Done by AI · not an agency
Brief Zarla the way you'd brief a web designer. Its AI designs your site in about 30 seconds, with call buttons and a proposal form, then adds pages for the services and towns you list, up to your plan's page limit. No sales call, no weeks-long build.
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Sample designs
Six Zarla designs, shown for made-up engineering firms, from a civil group to a commissioning agent. Start from one and the AI rewrites it around yours, or let your brief decide.
Civil
'Plans That Permit, Sites That Build' over an aerial of an interchange, 'Request a Proposal' as the button and 'Licensed PEs in Missouri & Kansas', '640+ projects permitted' and '2.1 average review cycles' in cards beneath.
Structural
Steel framing behind 'Structural Engineering in Chicago', with 'Fourteen years, three hundred eighty structures, zero drama' in the line under it, for the firm that sells calm.
MEP
Rounded tiles, 'MEP Engineering in Charlotte' on blue beside rooftop chillers and a '520+ buildings engineered' tile, with 'Scope a Project' as the button.
Geotechnical
A drill rig in a valley behind 'Know the Ground Before You Build', with 'Request a Quote' in the header, for the firm whose job starts with a quote.
Land surveying
A 'Get a Survey Quote' form in the first screen over a sunset ridge, with 'Licensed land surveyors', '5,600+ surveys completed' and '72-hour rush available' under the headline.
Commissioning
'Make the Building Work as Promised' above a project form that asks what the building needs, with 'Owner's advocate, always' and 'Vendor-neutral findings' in the top strip.
The checklist
Six things an engineering firm website needs to win the proposal, each shown on one of Zarla's designs.
A boundary survey for a closing on Friday and a topo for a subdivision are different jobs. A form in the first screen that asks what kind of survey, where and by when turns 'can you get me a quote?' into one you can send back the same day.
In the US, engineering offered to the public is practiced under a Professional Engineer licensed by each state, and the developer reading your site has to check which states. Put the license and the states in the first screen, and check with your state's engineering board for what your firm may call itself.
An owner with a building that won't hold temperature doesn't want a discovery call. A short form that asks what the building needs and where it is in design or operation gets the project onto your desk today, and the owner never has to sit through a pitch.
'520+ buildings engineered' tells a general contractor you've seen their problem before. Put one count in the first screen as its own tile, next to the headline, and let the project list back it up further down.
'Know the ground before you build' says what a geotechnical report is for in six words, to a builder who has never read one. Write the headline for the person paying, not for another engineer.
Clients hire a structural engineer so nothing goes wrong. A line like 'fourteen years, three hundred eighty structures, zero drama' under the headline sells exactly that, and it does more than a paragraph about rigor.
Process and turnaround
For comparison, from the pages of web designers who build engineering firm sites: typically 16 weeks at a B2B agency, with UX, content, SEO and development included; eight to fourteen weeks from kickoff to launch at an AEC-only studio; a small-business shop and a large agency publish no build time.
Finish one sentence about your firm: your disciplines, who you work for and where.
Zarla's AI designs your home page with call buttons and a quote form, then adds pages for your services (site development, structural, MEP, geotechnical, surveying, inspections) and the towns and states you work in, up to your plan's page limit.
Click any section to put your own projects and licenses in. Or type it: "add a page for ALTA surveys."
Publish on a Premium or Business plan and connect your domain.
What's included
Revisions
A small-business web shop's maintenance plans cover 8 or 12 content changes a year and bill custom work at $120 an hour; an AEC-only studio has you approve the design before development. With Zarla you make the changes yourself, whenever you want.
Change any section's words, photos, colors or order yourself. As often as you like, on every plan. No AI involved.
Type what you want and the AI makes the change. Typed changes use AI credits: a starter allowance on Free, a monthly allowance on Premium and Business, with a daily limit.
Move to a different design any time and keep your words, photos and pages. Layout, colors and fonts change; your content isn't rewritten.
Prices
Prices web designers publish on their own websites for engineering firm sites, checked 26 October 2026. Many only quote after a call. Not like-for-like: an agency's price includes people.
| Who | Upfront | Ongoing | Time to launch | Changes after launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A B2B web design and marketing agency in San Diego with an engineering-firm pageUX design, content, SEO and development, in six phases from discovery to launch | Typically $25,000 to $75,000 | Not published | Typically 16 weeks | Not published |
| An AEC-only branding and web design studioA custom site structured for search from day one; a focused small-firm site with a clear portfolio sits near the low end | Typically between $5,000 and $40,000 | Not published | Eight to fourteen weeks from kickoff to launch | The visual design is approved before development; no revision count published |
| A small-business web design shop in Pasadena with an engineering page (its prices are for any small business)Bronze 6–8 pages, Silver 9–16 pages, Gold up to 24 pages with a portfolio and a news page | $1350 / $1650 / $1950 one-time (a monthly option exists on select packages, with a $450 non-refundable setup fee) | Maintenance $390 or $490 a year | Not published | 8 or 12 content changes a year on the maintenance plans; custom work $120 an hour |
| A large digital agency with an engineering web design page (its prices are its general pricing)Custom design with copy and SEO; the engineering page itself quotes through a cost calculator | Starting at $8,000 a site | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Market rangesAs published by a cost-estimate guide | Structural firm: freelancer $3,650–$11,600 · agency $8,700–$26,100 (median $7,600); land surveyor: freelancer $2,900–$9,450 | $40–$200 a month for hosting, tools and maintenance | 3–8 weeks (3–7 for a surveyor) | — |
| Zarla's AINot an agency | Free to design and preview | A Premium or Business plan to publish · see pricing | About 30 seconds to a first design; publish the same day | Click to edit any time; typed changes use AI credits |
The honest part
Zarla does the design part of an agency's job with AI. Here's what you'd still be paying people for.
Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who build on Zarla and do the marketing work: SEO, ads and growth. The AI does the design; a person does the rest.
Browse Zarla partners →No. Zarla is AI. It does the design part of an agency's job, the layout, words, pages and forms, from a one-sentence brief. There's no designer on the other end. If you want a person for marketing or SEO, Zarla partners are independent agencies and freelancers who work on Zarla sites.
Web designers who publish prices for engineering firm sites charge $1350 to $1950 one-time at a small-business shop, from $8,000 a site at a large digital agency, typically between $5,000 and $40,000 at an AEC-only studio, and $25,000 to $75,000 at a B2B agency; a cost guide puts a freelancer's structural firm site at $3,650 to $11,600. Designing and previewing on Zarla is free; you choose a Premium or Business plan when you publish.
Your disciplines and the states you're licensed in on the first screen, a proposal or quote form, a page for each service (civil and site, structural, MEP, geotechnical, surveying, inspections), a project list with the numbers, your turnaround, and the people clients will deal with. In the US, say which states your PEs are licensed in and check with your state's engineering board for what your firm may call itself. Zarla adds service and area pages from your brief, up to your plan's page limit. Customers can attach up to five photos of the job to the form, so you can often price it from the photos instead of a site visit. The form doesn't work out a price for you — you read the request and quote it yourself.
Web designers who publish timelines for engineering firm sites quote typically 16 weeks at a B2B agency and eight to fourteen weeks from kickoff to launch at an AEC-only studio; a cost guide says 3–8 weeks. Zarla's first design takes about 30 seconds; after your changes, you can publish the same day on a paid plan.
For the jobs with a known scope (a boundary survey, a geotechnical investigation on a house lot, an arc flash study) a 'from' price or a same-day quote promise wins the small clients. For design work, say how you propose (a fee by phase, hourly, a percentage) and how fast a proposal comes back.
Yes. Zarla sends a quote as one link: your customer picks an option, ticks any extras and accepts it online, and Zarla drafts the invoice for exactly what they chose, with any deposit you asked for.
Yes. Zarla keeps your old page addresses where it can and redirects the ones that change, helping you keep the Google standing you've built.
Finish the sentence with your town. Zarla's AI designs your site from it.
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