Website creation with AI
Astro agency in Montreal
Falia builds Astro sites for SMBs and marketing teams in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada: fast pages by default, code you own and changes made with AI. Our own site is built with Astro.
See who uses Astro ↓ · Montreal and the Laurentians · Quebec and elsewhere in Canada
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Who uses Astro
Porsche, OpenAI, IKEA, Michelin: Astro sites we checked one by one
Astro is not reserved for start-ups. On October 31, 2026, we opened each of these sites and checked in its code that it is served by Astro. The links lead to the sites themselves.
PorschePorsche's Canadian site.
OpenAIOpenAI's developer portal: API, Codex and Cookbook.
IKEAIKEA's global front door, leading to each country's site.
MichelinThe Michelin Group's site: company, results, careers.
UnileverThe corporate site of Unilever and its brands.
VisaVisa's design system, used by its product teams.
MicrosoftFluent 2, Microsoft's design system.
RicolaThe Swiss brand's Canadian site.
CloudflareAll of Cloudflare's documentation.
ProtonThe site of Proton, the Swiss encrypted email service.
NordVPNNordVPN's sales site, in dozens of languages.
MozillaFirefox documentation for administrators.
Google FirebaseThe official blog of Firebase, Google's platform.
Hover over a site to scroll through it. The captures show each home page on October 31, 2026; the links lead to the live sites.
What we do
Our Astro agency services
Astro website creation. Architecture, design, content, initial SEO and GEO, the Astro build and launch, in English and in French.
Migration as is. Your WordPress, Webflow or Wix site moves to Astro with the same design, the same content and the same addresses. Improvements come next, without risking the rankings you have earned. See our article on migration.
Headless Shopify with Astro. Shopify keeps the catalogue and checkout, Astro displays the site. See headless Shopify with Astro.
Changes with AI or a CMS. Your team writes its requests to Claude or ChatGPT, or uses a headless CMS connected to the site. An expert approves every change before it goes live.
SEO and visibility in AI answers. Structured data, sitemap, linked French version, llms.txt file and pages readable without JavaScript: an Astro site lends itself well to what Google and AI read.
Accessibility and security. Contrast, alternative text and heading structure are checked on every build. A static Astro site exposes no database and no application server.
Monthly care. Hosting, framework updates, monitoring and your changes, from $65 a month. See website maintenance.
How Astro works
What makes an Astro site fast
Astro calls itself the web framework for content-driven websites. Six design choices explain why an Astro site stays fast without any tweaking after the fact.
Server first. Pages are rendered on the server or at build time. The browser receives HTML that is ready to read, not an empty page waiting for its code.
Zero JavaScript by default. Astro strips the client-side JavaScript out of every component unless you ask for it. Nothing heavy ships by mistake.
Islands. Only the parts that must react (a form, a carousel, a cart) load their code, each on its own, when they are needed.
Content collections. Pages, articles and product sheets live in validated files. A missing field or a broken date stops the build before it reaches your visitors.
Optimized images. Images are resized and served in modern formats, with their dimensions reserved so the page does not jump while it loads.
No lock-in. Astro is open source under the MIT license, works with React, Vue or Svelte components and deploys to Cloudflare, Netlify, Vercel or AWS.
Core Web Vitals
Astro, WordPress or Next.js for a business website
We build with Astro and with WordPress. The right choice depends on what the site must do and on who will update it.
Share of sites that pass Core Web Vitals, by technology
| Astro | WordPress | Next.js | |
|---|---|---|---|
| What the visitor receives | Ready HTML, JavaScript only for the islands | Pages generated by PHP, plus the scripts of the theme and plugins | A React application, server-rendered then hydrated in the browser |
| Updating content | Files, a headless CMS, or a written request to AI (our method) | The WordPress dashboard | A headless CMS to connect |
| Security upkeep | No database or application server exposed on a static site | Core, plugin and PHP updates to follow | Depends on hosting and dependencies |
| Best suited to | Marketing, B2B, content and Shopify headless sites | Teams that want a dashboard and plugins | Highly interactive web applications |
Our method
A project with our Astro agency, step by step
An inventory of the current site
Pages, addresses, content, forms, scripts and integrations: we list what must be kept, migrated or replaced.
The architecture of the Astro site
Content collections, templates, interactive islands, languages and the redirect plan are decided before the design.
The build and the checks
The site is built with Astro and Claude Code (Anthropic's coding tool). Automatic checks verify links, structured data and accessibility on every build.
Launch and what comes next
The site is published on Cloudflare, redirects are checked one by one, then your team asks AI for its changes. A partner follows the engagement from start to finish.
From request to publication
What happens when you ask for a change
This is how falia.co itself is updated, and how the sites we deliver are updated.
Your requestWritten in your own words, in Claude or ChatGPT, or sent to our team.
AI changes the codeClaude Code (Anthropic's coding tool) edits the Astro files.
Automatic checksOn falia.co, 30 automatic checks run on every build: links, structured data, language, accessibility.
An expert approvesA senior reviews before anything goes live.
Cloudflare publishesThe site is rebuilt and served from Cloudflare's network in a few minutes.
falia.co in figures on October 31, 2026: 843 pages in French and English, 240 articles in each language, 30 automatic checks on every publication, built with Astro 7.
Three ways to start
The Astro site that suits you
The foundations
We set up the site, its checks and its publishing, then train your team to change it with AI.
From $5,200Learn more →The turnkey site
Design, copy, visuals, initial SEO and GEO, translation, launch and redirects: we deliver the complete site.
From $12,000Learn more →Headless Shopify with Astro
For a store that wants the speed of Astro and Shopify's checkout.
On quoteLearn more →This offer is part of our website managed with AI offer. For a WordPress site, see our WordPress offer.
Definition
What is Astro?
Astro is an open source web framework (MIT license) built for content-driven sites: marketing sites, B2B sites, blogs, documentation and online stores. It renders pages on the server or at build time, ships no JavaScript by default and only adds code to the browser for interactive parts, called islands. Since January 2026, its team has been part of Cloudflare.
Pricing
The price of an Astro site
The price of a site depends on the number of templates, languages, integrations (CRM, Shopify, forms) and the content to migrate. A partner gives you a written quote after a first call.
Who it is for
Is your situation a fit for Falia?
Who we work with
An engagement requires seven conditions, including a minimum budget. For every situation we turn down, we say who is better placed.
See the conditions →Owners and entrepreneurs
You have nobody in house to run marketing, and no time to micromanage it yourself. You approve the business direction, we handle the execution.
What we do for you →Marketing teams
Your team is in place, but you are missing a specific expertise or the hands to move forward? We fit in naturally to get your projects unstuck.
How we fit in →FAQ
Frequently asked questions
What is an Astro agency?+
An Astro agency designs, builds and maintains websites with Astro, an open source web framework made for content-driven sites. Falia is an Astro agency based in Montreal and the Laurentians: our own site is built with Astro and we update it every day with AI.
Is Astro free?+
Yes. It is open source software under the MIT license: there is no licence to pay, for you or for us. You pay for the design of the site, its hosting and, if you wish, its monthly care.
Will our team be able to update the site without a developer?+
Yes, in two ways. Your team can write its requests to Claude or ChatGPT, as with our website managed with AI. It can also use a headless CMS connected to Astro (Keystatic, Decap, Sanity or Storyblok, for example) if it prefers a dashboard.
Can we move from WordPress to Astro without losing our search rankings?+
Yes, if the addresses are kept or redirected one by one. We often migrate a site as is: same design, same content, same addresses, and only then the improvements. The method is detailed in our article on migrating a website to Astro as is.
Is an Astro site good for SEO and for AI?+
It gives search engines and AI crawlers a complete page in HTML, with no JavaScript to run before the text appears. That is what the crawlers of ChatGPT, Claude or Perplexity need, since they do not always run JavaScript. Its speed also helps the Core Web Vitals that Google measures.
Has Astro depended on Cloudflare since the acquisition?+
No. Cloudflare welcomed the Astro team on January 16, 2026 and committed to keeping Astro open source, under the MIT license, and deployable to any platform. We host our Astro sites with Cloudflare by choice, not by obligation.
Who owns the code of our Astro site?+
You do. The code lives in a repository in your name, with its full version history. Any developer who knows Astro can take it over, and the site runs without Claude or ChatGPT: AI is used to change it, not to keep it running.
Do you work outside Montreal?+
Yes. We work remotely with businesses in Quebec and elsewhere in Canada, in French and in English. A partner follows every engagement, from the first call to launch.
When is Astro not the right choice?+
For a highly interactive web application (online software, a dashboard), an application framework such as Next.js is a better fit. For a team that values its WordPress dashboard and plugins, we also build WordPress sites. We will tell you on the first call.
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What do you expect from an Astro site?
A partner answers within one business day. You get a straight read on your situation, and you decide what comes next.
Got it.
A partner answers within one business day, at the address you just gave us.
Should your next site be an Astro site?
Show us your current site: we will tell you whether Astro is worth the change, or whether your platform is enough.
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