Write down the pages and the one action you want visitors to take, start with a free page builder if a simple page is enough, and use an AI builder when you need forms that save data, sign-in or a custom design.
For anyone asking: How do I build a website with AI, and can I make one for free?
Each one's way of doing it, and the point where it stops.
Describe the site, remix a template or import a public site by URL; Lovable writes a real web app, renders new pages on the server and publishes to a lovable.app address, with a free SEO and AI search review. Where it stops: Free keeps the Edit with Lovable badge; lovable.app subdomains can be reclaimed, so Lovable advises a custom domain for mission-critical sites.
Tell the Agent the business, pages, tone and visitor action; it builds the frontend and backend, adds a database for forms, and ships meta tags, robots.txt and a sitemap by default. Where it stops: Starter publishes one app that goes down after 30 days unless republished and keeps the Made with Replit badge.
Describe the page or open a template, adjust text and styling with visual edits, then publish to a free bolt.host address; SEO Boosting pre-renders HTML for search engines. Where it stops: Free sites are public, carry the Made in Bolt badge and share an account-wide traffic cap; a site on a custom domain can only be public.
Start from a description, a mockup, a Figma import or a URL; Base44 publishes on a free base44.app address, prerenders pages for crawlers and saves form submissions as records you can export to CSV. Where it stops: Base44 says base44.app addresses are treated as staging sites by search engines; no A/B tests, and the lead list is not a CRM.
Create with AI builds pages, a database and workflows from one prompt, which suits a site where visitors log in, book or submit things that trigger logic. Where it stops: Free cannot go live, and Bubble says server-side rendering for SEO is not available.
Turn login off and a Softr app works as a public site whose pages read from your table, with per-page SEO settings, an automatic sitemap and 301 redirects. Where it stops: Built for apps on data, not marketing sites; gated pages are not crawled and public pages can be scraped.
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