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.