The Cofounder Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Cofounder in one document: what it costs, its grades, getting a refund, getting help and what else to look at. Read it here, or keep a copy.
Cofounder
The Insider’s Guide
Agent platform that runs the company work around your product
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI agents, read from Cofounder’s own pages.
Made by The General Intelligence Company Of New York · checked Oct 6, 2026 · toolgpa.com
Contents
- 01WelcomeWhat it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
- 02What it costsEvery plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
- 03What it doesIts main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
- 04Where it standsIts grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
- 05The alternativesThe tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
- 06Quick answersThe questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
- 07About ToolGPAWho made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
ToolGPA put this guide together from Cofounder’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Cofounder’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Oct 6, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
2.0
GPA, above 5 of the 51 other AI agents we grade
Cofounder is an agent orchestration platform for running the business around a product. Work is organized into departments such as engineering, marketing, sales, design, support, operations and finance, each with agents that have their own instructions, integrations and skills, and consequential actions wait for your approval. It can build a landing page or marketing site and manage GitHub, Vercel and Supabase projects, but its documentation says it is not meant to build your core product.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Cofounder, taken from its own pages and our grades.
Every department arrives with default agents and it sets up GitHub, Vercel and Supabase for you.
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Best for solo founders handing off the work around a product
Its own docs say it won't build your core product, and the team plan is a waitlist.
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Paid plans start at $120 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $120 per month (Cofounder Pro, listed as a starting price).
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You can try it first
7-day free trial with the design system builder, landing page hosting and strategy and analysis tools
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It runs on Web
Web.
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Departments of agents
Work is split across departments, each with agents that have their own instructions, integrations and skills. Default agents cover engineering, marketing, design, sales, support, operations and finance.
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Approvals before risky actions
Agents run several tasks in the background at once, and actions the vendor treats as potentially dangerous, such as incorporating an LLC or opening a bank account, wait for your approval.
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Managed GitHub, Vercel and Supabase
Cofounder sets up and manages GitHub, Vercel and Supabase projects for you. Pro and Team users can claim ownership at any point, after which Cofounder no longer manages the configuration.
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A 2.0 GPA, above 5 of 51
That is against the other AI agents we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
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Keep it
To replace Cofounder you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
Cofounder at a glance
- Pricing
- Free trial, from $120 per month (Cofounder Pro, listed as a starting price)
- Free plan
- No
- Free trial
- 7-day free trial with the design system builder, landing page hosting and strategy and analysis tools
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- The General Intelligence Company Of New York
- Category
- AI Agents
- Our grade
- 2.0 GPA, fair
The report card
Best for solo founders handing off the work around a product
Cofounder is a set of AI departments for the business around your product, with agents for marketing, sales, support and finance that wait for your approval before risky steps. It costs $120 a month to start, plus usage charges billed afterwards, the trial is 7 days of only part of the product, and you can't bring your own API key. Its own docs say it won't build your core product, and the team plan is a waitlist.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | D | Cofounder Pro starts at $120 a month, five times what agent tools here typically start at and well into the dearest tenth, and the terms add usage charges billed afterwards. You can't bring your own API key to soften it either. |
| Free plan and trial | C | No free plan at all. What you get is 7 days, and only part of the product at that: the design system builder, landing page hosting and the strategy and analysis tools. The pricing page doesn't say whether it asks for a card. |
| Features | C | Departments of agents from engineering to finance, prospecting from inboxes it provisions, social posts, routines, approvals on risky steps and managed GitHub, Vercel and Supabase projects. Its own docs then draw the line: not your core product, database, auth or hosting, and the team plan is a waitlist. |
| Ease of use | C | Every department arrives with default agents and it sets up GitHub, Vercel and Supabase for you. You're still onboarding a whole company's context and integrations, there's a CLI in the mix, and no rating on record. |
| Platforms and integrations | B | A web app, with integrations for GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Linear, Stripe, Slack, Gmail and Notion, plus a command-line tool, an MCP server and a REST API. No phone or desktop app on the listing. |
An A is worth 4 points, a B 3, a C 2, a D 1 and an F nothing. The GPA is the average of the five.
Who Cofounder is for
- Fits if you're a solo founder launching a software company and building the product yourself
- Works for handing over outreach and repeat chores while keeping approval on the risky steps
Who it is not for
- Pricey if you're only curious, at $120 a month to start plus usage charges billed afterwards
- Not for you if you want it to build your core product, database or auth, which its docs say it isn't meant for
- Skip it if you need seats for a team now, because the $100-a-seat Team Plan is still a waitlist
- Tight if you want to try it all first: the 7-day trial covers only the design system, landing pages and strategy tools
- Watch out: you can't bring your own API key or a Codex or Claude Code subscription to cut the cost
Good to know
Good for
- Solo founders and small teams launching an early-stage software company
- Founders who build the product themselves and want help with go-to-market
- Handing outreach, content and recurring operations to agents with approvals
Worth knowing
- There is no lasting free plan: after the 7-day trial, Cofounder Pro starts at $120 a month, and the terms bill usage-based charges in arrears.
- The Team Plan, planned at $100 per seat, is not yet available; the pricing page offers only a waitlist.
- The documentation says Cofounder is not intended to build or rebuild your core product, database, authentication or hosting stack.
- You cannot bring your own API key or a Codex or Claude Code subscription, according to the pricing FAQ.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$120
A month to start
Cofounder is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $120 per month (Cofounder Pro, listed as a starting price).
You can't bring your own API key to soften it either.
Free Trial
Free
for 7 days
Design system builder, landing page hosting, and strategy and analysis tools.
Cofounder Pro
$120
per month, listed as a starting price
For a founder running a company: SEO and ICP analysis, multiple agents, outbound and an email inbox, social post publishing, and an LLC incorporation add-on.
Team Plan
$100
per seat; coming soon, billing period not shown
Planned plan adding multiplayer access, SOC 2 and priority support. It is not on sale yet; the pricing page offers a waitlist.
Trying it first
7-day free trial with the design system builder, landing page hosting and strategy and analysis tools
Read from cofounder.co on Oct 6, 2026.
Part 03 · Features
What it does
Its main features, where it runs, what it works with and who makes it
1
Place it runs: Web
Agent platform that runs the company work around your product. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: public API, sales pipeline, marketing automation, workflow automation, AI agents.
Its own docs then draw the line: not your core product, database, auth or hosting, and the team plan is a waitlist.
- Departments of agents
- Work is split across departments, each with agents that have their own instructions, integrations and skills. Default agents cover engineering, marketing, design, sales, support, operations and finance.
- Approvals before risky actions
- Agents run several tasks in the background at once, and actions the vendor treats as potentially dangerous, such as incorporating an LLC or opening a bank account, wait for your approval.
- Managed GitHub, Vercel and Supabase
- Cofounder sets up and manages GitHub, Vercel and Supabase projects for you. Pro and Team users can claim ownership at any point, after which Cofounder no longer manages the configuration.
- Sales and marketing work
- Agents research customers, find and enrich prospects, send outreach from inboxes provisioned for them, run email campaigns and publish social posts, drawing on shared company context.
- Routines
- A routine is a repeating job for one agent, such as a daily status update, a weekly metrics review or a monthly cleanup checklist. An agent can have several.
- CLI, MCP server and REST API
- Besides the web app, your own agent can run a company through Cofounder's hosted MCP server, the cofounder command-line tool or the REST API, with API keys for scripting.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
- GitHub
- Vercel
- Supabase
- Linear
- Stripe
- Slack
- Gmail
- Notion
Cofounder is made by The General Intelligence Company Of New York.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
5/51
Other AI agents it is graded above
Cofounder's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 5 of the 51 other AI agents we grade, and level with 6.
It stands best on platforms and integrations (B, above 5 of 51) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $120 a month, against a middle price of $21.25 for the category: 44 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 32 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 52 AI agents we grade, cut by the letter each got. Cofounder’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 51
- CFree plan and trialAbove 9 of 51
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 51
- CEase of useAbove 5 of 51
- BPlatforms and integrationsAbove 5 of 51
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 49 AI agents. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Cofounder is the marked dot.
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
Keep it, or make your own?
Whether this is something you could build for yourself with an AI app builder, and what you would give up.
Keep it
To replace Cofounder you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 40 of the 51 other AI agents grade higher. It costs $1,440 a year.
What you could make
- Sales pipeline: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change.
- Email sent in volume that still reaches the inbox.
What this rests on. Cofounder’s listing: what it does, where it runs, what it plugs into and what it costs. It is a judgement about the kind of software this is. We have not built a replacement for it, and making your own means looking after it too. How we decide, and every tool’s verdict.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Sintra, Marblism, Viktor, Relevance AI and Lindy
The 5 tools Cofounder is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 1.8GPA
Sintra
From $52/mo
Bundle of 12 role-based AI helpers for small businesses.
- Only Sintra lists iOS and Android apps.
- Cofounder also covers sales pipeline.
- Sintra also covers chat assistant.
- 1.8GPA
Marblism
From $24/mo
Seven prebuilt AI employees for small-business admin and marketing.
- Cofounder also covers sales pipeline and workflow automation.
- Marblism also covers meeting notes and inbox filtering.
- 2.2GPA
Viktor
Free trial · from $50/mo
AI employee that works inside Slack and Microsoft Teams.
- Cofounder also covers sales pipeline and marketing automation.
- Viktor also covers app builder and reports.
- 2.0GPA
Relevance AI
From $19/mo
Low-code platform for building AI agents and multi-agent teams.
- Only Relevance AI lists iOS and Android apps.
- Only Relevance AI lists a browser extension.
- Cofounder also covers sales pipeline and marketing automation.
- 2.4GPA
Lindy
Free trial · from $29.99/mo
AI teammate for Slack that works across your team's tools.
- Only Lindy lists a browser extension.
- Cofounder also covers sales pipeline and marketing automation.
- Lindy also covers meeting notes, chat assistant and inbox filtering.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
13
Questions, each answered in a line or two
The short version of everything above, for when you only need the answer. Each one is told in full in its part of the guide.
Is Cofounder free?
No, Cofounder is a paid product, but you can try it first. 7-day free trial with the design system builder, landing page hosting and strategy and analysis tools.
How much does Cofounder cost?
Cofounder lists 3 plans. Free Trial: Free for 7 days.
What platforms does Cofounder work on?
Cofounder is available on Web.
Does Cofounder have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Cofounder is listed for Web.
Does Cofounder have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Oct 6, 2026. Cofounder is listed for Web.
Is Cofounder open source?
Cofounder is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Oct 6, 2026.
Does Cofounder have an API?
Yes. Cofounder offers a public API, according to its own site.
What does Cofounder integrate with?
Cofounder's listing names GitHub, Vercel, Supabase, Linear, Stripe, Slack, Gmail and Notion.
Who makes Cofounder?
Cofounder is made by The General Intelligence Company Of New York.
What are the alternatives to Cofounder?
The closest alternatives to Cofounder in our directory are Sintra, Marblism, Viktor, Relevance AI and Lindy.
How does Cofounder compare with other AI agents?
Cofounder's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 5 of the 51 other AI agents we grade, and level with 6.
Is Cofounder good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Cofounder D for value for money. Its paid plans start at $120 a month, against a middle price of $21.25 for the category: 44 of the 44 others that charge start lower.
Could I make my own version of Cofounder?
To replace Cofounder you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Cofounder’s own pages on Oct 6, 2026, and the grades were given on Oct 10, 2026. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Cofounder's own pages on 6 October 2026. Also tested with a demo account on 2026-01-27.
Every tool we list gets five grades, A to F, each with its reason, and a GPA that averages them. How each is decided is at toolgpa.com/grades. This guide is ToolGPA’s own work; it is not made, paid for or approved by The General Intelligence Company Of New York. Prices change, so check cofounder.co before you buy.
- cofounder.co
- cofounder.co/pricing
- cofounder.co/terms
- cofounder.co/resources/introducing-cofounder-2
- docs.cofounder.co/
- docs.cofounder.co/get-started/what-cofounder-does
- docs.cofounder.co/get-started/after-onboarding
- docs.cofounder.co/agents/overview
- docs.cofounder.co/agents/custom-agents
- docs.cofounder.co/integrations/overview
- docs.cofounder.co/cli
- docs.cofounder.co/cli/migrating-from-web-app
- docs.cofounder.co/llms.txt
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
3,189
Tools graded, in 94 categories
ToolGPA grades software the way a school report grades a pupil: five subjects, a letter for each with the reason written beside it, and a GPA that averages them. Prices, plans and platforms are read from each maker’s own pages and dated, so you always know how fresh a figure is.
Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Every tool on the site has a guide like this one, free to download and pass on. It all lives at toolgpa.com.
3,189
tools graded
94
categories
426
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Cofounder, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/cofounder
- How grades are givenThe rules behind every letter and every GPAtoolgpa.com/grades
- Value chartsWhat each tool costs against what it scores, for every categorytoolgpa.com/charts
- CompareAny two tools side by side, plan by plantoolgpa.com/compare
- Price changesEvery price rise and cut on record, each with its sourcetoolgpa.com/price-changes
- Prices by countryWhat apps cost on the App Store in 12 countriestoolgpa.com/prices-by-country
- Pay lessEvery public discount: yearly billing, students, nonprofitstoolgpa.com/save
- Keep or makeWhich tools are worth paying for, and which you could build yourselftoolgpa.com/keep-or-make
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