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What does Blink.new do?

Tool: Blink.new

The Tech: AI App Builder

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Their Pitch

Don't just think it. Blink it

Our Take

It's ChatGPT for building entire apps instead of just answering questions.

Deep Dive & Reality Check

Used For

  • +**You're manually running your consulting business through email and spreadsheets** → Get a client dashboard with logins, file sharing, and payment processing in one prompt
  • +**Your team is begging for an internal tool but developers quote 3 months** → Describe it in English, deploy it before lunch, iterate with more prompts
  • +**You want to test a SaaS idea but don't know if it'll work** → Build a real MVP with users and payments in minutes instead of spending months on code
  • +Built-in AI models (GPT, Whisper) - your apps can generate content, transcribe audio, analyze images without separate API setup
  • +Automatic database setup with migrations - no PostgreSQL knowledge needed, just describe your data structure

Best For

  • >You've had the same app idea for months but can't code and can't afford developers
  • >Your side project is stuck at 60% done because building authentication and payments after work is soul-crushing
  • >You're a marketer who needs custom tools but IT takes 6 months to build anything

Not For

  • -Developers who want control over their code — this is a black box that generates what it thinks you want
  • -Companies needing custom infrastructure or compliance — you're stuck on Blink's servers with no self-hosting option
  • -Anyone building simple landing pages — this is overkill when Carrd or Webflow would work fine

Pairs With

  • *Stripe (already built-in for payments, but you might want their advanced features like subscriptions with trials)
  • *Google Analytics (to track how people actually use your instantly-deployed app)
  • *Zapier (to connect your new app to the 47 other tools your business runs on)
  • *Notion (where you'll document what prompts worked so you can build your next app faster)
  • *Figma (if you want to design the UI first, then describe it more precisely to Blink)

The Catch

  • !Your first prompt might build 70% of what you wanted — expect 2-3 iterations to get the details right
  • !You're locked into their hosting platform — no way to export the code if you outgrow it or want to move elsewhere
  • !The AI interprets your English, so vague requests get basic results — "build a dashboard" gets you less than "build a SaaS dashboard with team accounts, dark mode, and Stripe payments"

Bottom Line

Type what you want, get a working SaaS with database, payments, and hosting in under 10 minutes.