By Shaheer Malik · Baked Design's prices checked on its own site on 29 October 2026
Quick answer: Baked Design's subscription was $6,917 a month on Basic and $8,999 on Pro, with one-off projects from $10,000, when I checked on 29 October 2026. My monthly partnership is $2,500 a month, one request at a time, and a custom website is $1,999 once. Baked fits teams that want several senior designers on brand, site and product at once.
Baked Design at a glance
Baked Design is a design subscription studio for founder-led startups. Here is what its site said on 29 October 2026:
| What it is | A product design and brand studio sold as a subscription |
|---|---|
| Basic | $6,917 a month: one request at a time, 2 to 3 updates a week |
| Pro | $8,999 a month: parallel requests, 3 to 4 updates a week, adds branding, Framer, full-stack development and design systems for LLMs |
| Projects | One-off work from $10,000 |
| YC companies | 10% off: $6,225 on Basic, $8,099 on Pro |
| Terms | No contract; pause or cancel any month |
| How work runs | Async in a private Slack channel, with updates posted as finished work |
Baked Design and me, side by side
| Baked Design | Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Monthly price | $6,917 Basic, $8,999 Pro | $2,500 |
| Requests | One at a time on Basic; parallel on Pro | One at a time |
| Build included | Framer and full-stack development on Pro | Design, build and deploy on every plan |
| One-off projects | From $10,000 | Fixed sprints from $700; a website is $1,999 |
| Contract | None; pause or cancel monthly | None; pause or cancel monthly |
| Who does the work | A team of senior designers | Me: one senior designer who also builds, from first call to launch |
What a year costs
Twelve months on the subscription, at the prices published on 29 October 2026:
| Baked Design | Me | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry monthly plan | $83,004 a year ($6,917 x 12) | $30,000 a year ($2,500 x 12) |
| Plan with build included | $107,988 a year on Pro ($8,999 x 12) | $30,000 a year; build is included |
Before tax and before any YC discount.
When Baked Design is the better choice
- You need brand, website and product work running in parallel, which Baked's Pro plan offers
- You want a team of several senior designers rather than one person
- You are a YC company and want a studio that works with many YC startups
When I am the better choice
- You want the same pause-or-cancel subscription for $2,500 a month
- You want design and build together on the basic plan, not only on a higher tier
- Your work is one project, where a fixed sprint costs a fraction of a month
Subscription, project or sprint: which fits your work
| Your work looks like | Best fit | Why |
|---|---|---|
| A steady queue of requests that never really ends | A monthly plan | You pay for capacity, and the queue keeps it busy |
| One defined piece of work: a site, an app, a redesign | A fixed sprint or project | A monthly fee pays for the calendar, not the result |
| A large programme with research, copy and many stakeholders | An agency project | More people and process, with a budget to match |
| Not sure yet what to build | A short paid discovery first | Any price before the scope is clear is a guess |
Questions to ask before you sign with anyone
- Who exactly will design and build it, and will I speak to them directly?
- Is the price fixed, a starting point, or a monthly fee with no end date?
- What happens to the price if the work takes longer than planned?
- What do I own at the end: the design files, the code, the CMS, the domain?
- Which platform will it be built on, and can my team edit it without you?
- How are new requests and changes to scope priced?
Switching from Baked Design partway through
If you are already working with Baked Design and want to move, the handover is simpler than it sounds:
- Ask for the design files, and make sure the site or app is in an account you own
- Keep your domain and DNS in your own name, so nothing depends on a supplier's login
- List the open requests and anything half-finished, with links
- Send me that list: you get a fixed quote for the remaining work within 24 hours
What I sell instead, at fixed prices
Every price is published and agreed in writing before work starts:
| Option | Price |
|---|---|
| Landing page in 5 days | $700 |
| Custom website in 14 days | $1,999 |
| Product design in 14 days (design only) | $1,999 |
| Web app in 21 days | from $1,999 |
| SaaS MVP in 30 days | from $2,500 |
| UX audit in 3 days | $499 |
| Monthly partnership | $2,500 a month, pause or cancel monthly |
How a project runs, from the first message to launch, is on how it works. Whether a subscription or a fixed price suits you better is covered in design subscription vs fixed price.
Baked Design alternative questions
How much does Baked Design cost?
On 29 October 2026: Basic $6,917 a month and Pro $8,999 a month, with no contract, and one-off projects from $10,000. YC companies get 10% off, which its site listed as $6,225 and $8,099.
What is the difference between Baked Design's Basic and Pro plans?
Basic handles one request at a time with 2 to 3 updates a week. Pro runs requests in parallel with 3 to 4 updates a week and adds branding, Framer, full-stack development and design systems for LLMs.
Is there a cheaper design subscription than Baked Design?
My monthly partnership is $2,500 a month: unlimited requests handled one at a time, design through to deploy, with a 2 to 3 day average turnaround, paused or cancelled monthly.
Who owns the work?
Baked's site says you own all the intellectual property once payment is processed. With me, the code and design files are yours at handover.
Other alternatives compared
Get a fixed quote instead
Send a couple of lines about what you are building, or book a 30-minute call. You get a scope, a timeline and a fixed price within 24 hours.