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Ask HN: What do you expect from a no-code website builder?

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I'm trying to build a no-code website builder that can not only build UI but also build APIs it will use modern tech Like Next, Tailwind..., and exports clean code to be extended if needed

I would love to know your perfect no-code website builder and would you pay around $20 - $40 a month to use it?

Re: Ask HN: What do you expect from a no-code website builder?

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How is it better than Wix?

The ability to see your code and edit it, also build backend functionality

Wouldn't this be something like Avada/Divi added to wordpress?

By all means go for it but I imagine it's needs a significant team to get close to their product features plus people generally don't want a monthly fee.

Re: Ask HN: What do you expect from a no-code website builder?

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"and exports clean code to be extended"

This is quite the bold promise and I'd use something like this if possible. But I'd rather just have a prototyping tool that I pay for once.

For a maintainable site, I'm not sure if APIs are needed. Maybe for a blog or ecommerce site that you're making an app for? Squarespace and WordPress already do this though, at a decent price, and it's easy to just hire a WP technician as needed or ask ChatGPT to debug.

Maybe figure out your target market, as there might be conflicting models here.

Re: Ask HN: What do you expect from a no-code website builder?

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A month? Seems like a lot of dough to me.

This is including deployment costs btw, a pro plan in vercel is $20 per memeber

Vercel also offers multiple projects, and many other multi-tenant features too like “preview deploy commenting” by team members
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