San Francisco, CA, design led studio

Clay

Reach 32.9PageRanker 76

Clay is a web design company based in San Francisco, CA. Its own home page scored 37 for mobile speed and 88 for access in our lab test on October 24, 2026, faster than 59 of the 450 firm sites we tested. Its websbz Score is 46.7 out of 100. Its Reach, a separate score, is 32.9.

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Our Read

Clay is a branding and UX studio headquartered in San Francisco with offices in New York, Austin, Denver and Lisbon. It states a team of 78 and 529 projects finished. Founders lead the senior teams.

What sets them apart. It states 529 completed projects and that co-founders lead each team.

Best for. Funded fintech and software companies.

Services

BrandingUX and product designWeb designDesign systemsFrontend and backend developmentMotion designCMS implementation

Industries

FintechCrypto and Web3

Our Lab Test of clay.global

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

37Performance

88Accessibility

96Best Practices

100SEO Basics

Largest paint: 11.3 seconds
First paint: 1.5 seconds
Blocking time: 4,775 ms
Layout shift: 0.000
Page weight: 11.8 MB
Requests: 97

Proof of Work

Clients They Name

QuartzyJOKRearninViventium

Awards They List

Site of the DayWebpick of the DayBest Agency Portfolio NominationApp Store Editors Choice

Work

No verified client sites yet. Firms can submit their sites. We show and count only the ones whose live footer names the firm. Send your sites.

Signed Work

signed client sites found so far

We have not yet found a live client site with a Clay footer credit in our crawl of local business sites. Studios that sign their work, like Website by Clay, 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 91 with a Look Back score of 29.2 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 10 of 30, openness 9 of 20, tenure 0 of 15, scaled to 100. Home page copy saved July 7, 2025. See the 2025 copy. Read the Look Back.

Reviews

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websbz Score

46.7websbz Score

Own Site QualityOur lab test of the firm’s own home page. Speed counts most, then access, then build and search basics.24.7/35
Proof of WorkNamed projects, named clients and awards the firm lists, plus live client sites we found carrying its credit.10/30
OpennessDoes the firm publish a street address, a phone, its founding year, its team size and a starting price.12/20
TenureYears in business, from a founding year the firm states. Twenty years earns the full share.0/15

How the score works

Reach

32.9

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

Verified client sites0/40none verified yet
Named clients4/104 named clients
Client scale4/102 named clients with a Wikipedia page
Offices10/105 offices
Countries5/102 countries
Team size9.9/1278 people
Years0/8not published

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

Facts

Website: clay.global
Headquarters: San Francisco, CA
Country: United States
City ranking: Best Web Design Companies in San Francisco Bay Area
Other offices: New York, Austin, Denver and Lisbon
Address: 300 Broadway, San Francisco, CA 94133
Phone: +1 415 796 6262
Team: 78 global team members

Where They Rank

Best Web Design Companies in San Francisco Bay Area#11 of 11
Best Web Designers in the United States#219 of 282
Best Web Design Companies in the World#362 of 450
Best Design Led Studios#10 of 14

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Where This Came From

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The Clay Award, in Hand

How the Noted award looks off the screen. Made to order for winners, ask about one from the contact form.

Framed certificate
A signed certificate in a black frame for the studio wall.
Acrylic award
A clear block with the seal etched in, for a desk or a shelf.
Wall plaque
Brushed champagne metal on walnut, engraved with the award.
Window decal
A round seal for the front door or the office glass.