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18 of 22 vibe coding tools have a free plan you can keep. The lowest first paid price among them is Cursor at $8/mo.

22 Vibe coding tools read18 free plansChecked Oct 29, 2026

Free plans (18)

Their limits are stated in different terms, so they aren't ranked against each other. Ordered by first paid price.

ToolStated limitsWhat makes you upgradeFirst paid priceKind
CursorRead Oct 29, 2026 Free plan with limited AI usage: limited agent requests and limited Chat requests"Limited agent requests"Source Free cap: Limited AI usage $8/moPlus Free plan
GitHub CopilotRead Oct 29, 2026 Free plan with 2,000 completions per month, Copilot CLI, limited chat and agent usage, and community support; no credit card required."No credit card required."Source Free cap: 2,000 completions per month $10/userPro Free plan
RetoolRead Oct 29, 2026 Up to 5 users, 250 pooled AI credits per month that renew monthly and do not roll over, Retool Cloud, production only. Upgrade to Team for additional packs."250 credits shared across your account for app building and AI Actions. Renews monthly, doesn't roll over."Source Upgrade to Team for additional packs $10/user yearlyTeam Free plan
Amazon KiroRead Oct 29, 2026 Kiro Free: 50 credits per month, with open weight models and Claude Sonnet 4.5; upgrade to a paid tier for more capacity"New users can start with the perpetual Kiro Free tier, which includes 50 credits."Source Upgrade to a paid tier for more capacity $20/userKiro Pro Free plan
Base44Read Oct 29, 2026 25 message credits and 100 integration credits per month, up to 5 apps; upgrade to a paid plan when the monthly credit limit is hit"All of Base44's core features, for free. See what you can build."Source Upgrade to a paid plan when the monthly credit limit is hit $20/moStarter Free plan
Claude CodeRead Oct 29, 2026 Free plan at $0 with chat, Artifacts, Claude Design, Slides and Docs; Claude Code is not included (paid plans only)"Free for everyone"Source Claude Code is not included (paid plans only) $20/moPro Free plan
DevinRead Oct 29, 2026 Free plan: light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and unlimited Tab completions."The Free plan includes a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits, and unlimited Tab completions."Source Not found $20/moPro Free plan
EmergentRead Oct 29, 2026 10 free monthly credits with core platform features"10 free monthly credits"Source More than 10 credits: Standard includes 100 $20/moStandard Free plan
ReplitRead Oct 29, 2026 Free Mode lets you brainstorm and create without token costs; paid plans add usage allowances for more powerful models"Brainstorm and create at no cost."Source Paid plans add usage allowances for more powerful models $20/moCore Free plan
WindsurfRead Oct 29, 2026 Free plan with a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits and unlimited Tab completions"The Free plan includes a light quota to code with agents, limited model availability, unlimited inline edits, and unlimited Tab completions."Source Not found $20/moPro Free plan
Bolt.newRead Oct 29, 2026 Free forever, no card required: 1M tokens/month (300K daily limit), public and private projects, unlimited databases, website hosting, Bolt branding on websites"Free forever, no card required"Source More than 1 million tokens: Pro includes 10 million $25/moPro Free plan
LovableRead Oct 29, 2026 Daily grant of 5 build credits (up to 30 a month), plus monthly grants of 20 Cloud credits and 4 credits for AI features in user apps; after that you wait for grants or upgrade"The free plan includes a daily grant of 5 build credits (up to 30 a month), plus monthly grants of 20 Cloud credits."Source After that you wait for grants or upgrade $25/moPro Free plan
Rocket.newRead Oct 29, 2026 Free plan includes 20 one-time credits, no credit card required, with access to all Build capabilities. More credits can be bought as needed."The Free plan includes 20 one-time credits."Source More credits can be bought as needed $25/moPro Free plan
v0 by VercelRead Oct 29, 2026 Free access to v0 with deploy to Vercel, Design Mode and GitHub sync, limited to 7 messages per day"7 message/day limit"Source Free cap: 7 message/day limit $30/userPlus Free plan
BubbleRead Oct 29, 2026 Free plan at $0/month with 500 AI credits/mo, 50K workload units/mo, API connector, development version and web debugger. Cannot go live; Starter needed to launch."Build any app for free, and upgrade to Starter when you’re ready to launch."Source Starter needed to launch $32/mo yearlyStarter Free plan
ClineRead Oct 29, 2026 Open source extension is free for individual developers; you pay only for AI inference on a usage basis or bring your own keys"Cline is free for individual developers. Pay only for AI inference on a usage basis - no subscriptions, no vendor lock-in."Source Not found No price found Free to self-host
JetBrains JunieRead Oct 29, 2026 Junie Lite, a free model always on in every JetBrains account; bring your own key at provider rates with no markup, AI usage billed separately"A free model, always on, in every JetBrains account."Source Not found No price found Free plan
SoftrRead Oct 29, 2026 A Free plan exists; its limits are not shown on the provided pages"Airtable, Notion, Google Sheets, Coda, SmartSuite, Xano, Zoho CRM, and a REST API connector are available on every plan, including Free."Source Not found No price found Free plan

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Questions

Which vibe coding tools are free?

18 have a free plan you can keep, including Amazon Kiro, Base44, Bolt.new, Bubble, Claude Code, Cline.

What do you pay after a free plan?

The lowest first paid price among tools with a free plan is $8/mo (Cursor). Read from each vendor's own page.

How this page is made

Every limit is the vendor's own, read from its pages and quoted. A tool counts as a free plan when the text describes something you can keep using; a fixed number of days or a single batch of credits is listed separately. We don't test the plans. How prices are read.