New York, NY

Cantilever

Reach 34.2PageRanker 66

Cantilever is a web design company based in New York, NY, in business since 2011. Its own home page scored 55 for mobile speed and 95 for access in our lab test on October 24, 2026, faster than 186 of the 450 firm sites we tested. Its websbz Score is 75 out of 100. Its Reach, a separate score, is 34.2.

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Home page of Cantilever at cantilever.co

Our Read

Cantilever is a New York web design and development studio founded in 2011 by Ty Fujimura. It builds new sites, tunes up old ones and keeps them running. Its staff of twenty one works from six countries.

What sets them apart. It offers ongoing site care plans alongside new builds and says it measures people, profits and planet.

Best for. Nonprofits, museums and institutions that want a site and long term care.

Services

Web designWeb developmentWebsite maintenanceWebsite audits

Industries

Arts and cultureNonprofitHealthcareConstruction and designTechnologyEducation

Our Lab Test of cantilever.co

Mobile emulation, tested October 24, 2026. One run from our desk. Field data from real visitors can differ.

55Performance

95Accessibility

73Best Practices

100SEO Basics

Largest paint: 13.9 seconds
First paint: 7.9 seconds
Blocking time: 165 ms
Layout shift: 0.009
Page weight: 2.9 MB
Requests: 134

Proof of Work

Bipartisan Policy CenterWebsite project
National Children's MuseumWebsite project
American ExpressListed as featured work
Element451Product design partnership leading to a full web overhaul
Handi LiftSite redesign for user journey, SEO and conversion gains
Flatiron SchoolBetter user experience and developer quality of life
Droga5Creative agency partnership across client and internal projects
Northeastern University NuLawLabLegal design site with a Webby nominated mapping tool

Clients They Name

American ExpressBipartisan Policy CenterNational Children's MuseumElement451Handi LiftFlatiron SchoolDroga5Esquire MagazineInternational Monetary FundMercatus CenterCalibrateHumphry'sArc/MorrisEnvironics AnalyticsRustic PathwaysNortheastern University NuLawLab

Awards They List

Webby nomination for the Northeastern University NuLawLab site (as quoted by the client on the agency site)

Work

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Signed Work

signed client sites found so far

We have not yet found a live client site with a Cantilever footer credit in our crawl of local business sites. Studios that sign their work, like Website by Cantilever, can claim this profile and send us the sites to count.

Search Authority

PageRanker Score, link authority from 0 to 100

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websbz 2025 Look Back

Rank 10 with a Look Back score of 65.4 out of 100. Scored in October 2026 from 2025 archived copies of each firm’s site. It is a separate list and does not change the 2026 websbz Score.

Proof 24 of 30, openness 8 of 20, tenure 10.5 of 15, scaled to 100. Home page copy saved July 8, 2025. See the 2025 copy. Read the Look Back.

websbz 2025 Look Back, Rank 10. Scored in October 2026 from 2025 archived copies of each firm’s site.

2025 Look Back, Rank 10
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websbz Score

75websbz Score

Own Site QualityOur lab test of the firm’s own home page. Speed counts most, then access, then build and search basics.26.8/35
Proof of WorkNamed projects, named clients and awards the firm lists, plus live client sites we found carrying its credit.26/30
OpennessDoes the firm publish a street address, a phone, its founding year, its team size and a starting price.11/20
TenureYears in business, from a founding year the firm states. Twenty years earns the full share.11.2/15

How the score works

Reach

34.2

out of 100. How far the work reaches, kept apart from the websbz Score

Verified client sites0/40none verified yet
Named clients10/1016 named clients
Client scale10/106 named clients with a Wikipedia page
Offices2.5/101 office
Countries0/101 country
Team size6.9/1221 people
Years4.8/8founded 2011

How Reach works. A fact the firm does not publish counts as zero.

Facts

Website: cantilever.co
Headquarters: New York, NY
Country: United States
City ranking: Best Web Design Companies in New York City
Address: 169 Madison Ave, #93715, New York, NY 10016-5101
Founded: 2011
Team: 21 staff in six countries

Where They Rank

Best Web Design Companies in New York City#5 of 10
Best Web Designers in the United States#46 of 282
Best Web Design Companies in the World#80 of 450

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Where This Came From

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The Cantilever Award, in Hand

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Acrylic award
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Wall plaque
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Window decal
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