Archie
Verified Oct 15, 2026 ActiveAI app builder with separate architecture and design agents, driven by prompt, canvas or IDE.
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Pricing
- Pricing model
- Freemium
- Paid options from
- $25/mo
- Billing
- Monthly
Starter is free with 50 credits a month and no card. The pricing FAQ puts Pro at $25/month for one builder, scaling by credit level up to $1,500/month, and Team at $30 per seat per month for 5–25 seats with pooled credits; annual billing is 20% off and Enterprise is quoted. Turning a prototype into a deployed app adds a one-time conversion fee, and top-ups run from $15 per 100 credits down to $0.088 per credit.
Use tool ↗About Archie
Archie.com, Inc. sells an AI application builder that tries to cover the path from architecture to a running production app rather than just scaffolding a prototype. Separate agents handle product architecture and design, and you can drive the build three ways - by prompt, through a visual editor, or from your own IDE. Work is metered in credits: Starter is free with 50 a month, Team is $24 per seat per month with a five-seat floor and 2,000 pooled credits, and top-up packs run from $15 per 100 credits down to about nine cents each in bulk. The site marks general availability as August 2026, so this is a young product.
- Platforms
- Web
- API
- Not confirmed
- Last verified
- Oct 15, 2026
Verified sources
- Pricing page FAQ: Free $0, Pro starts at $25/month and scales to $1,500/month, Team $30 per seat per month (5–25 seats), Enterprise custom; annual plans 20% off; one-time prototype-to-app conversion fee (15 October 2026)archie.com ↗
- Pricing page plan cards render Pro and Team as $0/mo in the served page; top-up packs $15 for 100 credits to $140 for 1,600; Archie Core backends from $25/month (15 October 2026)archie.com ↗
- Home page footer: 2026 Archie.com, Inc.; free start with no credit card (15 October 2026)archie.com ↗
Is Archie legit?
We don’t label tools safe or unsafe. Below are the records we checked ourselves, each with the date we read it.
- Domain registered
- Sep 11, 1997 (29 years ago)Registry record (RDAP), registrar GoDaddy.com, LLC, looked up Sep 6, 2026
- TLS certificate
- Issued by Google Trust Services, valid until Dec 7, 2026Seen in our own connection to the site on Oct 15, 2026
- Last checked
- Oct 15, 2026The site answered
- On the market since
- 2026The vendor's own material, read by us
- Operated by
- Archie.com, Inc., United StatesOur research, card verified Oct 15, 2026
Pros & cons of Archie
Archie's differentiator is splitting the work between an architecture agent and a design agent, and letting you switch between prompting, a visual canvas and your own IDE on the same project. That suits people who start conversationally and finish in code. It only reached general availability in August 2026, and the real cost has more layers than the $25 Pro headline: credit levels, a one-time fee to turn a prototype into a deployed app, and hosting for any backend beyond the included one.
Pros
- Distinct architecture and design agents rather than one generalist generator
- Three ways to drive the same project: prompt, visual editor, or IDE
- Free Starter tier with 50 credits a month and no card required
- Pooled team credits instead of per-seat allowances that expire unused
- Top-up packs get cheaper per credit at volume, down to about $0.088
Cons
- Converting a prototype into a deployed app costs a one-time fee the pricing page does not quantify
- Team billing requires a minimum of five seats at $30 each, which prices out individuals
- General availability only in August 2026 - almost no track record
- The plan cards showed $0/mo when we fetched the page; the real prices appear only in the FAQ
Best for
- Developers who want to start in a prompt and finish in their IDE
- Small product teams that need architecture and UI generated together
- Teams of five or more, which is where Team pricing starts
Not for
- Solo builders - Team billing has a five-seat floor
- Anyone who needs a mature product with a long track record
Watch out: Converting a prototype into a deployed app carries a one-time fee sized by screens, data models and integrations, separate from the monthly plan, and the pricing page gives no figure for it.
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