Hercules review (2026): is the free plan enough?
AI builder for business apps, websites and prototypes
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Hercules report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for chat-built business apps and sites
Hercules builds business apps and websites from a chat, with hosting and a database included. Pro costs $25 a month for only 50 AI credits, and adding a teammate means Business at $199 a month.
Who Hercules is for
- Fits if you want a quick internal tool without setting up hosting
- Works for a solo builder testing an app idea
Who Hercules is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 15 credits a month and a hercules.app address
- Pricey if you add a teammate, because Business is $199 a month
- Watch out: custom domains and removing the Hercules badge start at $25 Pro
- Watch out: a yearly option saves 15%, but its prices were not read
Why Hercules gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$25 a month for 50 AI credits is at the dear end of the category, and teammates and access controls jump to $199 on Business.
- CFree plan and trialFree: 15 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, a hercules.app address and community support. 15 credits go fast.
- CFeaturesHosting, database, auth, AI and email included, and credits are metered separately as Hercules Cloud usage. No integrations are listed.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. You describe the app in chat, but the work is building and checking it.
- CPlatforms and integrationsWeb only, and no integrations or API are listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Hercules's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. How we review and grade.
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<a href="https://toolgpa.com/tools/hercules#review"><img src="https://toolgpa.com/badge/hercules.svg" alt="Hercules: 1.8 GPA on ToolGPA" width="196" height="56"></a>Where Hercules stands among AI app builders
Hercules's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 0 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 5.
It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 4 of 52) and worst on value for money (D, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $25 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 37 of the 50 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 30 tools score higher and cost less.
Each grade against the category
Every bar is all 53 AI app builders we grade, cut by the letter each got. Hercules’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 52, level with 10
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 52, level with 40
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 52, level with 36
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 52, level with 32
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 52, level with 12
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 51 AI app builders. Further left costs less, and higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Point at a dot to see which tool it is.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Keep Hercules, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Hercules 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.
That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 47 of the 52 other AI app builders grade higher. It costs $300 a year.
What you could not
- A tool that builds and hosts other apps.
- An AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it.
- What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions.
What this rests on. Hercules’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.
What is Hercules?
Hercules builds custom business software, websites and prototypes from a chat description, such as a CRM, HR portal, inventory tracker or operations dashboard. Apps come with hosting, a database, backend, authentication, AI and email. Plans are sold by monthly AI credits.
Worth knowing
- The Free plan has 15 AI credits a month and a hercules.app address.
- Custom domains and removing the Hercules badge start on Pro at $25 a month.
- Teammates, role-based access control and daily backups need Business at $199 a month.
- A yearly option saves 15%, but its prices could not be read, so the prices above are monthly-billed ones.
Key features
- Build by chatting
- Describe the app, such as a CRM for a sales team, and Hercules builds it while you watch.
- Hosting and backend included
- Apps get hosting, a database, backend, authentication, AI and email; usage is metered as Hercules Cloud credits.
- Apps, sites and mobile
- The homepage lists internal software, customer software, marketing and SEO sites, and mobile apps as use cases.
- Team controls
- The Business plan adds teammates, role-based access control, custom login rules and daily data backups.
Hercules pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Hercules has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per month, billed monthly.
- Starts at
- $25 per month, billed monthly
- Free plan
- 15 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, and publishing on a hercules.app subdomain with community support.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 15 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, hercules.app subdomain and community support. |
| Pro | $25per month, billed monthly | 50 AI credits a month, custom domains, no Hercules badge, credit top-ups, 20x Hercules Cloud usage and email support. |
| Business | $199per month, billed monthly | Shown with 50 AI credits a month. Adds teammates, custom login rules, role-based access control, daily data backups and advanced privacy controls. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Adds SSO and SAML, SCIM, audit logs, a volume-based credit discount, dedicated support, onboarding and a data processing agreement. |
Read from hercules.app on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hercules before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount15% off with yearly billing
The pricing page offers a Yearly option labelled Save 15% against monthly billing.
Stated on hercules.app
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Common questions
Does Hercules have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Hercules is listed for Web.
Does Hercules have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Hercules is listed for Web.
Is Hercules open source?
Hercules is not described as open source on its own site, as read on Nov 12, 2026.
Sources for this page
The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026.