Astro Agency – Modern Websites with Performance and SEO Strength
Fast marketing sites with Astro, technical SEO, true multilingual support. From Middle Franconia for mid-sized businesses and agencies throughout Germany.
When Astro Is the Right Choice
Astro isn't sensible for every site. If you recognize one of these situations, it's worth taking a closer look:
WordPress Is Too Slow – Even with Caching
Pagespeed scores under 80, Core Web Vitals in the red, every optimization fizzles after the next plugin update. Astro solves this by delivering only what's actually on the page.
Multilingual Without WPML Complexity
WPML costs money, Polylang hits limits, and both bring performance drawbacks. Astro has multi-language built in natively – with clear URL structure and clean hreflang setup.
Marketing Sites Without Page-Builder Chaos
If your editorial team can write Markdown (or operate a headless CMS interface), Astro is the more maintainable and faster solution compared to WordPress with Avada, Elementor & Co.
No Plugin Security Holes, No Maintenance Pressure
Astro sites are delivered statically. No PHP runtime, no attackable plugin backdoors, no weekly updates. Hosting becomes simpler, security better.
What We Build with Astro
Corporate Websites with Standards
Performance, SEO, multilingual support – all this isn't retrofitted with effort in Astro, but part of the architecture. We build corporate sites that still work without workarounds three years from now. Example: codeaeffchen.com itself runs on Astro – including blog, multilingual insights section, and service pages.
Marketing Sites with Headless CMS
If your editorial team needs a CMS, we combine Astro with headless solutions like Storyblok, Sanity, or Strapi. Content is maintained centrally, Astro renders it out statically – the best of both worlds.
Multilingual Sites Without Plugin Hell
Astro has native i18n support. We build sites with 2 to 10 languages, cleanly structured, with correct hreflang, a central translation pipeline, and clear URL paths per language. No WPML, no Polylang, no performance drawbacks.
Migrations from WordPress, TYPO3, or Jekyll
If your existing site runs on a different technology and you want to migrate: we analyze content, plan the URL structure (including 301 redirects), build Astro templates suited to the existing site, and migrate content cleanly.
Custom Components and Integrations
Astro can be combined with React, Vue, Svelte, or Solid – selectively and only where interactivity is really needed (Islands Architecture). We use this conservatively: default is static, JavaScript is loaded only where it actually does something.
Astro with AI: generate content automatically, publish only after review
Astro delivers content from files instead of a classic backend – and that's exactly what makes it the ideal foundation for an AI-supported editorial workflow. Instead of writing and maintaining every post manually, you only name the topic: "We have a new topic for the blog." The AI creates a draft, you review it – and if it fits, it goes live.
The decisive point we don't gloss over: the human stays in the loop. AI generates raw material quickly, but quality, facts, and tone need review before anything is published. That's why we build the workflow so approval always sits with you – no automation that publishes unchecked.
Topic in
Optionally with bullet points or a source.
AI draft
In the style and structure of your site.
Review & approval
You read through, approve or discard.
Publish
With approval, Astro builds the page.
The result: a blog or content area that grows with minimal effort – fast and SEO-strong via Astro, automated via AI, but without giving up quality.
Astro + Headless CMS – your editors keep their interface
Not every team wants to write Markdown. If you need a familiar editorial interface, we put a headless CMS behind Astro – WordPress as backend, or dedicated systems like Storyblok, Sanity, Strapi, or Directus. Content is maintained centrally, Astro renders it statically and blazing-fast. For data location, we look at GDPR compliance – hosting wherever it works for you.
Who Builds Your Astro Site
Codeäffchen is a 4-person web development agency from Gerhardshofen in Middle Franconia, Germany. We've been building websites and custom software for over 20 years – previously with PHP, later with Laravel and WordPress, today also with Astro.
We work remotely for clients throughout Germany. On-site meetings are possible but rarely necessary – most Astro projects run completely remote, with Slack, GitHub, and regular video sessions.
We aren't the largest agency. But we don't sell you what we've only experimented with. We use Astro daily – including on our own site.
More about usWhat We Build Astro Sites With
Astro is a framework, not a complete solution. We combine it with the tools that fit your project:
Astro 5.x
The foundation. Static Site Generation, partial hydration, native i18n, Markdown and MDX support.
TypeScript
Type safety everywhere. No cryptic production errors, no 'works on my machine' problems.
Tailwind CSS
Utility-first styling, faster to build, smaller CSS bundles, clear conventions. Works well with component reuse.
Markdown / MDX
Content as code, versioned in Git. For editorial teams who can handle Markdown anyway – or a headless CMS, if that doesn't fit.
Headless CMS
Storyblok, Sanity, or Strapi – depending on requirements. Content is maintained centrally, Astro renders it out statically.
GitHub + Git Workflow
Code is versioned, deployments run through pull requests, every change is traceable. Standard for serious web development.
React / Vue / Svelte
When part of the site needs to be interactive – a configurator, a form, a search – we embed components selectively, not across the board.
Schema.org + Technical SEO
Structured data, hreflang tags, clean meta tags, optimized images, correct HTTP headers. SEO basics are standard, not extra.
Hosting with you, not with us. We deploy to your preferred provider – Dogado, Netlify with EU data residency, your own server, or wherever it fits GDPR-compliantly.
What We've Built with Astro
We've been using Astro productively since 2024. Here's our own proof:
codeaeffchen.com – Our Own Site on Astro
Multilingual agency site with service pages, insights blog, case details, and contact workflows. Completely statically delivered, with native i18n structure.
Result: Lighthouse 95+ on all main pages. Mobile-first, technical SEO standardized, fully GDPR-compliant without external tracking services. The site you're reading is the proof.
More on the decision "Astro or WordPress" in our detailed comparison article – with concrete recommendations for different project types and honest cost ranges.
Astro Instead of WordPress – When It Makes SenseAstro projects from marketing site relaunch to migration of larger WordPress sites: tell us what you have in mind.
Who Builds Your Astro Site
Three people. No account managers in between. You talk to the people who code.
Daniel Nilges
Founder & Full-Stack Developer
20+ years of web development. Astro expert and architect of our own Astro site. Contact for concept, tech selection, and migration.
Tobias Kokesch
Sr. Full-Stack Developer
Frontend depth and interface development. Responsible for complex Astro integrations and headless CMS connections.
Max Hopfinger
Senior Design Specialist
Performance, technical SEO, and live deployments. Makes sure Lighthouse scores aren't only correct on launch day.
Astro in detail – our insights
Deeper reading on decision, architecture, and performance.
Astro vs. WordPress: honest comparison
Which one when, with cost ranges.
Headless WordPress with Astro
Maintain WordPress, deliver Astro.
Headless WooCommerce with Astro
Shop speed without a platform switch.
Headless CMS compared
Four paths, incl. GDPR perspective.
100/100 PageSpeed with Astro
Real Core Web Vitals figures, disclosed.
What Does an Astro Site Cost with Us?
Fixed prices after initial consultation. No hidden hours.
Astro Site
from €4,000
A professional marketing or corporate site with 5–10 subpages, multilingual optional, technical SEO and Schema.org markup included. Mobile-optimized, Lighthouse 95+.
Hourly Rate
€100 / hour
For extensions, content migrations, custom integrations, and smaller adjustments after launch. Transparently billed, calculable in advance.
Care Package
optionalfrom €40 / month
Two update appointments per year (dependencies, security), hosting monitoring, response to emergencies within 24 hours. Astro sites are static, classical maintenance is not needed – the care package is optionally bookable.
More complex projects – migrations of larger WordPress sites, multilingual sites with 5+ languages, headless CMS integrations – are above that range. After a tech audit (€500–2,000) you get a concrete figure. Hosting is set up with the provider of your choice, not with us.
Frequent Questions
When does Astro make sense, when is WordPress better?
Astro is strong for marketing sites, multilingual corporate sites, performance-critical landing pages, and migrations when you want to ditch an existing WordPress site. WordPress is stronger when an editorial team needs to maintain content daily without coding skills, or when a standard shop with WooCommerce is sufficient. We advise honestly on what fits – even if the answer sometimes is: not Astro. More on this in our detailed comparison article.
Can we migrate later if requirements change?
Yes, Astro sites can be migrated well to other setups. Markdown content is portable, Schema.org structures remain. We provide you with clean architecture documentation at launch. If you need a different setup three years from now, your content isn't trapped in a proprietary format.
How complex is content maintenance without a classic CMS?
Two paths. If your team can edit Markdown files (or wants to learn): content is maintained directly in the repository, every change versioned. If you want a familiar CMS interface: we integrate Storyblok, Sanity, or Strapi – you get a WYSIWYG interface, Astro still renders the content out statically and quickly.
Can AI create our site's content automatically?
Yes – we build a workflow where you set the topic, the AI creates a draft, and you give final approval. Publication only happens after your review, never unchecked. Your content grows fast without you giving up quality or control.
Does our data stay GDPR-compliant, even with a headless CMS?
That depends on the chosen system and hosting location – which we clarify before tool selection, not after. We prefer solutions with EU hosting or self-hostable open-source systems where your data stays where you want it. Hosting is set up at the provider of your choice, not at us.
What does an Astro site with headless CMS or an AI workflow cost?
The static Astro site starts at €4,000. Headless CMS integration and AI workflows are added depending on scope – the concrete number comes after a short tech audit. No hidden hours.
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Sounds Like Your Project?
Tell us about your plans. We listen, ask questions, honestly say whether Astro fits – or whether WordPress, Laravel, or something else entirely would be the better choice. Initial consultation is non-binding.