AI app builders with your own domain, compared
Four tools that build or publish apps, next to DropTheHassle. They solve different problems. DropTheHassle is for one thing: getting the site your AI already built live on your own domain.
Your AI can publish. It can never spend your money.
Built it with ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Cursor, Replit, v0, Windsurf or by hand? Same steps.
Checked 30 September 2026. Prices and features come from each company's own site. Follow the links to confirm.
At a glance
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| What it is | Own domain | Price (from their site) | Agents / MCP | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DropTheHassle | Hosting and a domain for sites your AI built | Buy a .com here (no DNS edits) or point yours with one A record | Free dropthehassle.app link. A .com is EUR 19 a year including VAT in the EU, or USD 19 elsewhere, the same every year. | npx -y dropthehassle deploy or MCP https://dropthehassle.com/mcp, no account needed |
| Retool CLI | Build and publish Retool apps from the command line (public beta). changelog | A CNAME for a subdomain. An apex domain works too, with A records. docs | Team: $10/mo per builder billed annually or $12 monthly, plus $5 or $7 per internal user. Business: $50 or $65 per builder, plus $15 or $18 per internal user. pricing | Works "with the help of your chosen code development agent harness, like Claude Code or Codex" (Retool's words). Retool MCP too. docs |
| Taskade Genesis | Prompt-to-app builder inside Taskade. FAQ | From Business. Buy in Taskade or connect your own. FAQ | Business $25/mo billed annually. billing | Hosted MCP on paid plans. docs |
| Boonful | Build and sell apps, ebooks, and courses. studio | Not stated on their site | $29.95/mo plus 5% per sale plus Stripe fees. pricing | Connector for Claude and ChatGPT. You publish. studio |
| my-app.engineer | AI agents build apps and deploy them to Kubernetes under your account. By default an app runs in your own isolated space on their shared cluster. A dedicated cluster is Pro only. site | Point your DNS. The certificate is issued. site | Free (1 app). Pro €19/mo, with the dedicated cluster. site | Built-in agents. External MCP is not stated. site |
Pick by what you're building
- An internal tool for your company: Retool. The CLI publishes Retool apps, and the changelog says that CLI is on Team, Business, and Enterprise. A custom domain is a CNAME, or A records for an apex domain (docs).
- An app that lives inside your team's workspace: Taskade Genesis. Custom domains start at Business (FAQ).
- Something you want to sell, with checkout built in: Boonful (studio).
- Apps on Kubernetes you hold the keys to: my-app.engineer. By default that is an isolated space on their shared cluster. A dedicated cluster is Pro only (site).
- A site Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, or Windsurf already built, on your own domain: DropTheHassle. One command or one MCP call gives you a free HTTPS link with no account. A .com is EUR 19 a year including VAT in the EU, or USD 19 elsewhere, the same every year. Your AI can find the name. Only you can pay for it.
What DropTheHassle doesn't do
It does not build the app, and it has no app editor. It does not sign visitors in or take their payment. It hosts the folder your AI already made, and it gives that folder a domain. We publish the files. We do not run Node, Python, or PHP for you.
Hosts for a static folder, including renewal, are on Netlify vs Vercel vs Cloudflare Pages. Publishing from the agent is on the MCP guide.
Questions
Which of these is for a site my AI already built?
DropTheHassle. It hosts the folder and gives it a domain. It does not build the app. Retool publishes Retool apps, Taskade Genesis builds inside Taskade, Boonful is for selling apps, ebooks, and courses, and my-app.engineer deploys to a Kubernetes cluster under your account (a dedicated one only on Pro).
How does a Retool custom domain work?
Retool's custom domain docs use a CNAME to custom-domain.retool.com for a subdomain. An apex domain is also supported, with A records to Retool's static IP addresses. That page does not name a plan. The changelog says the CLI is on Team, Business, and Enterprise.
Does Boonful publish a custom domain?
Not on the studio or pricing pages checked on 30 September 2026. Those pages describe building and selling, a connector, and a price of $29.95 a month plus 5% per sale and Stripe fees.
Can my AI pay for the domain?
Not here. Your AI can publish. It can never spend your money. A .com bought here is EUR 19 a year including VAT in the EU, or USD 19 elsewhere, the same every year.