vly-ai

vly-ai

vly.ai (now acquired by Freebuff) is an AI-first, realtime web app builder that provides managed backends, databases, integrations, and advanced coding agents for rapidly building and deploying production-ready web applications. The product emphasizes AI-driven code generation, realtime queries, and a large integration library.

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Best for: Software & Gaming

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vly-ai

vly.ai is an AI-first, realtime web application builder that combines frontend tooling, managed backend services, databases, integrations, and advanced coding agents to accelerate web development. The product emphasizes AI compatibility through a realtime-first architecture and offers features such as one-click publishing, custom domains, version control, realtime and REST queries, and an extensive integration library. As of the page content, vly.ai has been acquired by Freebuff and new accounts and projects are moving to Freebuff Web (sign up with GitHub to continue).

No-code platform to build and deploy web applications from English prompts.

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Key Features

Advanced Coding Agents

Supports coding agents such as vly agent 2.0 and integrations with Claude Code, OpenAI Codex, and Gemini for AI-assisted code generation and developer workflows.

Realtime-first Architecture

A realtime-first stack designed to prioritize AI compatibility and deliver superior performance for AI-driven applications, including realtime queries and live sync.

Managed Backend & Databases

Provides a fully-managed backend along with powerful database capabilities and simple database interfaces for production-ready applications.

Visual Backend Visualizations

Generates in-depth visualizations and explanations to help developers visualize backend queries, mutations, actions, and data flows.

Large Integration Library

Access to thousands of integrations, with named examples including Stripe, OpenAI, Twilio, GitHub, Slack, AWS, SendGrid, and Notion.

Deployment & Developer Tools

Features one-click publishing, version control, custom domains, and tooling aimed at shipping web software quickly.

Pricing

Free Tier Available

$0 — Freebuff Web: the page states the product is now free with unlimited use and no subscriptions.

Freebuff Web

$0
  • Completely free app builder with unlimited use (per site content)

Use Cases

Rapid hackathon or prototype development

Used to build winning software in short timeframes—example: the Caltech hackathon winner was shipped on vly.ai in 36 hours.

Startup product development

Startups such as Pivot Robotics (YC W24) used vly.ai to iterate quickly and reduce development costs.

AI-assisted web app development

Teams leveraging advanced coding agents and an AI-first stack to generate, iterate, and deploy production-ready web applications.

Integrations

Stripe

Payments integration (listed among available integrations).

OpenAI

AI provider integration for coding agents and other AI features.

Twilio

Communications integration for SMS/calls.

GitHub

Source control and authentication integration; also used for account migration (sign up with GitHub).

Slack

Messaging/notification integration.

AWS

Cloud infrastructure integration.

SendGrid

Email delivery integration.

Notion

Productivity/content integration.

Benefits

Lower cost for AI-driven development (page claims "10,000x cheaper" for AI workloads using their realtime architecture).
Faster iteration and deployment with managed backend, visualizations, and one-click publishing.
Extensive integrations enable plugging in many third-party services (payments, messaging, storage, AI, etc.).

Limitations

vly.ai has been acquired by Freebuff; new accounts and projects are being migrated to Freebuff Web.
Existing subscriptions on vly.ai are cancelled as the product continues as a free offering under Freebuff.

Frequently Asked Questions

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Getting Started

  1. 1 Sign up on Freebuff Web with GitHub (new accounts and project access are moving to Freebuff Web).
  2. 2 If your GitHub email differs from your vly.ai email, open Settings in Freebuff and transfer your projects to the new account.
  3. 3 Note that existing vly.ai subscriptions will be cancelled as the product continues as a free offering under Freebuff.

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API

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