Disclosure: turingLabs wrote this list and is one of the studios on it. Our entry follows the same template and checks as every other one. Last verified Oct 29, 2026.
Cost-effective does not mean cheapest. It means you can see the price before the first call, and you know what it buys. Every studio here publishes a price on its own site and shows B2B or SaaS work for named clients.
Shortlist by situation
| Your situation | Studios to shortlist |
|---|---|
| A designer by the month, at the lowest published rate | Groto, Pen On Paper |
| A fixed-price MVP or redesign with a set number of screens | Aufait UX |
| One complex workflow redesigned by a senior designer | turingLabs |
| Design and the build from one team | Design Studio UI/UX, Aufait UX |
Published prices compared
| Studio | Base | Published price | B2B SaaS work it shows | Builds the product |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Groto | India (city not stated on its site) | Starter from US$2,199 a month; fixed projects from US$5,000; US$50 an hour | Barista, Muir.AI | Websites only |
| Pen On Paper | Bangalore | US$2,500 a month per designer; US$4,500 a month for an MVP; US$2,000 to 5,000 a project phase | Axestrack, Gamma Cyber Security | Web development |
| Aufait UX | Bengaluru and Calicut | US$4,999 for up to 10 screens in 4 weeks, up to US$19,999 for a full redesign | IQnext, Posteros | Yes, front end |
| turingLabs | Bangalore, with work from Dubai | USD 5000 sprint; USD 4000 a month embedded | Spendflo, Drivetrain, Effectiv | No |
| Design Studio UI/UX | Kolkata, plus New York | Projects US$5k to 50k | SmartMoving, Pretaa | Yes |
How we chose
We included only studios that are based in India, publish a price, package or rate on their own website, and show B2B or SaaS product work for named clients there. We read every price and client on the studio's own site on Oct 29, 2026, and quote them as published, in US dollars. We left out studios that publish prices only for branding, and studios whose site gives no India location.
turingLabs is on this list because it meets the same test: our prices are on our site, and our work is for named B2B SaaS companies. We are not the cheapest here. Our sprint is fixed price for one workflow, done by a senior designer, so it suits a team that needs a hard problem solved more than one that needs screens produced.
The studios
Groto
India · design partner by the month · AI and SaaS products
Groto designs AI and SaaS products and builds marketing sites on Webflow, WordPress or Framer. Its terms place it in India, but its site does not name a city.
- Price: Starter from US$2,199 a month, Part-Time from US$3,999 and Full-Time from US$5,399. Fixed projects start at US$5,000, and hourly work is US$50. A seven-day free trial tests the team on a real task.
- Clients: Barista, an AI platform for PR agencies; Muir.AI, a carbon intelligence platform.
- Less suited to: teams that need the product's front end built.
Pen On Paper
Bangalore · startups and enterprises · three pricing models
Pen On Paper is a UI UX design agency in Bangalore that tags much of its case-study work B2B SaaS.
- Price: US$2,500 a month per designer; US$4,500 a month for building an MVP or scaling a product; or US$2,000 to 5,000 a project phase.
- Clients: Axestrack, a fleet management platform; Gamma Cyber Security, an enterprise product.
- Less suited to: teams that need a single senior lead across strategy, research and UI. Ask who would lead your product.
Aufait UX
Bengaluru and Calicut, with an office in Sharjah · fixed packages for startups
Aufait UX grew from three people in 2017 to more than 50. Its startup packages fix the screen count and timeline up front, and it also builds front ends.
- Price: US$4,999 for up to 10 screens in four weeks; US$8,999 for up to 20 screens in eight weeks; US$19,999 for up to 50 screens in 16 weeks.
- Clients: IQnext, a cloud platform for running buildings; Posteros, a pharma field operations platform.
- Less suited to: products whose hard part is not the screen count but the decisions behind them.
turingLabs
Bangalore, with work from Dubai · Sprint, Embedded and Fractional Design Head engagements
turingLabs embeds senior designers into Series A and B teams with complex products: procurement, financial planning, fraud and risk, and agentic AI. We cover strategy, systems, copy and UI, and work with your engineers.
- Price: USD 5000 for a fixed-price sprint of four to six weeks on one workflow; USD 4000 a month for an embedded senior designer; USD 10,000 a month for fractional design leadership.
- Proof: Drivetrain won G2 Best Usability after our redesign. We were Effectiv's sole design team for three years before it was acquired. We design Flo, Spendflo's agentic procurement platform.
- Less suited to: brand or website work, and teams that want the product built by their design partner.
- Disclosure: this is our studio.
Design Studio UI/UX
Kolkata, plus New York · founded 2015 · design and development
Design Studio UI/UX designs and develops SaaS and web products, and also builds sites on Webflow, WordPress and Shopify.
- Price: projects cost US$5k to 50k, and smaller tasks such as UX audits start at the lower end.
- Clients: SmartMoving, a SaaS platform it revamped and developed; Pretaa, a data-driven CRM.
- Less suited to: teams that want a design-only partner beside their own engineers.
Reading a published price
A monthly rate buys time. A package buys an output, usually counted in screens. A sprint buys a solved problem. They are not the same thing, so compare them against your problem, not against each other.
For a seed-stage MVP with a clear scope, a package or a part-time designer is often enough. For a funded product with complex workflows, the cheapest month is rarely the cheapest outcome: a wrong decision in the core workflow costs more than a quarter of design.
FAQs
What does UI UX design cost in India for a SaaS startup?
From the prices these studios publish: about US$2,200 to 5,400 a month for a dedicated designer, and about US$5,000 to 20,000 for a fixed-scope MVP or redesign. A full product redesign can go past that.
Is a monthly design subscription a good idea?
For steady work across many small features, yes. For one hard workflow, a fixed sprint with a clear outcome is usually better value.
Do these studios build the product too?
Aufait UX and Design Studio UI/UX build products, and Pen On Paper offers web development. Groto builds marketing sites. turingLabs designs and works with your engineers.
Working on a complex B2B product?
Tell us about the workflow that matters most. You will get a straight answer on whether we are the right studio, or which one on this list is. Book a call.
Sources
Prices and clients come from each studio's own website, read on Oct 29, 2026: letsgroto.com, penonpaper.in, aufaitux.com and designstudiouiux.com. Our own facts come from turinglabs.in.