What Jimp Studio does

Jimp Studio, LLC is a privately-held, founder-owned web development studio headquartered in Logansport, Indiana. Founded in 2010, the company provides LAMP-stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP, JavaScript) custom web development, web application development, and branding design services, primarily serving small-to-medium businesses alongside select enterprise clients. The company is led by owner and lead developer Aaron Klabunde, with a stated team of fewer than ten employees supplemented by a vetted network of freelance developers and designers. There are no external investors, no subsidiaries, no funding rounds, and no evidence of institutional capital — the company is entirely bootstrapped.

Beyond traditional custom development, Jimp Studio operates its own proprietary SaaS product, Jimp Cloud, a combined CRM and CMS platform that exited beta in July 2020. Jimp Cloud is priced at $1 per day per user (approximately $30/month) and offers contact management, task tracking, digital forms with e-signature, file uploads, invoicing and estimating, plus a built-in CMS for website management. The company complements its SaaS offering with managed VPS hosting (starting at $69/month), professional services for custom web application development with API integrations to platforms such as Salesforce, Google Sheets, MailChimp, RedTail, Deltek, Smartsheets, and Stripe, and traditional web/branding design. A Web Hook API allows customers to extend Jimp Cloud's CMS with custom code, marketed as a differentiator against off-the-shelf SaaS.

The company's go-to-market is relationship-driven and sales-led: prospective clients reach out directly via phone, email, or the company website, and the owner responds personally with proposals. Marketing is limited to a company blog ("News & Views") updated as recently as February 2025 and direct outreach. The only quantitative scale metric disclosed is an average client retention of over 10 years, and no revenue figures, customer counts, or growth metrics are reported in the available source material.

Name

Jimp Studio

Legal name

Jimp Studio, LLC

Website

https://jimpstudio.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2010

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Jimp Studio, LLC is a founder-owned web development studio in Logansport, Indiana, offering LAMP-stack custom development, managed VPS hosting, branding design, and its proprietary Jimp Cloud CRM + CMS SaaS platform for small-to-medium businesses.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Web Development Services

NAICS

Custom Computer Programming Services (541511), Software Publishers (5132), Computing Infrastructure Providers, Data Processing, Web Hosting, and Related Services (5182)

SIC

Services-Computer Programming Services (7371), Services-Prepackaged Software (7372)

akta.pro primary industry

Blogging & CMS Content Platforms (BPAMAJAG)

Keywords

• Custom web development
• LAMP stack development
• SaaS CRM platform
• Web design services
• Managed VPS hosting

Headquarters

HQ city

Logansport

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Technology or R&D, Infrastructure, Operations, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Jimp Cloud SaaS Subscription: Jimp Cloud CRM + CMS SaaS product billed at $1 per day per user. Includes contact management, tasks, calendar items, digital forms, file uploads, signed form collection, and reporting.
2. Managed VPS Hosting: Managed VPS hosting for enterprise-level customers in a fully isolated LAMP stack environment. Prices start at $69 per month.
3. Custom Web Application Development: PHP/MySQL/JS custom apps, CMS, CRM, HRM, project/inventory management, online stores, and scalable ERP development services for small to large businesses.
4. Web Design Services: HTML5 & CSS3 web design, responsive mobile-first design, custom CMS themes, eCommerce, and event registration design services.
5. Branding & Print/Digital Design: Digital graphics, print-ready PDFs, vector and raster formats, logos, letterheads, business cards, and complete branding services.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Jimp Studio provides turn-key websites, custom LAMP-based web applications, responsive HTML5/CSS3 web design, branding and graphic design, and managed VPS hosting for businesses of all sizes. Its flagship product, Jimp Cloud, is a proprietary hosted SaaS platform that combines a CRM (customer/vendor/employee relationship management) with a CMS (content management system) priced at $1 per day per user. Custom development services extend the platform through a Web Hook API that integrates with Stripe, Salesforce, Google Sheets, MailChimp, RedTail, Deltek, Smartsheets, and other cloud services.

Product overview

Jimp Studio offers a unified SaaS platform called Jimp Cloud combining CRM and CMS functionality, complemented by custom web application development services. The core Jimp Cloud product handles customer/vendor/employee management with forms, contracts, invoicing, and built-in website CMS. Additional services include managed VPS hosting (LAMP stack), web design, and branding/print design.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Jimp Cloud CRM + CMS Hosted SaaS platform combining a Customer/Contact Relationship Management system with a Content Management System for managing customers, vendors, and employees. Includes customized data collection, online forms, contract signing, estimate/invoice creation, and a built-in CMS for website management, billed at $1 per day per user.
• Managed VPS Hosting Managed Virtual Private Server hosting for enterprise-level customers in a fully isolated LAMP stack environment with dedicated CPU and RAM, starting at $69 per month.
• Custom Web Application Development PHP/MySQL/JS custom web application development including CMS, CRM, HRM, project and inventory management, online stores, and scalable ERP solutions for small to large businesses.
• Web Design Services HTML5 and CSS3 responsive mobile-first web design, custom CMS themes, eCommerce design, and event registration design services.
• Branding and Print/Digital Design Graphic design services including logos, letterheads, business cards, and complete branding packages with digital graphics, print-ready PDFs in CMYK colors, and vector and raster format outputs.

Quantifiable outcome

• Average client retention rate of 10+ years
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

Yes

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration8 records

Feature4 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• StripecoreTechnology or IntegrationStripe serves as the payment processing partner for Jimp Cloud SaaS subscriptions. Stripe stores and manages customer payment details including credit/debit card information and financial institution information for purchasing the Jimp Cloud service. This is a critical infrastructure partnership for processing recurring subscription payments.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Net Solutions: Custom web and app development agency serving SMB and mid-market clients with similar service offerings (design, development, CMS/CRM integration) to Jimp Studio's professional services business.
• Kinsta: Premium managed hosting provider for WordPress and modern stacks; competes in the same managed-hosting-for-agencies segment that Jimp Studio's VPS offering targets, including agency partner programs.
• Bluehost: Shared and managed hosting provider popular with SMBs and small agencies; comparable to Jimp Studio's managed VPS offering at a lower price point and broader consumer/SMB customer base.
• WP Engine: Managed hosting and digital experience platform for WordPress, combining hosting with developer tooling and agency-style services — directly comparable to Jimp Studio's blend of managed hosting and custom web development.
• Liquid Web: Managed VPS and dedicated hosting provider for SMBs and agencies, overlapping directly with Jimp Studio's Managed VPS offering on the LAMP stack and similar customer profile of small-to-mid businesses needing isolated hosting.

Broad incumbents

• Salesforce: Enterprise CRM incumbent that Jimp Studio integrates with via custom API work; represents the broader CRM standard against which Jimp Cloud's bundled offering must differentiate for smaller customers.
• HubSpot: Dominant CRM and CMS platform with a freemium SMB motion; directly overlaps with Jimp Cloud's CRM functionality and increasingly with its CMS, but operates at vastly greater scale across marketing, sales, and service hubs.
• Squarespace: Hosted website builder and CMS targeting SMBs, designers, and creatives; competes with the website management side of Jimp Cloud's bundled CRM+CMS product and with Jimp Studio's web design services.
• Zoho CRM: Affordable, broad CRM platform targeting SMBs — directly competitive with Jimp Cloud CRM at a lower per-seat price point, and bundled into a much larger suite that includes custom development and integration capabilities.

Emerging players

• Webflow: Modern visual CMS and web development platform gaining traction with agencies and SMBs; overlaps with the CMS and design capabilities of Jimp Cloud and signals where the market is heading versus LAMP-based stacks.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/jimp-studio

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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