Head-to-head
Hayaiti vs. Traditional digital agency
Agencies like DEPT, R/GA, and Code and Theory deliver outstanding strategic and creative work for brands that need scale and pedigree. Expect 6-figure projects, multi-month discovery, and proposals before pricing.
Quick verdict
If you're choosing between us and Traditional digital agency…
Pick Hayaiti if
You know what you need (landing page, MVP, internal tool, audit), you want to see numbers before you talk to anyone, and you want it shipped in days not quarters.
Pick Traditional digital agency if
You're a Fortune 1000 / well-funded brand needing a flagship rebrand, campaign, or platform with strategy depth.
Side by side
Capability
Hayaiti
usTraditional digital agency
What Traditional digital agency does well
- Senior strategy, brand, and creative talent
- Capable of complex multi-disciplinary work
- Brand-name credibility for board / press use
- Built for large enterprise procurement
Where Traditional digital agency struggles
- Discovery / proposal cycles take weeks
- No public pricing — you negotiate everything
- Junior staff often do the day-to-day work
- Six-figure minimums are typical
Honest take
When Traditional digital agency is the better choice
You're a Fortune 1000 / well-funded brand needing a flagship rebrand, campaign, or platform with strategy depth.
We're not the right answer for everything. If your situation fits the line above, Traditional digital agencywill likely give you a better outcome than we will. We'd rather you know that now.
Our take
When Hayaiti is the better choice
You know what you need (landing page, MVP, internal tool, audit), you want to see numbers before you talk to anyone, and you want it shipped in days not quarters.
You're also not paying for slack. Every SKU is fixed price, fixed timeline, source code in your repo from day one. If we miss the deadline, we refund 25% — that risk lives with us, not you.
Pricing breakdown
Hayaiti
$2,495
Fixed-price SKUs · optional monthly subscription
Published on the pricing page. No proposal cycle.
Traditional digital agency
$75,000+
Project proposal · retainer
Pricing varies by engagement.
Worked example
If you needed a brand-led marketing site
Through Traditional digital agency: you'd start with a discovery call, receive a custom proposal in 1–3 weeks, then sign a 6-figure SOW. Output is brand-grade. Time-to-first-deliverable is measured in months, not weeks.
Through Hayaiti: you'd pick the matching SKU on our pricing page, see the price and timeline before any call, pay 50% to start, and have working code in your repo on day one. We refund 25% if we miss the published deadline.
Both approaches work. Pick based on which trade-offs match how you want to operate.
Still weighing the options?
See our published pricing — or grab a free 15-minute audit and we'll tell you straight up if we're the right fit.