# CodeDesign review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI website builder with code export and built-in business tools Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. CodeDesign.ai generates a complete, editable website from one prompt and lets users keep editing in a drag-and-drop visual builder or with an AI assistant. Sites are hosted by the vendor and can be exported as HTML or React. Plans are sold monthly or yearly, with AI credits that are used up by each AI edit, and a set of lifetime deals is sold beside them. - **Category:** AI App Builders - **Made by:** CodeDesign, Inc. - **Website:** https://codedesign.ai - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you want an app with logins and a database, as it builds websites. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, CodeDesign has a free plan, and paid plans start at $12 per month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Up to 3 AI website generations, the visual builder and publishing on a codedesign.app subdomain. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | Up to 3 AI website generations, limited AI credits, visual builder and publishing on a codedesign.app subdomain. | | Individual | $12 per month, billed yearly ($15 billed monthly) | 100 AI credits a month, free domain for a year, export of 1 site (HTML and React), 5 collaborators, SSL and weekly backups. | | Growth | $24 per month, billed yearly ($29 billed monthly) | Up to 10 websites, 10 collaborators, unlimited sub pages, blog, SEO audit, AI chatbot and booking calendar; credits double on yearly billing. | | Scale | $83 per month, billed yearly ($99 billed monthly) | Unlimited workspaces and collaborators, agency workspace, CRM for lead management, highest code-export limits and dedicated support. | | Individual Lifetime | $97 one-time | One website with lifetime hosting, 2 collaborators and one-time AI edit credits. | | Scale Lifetime | $389 one-time | Ten websites with lifetime hosting, 10 collaborators and weekly backups; a Growth Lifetime tier for 3 sites is $169. | Read from https://codedesign.ai/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with CodeDesign before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): Individual, Growth and Scale are shown with a yearly rate about 20% under the monthly one, and the Growth and Scale yearly plans double the AI credits and include a free domain. Source: https://codedesign.ai/pricing - **Lifetime plans** (Lifetime license): One-time payment plans with free hosting: Individual $97 for 1 website, Growth $169 for 3 websites and Scale $389 for 10 websites. Source: https://codedesign.ai/pricing ## Key features - **Prompt-to-website generation:** A complete multi-page site is generated from one prompt, in many languages, and can then be edited by hand or with the AI companion. - **Visual builder:** A drag-and-drop, responsive editor with templates, ready-made sections and animations; the site lists 2000+ templates. - **Code export:** Sites can be exported as HTML and React, and a WordPress site can be generated and synced. - **Hosting and domains:** Hosting, SSL and weekly backups are included, and yearly plans include a free domain for the first year. - **Business tools:** Paid plans add an AI chatbot, bookings and calendar, forms, a blog, website analytics, a site audit and a cookie manager. - **AI credits:** One credit covers a small text or style edit, and a full page generation typically uses about 10 credits. ## Good for - Freelancers and small businesses that need a marketing site or landing page - Agencies producing client sites they can host or export - Buyers who prefer a one-time lifetime plan to a subscription ## Worth knowing - It builds websites rather than full-stack apps with their own backend. - The pricing page text says its prices are in MYR but displays dollar signs; the figures here are as displayed. - Free-plan sites are published on a codedesign.app subdomain, and a custom domain needs a license on a paid plan. - AI credits are used up by each AI edit; the comparison table lists 100 credits a month on every paid plan, and more can be bought. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.4 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. CodeDesign.ai makes a full website from one prompt, then you edit it in a drag-and-drop builder or with an AI assistant, and export HTML or React. But it builds websites, not apps with a backend, free sites sit on a codedesign.app subdomain, and the pricing page says MYR while showing dollar signs. - **Value for money: B.** Individual is $12 a month yearly, $15 monthly, inside the cheapest quarter of the $15 to $25 range. Lifetime plans start at $97 one-time for one site. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free gives up to 3 AI website generations, the visual builder and a codedesign.app subdomain. A custom domain needs a paid licence. - **Features: C.** Prompt-to-site, a visual builder, code export, hosting and business tools. The listing itself says it builds websites rather than full-stack apps. - **Ease of use: C.** A web builder where the work is shaping the site yourself. No store rating on record. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web with WordPress, Stripe, ChatGPT, Claude and Cursor named, plus HTML and React export. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from CodeDesign's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI app builders - CodeDesign's GPA of 2.4 is higher than 51 of the 89 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 15. - It stands best on value for money (B, above 64 of 89) and worst on ease of use (C, above 1). - Its paid plans start at $12 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 14 of the 82 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 6 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 CodeDesign 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 $144 a year. - You could make: Forms: an app builder makes this well. - You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps. - You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code. - You could not: A chatbot builder hooked into the messaging apps. - You could not: A crawler that checks every page of a site. - You could not: It plugs into other products, WordPress, Stripe and ChatGPT among them. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with WordPress, Stripe, ChatGPT, Claude, Cursor **Tags:** App builder, No-code, AI features, Chatbots, Forms, Site audit ## Alternatives - [10Web](https://toolgpa.com/tools/10web): AI website builder that generates and hosts WordPress sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/10web-vs-codedesign) - [Durable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/durable): AI website builder for small businesses with bookings and a CRM. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/codedesign-vs-durable) - [Framer](https://toolgpa.com/tools/framer): AI website builder with a visual canvas, CMS and hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/codedesign-vs-framer) - [Hostinger AI Builder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostinger-ai-builder): AI website and web app builder bundled with Hostinger hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/codedesign-vs-hostinger-ai-builder) - [Wegic](https://toolgpa.com/tools/wegic): AI website builder that generates and edits sites from chat. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/codedesign-vs-wegic) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://codedesign.ai/pricing - https://codedesign.ai/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/codedesign Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).