2026 rates
Pricing
Zil Studio prices design work two ways: brand systems as fixed-scope projects starting at $4,500, and ongoing studio partnerships as monthly retainers from $1,200. Smaller standalone pieces start at $1,200. Every price below is real and current as of 2026. No discovery call required to see them.
Monthly retainers
Studio partnerships
Design capacity without adding headcount. You get your own client portal, a standing weekly call, and work that ships continuously instead of in a panic before every launch. Month to month. Cancel with 30 days’ notice.
Steady output
Proof
From
$1,200
Per month
The smallest thing a press makes. For a business that needs steady output without a full program.
What’s included
- 8 design items per month
- 3 business day turnaround
- Social, ads, flyers, simple collateral, print-ready files
- Shared board + monthly summary
- Unused items don’t roll over
One brand
Short Run
From
$2,200
Per month
For a single brand with continuous output.
What’s included
- 1 active request at a time, unlimited items per month
- 2–3 business day turnaround
- Everything in Proof, plus decks, menus, and multi-page print
- Weekly async update
- Brand guidelines maintained as you go
Recommended
Press Run
From
$3,900
Per month
For companies shipping product or running campaigns. This is the tier most e-commerce and packaging clients land on.
What’s included
- 2 active requests at a time
- 1–2 business day turnaround
- Everything in Short Run, plus packaging, 3D renders, and catalog work
- Standing weekly call
- Priority in the production queue
One client only
Full Bleed
From
$6,900
Per month
For multi-SKU, multi-market, or multi-brand operations.
What’s included
- Unlimited queue, 3 in active production
- Same-day acknowledgement · 1–2 business day turnaround
- Everything in Press Run, plus web design and build, campaign systems, and trade-show environments
- Direct line to Yoni, not a queue
- Quarterly brand review
Compare the tiers
Proof
Short Run
Press Run
Full Bleed
Monthly
$1,200
$2,200
$3,900
$6,900
Volume
8 standard items a month
Unlimited, 1 active request
Unlimited, 2 active requests
Unlimited, 3 in production
Turnaround
3 business days
2–3 business days
1–2 business days
Same-day acknowledgement, 1–2 days
Complex items
Not included
Decks, menus, multi-page print
Adds packaging, 3D, catalogs
Adds web build, campaigns, trade show
Check-in
Shared board, monthly summary
Weekly async update
Standing weekly call
Direct line to Yoni
Extras
Print-ready files
Guidelines maintained as you go
Priority in the queue
Quarterly brand review
Partnership terms
Included in every tier
- Unlimited revisions within an active request
- Source files on request
- Print vendor coordination
- Brand guidelines kept current
- Your own client portal for requests, files and messages
- Pause anytime in one-week blocks
- No setup fee, no contract, no minimum term
Not included
- Media spend
- Printing and production costs
- Stock licensing
- Third-party software
How requests work
Standard item
One deliverable, one format, up to one page or artboard. Two size variants of the same design count as one additional item.
One deliverable, one format, up to one page or artboard. Two size variants of the same design count as one additional item.
Complex item
Decks over 10 slides, packaging dielines, 3D, multi-page print, web pages, and catalogs. Scoped in writing when the request starts. Short Run and above, never on Proof.
Decks over 10 slides, packaging dielines, 3D, multi-page print, web pages, and catalogs. Scoped in writing when the request starts. Short Run and above, never on Proof.
Turnaround
Business days to first version. The clock starts when the brief is complete in the portal, and each revision round restarts it.
Business days to first version. The clock starts when the brief is complete in the portal, and each revision round restarts it.
The alternative
Compare it to the alternative
An in-house designer in Florida costs roughly $58,000–70,000 in salary. Add payroll tax, benefits, equipment, and Adobe licenses and the real number is closer to $6,000–7,500 a month, for one person, with one skill set, who takes holidays and has to be managed.
In-house junior/mid designer
Press Run partnership
Monthly cost
$6,000–7,500 all-in
$3,900
Skill range
One discipline
Brand, packaging, print, web, 3D
Direction
You provide it
Included, 11 years of it
Recruiting & management
Yours
None
Holidays, sick leave, turnover
Your problem
Not your problem
Notice to stop
Severance and a hard conversation
30 days, by email
Most companies don’t need a full-time designer. They need reliable senior output, which is a different thing and costs less.
First ten clients
Founding partner pricing
20% off list, locked for 12 months.
The studio is opening monthly partnerships to ten clients at a founding rate. You take a risk on a service model with a short track record; in exchange your rate is locked for a year and doesn’t move when list pricing does. When the ten are filled, the rate closes.
Apply for a founding rateTier
List
Founding
Proof
$960
Short Run
$1,760
Press Run
$3,120
Full Bleed
$5,520
Two ways in
Two ways to lower the barrier further
Pilot sprint
$950
Two weeks · Credits against month one
Not sure a retainer fits? Buy two weeks. Real deliverables, real turnaround, and you find out how the studio works before committing to anything monthly. If you continue, the full $950 credits against your first month.
Start a pilotAnnual prepay
2 months free
Pay yearly · Stacks with founding pricing
Pay for a year up front and get ten months’ rate for twelve. Best value available, and it’s the only discount that stacks with founding pricing.
Ask about annualOne-time projects
Brand systems
Fixed scope, fixed price, a defined endpoint. Covered by a standard agreement with a 50% deposit and 50% on delivery.
3–4 weeks
Identity Essentials
From
$4,500
Primary mark, secondary marks, color, type, and a 15-page usage guide. For a single-product business that needs to look real.
6–9 weeks
Identity + Site
From
$9,800
Identity Essentials plus a designed and built 5–7 page WordPress site that is fast, structured for search, and yours to own. For local and single-location businesses.
6–8 weeks
Brand System
From
$14,000
Positioning, naming review, full identity, applications across print and digital, and a complete guidelines document built for handoff to printers and developers.
10–12 weeks
Brand System + Website
From
$24,000
The above, plus a designed and built WordPress site that is fast, structured for search and AI citation, and yours to own.
14–20 weeks
Category Launch
From
$42,000
Naming, brand system, packaging across SKUs, 3D visualization, site, and launch collateral. For entering a regulated market properly the first time.
Standalone work
Individual pieces
Not everything needs a system. Starting prices:
Logo (mark only, no system)
$1,400
Packaging, single SKU
$2,100
Packaging, SKU family (up to 6)
$7,500
Capability deck / pitch deck
$2,100
Menu system
$1,200
Brand stationery set
$1,200
Deck redesign (existing content)
$1,400
Packaging refresh, single SKU
$1,400
Brand refresh
$2,200
Trade-show booth graphics
$2,800
3D product render set
$1,400
Website, single landing page
$2,100
Brand guidelines document only
$2,450
Social template system
$1,400
Signage & vehicle graphics
$1,400
E-commerce listing set
$1,650
Event kit
$1,650
PRIME NOSH Kosher MeatLogo on carving board
Tel Aviv Cocktail WeekCocktail menu, Jack Daniel’s
HALO Builders IncLogo, gold deboss
CapsuladeGrinder, product render
Riepe for LegislatureCampaign mailers
HeadshotDCLogo on slate
Cross RiverPurim gift box
NorthWall StrategiesWebsite
I.C.S.TEmbroidered unit patch
Dublin PubEvent poster series
LULUFISHLogo, copper foil emboss
Eden GalleryArt Basel Miami exhibition poster
KG Real Estate New York CityLogo, gold deboss
Hiliz Medicinal CannabisWebsite
Space TouchProduct portfolio
MomentoLogo on displaySite Care
$249
Per month
For sites built here.
WordPress core, theme, and plugin updates · offsite backups · security and uptime monitoring · up to 2 hours of content edits each month.
Edit time doesn’t roll over. New pages, new templates, and new functionality are quoted before they start. If you consistently need more than that, a Proof partnership is the better fit.
Pricing FAQ
Questions, answered straight
Why do you publish prices when most studios don’t?
Because hiding them wastes both our time. If $14,000 isn’t the right number for you, you should know that in ten seconds, not after a discovery call and a proposal. Published pricing also means I’m not quoting you differently than the client before you.
Are these prices negotiable?
The scope is negotiable. The rate isn’t. If the budget is fixed, we cut scope to fit it and I’ll tell you honestly what gets weaker as a result.
What’s the difference between a retainer and a project?
A project has a defined endpoint and deliverable list, so you’re buying a finished thing. A retainer has no endpoint, so you’re buying ongoing capacity. Companies with continuous output (packaging, campaigns, listings, events) almost always spend less on a retainer than on a series of projects.
Do you require a contract or minimum term?
No minimum term on retainers. Thirty days’ notice to cancel. Projects are covered by a standard agreement with a 50% deposit and 50% on delivery.
What happens if I need more than my tier allows?
You can upgrade mid-month and only pay the difference, or add a one-off project alongside the retainer. I’ll tell you which is cheaper for you.
Do you work with small budgets?
Sometimes. If you’re under $1,200 the honest answer is that a template or a marketplace designer will serve you better, and I’ll say so. When budget is tight but the work matters, tell me the number and I’ll tell you what’s actually possible.
What counts as an item?
One deliverable, in one format, up to one page or artboard. Resizing the same design into a second format counts as one more item. Decks over 10 slides, packaging dielines, 3D, multi-page print, web pages, and catalogs are complex items: they get a scoped timeline agreed in writing before work starts, and they run on Short Run and above, never on Proof.
Can I pause my partnership?
Yes, in one-week blocks, any time. Your subscription extends by however long you paused, so you don’t lose what you paid for. Nothing rolls over, though, so pausing is the honest way to handle a slow month rather than banking unused items.
What’s the difference between Identity + Site and Brand System + Website?
Scale. Identity + Site gives you a mark, a small system, and a 5–7 page site, which is enough for a local or single-location business to look established. Positioning, naming, and full brand applications across print and digital are only in the Brand System track. If you’re between the two, tell me what the business has to win and I’ll tell you which one it is.
Get started
Tell me what you’re building.
Send the project. You’ll get a real answer within one business day, including whether I think you should spend the money at all.