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Hercules builds the app. Rocket builds the thinking behind it.

Market research before you build, downloadable code on every plan, GitHub sync built in, and unlimited team seats at every price point. Not just a builder. A system.

Describe what you want to build. Rocket delivers production-ready code from the first prompt.
A CRM with a lead pipeline and Stripe billingAn iOS app for restaurant inventory managementA SaaS portal with role-based accessAn internal analytics dashboard for my team

Same prompt. Very different output.

Here's what you actually ship.

Your prompt

“Create a modern and professional SaaS landing page for a fintech platform that helps users manage payments, track expenses, and gain financial insights through AI-powered analytics.”

Let's be honest

Hercules builds apps.
Rocket builds from a foundation.

No market research before you build.

Hercules starts at your prompt. There is no analysis of whether what you are building is worth building, who it is for, or what the competitive landscape looks like. Rocket researches the market, generates a structured brief, and builds from that foundation. The thinking is part of the product.

Team collaboration costs $170/mo.

Hercules locks teammates behind the Business plan at $170/mo annual. On Rocket, every plan includes unlimited team members, including the free plan. Shared workspaces, role-based access, and credit pooling. No per-seat fees at any tier.

No GitHub sync. No version control workflow.

Hercules lets you download your code as a .tar.gz archive on Pro plans and above. Rocket gives you 2-way GitHub sync on every plan. Push, pull, branch, merge. Your code lives in your repo, not in an export button.

Rocket vs Hercules:
Feature-by-Feature

What changes at every stage: before, during, and after the build.

Key feature

Rocket

Hercules

What you can build

Web apps and websites

Mobile apps (iOS and Android)

Flutter. App Store and Play ready.

Publish to App Store and Google Play

Landing pages and multi-page sites

Internal tools and dashboards

SaaS and customer portals

eCommerce store

Via Stripe / PayPal / Razorpay

Built-in payments

Pre-build intelligence

Market research before building

Solve. Structured brief with competitive analysis.

PRD and product direction

Auto-generated from Solve output

Competitor analysis pre-build

Included in Solve brief

Starting points and build tools

AI generation from a prompt

Full-stack app from natural language

Full-stack app from natural language

Visual editor

Natural language + dedicated editor

Chat-based AI editor

From a Figma file

From GitHub / existing codebase

Codebase Pickup

Redesign existing website

8 slash commands. Any URL.

Templates

25,000+

Attach image as input

Code and deployment

Code you can download

All plans including free

Pro plan and above ($21/mo annual)

GitHub sync

2-way, all plans

Download as .tar.gz only

Staging + dev environments

Dedicated staging on all plans

Dev deployments + branches

Deploy to own infrastructure

Hosted on Hercules Cloud only

Custom domain

All plans including free

Pro plan and above ($21/mo annual)

One-click deploy

Version control

Full version history + one-click rollback

Branches with merge-back

Backend and data

Backend: auth, DB, APIs

Supabase. Auto-generated.

Hercules Cloud. Built-in. Proprietary.

Payment processing

Stripe / PayPal / Razorpay

Built-in payments

Email built-in

Via Resend, SendGrid, Mailchimp

Built-in email

Third-party integrations

25+ SDKs (OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Stripe)

1,000s of API integrations

AI capabilities in apps

Via OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Perplexity

Built-in: text, image, speech, transcription, chatbots

Database export

Pro plan and above

After launch

Built-in analytics

Visitors, conversions, Core Web Vitals

SEO

Built-in with Next.js

Built-in SEO tools

Google Analytics

Collaboration

Team collaboration

Unlimited seats, all plans

Business plan only ($170/mo annual)

Role-based access control

Business plan only ($170/mo annual)

Private projects

Business plan only ($170/mo annual)

Platform

Support

24/7 dedicated

Community (Free), Email (Pro+)

Security

SOC 2, ISO 27001, GDPR, CCPA

Internationalization

Built-in i18n

Community

Discord

Forum

Pricing

Free plan

20 credits. No card needed.

15 AI credits/mo. No card needed.

Credits rollover

Never expire

Reset monthly

Paid plans start from

$20/mo annual. Unlimited seats.

$21/mo annual. Solo only.

Team plan

$40/mo annual. Unlimited seats.

$170/mo annual (Business)

Custom domain on free plan

Pro plan required

Builders Who Made the Switch

“We tried a mock on Rocket recently, and it honestly blew our minds. It has opened up so many new doors. Would love to stay in the loop with what you're building!”

Kshitij Mishra

GTM Engineer | AI Sales Systems

“I can't put into words how astronomically better Rocket is than any other no-code AI tool. Made me question why I ever paid for others when this puts them all to shame.”

Mia Williams

@miatravls

“I've been trying out every no-code AI website/app builder for months. Rocket is 100x better than anything else out there.”

Solopr11

Builder

Templates That Work
Out of the Box

25,000+ production-ready templates on every plan including free — covering SaaS, web apps, mobile, and internal tools. Not just landing pages.

Questions About Switching?

Everything you need to know before making the move.

Rocket covers the full arc from research to launch. Before you write a prompt, Solve researches your market, maps competitors, and generates a structured brief. What gets built starts from that foundation, not from a blank text box. You get downloadable Next.js code with 2-way GitHub sync on every plan, including free. And every plan includes unlimited team members. Hercules starts at the prompt and bundles its own proprietary backend. Code export requires the Pro plan. GitHub sync is not available. Adding a teammate requires the $170/mo annual Business plan.

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Users

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Per-seat fee

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Free forever

No credit card

Unlimited seats

Credits never expire