Kombai review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Kombai report card
Fair · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for UI coding inside your own repo
Kombai is a desktop app and editor extension that designs on a canvas and codes in your repo, reusing your components. Free is 300 credits a month. It has no web version, and shared credits and rules need Team at $32 and up.
Who Kombai is for
- Fits if your team has a React repo and a design system to build against
- Works for front-end developers who already use Cursor or VS Code
Who Kombai is not for
- Tight if you stay free: 300 credits a month, 50 a day
- Skip it if you want a web app: only desktop apps and extensions are listed
- Watch out: shared credits, shared rules and up to 20 seats need Team at $32 and up
- Watch out: credit tiers go up to 110,000 a month and each step costs more
Why Kombai gets a 2.2
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- BValue for moneyPro is $16 a month on yearly billing, at the cheap end of the category's range, for 2,000 credits. Team starts at $32.
- CFree plan and trialFree: 300 credits a month (50 a day), one seat. Enough to try, not to ship with.
- CFeaturesCanvas, repo-aware coding, Storybook, 50+ models and a built-in browser. Indexing private packages is Team only and a custom context engine is Enterprise.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It needs setting up against your repo, design system or Figma.
- CPlatforms and integrationsMac, Windows, Linux and editor extensions, which is computers only. No web editor or phone app is listed.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Kombai'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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Kombai's GPA of 2.2 is higher than 11 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 14.
It stands best on value for money (B, above 38 of 52) and worst on features (C, above 0).
Its paid plans start at $16 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 12 of the 50 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 10 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. Kombai’s own letter is outlined.
- BValue for moneyAbove 38 of 52, level with 12
- 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 Kombai, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Kombai 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: 27 of the 52 other AI app builders grade higher. It costs $192 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.
- Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other.
- Several people working in it at the same moment.
- It plugs into other products, Figma, Storybook and VS Code among them.
What this rests on. Kombai’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 Kombai?
Kombai is an AI agent for frontend work. It explores designs on an infinite canvas, reads the components, tokens and hooks in your repo, Figma file or Storybook, and writes code in your stack. It runs as a desktop app and as an extension for VS Code and Cursor, and it offers 50+ models.
Worth knowing
- Pro is for one seat; shared credit pools, shared rules and up to 20 seats need Team.
- Credit tiers on Pro and Team range from 2,000 to 110,000 a month, with a higher price at each step.
- Index external and private packages is a Team feature, and a custom context engine is Enterprise only.
- The pricing page lists desktop apps and editor extensions; no web version of the editor is listed.
Key features
- Infinite canvas
- Explore ideas on a canvas before they touch production code, with parallel agents, targeted variations and live HTML, states and animations.
- Repo-aware coding
- Context graphs reuse components, tokens and hooks from your repo or npm package, and Storybook can be indexed for real props.
- Design systems
- Remembers key design decisions from a repo, Figma or a website and carries them into later work.
- Many models
- Choose from 50+ models, including Anthropic, xAI, Moonshot AI and OpenAI, or use an automatic model router.
- Built-in browser
- A Kombai Browser and browser extension support editing in the page, with autonomous browser testing and terminal commands.
Kombai pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Kombai has a free plan, and paid plans start at $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly).
- Starts at
- $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly)
- Free plan
- 150 credits on sign-up, then 50 credits a day up to 300 a month, with rollovers up to half the monthly limit.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 300 credits a month (150 on sign-up, then 50 a day). One seat. |
| Pro | $16per month for 2,000 credits, billed annually ($20 billed monthly) | 2,000 credits a month, rollovers up to 5x, email support and SOC 2 compliance. Tiers go up to 110,000 credits. |
| Team | $32per month and up, billed annually ($40 billed monthly) | Shared credit pool, up to 20 seats, unlimited rollovers, shared rules, centralized billing and usage analytics. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Custom context engine for large repos, dedicated support, onboarding and custom SLAs. Sold through sales. |
Read from kombai.com on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kombai before you buy.
Ways to pay less
- Annual discount20% off with annual billing
Pro and Team are 20% cheaper billed annually: Pro is $16 a month instead of $20. A quarterly option is billed at the monthly price for the same credits per quarter.
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Common questions
Does Kombai have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Kombai is listed for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Does Kombai have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Kombai is listed for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is Kombai open source?
Kombai 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.