Restart vs Replit

Replit is a full development platform with an agent that builds apps, websites, slides and more, priced on effort per request. It suits people who want a real coding environment underneath the AI. Restart hides the environment and keeps the founder's attention on the company.

Replit’s facts are from replit.com as read on September 7, 2026; “not stated” means their page does not say. Restart’s facts are from restart.new/pricing and the docs.

	Replit	Restart
Calls itself	"Replit Agent"; use cases listed as apps, websites, landing pages, dashboards, prototypes, chatbots.	The AI company builder.
Free plan	Starter: daily agent credits up to a monthly cap, built-in database, one published project (removed after 30 days per the docs), "Made with Replit" badge.	Free plan: 5 build credits a day plus 10 at sign-up, up to 3 companies, no card. Publishing to a live URL starts on Pro.
Paid plans	Core $20 a month ($17 billed annually) with $20 toward the most powerful models; Pro $100 ($95 annually) with 10 parallel agents; Enterprise custom. Effort-based, pay-as-you-go beyond the allowance.	Pro $99 a month (250 credits), Autonomous from $399 (1,000 credits); $75 and $300 billed yearly; a Custom plan arranged on a call. 1 credit = $1; top-ups $1 each, never expire.
What it builds	Apps, websites, slides, dashboards, agents; unlimited published apps on Core.	A working web product with real pages, flows, copy and design; live preview while it builds; published to a Restart subdomain.
Backend, accounts, payments	Built-in database; Stripe and Google connectors on Core and above.	The first build uses sample data: no customer accounts or live backend yet. A Stripe payment link can be added once you connect Stripe.
Custom domain	Documented; plan gating not stated on the pricing page.	Custom domains are not available yet; published sites live on a Restart subdomain.
Code export	Not stated on the pricing page; the workspace is a full code environment.	Code export is not available yet; files are browsable in the app. You own everything you create.
Beyond the build	Not claimed.	Yes: positioning brief, launch pages, pricing pages, a company inbox with its own address, daily tasks, research with sources, dashboards, automations and Meta ads on paid plans.
Who it is for	Founders, product managers, designers, engineers, operations, IT.	Founders starting from an idea, especially people who are not engineers.

Choose Replit if

You want a real development environment and may hand the code to engineers soon
You need connectors, a database and background tasks in the first version
You are comfortable with effort-based, pay-as-you-go pricing

Choose Restart if

You want the company, not the codebase, to be the thing you look at
You want predictable credits: one credit is one dollar, and top-ups never expire
You want launch pages, pricing, an inbox and daily tasks alongside the product

What Restart does, in one paragraph

You describe a company idea in plain language. Restart asks the one or two questions that change the build, then the Builder creates a working web product with a live preview and publishes it to a real URL when you say so. Yes: positioning brief, launch pages, pricing pages, a company inbox with its own address, daily tasks, research with sources, dashboards, automations and Meta ads on paid plans. Code export is not available yet; files are browsable in the app. You own everything you create.