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Baobun Studio vs Cieden.

Cieden bills by the hour and adds designers by the month. A focused redesign costs from $15,000 with Baobun Studio, from $7,000 with Cieden.

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Baobun StudioFrom $15,000Fixed price, 4 to 12 weeks

CiedenFrom $7,000Two-week design sprint

Side by side. 01 · From Cieden’s site and ours,
where they do more, it says so.

FeatureCiedenBaobun Studio

Product and UI design

Product redesigns

MVP design

Design systems

Coded prototypesAI prototypingIn every project that needs one

Front-end or full buildDevelopmentFront-end help, not full app builds

Audits and user researchUX audit, discoveryAn audit, then tests on a prototype

Brand identityNo brand-only work

Websites and landing pagesDesigned and built in Astro

Marketing design (ads, social)

A fixed price before work startsProductized services

A monthly planTeam extensionDesign partner plan

A way to try firstFirst concept work paid only if you like itFree audit, $1,000 screen, $7,500 pilot

Prices on their website

What it costs. 02 · The cheapest way in for each kind of work,
in US dollars, checked November 5, 2026.

ScenarioCiedenBaobun Studio

One screen redesignedOn request$1,000One dashboard screen in 48 hours

Try them first$2,000UX audit$7,500A two-week pilot; the UX audit is free

A focused redesignFrom $7,000Two-week design sprintFrom $15,000Fixed price, 4 to 12 weeks

A month of designFrom $7,200Per personFrom $15,000Design partner plan, month to month

Cieden: cieden.com/pricing-models, cieden.com/about. Baobun Studio: pricing.

Who Cieden is. 03 · In their own words and numbers.

Team: 50 people
Based in: Lviv, Ukraine
How you work: Hourly projects, team extension, or productized services
Clients include: Apollo.io, Blizzard, Sitenna
Their site says: 200 complex B2B projects, 4.9 on Clutch
Their site: cieden.com

Who each fits. 04 · We’d rather you pick the right studio.

Cieden is a 50-person agency in Lviv that designs complex B2B and AI apps, from $50 an hour or $7,200 a month per designer. It suits teams that want capacity billed by time and a team to draw on. Baobun Studio suits a fixed price for a redesign, MVP or design system, with the founder doing the work.

Pick Cieden if

You want to pay by the hour or add designers by the month.
You need product management or analysis as well.
You can manage the scope yourself.

Pick Baobun Studio if

You want a fixed price in writing, not hours.
You want one senior designer from start to end.
You want coded prototypes tested with your users.
You want to try us first: a free UX audit, a $1,000 dashboard screen or a $7,500 two-week pilot.

Working with Cieden now? 05 · Bring what you have,
we keep what works.

Share what existsThe Figma files, design system and research you already have.
An audit firstOf the product as it is today, in the first week.
Keep what worksThe parts that work stay, the rest gets redesigned.
Ready to buildSpecs and a coded prototype for your engineers.

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How much does Cieden cost?

Try them first: $2,000 (ux audit). A focused redesign: From $7,000 (two-week design sprint). A month of design: From $7,200 (per person). From their site on November 5, 2026.

How much does Baobun Studio cost?

Projects start at $15,000 at a fixed price, in 4 to 12 weeks. The design partner plan starts at $15,000 a month. To try us first: a free UX audit, a $1,000 dashboard screen or a $7,500 two-week pilot.

Is Baobun Studio a Cieden alternative?

For product design, yes: redesigns, MVPs and design systems for B2B SaaS and AI products. For what Cieden does beyond that, the table above says where they do more.

Other comparisons. Baobun Studio next to other studios.

Cieden is a trademark of its owner, named here to compare. Baobun Studio isn’t affiliated with Cieden. Facts come from cieden.com on November 5, 2026 and may have changed: tell us and we’ll fix it.

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