About
About Vibe Coding Intel
An independent research publication on AI app builders, coding agents and the backend services that ship what they build.
Coverage is aimed at people who build software by prompting: what each tool costs, where it stops being cheap, what it locks you into, and what to check before you put a customer on it. Most writing in this space is either launch-week enthusiasm or blanket scepticism. We try to write the page a careful buyer would want, with the evidence visible.
Who publishes this
The Vibe Coding Intel editorial team, an independent research publication, live since June 2026. We do not use personal bylines or invented reviewer profiles. Every fact is checked against its cited source, and each page gets a separate review pass before it is published. Read how we research and the editorial policy.
Research method
- Sources. Each page is compiled from official documentation, pricing pages, changelogs and public write-ups, listed at the foot of the page with the date each was last checked.
- Evidence label. Every page carries a badge: researched (desk research from public sources), compiled data (figures gathered into a table), or tested first-hand (only when evidence files are published alongside). At present no page carries the third label, and we do not describe research as testing.
- No scores. We do not publish star ratings or numeric scores. A rating needs a published rubric and evidence behind it.
- Prices. Prices and limits change often. A price is only as current as the checked date beside it; confirm on the vendor's page before you buy.
- Reviews and updates. Pages with prices are scheduled for re-checking. Material changes go in the page's dated update log.
Affiliate disclosure
Some links are affiliate links and may earn us a commission at no cost to you. Affiliate links are marked rel="sponsored" and route through /go/. At the time of writing, live partner links are: Atoms.dev, Softgen, Base44. Verdicts are written without regard to whether a tool pays. Full detail: affiliate disclosure.
Independence
Vendors do not review or approve pages before publication, and we do not accept payment for placement. We never describe hosting or a custom domain as required, because every builder we cover includes hosting.