What AI website builders actually cost
Most AI builders sell a monthly subscription: you pay whether or not you build anything, and unused credits disappear at the end of the month. Tediux charges for what you actually use and only asks for a recurring fee once your site is live. Here is the whole category side by side.
| Builder | Free tier | Entry paid price | Billing model | Unused value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tediux | $2 balance, no credit card | $10/mo only when you publish to production | Pay-as-you-go — no subscription to build | Balance never expires |
| Lovable | Free tier with a daily credit allowance | From ~$25/month | Monthly subscription with AI credits | Credits reset monthly |
| Bolt.new | Free tier with daily token limits | Pro $25/month; Teams $30 per member | Monthly token subscription | Tokens reset monthly |
| v0 by Vercel | Free tier with $5 of monthly credits | Plus $30/user/month | Monthly subscription; Vercel hosting billed separately | Credits reset monthly |
| Replit | Starter: free, 1 published app that expires after 30 days | Core $20/month ($17 billed annually) | Subscription plus metered deployment and agent usage | Credits do not carry over (except Pro rollover) |
| Framer | Free site on a Framer subdomain, 500 trial AI credits | Basic $10/month | Monthly site subscription with bundled AI credits | AI credits reset monthly; seats cost extra |
| Wix | Free, but Wix ads, wixsite.com URL, no custom domain or payments | From $17/month on annual billing, paid a year upfront | Annual subscription with plan-tiered AI credits | AI credits reset monthly, no rollover |
| Squarespace | None — 14-day trial only, then the site stops | $25/month, or $228/year billed annually | Subscription with tiered, non-rolling AI credits | Credits do not roll over; site ends with the subscription |
Competitor pricing summarized from their public pricing pages, August 2026. Plans change — check their sites for current numbers.
Full comparisons
Tediux vs Lovable
Honest comparison of Tediux and Lovable for building websites with AI: pay-as-you-go vs subscription pricing, hosting, code ownership, and who each fits best.
Tediux vs Bolt.new
Honest comparison of Tediux and Bolt.new: pay-as-you-go website building with hosting included vs in-browser full-stack development with token subscriptions.
Tediux vs v0
Honest comparison of Tediux and v0 by Vercel: complete prompt-to-live-website building vs AI generation of React/Next.js apps for the Vercel ecosystem.
Tediux vs Replit
Honest comparison of Tediux and Replit: prompt-to-live-website with flat pay-as-you-go pricing vs a full cloud IDE with an AI agent and subscription credits.
Tediux vs Framer
Honest comparison of Tediux and Framer: prompt-to-live-website with pay-as-you-go pricing vs a design-first builder with an AI agent, subscriptions, and no code export.
Tediux vs Wix
Honest comparison of Tediux and Wix: pay-as-you-go vs annual subscriptions paid upfront, what each free tier really allows, AI credit limits, and whether you can take your site elsewhere.
Tediux vs Squarespace
Honest comparison of Tediux and Squarespace: a $2 starting balance versus a 14-day trial and a $25/month floor, AI credits versus per-message billing, and what you can actually export.
Common questions
What is the cheapest way to get a website built by AI?
Tediux is the only builder in this comparison with no subscription required to build: you start with a free $2 balance without entering a credit card, each AI build message bills its actual cost (about $0.20 is held per message), and you only pay a recurring fee — a flat $10/month — once you publish to production. Every other builder listed charges a monthly subscription whether or not you build anything that month.
Which AI website builders have a genuinely free tier?
Lovable, Bolt.new, v0, Replit and Framer all offer free tiers, but each is metered by daily or monthly credits that reset. Replit’s free published app expires after 30 days. Tediux gives a $2 starting balance that never expires and requires no credit card.
Do unused credits carry over?
On subscription builders, credits generally reset each month — unused value is lost. On Tediux the balance is money, not credits, and it never expires; whatever you do not spend stays in your account.
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