Compare
How Buildful compares.
Every tool here can write code. Buildful is the one that sells tasks, not tokens: describe a change, get a tested pull request on your own GitHub repo. 1,000 tasks for $10 a month.
Price
What a month costs.
Published prices for one person. Each plan includes different usage; Buildful's includes 1,000 tasks.
- Factory Max$200
- Claude Maxfrom $100
- Lovable Pro$25
- Claude Pro$20
- Cursor Pro$20
- Replit Core$20
- Emergent Standard$20
- Buildful1,000 tasks$10
Published monthly prices, September 2026.
At a glance
Different tools, different jobs.
| Buildful | Claude Code | Cursor | Lovable | Replit | Emergent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Tasks in, tested pull requests out | An AI coding agent you run yourself | An AI code editor | An AI app builder | An online workspace with an AI agent | An AI app builder |
| Where you work | Any browser. Nothing to install | Your terminal or editor | Cursor's desktop app | Lovable's web app | Replit's web workspace | Emergent's web app |
| What you get back | A pull request on your repo, with a test recording | Changes to the code on your machine | Changes in the files you have open | An app hosted on Lovable | An app hosted on Replit | An app hosted on Emergent |
| Paid plans from | $10/mo1,000 tasks | $20/moClaude Pro | $20/moPro | $25/moPro | $20/moCore | $20/moStandard |
In detail
Pick the one you use today.
An honest side-by-side for each: when to stay, when to switch.
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Claude Code
Stay if you like driving an agent in your own terminal. Switch if you'd rather describe the change and get back a tested pull request.
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Cursor
Stay if you want AI inside the editor you code in all day. Switch if you want work done while your editor is closed.
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Lovable
Stay if you're starting from a blank idea and want it hosted for you. Switch if your app already lives in a GitHub repo.
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Replit
Stay if you want to build, run and host in one browser tab. Switch if you want changes reviewed as pull requests on your own repo.
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Emergent
Stay if you want an app built and deployed for you from a chat. Switch if you want each change as a tested pull request on your own repo.
Switching
Keep your tools. Use both.
Buildful opens pull requests on the repo you already have, so your editor or agent keeps working exactly as before.
- 01
Connect a GitHub repo
The same repo you already use with any of these tools.
- 02
Describe a change
In plain words. Buildful routes it to the right model.
- 03
Review, then merge
Watch the test recording, read the change, merge it like any other pull request.