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Rork
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI chat-based builder that lets non-developers describe an app and generate native mobile apps to publish to app stores.

1.1M visits/mo
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Glitch
✓ verifiedFreemium

Browser-based platform for building and hosting web apps collaboratively; the service appears to be winding down.

210K visits/mo
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Xano
✓ verifiedFreemium

No-code/AI backend platform that generates Postgres-backed APIs and business logic for teams to ship apps without DevOps.

172K visits/mo
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Lovable
✓ verifiedFreemium

AI app builder that turns chat prompts into working web apps and sites, with credit-based build and deploy.

35M visits/mo69K saves
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Base44
✓ verifiedFreemium

No-code AI platform that builds full-stack apps, websites and agents from plain-language prompts with hosting built in.

18M visits/mo
Pricing

No public pricing

No public pricing

Essential: $85/month billed annually (3 workspaces, 5 seats, no API rate limit)
Pro: $224/month billed annually (5 workspaces, 10 seats, managed load balancer)

No public pricing

Free: $0
Starter: $16/mo
Builder: $40/mo
Pro: $80/mo
Elite: $160/mo
Core features
  • Chat-based app generation from a natural-language description
  • Native iOS app output that can be published to the App Store
  • Native game generation including 3D worlds and multiplayer
  • File uploads to guide generation (larger uploads on paid tiers)
  • Import paths from other builders/tools (e.g., Lovable, GitHub)
  • In-browser code editor
  • Instant hosting for web apps
  • Remix and fork existing projects
  • Real-time collaboration
  • Community-shared apps
  • AI-assisted and visual no-code API/logic builder
  • Built-in PostgreSQL database with direct access on paid plans
  • Native MCP server to expose APIs as governed AI agent tools
  • Branch-based versioning with CI/CD promotion and rollback
  • Auth options including SSO, SAML, OIDC and per-endpoint RBAC
  • Multiple deployment modes: managed cloud, BYOC, or dedicated instance
  • Chat-to-app and website generation
  • Real-time prototype building
  • One-click deploy and hosting
  • Templates to start projects
  • Credit-based building with shared workspaces
  • You own your code and data
  • Prompt-to-app full-stack generation
  • Built-in backend, database and auth
  • One-click integrations (Slack, Notion, HubSpot, etc.)
  • Instant hosting and custom domains
  • Superagents for automated workflows
  • GitHub sync and code export
Use cases
  • Non-developers building and shipping a mobile app idea
  • Indie creators prototyping and monetizing app-store apps
  • Building simple multiplayer or 3D games without coding
  • Converting an existing web project or repo into a mobile app
  • Prototype web apps quickly
  • Host small Node.js and web projects
  • Remix and learn from community code
  • Collaborate on code in the browser
  • No-code builders (Bubble, WeWeb, FlutterFlow) needing a scalable backend
  • Developers pairing AI coding agents with a governed API layer
  • Teams centralizing business logic instead of scattering it across services
  • Enterprises needing compliant (SOC 2/HIPAA/GDPR) backend infrastructure
  • Build web apps without coding
  • Prototype product ideas quickly
  • Create landing pages and sites
  • Ship internal tools
  • Building internal tools and dashboards
  • Launching websites and landing pages
  • Creating customer portals and CRMs
  • Deploying AI agents that automate tasks
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