Your Next.js Team Works Across the Table, Not Across Slack Threads

Social Animal is based in Notting Hill, West London -- so if you want a face-to-face meeting rather than another Zoom call, that's genuinely on the table. We run discovery sessions and workshops at our studio, which works well for teams who want to get everyone in the same room before committing to a build. We're also set up to work with clients across the UK and internationally via video, so geography doesn't have to be a blocker. But if you're London-based? Come in. It's worth it.

Next.js is our go-to for web applications, SaaS platforms, and anything with real dynamic complexity. But it's not the answer to every question -- for content-heavy sites and directories, Astro is often a better fit and honestly produces cleaner results. Both frameworks deploy on Vercel, and we're hitting Lighthouse 90+ scores consistently across projects. The point isn't that we're married to any single tool. It's that we pick what's actually right for your project rather than defaulting to whatever we built the last thing in.

Marketing sites start at £8,000. Web applications -- the kind with auth flows, third-party APIs, and proper dashboards -- typically run £25,000 to £80,000 depending on complexity. Enterprise platforms involving multi-tenant architecture, internationalisation, or programmatic SEO at scale start at £50,000. And everything's fixed-price. No surprise invoices landing in your inbox three weeks after launch because someone forgot to scope the CMS integration. You know the number going in, and that number doesn't change.

Yes -- and we'd actually encourage it for anything meaningful. We run in-person discovery sessions at the Notting Hill studio, and for larger engagements we'll come to you for on-site workshops. These aren't just box-ticking exercises. Getting your stakeholders, your developers, and your SEO thinking aligned *before* the build starts saves a genuinely painful amount of rework later. Architecture decisions, content strategy, URL structure -- sort all of that out in a room together, and the build itself goes much smoother.