Best Dyad alternatives (2026)
Dyad scores 78/100 in AI app builders. Here are 15 alternatives ranked by the same evidence-based score, with pricing and free tiers side by side. Rankings are never for sale.
| Tool | Score | Free tier | Open source | Pricing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dyad (current pick) | 78 | Yes: the full desktop app is free and open source; bring your own API key or local model | Yes | Free forever with your own API key (Basic Agent, 20 messages/day). Dyad Pro $20/mo: 200 AI credits and the Pro Agent. Dyad Max $79/mo: 900 AI credits |
| Lovable | 86 | Yes: 5 build credits/day (up to 30/mo) plus 20 Cloud credits/mo | No | Pro from $25/mo (100 credits; $21/mo annual); Business from $50/mo |
| Bolt | 80 | Yes: 1M tokens/mo (300K/day), hosting, Bolt branding | No | Pro $25/mo (10M tokens, rollover); Teams $30/member/mo |
| Replit | 80 | Yes: Starter with a daily Agent allowance and 1 published app (30-day link) | No | Core $20/mo ($18 annual, includes $20 credits); Pro $100/mo |
| v0 | 79 | Yes: 7 messages/day; one-time $5 credit for new users | No | Plus $30/user/mo ($30 credits plus $2/day); Business $100/user/mo. Premium $20 closed to new users |
| Rork | 78 | Yes, for designing only: 5 design credits a day (35 a month in major markets). Building and publishing needs Rork Pro | No | Free: Design mode only, 5 credits/day (35/mo in major markets, 5/mo elsewhere). Rork Pro $20/mo: 100 credits, Build mode, iPhone, Android and web apps. Rork Max from $200/mo: 1,000 to 10,000 credits. iOS builds and cloud simulators use extra credits |
| Base44 | 76 | Yes: 25 message credits/mo (5/day), 100 integration credits, up to 5 apps | No | Starter $20/mo ($16 annual); Builder $50/mo ($40 annual) |
| bolt.diy | 74 | Yes: the whole app is free to run locally, in Docker or as a desktop app; bring your own API key or local model | Yes | Free and open source (MIT); you pay only your model provider, or nothing with a local model |
| Emergent | 74 | Yes: 10 credits a month on the Free plan | No | Free $0 (10 credits/mo). Standard $20/mo or $17/mo annual (100 credits/mo, extra credits available). Pro $200/mo or $167/mo annual (750 credits/mo). Business and Enterprise custom |
| Bubble | 71 | Yes: build and test web and mobile apps for free with 500 AI credits a month; going live needs a paid plan | No | Free plan to build (500 AI credits/mo, 1 GB bandwidth). Web: Starter $32/mo ($29 annual), Growth $134/mo ($119), Team $399/mo ($349). Mobile only from $49/mo ($42); Web + Mobile from $69/mo ($59). Extra workload billed as overages |
| Anything | 70 | No: building an app requires a paid plan | No | Pro 20k: $24/mo monthly or $19/mo annual (20k credits). Max from $239/mo monthly or $199/mo annual (220k credits), with larger Max tiers up to 990k credits. Top-off credits from $12 for 10k (never expire) |
| Macaly | 70 | Yes: build and publish 1 app on a macaly.app domain, with 1M credits a month, 1 GB database, 1 GB storage and 50,000 backend API calls | No | Free $0 (1 published app on a macaly.app domain, 1M credits/mo). Starter $10/mo (1 app on your own domain, 1M credits). Pro $30/mo (5 published apps, 10M credits, GitHub). Max $90/mo (15 published apps, 30M credits). Team plans with client workspaces: Team $150/mo (3 members, 20 sites, 40M credits), Agency $350/mo (10 members, 50 sites, 80M credits), Scale $750/mo (25 members, 100 sites, 160M credits). One-time credit top-ups last 60 days |
| Flowmaps | 64 | Yes: 1 venture with up to 30 map cards; new accounts get 14 days of Pro with no card | No | Free $0 (1 venture, up to 30 cards); Pro $19/mo or $15.83/mo billed yearly (early bird $12/mo for life for the first 100 customers); Team $49/mo |
| Open Lovable | 63 | Yes: the code is free; Firecrawl's Free plan gives 1,000 credits a month with no card | Yes | Free and open source (MIT). Needs a Firecrawl API key (Free plan 1,000 credits/mo, Hobby $16/mo billed yearly), a model provider key and a Vercel Sandbox or E2B account |
| Vibe Otter | 61 | Yes: landing page on a yoursite.vibeotter.com subdomain, free forms, 3 prompts per month | No | Free $0 (3 prompts/mo, vibeotter.com subdomain); Starter $34/mo (90 prompts, custom domain, 7-day free trial); Pro $96/mo (180 prompts, full-stack apps) |
| Firebase Studio | 37 | Closed to new users since June 22, 2026 | No | Free IDE; paid Firebase services billed separately |
Why switch from Dyad?
Free, open source (Apache 2.0 outside its Pro folder, ~22k GitHub stars) and your code stays on your machine, so it is the best no-lock-in option. You install a desktop app and manage your own model keys and hosting, which is more setup than a browser builder.
The alternatives in detail
Best for: Non-coders shipping a full-stack web MVP from prompts
Best for: Prompting full-stack prototypes that run instantly in the browser
Best for: Building and hosting apps end to end in one browser workspace
Best for: Generating Next.js/React UIs and apps that deploy to Vercel
Best for: Non-coders who want a real App Store or Google Play app rather than a web app
Best for: Non-technical founders building internal tools or simple apps
Best for: Builders who like Bolt's prompt-run-edit flow but want to self-host it and use their own or local models
Best for: Non-coders and founders who want an agent to build and host a full-stack web or mobile app
Best for: Founders who want visual control over logic and data and expect to keep the app on a managed no-code platform
Best for: Builders who want one tool for a web app and an App Store app, with payments wired in
Best for: Small businesses, marketers and agencies who want a hosted site or simple app with a database and SEO, without wiring services together
Best for: Vibe coders who keep burning credits on rework and want a feature plan and build order before prompting Lovable, Bolt, Cursor or Claude Code
Best for: Developers who want to clone or redesign an existing website as a React app with their own keys
Best for: Small-business owners and non-profits who want a working website with forms and bookings without learning a site builder
Best for: Existing users only: migrate projects before the March 2027 shutdown