# Kombai review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI design engineer that designs on a canvas and codes in your repo Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. 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. - **Category:** AI App Builders - **Made by:** Kombai - **Website:** https://kombai.com - **Runs on:** macOS, Windows, Linux, Browser extension - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you stay free: 300 credits a month, 50 a day. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Kombai has a free plan, and paid plans start at $16 per month, billed annually ($20 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **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 | $16 per 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 | $32 per 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 https://kombai.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Kombai before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off with annual billing** (Annual discount): 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. Source: https://kombai.com/pricing/ ## 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. ## Good for - Frontend developers who want generated UI that follows their design system - Teams that code in VS Code or Cursor and want a canvas for exploring layouts - Designers handing Figma work to a coding agent ## 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. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.2 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. 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. - **Value for money: B.** Pro is $16 a month on yearly billing, at the cheap end of the category's range, for 2,000 credits. Team starts at $32. - **Free plan and trial: C.** Free: 300 credits a month (50 a day), one seat. Enough to try, not to ship with. - **Features: C.** Canvas, repo-aware coding, Storybook, 50+ models and a built-in browser. Indexing private packages is Team only and a custom context engine is Enterprise. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It needs setting up against your repo, design system or Figma. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** Mac, Windows, Linux and editor extensions, which is computers only. No web editor or phone app is listed. These are ToolGPA's own grades. 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. ## Where it stands among AI app builders - 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. 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 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. - 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: Apps for macOS, Windows and Linux that stay in step with each other. - You could not: Several people working in it at the same moment. - You could not: It plugs into other products, Figma, Storybook and VS Code among them. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Figma, Storybook, VS Code, Cursor, MCP, npm **Tags:** App builder, AI agents, AI features, Real-time collaboration ## Alternatives - [v0](https://toolgpa.com/tools/v0): Vercel's AI agent for building and deploying full-stack web apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kombai-vs-v0) - [Lovable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/lovable): Chat-based AI builder for full-stack web apps and websites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kombai-vs-lovable) - [Builder.io](https://toolgpa.com/tools/builder-io): Visual IDE and CMS with an AI agent for shipping product UI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/builder-io-vs-kombai) - [Magic Patterns](https://toolgpa.com/tools/magic-patterns): AI prototyping tool that builds product UIs from prompts. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/kombai-vs-magic-patterns) - [Bolt](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bolt): Browser-based AI builder for websites, web apps and mobile apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bolt-vs-kombai) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://kombai.com/pricing/ - https://kombai.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/kombai Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).