Macaly vs Replit

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 its wallet shut with a small padlock, a stack of coins beside it and a Replit tag

Sound familiar?

Macaly Cloud

Build websites and apps directly from ChatGPT or Claude.

Connect Macaly Cloud and ask Claude or ChatGPT to build a site with a database. You look at the preview and publish it on Macaly. The same project opens in the Macaly editor, where you keep going.

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

Billing

You decide when to buy more credits.

Your card pays for your subscription and the credits you buy. Nothing tops itself up. When the app goes over its database or backend limit, it comes out of credits, not your card.

Hosting

Your published site keeps running when you stop building.

When your credits run out, the agent stops writing code. The site you published stays up on your own domain, and you come back whenever you want to change something.

Model choice

Choose a model for building in Macaly.

Pick the model that writes the code for each chat: Claude, GPT, Kimi or GLM. Switch any time, or set one 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

Yes. You connect Macaly Cloud, sign in and grant access. You then brief the work in Claude or ChatGPT, and the project is in your Macaly account too.

No. When you work with Claude or ChatGPT through Macaly Cloud, it runs on their subscription. Macaly credits go to the work the Macaly agent does.

No. The database and hosting come with it. When the app outgrows them, it comes out of credits, not your card.

Yes. The agent rebuilds it from your code. The migration guide walks you through it.

In Macaly you pay for your subscription and the credits you buy on top of it. Nothing tops itself up, and the site you published keeps running even when you are not building. The numbers are on the pricing page.

Yes. You pick which model writes the code for each chat: Claude, GPT, Kimi or GLM. Switch it any time, or set one for the whole account.

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

Macaly vs Replit at a glance

  • Replit: On top of the subscription, more money comes off the card for what the app used.

    Macaly: Your card pays for your subscription and the credits you buy, and nothing tops itself up.

  • Replit: An app nobody visits keeps getting restarted, and every second it runs is billed.

    Macaly: The site you published keeps running on your own domain, even when you are not building.

  • Replit: A task starts in free mode and finishes on the more expensive one.

    Macaly: You pick the model that writes the code for each chat, and it stays until you switch it.

  • Replit: The payment went through, the account still would not open, and support took three days.

    Macaly: Send us a link to your chat and we usually reply within one business day.

Sources

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Data and backups. Macaly does not back your database up on a schedule. You download a snapshot of all your tables yourself, from the Database tab. Databases in Macaly, Macaly FAQ.

Bring your app over from Replit.

See what to bring from Replit and how to rebuild your app in Macaly using your existing project.

Transfer your app from Replit