AI website builders in 2026: which one fits what you build

There are now many AI tools that turn a description into a website or an app, and they are less alike than their demos suggest. This comparison sorts five of them by what they are made for: frascati, Lovable, Bolt.new, v0 and Cursor.

frascati is our product. We did not run a lab test of every builder, and we do not rank the others with scores. We describe each tool by what it is made for, name frascati's limits and leave out other tools' prices, which change often. Check their websites for current plans.

What to compare

• What it builds: a website, a full-stack app, interface code, or help inside your own code.
• Who it is for: people who do not code, or developers.
• Publishing: whether you can put the result online from the tool, and on your own domain.
• Changes: whether you can keep refining in a conversation and go back to earlier versions.
• Code: whether you can read, edit and download it.
• Cost: how the tool charges and what happens when you need more.

1. frascati: websites for small businesses

frascati builds websites for businesses from a chat. You describe what you do, or paste the address of your current site so frascati can use the text of that page. About two minutes later you have a multi-page website with real copy, fitting photos, a contact form and a title and description for every page. You change it by writing in the chat and publish it in one click.

• Made for: small business websites, portfolios and landing pages
• Code: React, TypeScript and Tailwind CSS 4, with every file visible and editable in the Code view
• AI: Claude Opus 5.5 builds new websites, Claude Sonnet 5.5 makes the changes
• Nothing made up: facts it does not know become visible [placeholders]
• Plans: Starter $12 a month, Pro from $29, Business from $69, each with a free 3-day trial with 20 credits (a card is required)
• Export: the full source code with Pro and Business
• Limits: no user logins or member areas, no database you manage, and a shop without stock levels or product variants

2. Lovable: full-stack web apps

Lovable builds full-stack web apps from a prompt. It connects to Supabase, which provides a database and user accounts, and to GitHub for your code. If you are building a product with logins and stored data, that is what it is made for.

• Made for: web apps with a backend
• Connects to: Supabase and GitHub
• Good fit if: you are building a product rather than a business website

3. Bolt.new: build and run in the browser

Bolt.new by StackBlitz builds projects from a prompt and runs them in your browser, using StackBlitz's WebContainers. You see the code and the running project together, which suits prototypes and apps where you want to stay close to the code.

• Made for: prototypes and web apps
• Runs: in the browser, with WebContainers
• Good fit if: you want to see and shape the code while it is built

4. v0: React UI and apps

v0 by Vercel generates React UI and apps from a description. It fits people who work in React, or who will hand the code to a developer to continue.

• Made for: React interfaces and apps
• Made by: Vercel
• Good fit if: the result has to live in a React codebase

5. Cursor: AI inside a code editor

Cursor is an AI code editor based on VS Code. You work in your own project, and the AI writes and changes code with you. It is a tool for people who code, not a website builder.

• Made for: developers
• Works with: your own code, in the languages you use
• Good fit if: you already write code and want AI help while you do

Comparison table

Which one fits

Pick by the job, not by a ranking. For a business website you publish yourself, frascati is made for exactly that. For a full-stack app with logins and a database, Lovable. For prototypes and apps you build and run in the browser, Bolt.new. For React UI and apps, v0. For AI help inside your own code, Cursor.

If two tools seem to fit, try both on the same small project. Most of them offer a free version or a trial, so you can compare before you commit.