Who we serve
If the homepage felt right, this is where you find out who you'd actually be working with.
We work with teams that need senior product design on what they're shipping now, and aren't ready to hire a full-time designer. Most of that is SaaS founders and product leads, from early product through growth.
AI made building cheap. It didn't make deciding easier. The subscription keeps a senior person on the UX, the craft, and the system the product runs on. We still use Figma. The decision happens in a prototype you can click, share, and argue with. That way of working is prototype-first.
- B2B SaaS founders and product leads who want senior design without opening a full-time role. If you're weighing that against a hire, we wrote design subscription vs hiring.
- AI-native and AI-feature teams who need judgment and a system while the feature is still being defined. If agents are already shipping UI, start with AI brand governance and DESIGN.md.
- Marketing and product teams who need one brand across the site and the product. When those two drift, start with marketing and product UI consistency.
This fits best when the work is still fuzzy: the scenarios, the states, the edge cases. If the briefs are already done and you only need production throughput, a request queue can be the better tool. We compared that for product teams, and the agency version too.
The team behind Clearly Design
Francois Brill
Designer + Builder, founder of Clearly Design
Francois Brill is the founder. We've been designing and shipping software since 2002. That's 22 years across starting, buying, and exiting companies. We keep coming back to product UX, and the design systems that still hold up once the code exists.
A lot of the real work is the messy middle between a design and the codebase that has to consume it. That's what this subscription is for. Product UX and systems that stay coherent when your engineers, and the AI tools beside them, build from the same source of truth.
We're a solo-founder productized service. You work with Francois. We share a dedicated Slack channel, we send Looms, and on Advanced we check in when you need to.
Francois is on LinkedIn, X, and GitHub. Articles here run under Designer + Builder.
How Clearly Design works
We keep the sequence short. First we find what's uncertain, and which decision is blocking the build. Then we prototype until the direction is obvious. Then we ship. Once that call is made, production moves faster. We design and build in Framer or Webflow, or we hand your team tokens and docs they can build from.
You start with a discovery call. We open a design board and pick up the first workstream. We'd rather ask what's unclear than lock a scope too early. Book a call when you want to start, or look at homepage pricing if you want the numbers first.
Day to day, you get a dedicated Slack channel and Looms. Standard ($4,995/mo) is async: weekly progress, one workstream at a time. Advanced ($7,495/mo) adds check-ins when you need them, a second workstream, and time with your engineering team. Both plans include 24/7 access to Figma, plus Framer and Webflow. Custom React and Tailwind components are on Advanced.
We aim to show progress within a couple of working days. How fast we move depends on the size of the task and how quickly you can react. Requests and revisions are unlimited inside the active workstream. You're paying for access to senior design while you're subscribed. Unused time doesn't roll into the next month.
Both plans are month-to-month. Pause or cancel anytime. Prices are in USD, and Canadian clients pay sales tax. If the first design results aren't what you wanted, there's a 14-day money-back guarantee. The longer version of how we work with SaaS teams is the design partner for SaaS guide.
Key facts
Here's the short version, in one place. It matches the homepage on price, terms, and how we talk. Write-ups for several of these clients are in the case studies.
| Company Name | Clearly Design |
|---|---|
| Type | Product design subscription / embedded design partner |
| Founder | Francois Brill |
| Website | https://clearly.design |
| Core Offering | Prototype-first product design, design systems, marketing sites (Framer/Webflow), brand |
| Pricing | Standard $4,995/mo · Advanced $7,495/mo |
| Contract Terms | Month-to-month; pause or cancel anytime |
| Communication | Dedicated Slack, Looms; check-ins on Advanced |
| Notable Clients | Suggestion Ox, NodCards, Castos, Hey Rosie, Bean Ninjas, Wealthstack, Nekst, TeamUp, Do Amore, Tuple, Canada Abroad, Camps with Friends |
| Competitors | Designjoy-class request queues, traditional agencies, and in-house hiring. Queues · Agencies · Hiring |
| Social | LinkedIn · X · GitHub |
Prices are in USD. Canadian clients pay sales tax, and the first results come with a 14-day money-back guarantee. The live numbers are on homepage pricing.
Frequently asked questions
What is Clearly Design?
We're a product design subscription for SaaS and AI-native teams. We prototype the decisions that are still open, then help you ship the UX and the system behind it. Standard is $4,995 a month, Advanced is $7,495 a month, and you can pause or cancel whenever you want.
Who is the founder of Clearly Design?
Francois Brill. We've been designing and shipping software since 2002, with 22 years across starting, buying, and exiting companies. He's on LinkedIn and X.
Is Clearly Design pricing month-to-month?
Yes. Standard is $4,995 a month and Advanced is $7,495 a month, in USD. You can pause or cancel anytime. Canadian clients pay sales tax, and if the first design results aren't right, there's a 14-day money-back guarantee. The live plans are on the homepage.
Who will I work with?
Francois. We're a solo-founder service, so you work with him directly. On Standard we stay async in Slack and Looms, with weekly progress. Advanced adds check-ins when you need them, and a second workstream.
How is this different from a Designjoy-style queue?
A Designjoy-style queue is a good fit when the request is already clear and you just need it made. We join earlier, while the product decision is still open, and we prototype it before anyone treats the ticket as final. The longer versions are Designjoy alternatives for product teams, subscription vs agency, and subscription vs hiring.