Builder.io vs Visily
Builder.io scores 8.0 to Visily's 7.6 among the AI UI design tools we rate, and is the better pick for 2 of the 5 kinds of buyer below.
Builder.io wins, 8.0 to 7.6
Builder.io's cheapest paid plan is $24 against Visily's $14, and it connects to far more of a team's stack, 15 integrations against Visily's 4, plus a public API for triggering runs programmatically that Visily does not have. Visily instead gives you a template library to start from and runs on 1 platform to Builder.io's 3. Both let several people edit the same project live, support comments for approval, and keep a free plan.
Pick Builder.io if you need many integrations and a public API to automate builds.
Pick Visily if you want a template to start from and a lower entry price.
Best for
Who each one suits, decided on the criteria that matter to that buyer and the checked facts where the two differ.
- File formats it exports: 5 export formats against 2 export formats
- But Builder.io leads on apps it connects to: 15 integrations against 4 integrations
- Commercial use allowed: Builder.io yes, Visily does not say
- Cheapest paid plan, monthly: $14 against $24
- API: Builder.io yes, Visily no
- Where it runs: 3 platforms against 1 platforms
- But Visily leads on template library: Visily yes, Builder.io no
- Ways to reach support: 3 support channels against 2 support channels
- SOC 2: Builder.io yes, Visily does not say
How they score
Both are scored the same way, against the other AI UI design tools we rate, from facts on each vendor's own pages. Builder.io leads on 2 of 5 criteria.
Where they differ
Every point where the two vendors' published facts disagree, with a link to where each fact was read. "Not published" means the vendor does not say either way.
Published by only one of them
Where they match (11)
Pricing, plan by plan
Every plan each vendor publishes, monthly and yearly where both are offered.
Builder.io
VVisily
Pros and cons
From each tool's full review, written from the same checked facts.
Builder.io
- Chat instructions to the Builder agent generate and edit real UI and code inside a connected codebase.
- Design System Intelligence builds generated UI from a team's own components and tokens.
- A Chrome extension imports the layout of any website, and a Figma plugin converts designs into deployable code.
- Handoff arrives as a working pull request against the real repository, not a spec-only view.
- Real-time multiplayer editing is included on every plan, including the free one.
- The free plan never expires, covering up to five users with 60 Agent Credits a month.
- Offers models from Anthropic, OpenAI and Google, defaulting to Claude Sonnet 4.
- Holds a SOC 2 Type 2 report.
- No structured user testing feature; sharing a prototype is limited to comments.
- No ready-made template library to start a project from.
- No AI image generation or editing.
- Free-plan inputs and outputs are always used to train Builder's AI, with no opt-out.
- Single sign-on is restricted to the custom-quoted Enterprise plan.
- Pro and Team plans are billed per user, so the price multiplies with every seat added.
VVisily
- Typing what a screen needs to do returns a working layout from Visily's design generator.
- A Screenshot Editor turns a screenshot of an app or web page into an editable wireframe, and a separate feature does the same from a hand-drawn sketch.
- Wireframes convert into interactive, clickable prototypes automatically.
- More than 100 design systems can be used, edited and taken into other AI code or design tools.
- Unlimited AI-generated images are included from the Pro plan up.
- Real-time co-designing and commenting are both included in the product.
- Visily's privacy policy names the GDPR directly.
- There is no public developer API; only an MCP server for supported AI coding tools.
- Visily has no stored brand kit, only workspace themes and custom fonts.
- Free plan exports carry a watermark and are capped at 1x resolution.
- The free Starter plan allows only 2 editable boards per workspace.
- Visily runs only as a web app, with no desktop or mobile application.
- The Business plan is billed only annually, at $29 a month per editor, with no monthly-billed option published.
Builder.io vs Visily: common questions
Which is better, Builder.io or Visily?
Builder.io scores 8.0 and Visily 7.6 out of 10 among the AI UI design tools we rate. Builder.io is ahead on teams and platforms and privacy and trust. Visily is ahead on workflow and output.
Is Builder.io or Visily cheaper?
Builder.io's cheapest paid plan is $24/user/month (Pro) and Visily's is Free (Starter plan) . Compare what each plan includes below before going on price alone.
Do Builder.io and Visily have a free plan?
Yes, both do.
What can Builder.io do that Visily cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: aPI.
What can Visily do that Builder.io cannot?
On the facts both vendors publish: template library.
