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The platform is absolutely the best out there and their team is one of the most helpful and provide great personal service. They helped me get a file storage API setup after I couldn't get it to work for myself. All the other platforms just leave users to guess and waste credits, Floot actually helps their users when they are stuck. THANK YOU!!! I strongly recommend Floot over any other platform.
nothing right now... they do everything that I need and more.
I've tried many other platforms and Floot is far and beyond better than the others. Also, their team is extremely helpful and responsive.
sorry for your experience. Translation does prove to be challenging for Floot especially after the project has been built out more. However, you should be able to delete projects/cancel easily. Feel free to reach out to support or email us founders@floot.com and we can look into it
Let me start by saying that I've used bolt.new, replit, firebase studio, cline code, and cursor.
I ran across Floot about a month ago (when it still had another name) and it seemed like it had a generous allowance of initial credits so I gave it a shot for a rather sophisticaed finance app I'm building.
I'm here to tell you that since then I've been nothing short of addicted. It actually works. It builds, it tests, and it fixes its errors before it comes back with a summary of what it built and how it works. Before I knew anything about how Floot was built, I was telling people that these guys had some kind of secret sauce, because it's just different, and...fun.
It's not perfect, but they are early, and so far they've nailed it, so I'm excited about what will emerge in the coming months with additional features and advances in the LLMs.
@pjkinsellaengr Thanks Patrick! I still remember the day you joined our Discord haha - glad to have you with this! Just curious - now that you've been using us for a while, is there anything we could improve on?
@edlook I guess I'm just that memorable 😎. Yes, there are plenty of improvements and features to be added, but you have nearly solved the most important and difficult problem in this space, so the rest is gravy. Keep up the momentum!
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I'm here to tell you that since then I've been nothing short of addicted.
The only cure for Floot addiction is... building more apps! Our 'rehab' program involves unlimited projects and 24/7 support. Welcome to the healthiest addiction ever!
@sarah_flooting until I launch an app that's actually profitable, it's not especially healthy for my bank account! 😅
Floot's approach is very solid, I really like it. It's the way I'd build an AI builder if I were to attempt one. Congrats to the team on the launch!
I just spent an hour building a non-trivial CRUD app to test things out. I first created a PRD using gemini flash, then dumped the markdown into Floot's textbox.
There's a lot to like about Floot. It just works. The AI copilot is smart. I found it easy to get into a flow.
In particular, what I found nice is that it picked up on the limited scope of the initial build, respecting the aspects listed as out of scope in the product spec. After completing the first phase, it turned those items into tasks to complete, a pleasantly unexpected flourish.
It handled a sizeable refactor to add in team-based projects well. This is likely a perk of the tightly integrated stack. The live preview allowed for an immediate feedback loop: new feature > test it out > find a bug > fix it. It was pretty seamless.
I'm not necessarily a target user, however, so the all-in-one nature of the product makes it a little tough to adopt as my go-to tool. If my one-hour test is any indication, I'd need a plan at $250-$500 a month to sustain progress. Objectively speaking, it's a great value if you're building a business, but less than ideal for testing and iterating on ideas.
In my view, building and hosting are two separate value props. An alternative pricing model with a fixed price for hosting (especially an a la carte option to add a custom domain) would be nice. But I understand "the bundle" is the point, and it's easy enough to grok for someone looking to avoid complexity.
You can eject code, but I haven't figured out how much work would be required to self-host. Also notable, it doesn't seem possible to export data from the db on a free plan.
All that said, I'd happily recommend Floot to anyone looking to build something real, and quickly. The product delivers.
Overall, I give Floot a 4.7/5
@thedatadavis Wow thanks for the detailed feedback, Chris! Very good points.
We plan on releasing a detailed pricing model for hosting very soon since oftentimes people will finish building their app and just want hosting. We wanted to keep in simple to start off, but will definitely adapt to what our users want.
For exporting code - we definitely need to do some work there to make it more runnable out of the gate - since it's missing some entry files. We didn't focus on that initially because we were focusing on optimizing the experience for non-coders who typically don't self-host, but it's something that has been requested by users who want that control.
We don't have an export data from DB feature yet, but it is planned! For now, you can always contact our support and we'll send you a database dump manually.
@edlook Totally understand the initial focus. You guys have knocked the core use case out of the park. And good to know re: manual dump, will keep in mind. Your response here exemplifies the excellent service other commenters have mentioned.
I've seen a few mentions of Floot on reddit the past couple of weeks, but was definitely surprised by how well it works. I have been exploring the idea that an AI app builder should start with a predefined and calibrated tech stack, and I now consider the notion validated. I can pivot my project's focus elsewhere lol.
@thedatadavis I have been exploring the idea that an AI app builder should start with a predefined and calibrated tech stack, and I now consider the notion validated
Great minds thing alike 😉
@thedatadavis Thanks for the thoughtful feedback! Ed already replied about the hosting and data export, I am curious though, do you find the all-in-one tied to the higher price? I imagine for a non-all-in-one case, you may probably have to spend the same or maybe more tokens and therefore price on building out comparable functionalities. Just curious how your impression of this being expensive comes from.
@yujian You're probably right for the initial phase. Getting the app up and running will take a lot of credits, but the need likely tapers off once you reach a steady state (with occasional spikes as you add features).
That said, as the app grows, so does your storage and compute, so the subscription becomes fungible in that it pays for the infrastructure when I stop building (as much) without having to think about it. In that case, you could always downgrade to a smaller plan when stable and upgrade during periods of development.
I think this is both reasonable and fair, and easy enough to understand.
When I say it's not ideal for my testing and iterating (essentially throwing ideas at the wall), I'm comparing it to my current workflow using Firebase Studio to scaffold, then moving to Gemini CLI for polishing, and leveraging free tiers of various services to get to production for ~$0. The marginal cost of adding a new feature with this setup is monetarily free, though it is probably ~20% more expensive in time spent and complexity vs using Floot (for me).
But this is also why I mention I'm not an exact match for your ICP (for now). I certainly imagine a time in the future when I'd gladly trade a couple hundred bucks for ease of use and improved time-to-market.
@thedatadavis Incredibly thoughtful feedback. Thank you for recommending Floot and we would love to see what you build next.
Hi Product Hunt! 👋
Here's a quick demo of a neat feature we have where you can draw on your app to tell Floot what you want.
Sometimes visually communicating your change is easier than just describing it in words :)
Let us know what you think!
@edlook A neat feature
This looks good so far! I've primarily been using Windsurf for the past 4-6 months for an app, and more recently have been trying Kiro.
I have, I think, a common use case for multi-tenant SaaS apps, and was wondering if it's possible with Floot (I'm not used to someone else hosting my apps).
What if I want to allow each of my users to be assigned a subdomain of my domain, like mycustomer.mydomain.com, as well as the ability allow my customers to map their domain to the subdomain, so mycustomerdomain.com renders the content for mycustomer.mydomain.com. Is that possible?
@ryan_chin4 Building a multi-tenant app on our multi-tenant app - that's wild! We're not designed for building multi-tenant apps (yet), but it should be possible if we add support for a subdomain router that can route your tenants to the appropriate tenant app based on the accessed subdomain. And of course, we'll need a solution to handle the DNS configuration and the SSL certificate requirements that go with that. In short - it's possible, but not right now unless we set up the infra for you manually.
@ryan_chin4 And if you'd like to run your use case by us, feel free to email founders@floot.com
I have been utilizing No-Code tools to test my business concept, but I have encountered significant challenges in managing complexity and transitioning between development and production environments. This has been quite frustrating, but I have found Floot to be an exceptional platform that offers great value for money, comprehensive support, and the ability to build a complete product from start to finish. Floot is currently embarking on a new journey, and I genuinely hope that they will introduce additional features and enhance the overall value they provide to their users in the near future.
@dhaval_patel36 Thank you! We are happy to support you on building out your business concept!
@dhaval_patel36 Great tools like Floot need great users to reach their full potential 🫡 Thank you for your support.
I’ve been trying to finish a complex web app for my company for a while now. I even hired a dev team, but they couldn’t get it done, it was just too robust. Then I discovered Floot… and within two weeks, I built it myself. It’s now almost complete!
Their platform is incredibly powerful and easy to use... seriously a game changer. Support has been top tier, and the founders have been super helpful and active on Discord. This isn’t a paid comment haha, I just genuinely love what they’ve built and recommend it to everyone I know. 🙌
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Different staging and production environments are planned and on our roadmap!