AI app-building costs can grow before anything launches
made it easy to start building needed apps, but the costs rose quickly. helped at times, yet they also created bugs that then took more paid usage to fix. Other large AI app-building tools had the same problem: credits disappeared before anything useful was finished.
After switching to Claude, usage became even heavier, and the monthly spend reached about £150. There were still no launches, no customers, and only several half-finished MVPs. also became a cost issue because several apps used up the , so the apps were moved to Neon.
The remaining work now includes key management across multiple apps, all while the bring in no income.
Key points
- AI app-building tools used up credits quickly while fixing bugs and rebuilding unfinished work.
- Monthly AI tool spending reached about £150.
- There were no launches or customers, only half-finished MVPs.
- free usage ran out across several apps, leading to a move to Neon.
- Running several small apps also created key management work.