Best web design agencies in Louisiana

Louisiana's web design agencies are spread across more cities than you might expect, from New Orleans and Baton Rouge to Lafayette and Shreveport. For a hospitality, healthcare or nonprofit brand in New Orleans, Online Optimism is the established full-service pick; for a design-led marketing site on Webflow, MODIPHY in Baton Rouge is a strong option; and in Acadiana, Comit Developers has been building sites for Lafayette businesses for more than two decades.

How we put this list together

We found candidates through directories and local searches, then checked every agency against its own website. To make the list, an agency's site had to be live and current, web design or development had to be a core service, and the agency had to state a Louisiana office or city. If we could not confirm those things on the agency's own site, we left it out.

This is not a paid ranking. We do not rank the agencies against each other, and we have no business relationship with any of them. For other states, see the full list of states.

Louisiana web design agencies at a glance

The agencies

Online Optimism (New Orleans)

Online Optimism is headquartered on Camp Street in New Orleans' Warehouse District, with a second office in New York, and its site says it was founded in 2012. Website design is one of nine services, next to SEO, paid media, social media and branding, and it names WordPress and Shopify. Its industry list is wide: healthcare, hospitality, education, architecture and engineering, government, nonprofits, finance, technology and automotive. Hospitality stands out in a city that runs on visitors. Online Optimism suits organizations that want the website and the ongoing marketing in one place, particularly mid-size brands with real content and campaign needs. A small shop needing a quick brochure site may find it more agency than it needs.

Website: onlineoptimism.com

Gatorworks (Baton Rouge)

Gatorworks is a Baton Rouge digital marketing agency with an office on North Harrells Ferry Road. Web design and web development are both listed among its capabilities, alongside paid search, paid social, streaming TV advertising, programmatic audio and display. It does not limit itself to one industry. That mix makes Gatorworks a good fit for businesses that will spend real money on advertising after launch and want the site built with campaign landing pages and tracking in mind. If your main need is a content-heavy site with lots of editors, ask which CMS it recommends and how training and support work after launch.

Website: gatorworks.net

MODIPHY (Baton Rouge)

MODIPHY lists Baton Rouge as one of its locations, along with St. Petersburg, Florida and Fayetteville, Arkansas, and says it was founded in 2001. Web design is a core service, and it describes itself as a Webflow partner, which tells you how it builds. Webflow is our own preferred tool for design-led marketing sites, so the choice makes sense for brands that care about visual control and clean, fast pages. MODIPHY's industry list is broad: law firms, government offices such as clerks of court, healthcare, airports, professional services, insurance, nonprofits, construction and industrial companies. If your team is set on WordPress, it is not the natural fit; otherwise it is worth a call.

Website: modiphy.com

The Design Smith (Baton Rouge)

The Design Smith is a Baton Rouge design studio on Penalver Street, with a footer that runs back to 2000. Its website service covers design, development, content management, photography, SEO and social media connections, and it also handles graphic design, logos, advertising design and illustration. It describes its focus as B2B and small business, with sample work across business, health, industrial, legal and public sector clients. Having photography and design in the same shop is useful for companies that need new images and a fresh brand look alongside the website. Ask which CMS your team will edit in, since the studio does not name one on its web design page.

Website: thedesignsmith.com

Comit Developers (Lafayette)

Comit Developers is based on Eraste Landry Road in Lafayette and says it was founded in 2003. Its services include website design and development (ecommerce, WordPress and accessible design), hosting and support, monthly performance reporting, SEO, paid ads and social media. Its client examples are very Acadiana: a boudin and cracklins shop, a local business incubator, a housing authority and a veterinary practice. Comit suits Lafayette-area businesses and public bodies that want a WordPress site from a local team that will also host it and report on results each month. Before you sign, confirm who controls the domain and hosting account.

Website: comitdevelopers.com

Robert Hebert Media (Lafayette)

Robert Hebert Media has an office on Jefferson Street in downtown Lafayette and a second team in Baton Rouge. It offers custom web design and development, ecommerce design and headless builds, and it works mainly in Wix and Wix Studio, using Velo for custom functionality. That focus is unusual among agencies and useful if you like the idea of editing your own site in Wix after launch. Its testimonials come from real estate, roofing and construction, landscaping, dental and youth sports clients. Robert Hebert Media is a sensible pick for small and mid-size local businesses that want a polished Wix site rather than WordPress, plus ads and design support from the same team.

Website: roberthebertmedia.com

Digital Logic (Shreveport)

Digital Logic works from an office on Lake Street in downtown Shreveport and describes its team as Shreveport based. Its web design pages show WordPress work, and its marketing side leans on search, local SEO and paid ads. The industry list is specific: law firms, a long list of healthcare specialties (dentists, hospitals, orthopedics, plastic surgery, chiropractors and more), HVAC, roofing, plumbing, contractors, storage, car dealers and franchises. That makes Digital Logic a natural fit for north Louisiana practices and service businesses whose websites have to win local searches and produce calls. Ask how it plans redirects if you are replacing an older site.

Website: digitallogic.co

Louve Marketing (Tickfaw, Northshore)

Louve Marketing lists an office in Tickfaw, in Tangipahoa Parish near Hammond, and publishes service pages for Mandeville and New Orleans. It builds custom, mobile-friendly websites on Webflow, with hosting and ongoing support, and also offers SEO, social media, AI search visibility, design and branding. It names restaurants, boutiques, law firms, contractors and other service businesses as typical clients, and its testimonials include a medical practice, a builder and a ministry. Louve suits small Northshore and Florida Parishes businesses that want a modern Webflow site and a small, accessible team. Read the plan terms carefully, since some of its website plans run on monthly contracts rather than a one-time build fee.

Website: louvemarketing.com

How to choose a web design agency in Louisiana

Start with the job the website has to do. A Baton Rouge law firm needs leads, a New Orleans hotel needs bookings, and a Lafayette oilfield services company needs to look credible to procurement teams. Shortlist agencies whose recent work matches that goal, then talk to two or three of them.

Questions to ask each one:

• Who owns the website, the domain and the hosting account when we are done?
• Which platform do you recommend and why? (Our guide on how to choose a website platform explains the trade-offs between WordPress, Webflow, Wix and others.)
• Who maintains the site after launch, and what does that include?
• How do you handle SEO in a redesign? Our article on how to redesign a website without losing SEO lists what a solid plan should cover.
• What does the quote include, and what would be billed as extra?

A Louisiana-specific angle: hurricanes and storms are a real business risk here. Ask how the agency backs up your site, whether hosting is outside the region, and how quickly you can post updates (closures, reopening times, emergency service availability) from a phone when the power is out at the office. For tourism and hospitality businesses, also ask about event pages, seasonal content around Mardi Gras and festival season, and fast mobile pages for visitors.

What a website costs

The same rules apply in Louisiana as anywhere: scope drives price. Small-business sites from independent studios commonly start in the low thousands of dollars, while custom builds with integrations, ecommerce or large content libraries run into five or six figures. Some agencies also offer monthly website plans, which spread the cost out but usually come with a minimum term, so compare the total over two or three years.

Read how much does a business website cost for a fuller breakdown, or use our website cost calculator for a quick estimate.

The short version

Louisiana has capable agencies in every major metro. Online Optimism is the full-service choice in New Orleans, MODIPHY and Louve Marketing cover Webflow, Comit Developers and Robert Hebert Media serve Lafayette, and Digital Logic covers Shreveport's practices and service businesses.

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