# Pineapple Builder review (2026): is the free plan enough? > AI website builder with forms, bookings and blogging Checked Nov 13, 2026 ยท graded Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA. Pineapple Builder generates a business website from a description and keeps it updated through plain-English requests. Paid plans add a custom domain, forms, bookings, analytics and a simple CRM, and the Grow plan adds blogging, translations and a monthly allowance of AI team tasks. AI actions draw on a monthly credit balance. - **Category:** AI App Builders - **Made by:** Aurity - **Website:** https://www.pineapplebuilder.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Skip it if you need a blog or translations on a budget, as they need Grow at $39. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 13, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 13, 2026, Pineapple Builder has a free plan, and paid plans start at $16 per month, billed yearly. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** 100 AI credits a month, one published page on a Pineapple subdomain with Pineapple branding. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 | 100 AI credits a month, 1 published page, Pineapple subdomain and branding. | | Starter | $16 per month, billed yearly ($192 a year) | 500 AI credits a month, unlimited pages, custom domain, forms, bookings, chat bot, analytics and CRM. | | Grow | $39 per month, billed yearly ($468 a year) | 2,000 AI credits a month, 50 AI Team tasks, blogging, translations and third-party integrations. | Read from https://www.pineapplebuilder.com/pricing on Nov 13, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Pineapple Builder before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **Save 20% with yearly billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page labels yearly billing as saving 20% compared with monthly billing. Source: https://www.pineapplebuilder.com/pricing ## Key features - **AI site generation and editing:** Describe the business and AI builds pages, copy and forms; later changes are requested in plain English and reviewed before applying. - **Lead and booking tools:** Starter includes AI forms, bookings, testimonials, a chat bot and a customer CRM. - **Blogging and translations:** The Grow plan adds AI blog posts and translations. - **AI Team tasks (beta):** Grow includes 50 tasks a month for analytics review, SEO review and blog creation. - **Analytics and SEO:** Website analytics on paid plans, with AI-suggested SEO fixes and pages. ## Good for - Small businesses and consultants who want a managed site - Owners who prefer asking AI for changes over editing themselves ## Worth knowing - Each plan includes one live site; extra sites are separate recurring add-ons. - Credit top-ups cost $20 for 1,000, $50 for 2,500 or $100 for 5,000 credits and last 12 months. - Blogging, translations and third-party integrations need Grow. - Domain registration and renewal are separate purchases. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 13, 2026. Pineapple Builder is an AI website builder with forms, bookings, a chat bot and blogging. But the free plan is 100 AI credits and 1 published page with Pineapple branding, blogging and translations need Grow at $39, and extra sites are paid add-ons. - **Value for money: C.** Starter is $16 a month on yearly billing, a dollar above the category's cheapest quarter. Blogging and integrations need Grow at $39. - **Free plan and trial: C.** A free plan with 100 AI credits a month and 1 published page on a Pineapple subdomain with its branding. - **Features: C.** AI site generation, forms, bookings, a CRM and analytics. Blogging and translations are on the dearer plan. - **Ease of use: C.** A web editor where you build the site yourself. No store rating is on record. - **Platforms and integrations: C.** It runs on the web only, and the listing names just 1 integration. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Pineapple Builder's own pages on 13 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI app builders - Pineapple Builder's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 10 of the 89 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 12. - Its paid plans start at $16 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 23 of the 82 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 17 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 Pineapple Builder 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: 67 of the 89 other AI app builders grade higher. It costs $192 a year. - You could make: Forms and appointment booking: an app builder makes these well. - You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps. - You could not: A tracking script and a database that counts every visit. - You could not: A chatbot builder hooked into the messaging apps. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with Custom domains **Tags:** AI features, App builder, Forms, Appointment booking, Web analytics, Chatbots ## Alternatives - [Durable](https://toolgpa.com/tools/durable): AI website builder for small businesses with bookings and a CRM. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/durable-vs-pineapple-builder) - [Hostinger AI Builder](https://toolgpa.com/tools/hostinger-ai-builder): AI website and web app builder bundled with Hostinger hosting. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/hostinger-ai-builder-vs-pineapple-builder) - [10Web](https://toolgpa.com/tools/10web): AI website builder that generates and hosts WordPress sites. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/10web-vs-pineapple-builder) - [Landingsite](https://toolgpa.com/tools/landingsite): AI website, logo and domain from two questions. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/landingsite-vs-pineapple-builder) - [Mixo](https://toolgpa.com/tools/mixo): AI website builder for small businesses. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/mixo-vs-pineapple-builder) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 13, 2026: - https://www.pineapplebuilder.com/pricing - https://www.pineapplebuilder.com Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/pineapple-builder Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).