About Hanlec
Hanlec is a hosted app builder for people without technical expertise. You describe the app you want by completing a sentence about who you are building for and what it should do, and AI builds it, with the resources included in one subscription.
The built-in database stores information such as customers, orders and bookings, and storage handles files like photos, PDFs, logos and user uploads. Logins, automations, schedules, email and SMS are marked as coming next: logins would cover sign-in, password reset and per-user data, automations cover background work like welcome emails and reports, schedules cover recurring tasks, and email and SMS cover messages such as receipts and reminders.
The homepage text is short and gives no pricing details beyond a pricing link, so features described there may still be in development. Treat the current offering as the database and storage; the rest is described as upcoming.
Key features
- AI-built web apps from a plain description
- Built-in database for app data
- File storage for uploads
- Logins (coming next)
- Automations and schedules (coming next)
- Email and SMS sending (coming next)
Good fit for
- Non-technical founders prototyping a booking app
- Small businesses building simple order trackers
Hanlec: questions and answers
- What is Hanlec used for?
- Hanlec is an AI app builder for people who cannot code, with a built-in database and file storage, and logins, automations, email and SMS listed as coming next. It is a good fit for non-technical founders prototyping a booking app and small businesses building simple order trackers.
- How much does Hanlec cost?
- Paid plans for Hanlec start at €16 per month, and there is no free plan.
- Is Hanlec open source?
- No. Hanlec is proprietary (closed-source) software and can't be self-hosted. In the Low-code & Internal Tools category, open-source options include Budibase, NocoBase and Steedos.
- What are some alternatives to Hanlec?
- Hanlec competes with Lovable, Bolt.new and Base44.
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