Emergent

Overview

Emergent is an AI development platform that turns a written brief into a working application, then lets you refine it in conversation, preview it and publish it. It builds web and mobile apps, and paid plans add private hosting and GitHub integration.

Main features

• Chat to app: describe what you want and iterate on screens, behaviour and data in the same conversation.
• Web and mobile apps: both are included from the free plan.
• One-click LLM integration: add AI features to the app you are building.
• GitHub and task forking: on paid plans, connect a repository and branch an idea into a separate task.
• Pro tools: a 1M-token context window, “Ultra thinking”, system-prompt editing and custom agents.

Pricing

• Free: $0 with 10 credits per month.
• Standard: $20 per month, or $17 per month billed annually, with 100 credits per month.
• Pro: $200 per month, or $167 per month billed annually, with 750 credits per month.
• Business and Enterprise: custom pricing, adding SSO, team workspaces, audit logs and VPC deployment. Extra credits can be bought on paid plans.

Who it is for

Founders, product managers and small teams who want a working prototype or internal tool without setting up a full development environment.

How to start

Write a one-page brief: users, the main screens, the data to store and who may see it. Build the smallest version first, test it with fake data, then add features one at a time.

Things to note

A good-looking screen is not a finished app: check validation, permissions and saved records yourself. Credits are spent on builds and revisions, so large rewrites cost more. Review where secrets are stored before connecting real services.

Similar tools

Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit, v0, YouWare.