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 get-help or volunteer form, then adds pages for the programs and neighborhoods you list, up to your plan's page limit. No sales call, no weeks-long build.
Your brief: add your town
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Sample designs
Six Zarla designs, shown for made-up nonprofits, from a food bank to a community foundation. Start from one and the AI rewrites it around yours, or let your brief decide.
Food bank · help first
'Community Food Bank in Toledo' beside a sorting line and canned goods, 'Free groceries · no paperwork to start' above the headline and 'Find Food This Week' as the main button, for the nonprofit whose first visitor needs help.
Volunteer-first
A 'Sign Up To Volunteer' form in the first screen over a park cleanup, with '2,300 volunteers last year' under the headline, for the nonprofit that runs on Saturdays.
Animal rescue
A dog and a cat side by side under rounded capitals, 'Foster-based · since 2015' above the headline and 'Become A Foster' as the second button, for the foster-based rescue.
Community foundation
A serif over a river at sunset, 'Giving funds · grants · scholarships' above the headline and 'Talk About A Fund' and 'Apply For A Grant' as the two buttons.
Shelter · phone first
A night-time doorway behind '24 Hour Shelter', the phone number as the main button and 'Need a bed tonight?' in the header, for the shelter whose visitor is in crisis.
Youth mentoring
Oversized type on a plum panel beside a mentor and a child walking, 'Ages 8–18 · trained volunteers' above the headline and 'Become A Mentor' as the button.
The checklist
Six things a nonprofit website needs to turn a visitor into a volunteer, a donor or a client, each shown on one of Zarla's designs.
Volunteers decide in the moment. A form in the first screen that asks what they'd like to help with and when they're usually free turns a good intention into this month's roster, before they close the tab.
If your site serves two audiences, the person who needs help and the person who can give, the one in need goes first. The help button is the main one; giving and volunteering share the second. A donor will scroll; someone hungry won't.
A shelter's visitor may be reading on a borrowed phone at 11pm. Make the number the main button, repeat it in the header, and say what's true tonight (beds, meals, no cost) above the headline, not three screens down.
'More than ninety young people are waiting for a mentor right now' does more than a mission statement. Put one real, current number in the first screen, next to the ask it supports, and update it when it changes.
A rescue has five asks: adopt, foster, volunteer, rehome, give. Each gets its own page and its own button, and the two biggest go in the first screen; a single 'Get Involved' page buries all five.
A foundation's two visitors want opposite things: one to give, one to apply for a grant. Put both buttons in the first screen, with the funds, grants and scholarships named above the headline, and neither has to hunt.
Process and turnaround
For comparison, from the pages of web designers who build nonprofit sites: ready to launch in 4 to 6 weeks at a nonprofit-only subscription company; 5–10 business days for a landing-page site and as quickly as 10–15 business days for a complete site at a nonprofit website company; and an estimated 2–4 weeks to 6–8 weeks by package at a small studio.
Finish one sentence about your nonprofit: what you do, who for and where.
Zarla's AI designs your home page with call buttons and a quote form, then adds pages for your programs (get help, volunteer, give, events) and the neighborhoods you serve, up to your plan's page limit.
Click any section to put your own photos and this month's needs in. Or type it: "add a page for our winter coat drive."
Publish on a Premium or Business plan and connect your domain.
What's included
Revisions
A nonprofit-only subscription company takes unlimited 30-minute task requests and does them for you; a small studio includes one, two or three rounds of revisions by package; a nonprofit website company sells 1 hour a month of revision support at $65. 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 nonprofit 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 nonprofit-only subscription website companyYour entire site designed, written and built; premium WordPress hosting; unlimited pages after launch; online donations on every plan | $1,999 / $2,999 / $4,999 one-time build fee | $99 / $219 / $329 a month | Ready to launch in 4 to 6 weeks | Unlimited 30-minute task requests, done by their team |
| A nonprofit-only website company with a 'website grant' discountComplete website of up to 10 pages, with design, migration and launch; AWS hosting | $5,310 setup after a $2,850 grant (listed from $8,160) | $65 a month (listed at $99) | As quickly as 10–15 business days | $65 a month for 1 hour of built-in revision support; extra pages $200 (listed at $250) |
| The same companyLanding-page site, with design, migration and launch | $1,880 setup after a $1,600 grant (listed from $3,480) | $39 a month (listed at $59) | 5–10 business days | Not published |
| A small web studio in the Phoenix area (its prices are for any small business)Up to 10 pages, content provided by you; hosting with SSL, backups and on-page SEO on the plan | $499 one-time design fee, waived on an annual plan | $50 a month; $142, $234 and $325 for the marketing plans | Not published | Not published; cancel anytime |
| A small website and software shop for nonprofits and churchesDesign, build, launch, hosting and every content change after | $2,500 | $100 a month for hosting and unlimited edits, cancel any month | Not published | Unlimited edits included |
| A one-person small-business web studio with a nonprofit page (its prices are for any small business; nonprofit pricing considered individually)3-page, 5-page or brand-and-site custom builds | $1,500 / $2,800 / $5,000 one-time | Extra design time $100 an hour; a $950 a month partner plan | Estimated 2–4, 4–6 or 6–8 weeks | 1, 2 or 3 rounds of revisions |
| A nonprofit-focused branding and WordPress agency in Washington, DCSmall nonprofit website: custom WordPress theme, accessibility, baseline SEO, donation and form integrations | Estimated $12,000–$25,000 | Not published | Not published | Not published |
| Market rangesAs published by a cost-estimate guide | Small charity $1.5K–$4K (typical $2.8K) · mid-size nonprofit $4K–$10K | $50–$150 a month for a small charity | 3–5 weeks with a freelancer | — |
| 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 nonprofit sites charge $1,999 to $4,999 to build with $99 to $329 a month at a nonprofit-only subscription company, $2,500 then $100 a month at a small nonprofit-and-church shop, $1,500 to $5,000 one-time at a small studio, and an estimated $12,000 to $25,000 at a nonprofit agency in Washington, DC; a cost guide puts a small charity's site at $1.5K to $4K. Designing and previewing on Zarla is free; you choose a Premium or Business plan when you publish.
Who you help and how to get help in the first screen, a volunteer sign-up or get-help form, a page for each program, one real number that proves the need, your story, your reviews and a give button that goes somewhere. In the US, most states require a charity to register with the state before asking the public for donations, and donors look for your 501(c)(3) status; put your registered status where a donor looks and check with your state's charity regulator (usually the attorney general or the secretary of state) for what you must display. Zarla adds program 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 nonprofit sites quote 5–10 business days for a landing-page site and 10–15 business days for a complete site at a nonprofit website company, 4 to 6 weeks at a subscription company and an estimated 2–4 weeks to 6–8 weeks at a small studio; a cost guide says 3–5 weeks with a freelancer. Zarla's first design takes about 30 seconds; after your changes, you can publish the same day on a paid plan.
Zarla doesn't process donations itself. Add a 'Give' button that links to the giving page you already use, or paste a donation widget into the Custom Code box in Site settings. The site's forms take volunteer sign-ups, help requests and pledges, with every submission routed to your inbox.
Yes, at least the simple version: what a gift pays for ('$25 feeds a family for a week'), where last year's money went, and a link to your latest annual report or filing. Donors check, and a page that answers before they ask wins the second gift.
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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