# Hercules review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI builder for business apps, websites and prototypes Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** AI App Builders - **Made by:** Zeus AI Labs, Inc. - **Website:** https://hercules.app - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 15 credits a month and a hercules.app address. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Hercules has a free plan, and paid plans start at $25 per month, billed monthly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $25 per month, billed monthly | 50 AI credits a month, custom domains, no Hercules badge, credit top-ups, 20x Hercules Cloud usage and email support. | | Business | $199 per 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 https://hercules.app/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Hercules before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **15% off with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page offers a Yearly option labelled Save 15% against monthly billing. Source: https://hercules.app/pricing ## 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. ## Good for - Small businesses that want internal tools without hiring a developer - Quick prototypes: the Free plan has no app limit - Teams that need role-based access control on the Business plan ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 1.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: D.** $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. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free: 15 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, a hercules.app address and community support. 15 credits go fast. - **Features: C.** Hosting, database, auth, AI and email included, and credits are metered separately as Hercules Cloud usage. No integrations are listed. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. You describe the app in chat, but the work is building and checking it. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Web only, and no integrations or API are listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among AI app builders - Hercules's GPA of 1.8 is higher than 1 of the 89 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 8. - It stands best on free plan and trial (C, above 7 of 89) 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: 61 of the 82 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 45 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 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: 80 of the 89 other AI app builders grade higher. It costs $300 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: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: roles and permissions. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. **Tags:** App builder, AI features, AI agents ## Alternatives - [Lovable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lovable): Chat-based AI builder for full-stack web apps and websites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hercules-vs-lovable) - [Base44](https://toolgpa.com/tools/base44): No-code AI builder with a database, login and hosting included. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/base44-vs-hercules) - [Bolt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bolt): Browser-based AI builder for websites, web apps and mobile apps. 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