Issue No. 12026-10-15Five-minute read

Build a landing page with a waitlist this week, no developer.

The need

You have an idea and want to test demand: a one-page site with a headline, 3 benefits and an email field that saves signups somewhere you can export. Budget: $0-25.

Three picks

Lovable [affiliate placeholder] — best overall for a non-coder

Chat in plain English; publish and hosting are included. Lovable's own pricing page gives "Build me a landing page, use images" as costing about 1.7 credits, so the free plan (5 credits/day) is enough to build and polish a page. Ask it to add a waitlist table to store emails. Pro from $25/mo for a custom domain and more credits.

Bolt.new [affiliate placeholder] — most free room to iterate

Free plan: 1M tokens/month with hosting included (Bolt branding stays on). Pro $25/mo removes branding and adds a custom domain. Good if you expect many revisions.

v0 by Vercel [affiliate placeholder] — the best-looking design

Strong polished UI and one-click deploy to Vercel, but only 7 messages/day free and more developer-flavoured (Next.js). Pick it if design quality matters most or a developer will take over.

Our pick

Start on Lovable free. If you run out of credits, rebuild on Bolt free. Upgrade only once real people are signing up.

Tip: export your waitlist to CSV each week, whichever tool you use.