Our honest take on every AI builder.
We audit and productionize apps built on these tools every week. Here is what each one is genuinely great at, and where it needs help. No FUD: every tool on this page is good at what it is built for.
Lovable
Great for demos · Harden before launchPrompt to full-stack app in hours. Superb for demos and fundraising; the Supabase layer underneath needs hardening before real users.
Read the verdict →Bolt
Great for prototypes · Harden before launchFull-stack prototypes in the browser, fast. Functional out of the box, not hardened. No public breach on record.
Read the verdict →Cursor
Real code, real repo · Audit before shipThe pro option: real code in a repo you own. Output still carries the 45% AI vulnerability rate, and the toolchain has had its own CVEs.
Read the verdict →v0
Great for frontends · Backend is on youThe best prompt-to-frontend tool we have reviewed. Keep the UI, build the backend properly.
Read the verdict →Replit
Great for building · Guard productionIdea to hosted app without leaving the browser. Guard production access; the July 2025 incident is the case study.
Read the verdict →Base44
Great for internal tools · Check ownership earlyBatteries-included AI builder, now part of Wix. Strong for internal tools; check ownership and scale ceilings early.
Read the verdict →Framer
Great for marketing sites · Not an app platformBest-in-class for marketing sites and design control. It is a site platform, not an app platform.
Read the verdict →Bubble
Deepest no-code · Watch scale and lock-inThe deepest no-code app builder. Real database and workflows; watch privacy rules, performance pricing and lock-in.
Read the verdict →Verdicts come from the apps we audit and harden, plus the documented incidents in our guides. Where a tool has no public breach on record, we say so.
We take it the rest of the way.
The $500 Week-1 Build Audit finds every production blocker, credited against any build. The Go-Live Intensive launches it from $14,000, live by our date or we keep building free.
$500 Week-1 audit · credited against any build