# Blink review (2026): is the free plan enough?

> Prompt-to-app builder with database, sign-in and hosting built in

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Blink builds web apps, websites and mobile apps from prompts, with a database, sign-in and payments built into each project. Plans are priced by monthly credits spent on AI work rather than by seat, and every plan allows unlimited team members.

- **Category:** AI App Builders
- **Made by:** Blink Inc.
- **Website:** https://blink.new
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Tight if you build a lot, as Free is 5 credits a day and 30 a month.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Blink has a free plan, and paid plans start at $13 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free plan
- **Free plan:** 5 credits a day, up to 30 a month, public projects, a live web address, a database and sign-in.
- **Free trial:** None listed.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Free | $0 | 5 credits a day, capped at 30 a month. Public projects and community support. |
| Starter | $13 per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | 100 credits a month plus 5 a day. Adds production hosting, private projects, custom domains and code download. |
| Pro | $25 per month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly) | 200 credits a month plus 5 a day. Adds in-app code editing, advanced AI models and priority support. |
| Max | $100 per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly) | 800 credits a month plus 5 a day. Adds credit rollover, App Store publishing and a bigger build machine. |
| Business | $20 per month and up, billed annually ($40 billed monthly) | One shared credit pool of 100 to 50,000 credits a month, restricted project access and VIP support. |

Read from https://blink.new/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Blink before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **50% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): Paying yearly takes 50% off the monthly price on every paid plan, which the page describes as 6 months free. Starter is $13 a month yearly against $25 monthly. Source: https://blink.new/pricing

## Key features

- **Web apps, websites and mobile apps:** Describe what you want and Blink builds full-stack web apps, sites on your own domain, or iOS and Android apps.
- **Built-in backend:** Every app gets a database, sign-in, a live web address with SSL, and version history, with payments and AI features available to add.
- **Blink Claw agent:** An always-on AI agent hosted by Blink that answers customers and runs tasks. Included from the Starter plan up.
- **Code editing and GitHub:** Pro and Max allow editing code inside Blink and connecting a GitHub repository. Code download is available on paid plans.
- **Templates and unlimited members:** Start from one of 40+ templates. Every plan, including Free, allows unlimited team members, and viewers never use credits.

## Good for

- Founders and small teams building apps without writing code
- Teams that want to pay for building, not per seat
- Agencies delivering client apps

## Worth knowing

- Credits are spent on AI work and bigger requests use more; the Free plan stops at 30 credits a month.
- Production hosting is paid from credits (50 a month covers up to 10,000 visits), and a custom domain or code download costs 5 credits each on Starter and Pro.
- Code editing, advanced AI models and Git on your own GitHub repo need Pro; credit rollover and App Store publishing need Max.
- Extra credits are sold as top-ups from $40 for 100 credits, and top-up credits do not expire.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Blink builds web and mobile apps from a prompt, with a database, sign-in and hosting included, and a Free plan of 30 credits a month. Credits run out as the AI works, and code editing, your own GitHub repo and App Store publishing sit on dearer plans.

- **Value for money: B.** Starter is $13 a month billed yearly, inside this category's cheaper quarter, which starts at $16. Pro is $25 and Max $100.
- **Free plan and trial: C.** Free is 5 credits a day, capped at 30 a month, with public projects. You will hit that.
- **Features: C.** Web, sites and mobile apps with a built-in backend. The listing's gaps: code editing and your own GitHub repo need Pro, and App Store publishing needs Max.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and you work through prompts and credits to get an app finished.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with GitHub, Stripe, ChatGPT, Claude, App Store and Google Play listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Blink's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among AI app builders

- Blink's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 26 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 11.
- It stands best on value for money (B, above 38 of 52) and worst on features (C, above 0).
- Its paid plans start at $13 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 9 of the 50 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-app-builders

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Blink you would be making a tool that builds and hosts other apps. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It costs $156 a year.

- You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps.
- You could not: An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, GitHub, Stripe and ChatGPT among them.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

GitHub, Stripe, ChatGPT, Claude, App Store, Google Play

**Tags:** App builder, AI agents, AI features, No-code

## Alternatives

- [Lovable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lovable): Chat-based AI builder for full-stack web apps and websites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/blink-vs-lovable)
- [Replit](https://toolgpa.com/tools/replit): Cloud platform where an AI agent builds, hosts and publishes apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/blink-vs-replit)
- [Bolt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bolt): Browser-based AI builder for websites, web apps and mobile apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/blink-vs-bolt)
- [Base44](https://toolgpa.com/tools/base44): No-code AI builder with a database, login and hosting included. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/base44-vs-blink)
- [Anything](https://toolgpa.com/tools/anything): AI agent that builds mobile and web apps with a backend included. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/anything-vs-blink)

## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://blink.new/pricing
- https://blink.new

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/blink
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