Macaly vs Claude

Choosing between them? In Macaly you build websites and apps just by talking to it, with hosting, a database and security already included.

The Macaly mascot holding a chat window with the Claude mark and offering a little cloud-shaped house, a database and an address sign beside it

Sound familiar?

Macaly Cloud

Stay in Claude and let your site run on Macaly.

Connect Macaly Cloud with one click and a sign-in. That is the whole setup. Then you tell Claude what you want and it builds it. Say publish and it is out on the internet, not sitting next to the chat.

How Macaly Cloud works
BOR
Claude

Add booking to the BOR website and publish it through Macaly Cloud.

Macaly Cloud Publish App

How it works in Macaly

Database and sign-in

A database and sign-in come with it.

Tell it what the app should remember and who signs in. The database appears the moment it is needed, and what one person types in stays there for everyone else. There is no second account to open anywhere.

Your own domain

It runs on your own address.

Point your own domain at the app and that is it. Send the link to anyone and it opens for them, whether they have Claude or not.

Editor and models

Open it in Macaly any time and keep going.

The project sits in your Macaly account from the first file. Open it in the editor and carry on where you stopped. The model that writes the code there is the one you pick, per chat or for the whole account.

BORPreviewDatabaseSettings

Put a booking form on the BOR site.

Done. The form now saves every request into the reservations table.

Change the form so guests can pick the number of nights as well.

Plan

Model for this chat

The newest Sonnet, with stronger reasoning.

Support

Our team is here when you need help.

Send us a link to your chat. We usually reply within one business day. If the agent got stuck or the environment crashed, we investigate and may return credits after reviewing what happened.

Frequently asked questions

No. Connect Macaly Cloud and keep briefing the work in Claude. Macaly holds the hosting, the database and the domain underneath.

This is a real site on its own address. It opens for anyone you send the link to, Claude or no Claude.

Yes. You publish the same site at the same address every time.

Yes. The project is in your Macaly account. Open it in the editor and carry on there.

You pay a subscription and buy credits on top when you run out. Nothing tops itself up and your published app keeps running. Pricing is on the pricing page.

Yes. You pick the model per chat or for the whole account, and you can choose Claude, GPT, Kimi or GLM.

Yes. The account is free and you start building right away.

Macaly vs Claude at a glance

  • Claude: What it builds stays sitting next to the chat.

    Macaly: Connect Macaly Cloud and your app runs on Macaly, with a database and your own domain.

  • Claude: Getting the app off your laptop means opening accounts in three places and working out where the database even lives.

    Macaly: Say what the app should remember and who signs in, and the database appears the moment it is needed.

  • Claude: The only way to send it round is through Claude, and the link does not stay the same.

    Macaly: Point your own domain at the app, send the link to anyone and it opens for them, whether they have Claude or not.

  • Claude: A downloaded file stops updating the moment you change anything.

    Macaly: The project sits in your Macaly account from the first file, so you open it in the editor and carry on where you stopped.

Sources

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Connect Macaly Cloud to Claude.

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