoon to overlap in. Product design is 25% of its output.

Its hourly rate is undisclosed, so the cost of a scope cannot be estimated in advance. No industry on its card reaches above 10%, and 70% of its clients are small businesses under ten million dollars, so the regulated enterprise work this page's reader is buying for is not on its record.

Starting price

$1,000+

Engagement model

Monthly subscription

Clutch

4.9/5, 60 reviews

Hourly rate

Undisclosed

Team size

50 - 249 people

Best for

New York teams wanting affordable design with a real morning overlap.

Not a fit for

regulated enterprise product work, or budgets under $25,000.

Spaceberry Studio

Spaceberry Studio is 100% UX/UI with financial services and medical at 35% each, which is the densest fintech concentration on this page and precisely the sector New York's software economy is built around. Its reviews include designing both a client-facing platform and a supplier portal for a packaging intelligence company, two audiences on one system.

It works from Kyiv, roughly seven hours ahead of New York, so the overlap is a New York morning and nothing after lunch. It is 10 to 49 people founded in 2020, and with no development capability on its card, whatever it designs has to be built by somebody else.

Starting price

$10,000+

Engagement model

Project and retainer

Clutch

5.0/5, 49 reviews

Hourly rate

$50 - $99

Team size

10 - 49 people

Best for

New York fintech teams with engineers who need design capacity added.

Not a fit for

teams needing all-day overlap and a build, or budgets under $25,000.

Konstant Infosolutions

Konstant Infosolutions carries 173 Clutch reviews, far the largest public record on this page, and charges $25 to $49 an hour, far the lowest rate. Its most relevant work is a web and mobile app for an insurance company where it integrated the internal insurance database and built a secure customer portal, which is a New York-shaped regulated workflow.

It is in Jaipur, nine and a half hours ahead of New York, which leaves almost no shared working day. UX/UI is 10% of its output against 60% mobile app development, so a New York buyer looking for a design partner rather than build capacity is looking at the wrong part of the business.

Starting price

$5,000+

Engagement model

Design and development, project-based

Clutch

4.9/5, 173 reviews

Hourly rate

$25 - $49

Team size

250 - 999 people

Best for

New York companies that need a large build delivered at the lowest rate.

Not a fit for

design-led partnership on shared hours, or budgets under $25,000.

WANDR

WANDR is in Los Angeles, three hours behind, and its industries sit closest to New York's media and commerce half rather than its finance half: gaming at 20% and eCommerce at 20%, with published outcome numbers on Cinepolis ticket sales and Buildbox early-user drop-off. 60% of its clients are enterprises over a billion dollars.

Financial services and media do not appear on its card at all, which is a gap on a page defined by fintech and regulated workflows. The timezone also runs the wrong way for New York: a Pacific team is not available until late morning, and at 10 to 49 people it is a small studio at a $150 to $199 rate.

Starting price

$25,000+

Engagement model

Strategy and design, project-based

Clutch

5.0/5, 34 reviews

Hourly rate

$150 - $199

Team size

10 - 49 people

Best for

New York commerce and media companies that want results argued in numbers.

Not a fit for

fintech or compliance-heavy workflow design, or budgets under $25,000.

Big Human

Big Human is a New York studio since 2010 with two unmistakably local credentials: Rockefeller Center and Playbill, alongside Gemini on its client list. That combination, a Manhattan landmark, a Broadway institution and a crypto exchange, is the city's media and fintech mix in one portfolio. Its output splits evenly at 20% each across branding, mobile, product design and UX/UI.

Its card publishes no minimum, no hourly rate and no industry breakdown at all, so neither cost nor sector fit can be judged before a conversation. 12 Clutch reviews is the thinnest public record on this page, and at 10 to 49 people the four service lines are staffed from one small team.

Starting price

Undisclosed

Engagement model

Project-based, launch-focused

Clutch

4.9/5, 12 reviews

Hourly rate

Undisclosed

Team size

10 - 49 people

Best for

New York companies rebuilding brand and product at the same time.

Not a fit for

buyers needing published rates and sector proof, or budgets under $25,000.

How much does a UX agency in New York cost?

Price against one brief. Ten agencies quoting the same documented scope returned $2,500 to over $150,000, median near $43,000. Most would not commit to a figure before scoping it themselves. Those figures cover product design across the whole benchmark, so treat them as the range UX work in New York is quoted inside rather than a price for it.

Hourly. The benchmark spanned $25 to $195 per hour with a median of $55 to $90. Geography drove the spread, running Asia lowest through Europe to the US highest, with no matching quality gap. On this list that spread is visible: Konstant Infosolutions at $25 to $49, Bricx and Spaceberry Studio at $50 to $99, Thoughtbot and WANDR at $150 to $199.

Engagements split three ways across the benchmark: Time & Material 45%, fixed price 35%, retainer 20%. For UX work in New York the model usually matters more than the headline figure, because it decides what happens when the scope moves.

• Fixed price protects budget certainty.
• Time & Material protects flexibility.
• Retainer protects continuity.
• Which one fits UX work in New York comes down to whether the scope is settled before the work starts.

How do you evaluate a New York UX agency?

Five things separate an agency that will work for a New York team from one that simply lists an office here.

Ask where the team actually sits. A New York address does not mean New York designers. If in-person matters to you, confirm who is local and how often they are available.

Check for sector-relevant work. New York software skews fintech, media and enterprise. An agency whose portfolio is consumer apps has not solved the problems your product has.

Look for outcomes, not screens. A portfolio piece with a metric attached tells you the agency measured something. One without tells you they made something look good.

Test the handoff. Design that engineering cannot build is a cost. Ask how files are delivered, whether a design system is included, and what happens when a developer has a question in week six.

Match the pricing model to how settled your scope is. A fixed-scope contract on a product that pivots quarterly creates change requests and friction on both sides.

What are the red flags when hiring a design agency?

• A proposal that mirrors your brief back. Restating what you asked for is not analysis. Look for what they would change.
• No timeline before the contract. If the schedule only appears after signature, it was never a commitment.
• Portfolio work you cannot verify. Ask for live links, not carousel images.
• A single point of contact who is not a designer. Account managers relay; they do not decide.
• No answer on revisions. Ask how many rounds are included and what happens on the fourth.
• No comparable example of UX work in New York. An agency that cannot point to work of the same shape is learning on your budget.

Should you hire a UX agency or build in-house?

Use an agency when the calendar matters more than the org chart. Capability starts in weeks and stops when the work does. For UX work in New York specifically, the question worth settling first is how often the work recurs.

Build a team when the org chart matters more than the calendar. Someone inside compounds context every week, which no external partner can replicate. Where UX work in New York falls on that line is usually clear once you count how many times it will need doing again.

Many New York teams run both: an agency for the initial brand and build, then a first design hire once the product direction is settled.

FAQs

What should I look for in a New York UX agency?

Look for sector-relevant work rather than a local address, a portfolio with outcomes attached, clear ownership of who does the work, and a pricing model that matches how you ship.

How much does a New York UX agency cost?

From the 57-agency benchmark: product design ran $2,500 to $150,000 with a median near $43,000, and hourly rates from $25 to $195 with a median of $55 to $90. On this list, entry points range from $1,000 to $25,000.

Do I need an agency physically in New York?

Rarely. Most agencies here are remote-first or hybrid. Overlap hours matter more than location, and four hours of shared working time beats a shared postcode.

How long does a typical UX project take?

Six to twelve weeks from kickoff to delivery for most projects. The benchmark found website timelines split 21.7% at 1 to 4 weeks, 43.5% at 5 to 9 weeks and 34.8% at 10 weeks or more.

Do these agencies offer development support?

Several do. Bricx, Thoughtbot, DOOR3, Perpetual and Konstant Infosolutions all cover design and development. Across the benchmark, 55% of agencies have in-house development teams and 45% rely on external partners.

Which agencies suit early-stage startups?

Duck.Design starts at $1,000, Spaceberry Studio and Thoughtbot at $10,000, and Bricx at $25,000.