Website creation with AI
Astro JS 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
We are proud to contribute to our clients' success.
Who uses Astro
Porsche, OpenAI, IKEA and Michelin have chosen Astro.
Astro is not reserved for start-ups. Major brands in cars, AI, retail and finance use it for their websites.
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.
Who is behind Astro
Cloudflare, the network that about 20% of the web runs through
On January 16, 2026, Cloudflare announced that The Astro Technology Company, the team that creates Astro, was joining it: all of its full-time employees became Cloudflare employees.
Not everyone knows Cloudflare, yet it is one of the companies that keep the Internet running. Its network protects and speeds up a large share of the world's websites: when you open a page, there is a good chance it travels through Cloudflare's servers. The company has been listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: NET) since 2019.
What this means for your site: Astro is no longer carried by a small independent team. It is backed by a public company that has every reason to keep it alive. Cloudflare has committed to keeping Astro open source (MIT license) and deployable on any platform, so you are not required to host your site with Cloudflare. We host ours there by choice.
- of the web runs through its network
- ~20%
- cities in more than 125 countries host its servers
- 335
- HTTP requests per second, on average
- 115 million
- in revenue in 2025, up 30%
- US$2.17 billion
Sources: Cloudflare's announcement of January 16, 2026, its company overview page and its fiscal 2025 results, read on November 2, 2026. Announcement · Overview · 2025 results
What we do
Our Astro JS 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.
Comparison
Astro compared with the other website platforms
We build with Astro and with WordPress. The right choice depends on what the site must do, on who will update it and on the size of the organization. The first table covers the platforms of small and medium businesses, the second those of large enterprises and tech start-ups.
Small and medium business platforms: WordPress, Squarespace, Wix and Webflow
| Astro | WordPress | Squarespace | Wix | Webflow | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What the visitor receives | Ready HTML, JavaScript only for the islands | Pages generated by PHP, plus the scripts of the theme and plugins | Pages generated by Squarespace, with the platform's code loaded on every page | Pages generated by Wix, with the platform's code loaded on every page | Pages generated by Webflow, with its own script for animations |
| Updating content | Files, a headless CMS, or a written request to AI (our method) | The WordPress dashboard | Squarespace's block editor | Wix's drag-and-drop editor | Webflow's visual editor |
| Who owns the code | You: a repository in your name that any Astro developer can take over | You: the site moves to any PHP host | The site lives at Squarespace. The export keeps only part of the content, without the design | The site lives at Wix: the code cannot be exported | The site lives at Webflow. The export gives the HTML and CSS, but not the CMS or the forms |
| Hosting | Wherever you want: Cloudflare, Netlify, Vercel or AWS | Any PHP host with a MySQL database | Squarespace only | Wix only | Webflow only, for a site with a CMS |
| What you pay for | No license (MIT): the design and the hosting | No license (GPL): the hosting, often paid plugins or a paid theme | A monthly subscription per site, based on the Squarespace plan | A monthly subscription per site, based on the Wix plan | A monthly subscription per site, based on the Webflow plan |
| Security upkeep | No database or application server exposed on a static site | Core, plugin and PHP updates to follow | Handled by Squarespace | Handled by Wix | Handled by Webflow |
| Best suited to | Marketing, B2B, content and Shopify headless sites | Teams that want a dashboard and plugins | Polished showcase sites and portfolios you build yourself | Small sites you want to launch yourself, quickly | Design teams that want visual control of every page |
Large enterprise and tech start-up platforms: Next.js, Framer, Drupal, Adobe Experience Manager and Sitecore
| Astro | Next.js | Framer | Drupal | Adobe Experience Manager | Sitecore | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What the visitor receives | Ready HTML, JavaScript only for the islands | A React application, server-rendered then hydrated in the browser | Pages generated by Framer, with React loaded for the animations | Pages generated by PHP, plus the scripts of the theme and modules | Pages generated by Adobe's servers from Java components | Pages generated by Sitecore, often displayed by a Next.js site connected to it |
| Updating content | Files, a headless CMS, or a written request to AI (our method) | A headless CMS to connect | Framer's visual editor, close to Figma | The Drupal dashboard | Adobe's page editor, with approval workflows | Sitecore's page editor, with approval workflows |
| Who owns the code | You: a repository in your name that any Astro developer can take over | You: a repository in your name that any React developer can take over | The site lives at Framer: the code cannot be exported | You: the site moves to any PHP host | Your components are yours, but they only run on AEM: leaving means rebuilding | Your components are yours, but they only run on Sitecore: leaving means rebuilding |
| Hosting | Wherever you want: Cloudflare, Netlify, Vercel or AWS | Vercel first, or any Node.js server | Framer only | Any PHP host, or specialized hosts such as Acquia and Pantheon | Adobe's cloud, or your own servers | Sitecore's cloud, or your own servers |
| What you pay for | No license (MIT): the design and the hosting | No license (MIT): the design and the hosting | A monthly subscription per site, based on the Framer plan | No license (GPL): the design, the hosting and the upkeep | An annual enterprise license, quoted by Adobe | An annual enterprise license, quoted by Sitecore |
| Security upkeep | No database or application server exposed on a static site | Depends on hosting and dependencies | Handled by Framer | Core, module and PHP updates to follow | Shared with Adobe, which runs the cloud platform | Shared with Sitecore, which runs the cloud platform |
| Best suited to | Marketing, B2B, content and Shopify headless sites | Highly interactive web applications | Start-up launch sites, built by their designers | Governments, universities and sites with complex access rights | Large brands that run hundreds of sites and languages | Large companies that want to personalize content for each visitor |
Our method
A project with our Astro JS 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 JS agency?+
An Astro JS agency designs, builds and maintains websites with Astro, an open source web framework made for content-driven sites. Falia is an Astro JS 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.
Astro site
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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