A shop owner holding a tablet in the doorway of a pastel storefront on a sun-drenched Florida coastal street
Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach, FL

Web, app and AI development for Fort Lauderdale businesses

Broward's own market — cheaper to compete in than Miami, and not a Miami suburb.

Fort Lauderdale is the centre of the global yachting and marine services industry — refit yards, brokerage, crew services, marine supply and the boat show that dominates the calendar every autumn. Around that sits Port Everglades, one of the busiest cruise and cargo ports in the country, a growing technology corridor, and a large professional-services economy across Broward County.

Free quote for your Fort Lauderdale business

Fixed price in writing, within 24 hours.

Your details stay private. We never sell or share them.

A real quote in 24 hours — not a sales sequence.

Serving all of Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm BeachWebsites from $169Apps from $1,049SEO from $299/moFixed price in writingYou own the code

The short answer

Who builds websites and apps for businesses in Fort Lauderdale?

Mana Studio builds websites, mobile apps, ecommerce stores, AI automation and SEO for Fort Lauderdale businesses, working remotely from India with published fixed prices — a landing page at $169, a full business website at $499, ecommerce from $1,249, app MVPs from $1,049 and local SEO at $299 a month. We are not based in Fort Lauderdale and we say so rather than renting a virtual address; what is local is the work — your Google Business Profile, the Fort Lauderdale search terms we target, the competitors we benchmark you against, and schema that tells Google exactly which parts of Miami–Fort Lauderdale–West Palm Beach you serve.

Doing business in Fort Lauderdale

What makes Fort Lauderdale its own market

It's also a market that agencies routinely fold into Miami, which is a strategic gift to anyone who doesn't. Broward has its own search behaviour, its own competitive density and materially lower costs, and a business targeting Fort Lauderdale specifically is competing in a much smaller field than one chasing Miami terms 30 miles south.

What anchors the local economy

  • Port Everglades
  • The Fort Lauderdale International Boat Show and the marine industry corridor
  • Las Olas Boulevard's commercial district
  • Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport
  • The Broward Health and Holy Cross hospital systems

Business districts we work across

Las Olas & DowntownFlagler VillageFort Lauderdale BeachWilton ManorsPlantation & SunrisePompano BeachHollywoodCoral Springs

Who we build for

Fort Lauderdale industries — and what each one usually needs first

We'll tell you honestly which of these applies to you, including when it's less than you came to buy.

Marine, yachting & boat services

Brokerage sites, service booking, international lead capture

International trade & logistics

Bilingual B2B sites, quoting, tracking

Real estate & property management

Listing sites, multilingual lead capture, tenant portals

Healthcare, aesthetics & wellness

Booking, galleries, review capture

Hospitality & restaurants

Direct booking, reservations, food video

Professional & financial services

Credibility sites, intake automation

The Fort Lauderdale problem

What's actually costing Fort Lauderdale businesses customers

Three things we see repeatedly in this market specifically — not a generic list.

Being marketed as Miami when your customers are in Broward

Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Coral Springs and Pompano residents search for their own cities. A Miami-targeted campaign competes in a far more expensive market for traffic that mostly won't drive north — the definition of paying more for less.

Marine businesses with international customers and local-only sites

Yacht brokerage, refit and crew services sell to a global customer base, often in multiple languages and currencies, frequently starting the relationship remotely. A site built as though every customer is driving to the yard misses most of the market.

Seasonality treated as something that happens to you

Broward's demand swings hard between the winter season and the summer trough, and the boat show reorganises the entire marine calendar. Businesses running the same content and spend year-round are over-investing in the quiet months and under-prepared for the busy ones.

What we'd do about it

Where the leverage is in Fort Lauderdale

The services that move the needle most in this market, and why.

Sites built for an international marine customer

Websites from $169

Multi-currency presentation, multilingual pages, remote enquiry and document handling, and specification-heavy listings that survive scrutiny from a buyer who is nowhere near the yard.

Broward-specific targeting

SEO from $299

Fort Lauderdale, Plantation, Coral Springs, Pompano and Hollywood as their own markets, at a fraction of the cost of competing on Miami terms.

Automating seasonal enquiry surges

AI Automation from $499

Automated qualification, scheduling and follow-up so the boat show and winter season don't overwhelm a team sized for the summer.

Pricing in USD

What we build for Fort Lauderdale businesses

Published fixed prices — the number in the proposal is the number on the invoice. Click any service for the full package breakdown.

From

$169

Website Development

Fast, mobile-first websites built on Next.js — designed to rank on Google and turn visitors into booked calls.

  • Custom design — never a recycled template
  • Next.js build: 90+ PageSpeed, Core Web Vitals green
  • On-page SEO, schema markup and sitemap done at build time
  • Click-to-call, WhatsApp and booking-form wiring
Launch in 7–21 daysSee pricing

From

$1,049

App Development

iOS and Android apps from one React Native codebase — shipped to both stores, not left in a demo folder.

  • One React Native codebase → iOS + Android
  • Backend API, database and admin dashboard
  • Stripe / in-app purchase payments
  • Push notifications and deep links
MVP in 6–10 weeksSee pricing

From

$29

AI Videos

Scroll-stopping ads, reels and product videos produced with AI — no film crew, no studio day, no $5,000 invoice.

  • AI-generated ad creatives and product videos
  • Reels & Shorts cut for Instagram, TikTok and YouTube
  • AI avatar spokespeople and voiceover in English
  • Captions, hooks and thumbnails included
First cut in 48 hoursSee pricing

From

$299

SEO

Get found by US customers who are already searching for exactly what you sell — locally and nationally.

  • Technical SEO audit and hands-on fixes
  • Google Business Profile optimisation for the map pack
  • Keyword research aimed at buyers, not browsers
  • On-page optimisation and content that ranks
Map-pack wins in 30–90 daysSee pricing

From

$499

AI Automation

We find the manual work eating your team's week and automate it — quoting, invoicing, onboarding, reporting, data entry. Built on your existing tools, not a platform you have to migrate to.

  • A mapped audit of where your hours actually go
  • Automations built on the tools you already pay for
  • AI steps for the judgement work rules can't handle
  • Error alerts to a human when something looks wrong
Live in 2–5 weeksSee pricing

From

$399

Workflow Automation

The repetitive steps between your apps, handled automatically — quotes to invoices, forms to CRM, orders to fulfilment, approvals to payment.

  • A written map of the process before we build it
  • Automated handoffs between your existing tools
  • Conditional logic for the exceptions
  • Approval steps wherever a human should decide
First workflow live in 10 daysSee pricing

From

$899

AI Agents

Custom AI agents that do real work inside your business — reading documents, researching leads, drafting replies, updating records — with guardrails and a human check where it matters.

  • An agent scoped to one job it can do reliably
  • Connected to your real tools and data
  • Guardrails on what it may and may not do
  • Human approval before anything irreversible
First agent live in 3 weeksSee pricing

From

$699

AI Voice Agents

An AI receptionist that answers every call, books appointments straight into your calendar, and texts you the ones that need a human. No more missed calls after hours.

  • A natural-sounding agent trained on your business
  • Books directly into your real calendar
  • Answers your actual FAQs, hours and pricing
  • Warm transfer to a human when asked
Answering calls in 2–3 weeksSee pricing

From

$299

AI Chatbots

A chatbot that actually knows your business — trained on your documents, pricing and policies — answering support questions and capturing leads instead of frustrating people.

  • Trained on your real documents and pages
  • Says 'I don't know' instead of inventing answers
  • Captures the lead before the visitor leaves
  • Hands off to your team with the full transcript
Live in 7–14 daysSee pricing
Pay byWire / ACH transferCredit card (Stripe)PayPalZelleWise— invoiced in USD

A typical project

What a typical Fort Lauderdale project looks like

A yacht service and brokerage business: a specification-rich listing site with strong photography and video, multi-currency display, multilingual enquiry handling, remote document exchange, and automated qualification sized for boat-show enquiry volume.

An illustrative scope, not a named client.

Our Work

Real client work you can open right now

Live sites and products we've actually shipped. We'd rather you judged the work than the pitch.

Rami Silks — built by Mana Studio
E-commerce

Rami Silks

Full-stack e-commerce platform for traditional Indian clothing with AWS integration and advanced analytics

Next.jsNode.jsMongoDBAWS S3
Dwaraka Packers & Movers – Sirisilla — built by Mana Studio
Logistics website

Dwaraka Packers & Movers – Sirisilla

After the successful launch of the first website, the client partnered with Mana Studio again to develop a dedicated website for their Sirisilla branch.

Next.jsReact.jsJavaScript (ES6+)HTML5
Dwaraka Packers and Movers — built by Mana Studio
logistics website

Dwaraka Packers and Movers

A modern, SEO-optimized website designed and developed by Mana Studio for a professional packers and movers company. From UI/UX design to full-stack development, we built a fast, mobile-friendly, and conversion-focused website that helps generate leads, build customer trust, and strengthen the brand's online presence.

Next.js React.js JavaScript (ES6+) HTML5 CSS3
Sri Laxmi Carz — built by Mana Studio
Automotive PWA

Sri Laxmi Carz

Pre-owned car dealership platform for a trusted dealer in Warangal — live inventory browsing, certified listings, and an installable PWA with offline access and instant new-arrival notifications

Next.jsPWASEOPush Notifications
Sarkari Job Samachar — built by Mana Studio
Job Portal

Sarkari Job Samachar

Comprehensive job portal for government job seekers with real-time updates and notifications

Next.jsAppwriteSEOContent Management
AlgoEdge — built by Mana Studio
Algo Trading

AlgoEdge

Automated PNL reporting platform for Tradetron Creators — real-time MTM tracking, drawdown alerts, and Telegram summaries

Tradetron APITelegram Bot

Search intent

What Fort Lauderdale businesses and their customers search

The terms this page targets, published rather than hidden.

These are the Fort Lauderdale searches this page is built and optimised for. The service-plus-city terms carry the commercial intent; the district-level ones convert best of all, because they match how people here actually describe where they are.

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The guarantees

What every project comes with

A fraction of US agency rates

Same senior engineers, without the $150/hour Manhattan overhead. Fixed quotes in USD, agreed before we start.

We work your hours

Daily overlap with US Eastern, Central and Pacific. Calls at 9am your time, not 9am ours.

Fluent English, direct access

You talk to the people building it — no account manager relay, no translation gap.

NDA signed before you share anything

Send yours or use ours, signed same-day at no cost. Your idea, code and data stay yours.

Fixed price, in writing

A dated proposal with scope, milestones and the final number. No hourly meter, no surprise invoices.

You own everything, always

Code, designs, hosting, domains and logins handed over in full. Nothing is locked to us.

How it works

From first message to launch

01

Free 30-minute call

Tell us what you need. We ask the questions that actually change the price, and tell you honestly if we're the wrong fit.

02

Fixed proposal in 24 hours

Scope, milestones, timeline and the exact USD number — in writing, before you pay anything.

03

NDA + 40% to start

We sign the NDA, take 40% upfront and assign your team. The rest is tied to milestones you approve.

04

Weekly demos, live preview link

A working link you can open any time, plus a weekly call. You see progress, not status reports.

05

Launch and full handover

We deploy, monitor, and hand over every login. Then we stick around — most clients stay on a retainer.

FAQ

Fort Lauderdale — your questions answered

The local questions first, then the ones we get from everywhere.

Should I market as Fort Lauderdale or as Miami?+
Fort Lauderdale, unless your customers genuinely are in Miami-Dade. Broward is a separate county with its own search behaviour and considerably lower competition. Chasing Miami terms from Fort Lauderdale means paying more per click and ranking harder for traffic that mostly won't travel — and leaving the cheaper, more relevant Broward terms uncontested.
We're in the marine industry. What's different about our website?+
The customer is usually remote and the purchase is large, which changes almost everything. Listings and service pages need specification depth that survives serious scrutiny, high-quality photography and video because nobody's walking the yard first, multilingual and multi-currency handling, and a remote enquiry path that can start a relationship without a visit. Most marine sites here are built as though every buyer drives in, and they don't.
How much does the boat show affect demand?+
For anything marine-adjacent, enormously — it restructures the annual calendar. Practically that means having your content, listings and landing pages in place and indexed well ahead of the show rather than during it, and having automated handling ready for an enquiry volume your normal staffing can't absorb.
Do I need a Spanish site in Fort Lauderdale?+
Less critically than in Miami, but it's often worth it — Broward has a substantial Spanish-speaking population, and Portuguese matters for parts of the marine and real estate markets given Brazilian buyers. It's a judgement call based on where your customers come from rather than an automatic yes the way it is in Miami-Dade.
Are you actually based in Fort Lauderdale?+
No — and we say so on the page rather than renting a virtual office address to imply otherwise. Our team is in Hyderabad and Warangal, India, and we work with Fort Lauderdale businesses remotely: video calls, WhatsApp, and a live preview link you can open at any point during the build. What is genuinely local is the work itself — your Google Business Profile, the Fort Lauderdale search terms we target, the competitors we benchmark you against, and the schema that tells Google exactly which area you serve.
How do I pay you from FL?+
Wire or ACH, Zelle, credit card through Stripe, PayPal or Wise — invoiced in USD, with a proper invoice for your accountant. Payment is milestone-based: 40% to begin, the remainder as you approve deliverables. There is no retainer and no minimum contract on the build work.
What are your hours compared to Fort Lauderdale?+
India runs 9.5 to 13.5 hours ahead depending on your time zone and the season, which works in your favour more than against it: work happens while you sleep, and you review it in the morning. Calls are scheduled for your evening, which is our morning. Anything urgent gets a WhatsApp reply the same day.
What if the project goes wrong?+
You own the code, the domain, the hosting account and every asset from the first day — not at handover, from the beginning. If you stop working with us, everything is already yours and there is nothing to extract. The price is fixed in writing before work starts, so the number in the proposal is the number on the invoice. Websites start at $169.
Free consultation

Let's get your Fort Lauderdale business found

One free call. We'll tell you which Fort Lauderdale terms are actually winnable for you — including when the honest answer is that your category is already saturated and your money is better spent elsewhere.

Prefer to talk now? +91 86885 48048 — we call US numbers back same day.