The Hercules Insider’s Guide
Everything we know about Hercules 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.
Hercules
The Insider’s Guide
AI builder for business apps, websites and prototypes
Every plan, grade, refund rule and rival among AI app builders, read from Hercules’s own pages.
Made by Zeus AI Labs, Inc. · checked Nov 12, 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 Hercules’s own pages, its app-store listings and our grades. Every fact in it is on Hercules’s page too, where it is kept up to date. Checked Nov 12, 2026.
Part 01 · Overview
Welcome
What it is, who it suits, its grades and the ten things to know first
1.8
GPA, above 0 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade
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.
To get you started, here are 9 things to know about Hercules, taken from its own pages and our grades.
You describe the app in chat, but the work is building and checking it.
- 1
Best for chat-built business apps and sites
Hercules builds business apps and websites from a chat, with hosting and a database included.
- 2
Paid plans start at $25 a month
As its pricing page puts it: $25 per month, billed monthly.
- 3
There is a free plan
15 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, and publishing on a hercules.app subdomain with community support.
- 4
It runs on Web
Web.
- 5
Build by chatting
Describe the app, such as a CRM for a sales team, and Hercules builds it while you watch.
- 6
Hosting and backend included
Apps get hosting, a database, backend, authentication, AI and email; usage is metered as Hercules Cloud credits.
- 7
Apps, sites and mobile
The homepage lists internal software, customer software, marketing and SEO sites, and mobile apps as use cases.
- 8
A 1.8 GPA, above 0 of 52
That is against the other AI app builders we grade, on value, the free plan, features, ease of use and platforms.
- 9
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.
Hercules at a glance
- Pricing
- Free plan, from $25 per month, billed monthly
- Free plan
- Yes
- Free trial
- None stated
- Runs on
- Web
- Made by
- Zeus AI Labs, Inc.
- Category
- AI App Builders
- Our grade
- 1.8 GPA, weak
The report card
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.
| Subject | Grade | Comment |
|---|---|---|
| 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. |
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 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 it 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
Good to know
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.
Part 02 · Pricing
What it costs
Every plan, the free plan, ways to pay less and how prices have moved
$25
A month to start. There is a free plan too
Hercules has a free plan. Paid plans start at $25 per month, billed monthly.
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.
The free plan
15 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, and publishing on a hercules.app subdomain with community support.
Read from hercules.app on Nov 12, 2026.
Ways to pay less
Annual discount
15% off with yearly billing
The pricing page offers a Yearly option labelled Save 15% against monthly billing.
Stated on hercules.app
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
AI builder for business apps, websites and prototypes. Here is what it does, as its own site describes it, and what it covers: AI features, AI agents, app builder.
Hosting, database, auth, AI and email included, and credits are metered separately as Hercules Cloud usage.
- 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.
Where it runs
- Web
What it works with
Its own pages name no integrations.
Hercules is made by Zeus AI Labs, Inc.
Part 04 · Standing
Where it stands
Its grades against its category, and whether to keep it or make your own
0/52
Other AI app builders it is graded above
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
- CFree plan and trialAbove 4 of 52
- CFeaturesAbove 0 of 52
- CEase of useAbove 0 of 52
- CPlatforms and integrationsAbove 0 of 52
Price against what you get
Each dot is one of 51 AI app builders. Further left costs less; higher up scores better on features, ease of use and platforms. Hercules 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 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.
Part 05 · Alternatives
The alternatives
The tools it is most often weighed against, side by side
Lovable, Base44, Bolt, Emergent and Replit
The 5 tools Hercules is most often weighed against, with where each one differs from it.
- 2.8GPA
Lovable
Free plan · from $21/mo
Chat-based AI builder for full-stack web apps and websites.
- Only Lovable lists macOS, Windows, iOS and Android apps.
- Hercules also covers AI agents.
- Lovable also covers no-code.
- 2.8GPA
Base44
Free plan · from $16/mo
No-code AI builder with a database, login and hosting included.
- Only Base44 lists iOS and Android apps.
- Hercules also covers AI agents.
- Base44 also covers no-code.
- 2.6GPA
Bolt
Free plan · from $18/mo
Browser-based AI builder for websites, web apps and mobile apps.
- Hercules also covers AI agents.
- Bolt also covers no-code.
- 2.4GPA
Emergent
Free plan · from $17/mo
AI agents that build and deploy full-stack web and mobile apps.
- Emergent also covers no-code.
- 3.0GPA
Replit
Free plan · from $18/mo
Cloud platform where an AI agent builds, hosts and publishes apps.
- Only Replit lists macOS, Windows, Linux, iOS and Android apps.
- Replit also covers no-code.
Part 06 · Questions
Quick answers
The questions people ask about it, each answered in a line or two
12
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 Hercules free?
Hercules has a free plan. 15 AI credits a month, unlimited apps, and publishing on a hercules.app subdomain with community support.
How much does Hercules cost?
Hercules lists 4 plans. Free: $0.
What platforms does Hercules work on?
Hercules is available on Web.
Does Hercules offer any discounts?
Hercules publicly lists the following: 15% off with yearly billing.
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.
Who makes Hercules?
Hercules is made by Zeus AI Labs, Inc.
What are the alternatives to Hercules?
The closest alternatives to Hercules in our directory are Lovable, Base44, Bolt, Emergent and Replit.
How does Hercules compare with other 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.
Is Hercules good value for money?
ToolGPA grades Hercules D for value for money. 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.
Could I make my own version of Hercules?
To replace Hercules you would be making a tool that builds and hosts other apps.
Where this guide comes from
The prices, plans, platforms and features were read from Hercules’s own pages on Nov 12, 2026, and the grades were given on Nov 12, 2026. 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.
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 Zeus AI Labs, Inc. Prices change, so check hercules.app before you buy.
Part 07 · About
About ToolGPA
Who made this guide, what else is on the site, and how to cite it
5,038
Tools graded, in 95 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.
5,038
tools graded
95
categories
739
price changes on record
579
apps priced in 12 countries
What else is on toolgpa.com
- Hercules, kept up to dateEverything in this guide, with prices and grades as they are todaytoolgpa.com/tools/hercules
- 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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Compare tools at toolgpa.com ›Everything in this guide is ToolGPA’s own summary of what Hercules’s pages, its app-store listings and public reviews said on the dates shown. Grades are our judgement under the rules at toolgpa.com/grades. Every grade, review and ranking on ToolGPA is our own judgement. No company can pay for a grade or change one. Hercules is a trademark of its owner, and this guide is not made, paid for or approved by Zeus AI Labs, Inc. Prices and plans change: check hercules.app before you buy.