--- title: "Alive vs Replit" description: "Alive vs Replit, checked 8 October 2026: what starts the work, building and deploying, connected tools and price, and when Replit is the better pick." url: https://ali.ve/vs/replit language: en --- # Alive vs Replit Replit is best at building and hosting software from a description. Its Agent builds web apps, mobile apps, data dashboards and AI-powered tools and takes them through to deployment, and a free Starter plan lets you try it. Replit also runs work on a schedule, through Routines and Scheduled Deployments, so the difference is where each one starts. In Alive the agent and its trigger come first: a schedule, a webhook or a GitHub event, in Gmail, Drive, Stripe, Linear or GitHub. Building a site or an app is something the same chat does when the work needs one. Checked 8 October 2026, against Replit's own pages. ## Side by side | Topic | Alive | Replit | | ------------------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | | What starts the work | A schedule written in plain English, a one-time run, a webhook, or a GitHub event (15 kinds, such as pull requests, pushes and failing checks). Tasks on the board go to an agent now or at a set time. | A message in a chat. Routines, on Core, Pro and Enterprise, run a chat's work on a schedule at intervals of one hour or more. Scheduled Deployments run code on a schedule. | | Building sites and apps | The chat builds and changes websites and web apps in a project in the cloud with a live preview. Publish to a subdomain as a static site, to a custom domain, or deploy to your own Fly.io account. Native iOS and Android apps are in beta. | Web apps, mobile apps, data dashboards and AI-powered tools, taken through to deployment. Deployment types are Static, Autoscale, Reserved VM and Scheduled. | | Connected tools | Gmail, Outlook and IMAP, Google Calendar, Google Drive and Sheets, Search Console (read only), Linear, Stripe, Supabase and GitHub. | 100+ integrations, including OpenAI, Stripe and Google Workspace. Routines name Slack, Gmail, Calendar and Linear as connected tools. | | What a run leaves behind | Every run reads back as a summary or the full log, with its credits. | Each Routine run returns its results to the chat. If a run fails, Replit asks for your attention there. | | Limits on a run | Run limits and stop rules on each agent. | Core allows up to five active Routines per user and Pro up to 10, each with a per-run budget. | | Price | Solo €40 a month for one person. Team €200 a month for a team of up to ten. 20% off yearly. | Starter is free. Core from $18 a month and Pro from $90 a month, billed annually. Routines are not on Starter. | | How you start | Book a 15 minute call with Lars, or leave your email in the box on the homepage. There is no free tier and no self-serve sign-up. | Create an account and start on the free Starter plan. | A row is left out when we could not confirm both sides. ## When to choose Replit - You want to start free. Replit has a Starter plan with free daily usage, and you create an account on the site. - Building is the job and mobile apps are part of it. Replit lists mobile apps among what Agent builds. Alive builds native iOS and Android apps in beta. - You want a say in how the app is hosted. Replit offers Static, Autoscale and Reserved VM deployments. Alive publishes a static site to a subdomain or custom domain, or deploys to your own Fly.io account. - You want to write code and schedule it in the same place. Scheduled Deployments run your code on a schedule without maintaining persistent infrastructure. ## When Alive fits - You want agents that start from a webhook or a GitHub event as well as a schedule. - The work lives in Gmail, Google Drive and Sheets, Stripe, Linear or GitHub, and the agent should be a standing job with run limits and stop rules. - You want every run to read back as a summary or the full log, with its credits. - You want mail to stay a draft until you send it. ## Questions ### Does Replit run work in the background? Yes. Routines repeat a chat's work on a schedule, at intervals of one hour or more, on Core, Pro and Enterprise. Scheduled Deployments run code on a schedule. Alive's agents start from a schedule, a one-time run, a webhook or a GitHub event. ### Can Alive deploy an app the way Replit does? Alive publishes a site to a subdomain as a static site, to a custom domain, or to your own Fly.io account. Replit lists Static, Autoscale, Reserved VM and Scheduled deployments. Alive builds native iOS and Android apps in beta. ### Is there a free plan? Replit has a free Starter plan. Alive has no free tier and no self-serve sign-up: book 15 minutes with Lars, or leave your email in the box on the homepage. ## Try it on your own work There is no self-serve sign-up. The way in is a 15 minute call with Lars, or your email in the box on the homepage. - [Book a call with Lars](https://cal.com/larse/15min) - [The box on the homepage](https://ali.ve/) - [What Alive can and cannot do](https://ali.ve/security) - [Plans and prices](https://ali.ve/products) ## Where the facts about Replit come from Every claim about Replit on this page was read on the pages below. - [docs.replit.com/features/agent/overview](https://docs.replit.com/features/agent/overview) opened 8 October 2026. - [replit.com](https://replit.com) opened 8 October 2026. - [docs.replit.com/chat/routines](https://docs.replit.com/chat/routines) opened 8 October 2026. - [docs.replit.com/billing/deployment-pricing](https://docs.replit.com/billing/deployment-pricing) opened 8 October 2026. - [replit.com/pricing](https://replit.com/pricing) opened 8 October 2026. Found something here that is out of date or wrong? Write to us and we will fix it. [founders at alive.site](mailto:founders@alive.site) ## Other comparisons - [Alive vs Lovable](https://ali.ve/vs/lovable) - [Alive vs Zapier](https://ali.ve/vs/zapier) - [Alive vs Lindy](https://ali.ve/vs/lindy) - [Alive vs n8n](https://ali.ve/vs/n8n) - [Alive vs ChatGPT](https://ali.ve/vs/chatgpt) - [All comparisons](https://ali.ve/vs) [alive](https://ali.ve/) - [manifesto](https://ali.ve/about) - [products](https://ali.ve/products) - [build](https://ali.ve/build) - [check us](https://ali.ve/check) - [What we did](https://ali.ve/roadmap) - [contact](https://ali.ve/contact) A small team in Amsterdam building agents that take on the work that would otherwise pile up. [Security](https://ali.ve/security) [Compare](https://ali.ve/vs) [Privacy](https://ali.ve/privacy) [Terms](https://ali.ve/terms) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/113256096) Alive AI B.V. · KvK 42143386 · Amsterdam · 2026