Best Tools for Prototypers
5 tools ranked by rating and features
#1
Google's app development platform with NoSQL database, authentication, hosting, and cloud functions.
firestoreauthenticationcloud-functionshosting
✓ Generous free tier (Spark plan)✓ Real-time database syncing✓ Simple authentication setup
#2
Cloud platform to run open-source machine learning models via API, making it easy to deploy and scale AI models without managing infrastructure.
model-hostingapi-accessfine-tuningmodel-versioning
✓ Run any open-source model✓ Simple API interface✓ No infrastructure management
#3
Browser-based IDE with AI agent that can build, deploy, and host full applications from natural language.
browser-ideai-agentinstant-deployhosting
✓ No setup required — runs in browser✓ AI agent builds full apps from prompts✓ Instant deployment and hosting included
#4
AI full-stack app builder by StackBlitz that generates, runs, and deploys complete web applications in the browser.
full-stack-generationbrowser-runtimemulti-frameworkdeployment
✓ Builds entire apps from a single prompt✓ Runs code in browser (WebContainers)✓ Supports multiple frameworks (React, Vue, Svelte)
#5
Social website for writing, deploying, and sharing small programs (vals) that run on the cloud, like a social network for serverless functions.
serverless-functionscron-jobshttp-endpointsemail-handling
✓ Instant deployment of code snippets✓ Social coding with remixable vals✓ Built-in cron, email, and HTTP triggers