Blog - Best Web Developers in Kelowna (2026): The Top 5

I live in Kelowna. I walk Bernard Ave on weekends, grab coffee downtown, and most of my clients are within a 20-minute drive of City Park. So when people ask me who the best web developers in Kelowna are, I don't give them a recycled national list — I tell them what I'd actually tell a friend who owns a shop on Pandosy or runs a landscaping crew out of Rutland.

The Kelowna market is weird in a good way. It's big enough that search competition matters (a Mission Park dentist isn't just competing with the clinic next door — they're fighting every West Kelowna and Lake Country practice for the same map-pack slot), but small enough that a well-built local site can dominate in a few months. Choose the wrong developer and you'll spend a year stuck on page three, watching a UBCO student's side project outrank you.

Here's my honest top 5, based on what I see shipped around town.

Disclaimer: Listings 2–5 are archetypes of typical competitors, not named businesses. I'm describing categories of developers you'll actually run into when hiring in Kelowna — not real companies. Position 1 is me.

1. Ethan Breitkreutz (EthanBDev)

That's me. I'm a Kelowna-based developer who's been building websites and software since high school — I started making stuff for local businesses before I could legally sign a contract, and I never stopped. Today I build on a modern Next.js stack, ship web apps, AI automations, and custom software, and I work directly with business owners without an account manager in the middle.

A few things I lean on:

• Same-day communication. You email me, you hear back that day. No ticketing system, no "your project manager will reach out."
• Fair pricing. I don't have agency overhead — no office on Water Street, no five-person strategy meetings about your landing page. You pay for the build, not the building.
• Ships on time. I commit to realistic timelines and I hit them. If something slips, you hear about it early, not the week it was due.
• Real engineering. Next.js, proper SEO schema, 90+ Lighthouse out of the box, custom software and AI automations when you need more than a brochure site.

I've shipped for Kelowna landscapers, salons, coaches, realtors, and niche SaaS products. You can see recent work on my portfolio, or read more about how I work with Kelowna businesses specifically on the Kelowna locations page.

2. "Okanagan Web Studio" (the local agency archetype)

Every Okanagan city has a mid-size agency like this. They've got a nice office downtown, a team of five to twelve, and a project manager who will schedule a kickoff call. The work is usually competent. The branding decks are pretty.

Pros: Process, designers on staff, can handle bigger projects with multiple stakeholders.

Cons: You're paying for the office, the PM, the designer, the developer, and the account lead. Lead times stretch. Small edits get quoted as a ticket. For a typical Kelowna small business, it's usually overkill and overpriced.

3. "Summit Freelance" (the solo freelancer archetype)

One person, works from home in Glenmore or a café on Bernard, charges less than the agency, does reasonable work. You'll find them on Facebook groups and BNI meetings.

Pros: Cheap, direct communication, fast on small stuff.

Cons: Skill variance is huge. Some are senior engineers moonlighting; others learned Wix two months ago. They disappear during ski season. Check their recent work carefully — if everything looks the same, that's because it is.

4. "Lakeside Template Shop" (the WordPress/Squarespace mill)

Churns out template-based sites for a flat fee, usually $1,500–$3,000. Heavy reliance on page builders (Elementor, Divi). Fast turnaround, low ceiling.

Pros: Cheap, quick, good enough if you literally need a business card online.

Cons: Slow sites, bloated plugin stacks, mediocre SEO, and you'll outgrow it the moment you want anything custom. Maintenance becomes a drag — every plugin update is a potential break.

5. "Overseas Outsource Co." (the offshore archetype)

You'll get pitched by them on LinkedIn. $15/hr, glossy proposals, quick to start. Sometimes the work is genuinely great. Often it isn't.

Pros: Cheapest option if you have strong specs and patience.

Cons: Time zones, communication gaps, and zero local context. They don't know what "Rutland" means, they'll write "seamlessly elevate your brand" in every heading, and fixing bugs becomes a week-long async relay.

Recent work

A few projects I've shipped recently that give you a sense of the range:

• Empire Landscaping — a fast, local-SEO-heavy marketing site for a Kelowna-area landscaping crew. Ranks well for competitive landscaping terms across the Central Okanagan.
• Teleta Vox — a custom AI voice-agent product. Real software, real backend, not a template.
• Curbchat — a purpose-built chat product with custom infrastructure.
• Empire Blog CMS — a bespoke content management tool, because off-the-shelf CMS software was the wrong fit.

More on the full portfolio page.

How to actually pick

If you're a Kelowna business owner, here's the short version:

• Brochure site under $3k, you don't care about rank — template shop is fine.
• You need a site that ranks for "Kelowna [your service]" and converts — hire a real local developer (me or a solid freelancer, and check their recent work carefully).
• You've got a complex product, internal tools, or anything involving AI, automation, or custom software — you want someone who actually writes code, not someone who assembles templates.
• You want hand-holding, a brand refresh, and don't mind agency pricing — the local agency archetype will do fine.

Most Kelowna businesses I talk to fall into bucket two, and that's the slot I built my practice around.

Close

If vetting this yourself sounds like too much, contact me — I'll tell you honestly if I'm the right fit. I turn down work all the time when someone would be better served by a different kind of developer. I'd rather send you to the right person than take a project I can't do well.

And if you're outside Kelowna, I also work across the Okanagan and BC — check the locations page to see where I've built for businesses recently.