DIY AI site builders
Up in an afternoon, and it shows. Generic layout, generic words, and nobody to call when it doesn't feel like your business.
Fast · Generic · You're on your own
AI-assisted web design · Finished by an expert · Managed for you
Built with AI. Finished by an expert.
We use AI to get your website drafted fast. Then a real expert shapes it around your business, so it launches quickly and looks like you, not a template.
Fixed prices · We run it for you · Detroit, Michigan
1 · AI draft
→
2 · Finished by hand
designer pass
Trusted by small businesses and agencies
Northline Plumbing
Harbor & Vine
Ferndale Pet Supply
Mackinac Legal
Greenfield Landscape Co.
Cass Corridor Coffee
Brightline Creative
Northline Plumbing
Harbor & Vine
Ferndale Pet Supply
Mackinac Legal
Greenfield Landscape Co.
Cass Corridor Coffee
Brightline Creative
Why Alley-Oop
AI builders are fast. Agencies are custom. You shouldn't have to pick.
Traditional agency
Custom, but it takes months, costs a lot, and every small change means another invoice.
Custom · Slow · Expensive
| DIY AI | Agency | Alley-Oop | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Live in weeks, not months | ✓ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Looks like your business | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| A designer who answers | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Fixed, written-down price | ~ | ✗ | ✓ |
| You own the site | ~ | ✓ | ✓ |
Alley-Oop
AI builds the first draft in days. A real designer then shapes it until it's clearly yours. After launch we keep running it for you.
- 01AI drafts the first versionStructure, copy and layout in days, not weeks.
- 02A designer finishes it by handEvery page reworked until it looks like your business.
- 03We run it after launchHosting, updates and small changes — handled for you.
Weeksto launch, not months
1designer, start to finish
Fixedprice, in writing
What we do
Two things, done well.
Design & build
A complete website, designed around your business. AI speeds up the research, layouts, and first drafts. A designer directs, edits, and signs off on everything.
- Brand-fit visual design, not a theme
- Copy drafted with AI, edited for your voice
- Built clean and fast, with content you can grow
- SEO basics, accessibility, and speed handled at build
After launch: we run it for you
Most clients hand us the keys. Send a change, it gets made; the site stays fast, secure and current without you thinking about it.
Managed by Alley-Oop
Hosting, edits, updates and monitoring, handled every month. This is how most clients work with us.
Self-managed
Prefer to run it yourself? We build it so your team can edit it, train you, and hand over the keys.
How it works
From brief to live site in five steps.
- 01BriefA short form and one call. We learn about your business, your customers, and what you want the site to do.
- 02AI draftPage plan, layouts, and first-draft wording in days, not weeks. We review all of it before you see it.
- 03Designer finishFonts, colors, layout, photos, and wording are reworked by hand so the site feels like you. This is where you give feedback.
- 04Build & launchBuilt fast and clean, checked on every screen size, with the SEO basics done and a launch checklist.
- 05We run itYour site goes on a monthly care plan and we keep it current. Prefer to run it yourself? We set your team up instead.
Recent work
Sites that look like the businesses behind them.
Pricing
One clear price. No surprise invoices.
Launch PlusMost popular
$8,500one-time · three months of care included
Up to 12 pages, a light brand refresh, integrations, content migration, and three months of care included.
"We'd been burned by a template that looked like every other plumber in metro Detroit. Four weeks later we had a site that sounds like us, and the phone started ringing more."
60+sites launched
4 wkstypical brief-to-launch
12+years designing for the web
1designer accountable for every page
Tell us about the site you need.
A five-minute form. A real person replies within one business day.
Request a project