Tempo Labs review (2026): is the free plan enough?
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Tempo Labs report card
Weak · out of 4.0 · graded Nov 12, 2026
Best for a team IDE with agents on an issue board
Tempo is now a team IDE where agents pick up issues, not a prompt-to-app builder. Pro is $50 a month for one user and each extra user is $40. Free has 250 issues and 7 days of history.
Who Tempo Labs is for
- Fits if a design, product and engineering team shares one repo
- Works for teams that want agents taking tickets in parallel
Who Tempo Labs is not for
- Not for you if you want a prompt-to-app builder, since it's now a team IDE
- Pricey if you add people: $50 for one and $40 for each extra
- Tight if you stay free: 7 days of history and 500 local tests a month
- Watch out: extra tests past the allowance cost $4.50 per 1,000 on Pro
Why Tempo Labs gets a 1.8
Five grades, each with its reason. The GPA is their average: an A is 4 points, an F is none.
- DValue for money$50 a month for one user and $40 for each extra, above the category's $30 dearest-tenth line.
- CFree plan and trialFree: 250 issues, 100 docs, 500 local tests a month and 7 days of history. Fine to look at, tight to run a team on.
- CFeaturesIssue board, designs as code, parallel agents, feedback intake and a CI view. It no longer builds apps from a prompt.
- CEase of useNo store rating on record. It's an IDE and a workflow to set up around your repo, agents and Slack.
- CPlatforms and integrationsMac, Windows and Linux, which is computers only. Only Slack is named as an integration.
What these grades rest on. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Tempo Labs's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. The pricing page returned only script text, so prices rest on the listing. How we review and grade.
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Tempo Labs'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 $50 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 47 of the 50 others that charge start lower.
On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.0 out of 4. 39 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. Tempo Labs’s own letter is outlined.
- DValue for moneyAbove 0 of 52, level with 10
- 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 Tempo Labs, or make your own?
Keep it
To replace Tempo Labs you would be making an AI agent, with the models and the safeguards behind it. 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 $600 a year.
What you could make
- Issue tracking: an app builder makes this well.
What you could not
- 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.
What this rests on. Tempo Labs’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 Tempo Labs?
Tempo is a desktop IDE that brings specs, designs, issues and pull requests into one workspace built on a team's real codebase. Agents can be assigned tasks like teammates. Its site no longer presents it mainly as a prompt-to-app builder.
Worth knowing
- Now positioned as a team IDE, not a prompt-to-app builder like earlier tools in this category.
- Pro covers one user; each extra user costs $40 a month.
- Test usage beyond the monthly allowance costs $4.50 per 1,000 on Pro.
- Free history is limited to 7 days.
Key features
- Issue board
- Tickets move across To Do, Spec, Design, Build, Review and Merged stages.
- Designs as code
- The site says canvases are code in your repo, built from real components, and ship as pull requests.
- Agents as teammates
- Tasks can be assigned to agents that run in parallel, on any model or harness.
- Feedback intake
- Agents turn raw feedback from channels such as Slack into triaged issues.
- Worktrees and CI view
- Engineers can work across worktrees with pull request and CI status in one view.
Tempo Labs pricing
As of Nov 12, 2026, Tempo Labs has a free plan, and paid plans start at $50 per month for 1 user.
- Starts at
- $50 per month for 1 user
- Free plan
- 250 issues, 100 docs, 500 local tests a month and 7-day history.
- Free trial
- None listed
| Plan | Price | What you get |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 250 issues, 100 docs, 500 local tests a month and 7-day history. |
| Pro | $50per month for 1 user | Unlimited issues and docs, 5,000 tests a month, 90-day history. $40 a month per extra user. |
| Team | $200per month for up to 5 users | 5 included users, 35,000 tests a month, 365-day history. $40 a month per extra user. |
| Enterprise | Custom | Bring your own infrastructure, custom test volume and unlimited history with audit. |
Read from tempo.new on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Tempo Labs before you buy.
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Common questions
Does Tempo Labs have an Android app?
No Android app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Tempo Labs is listed for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Does Tempo Labs have an iPhone app?
No iPhone app was listed when its pages were read on Nov 12, 2026. Tempo Labs is listed for macOS, Windows and Linux.
Is Tempo Labs open source?
Tempo Labs 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.