Softgen Reviews

Summary: Softgen has been a surprisingly effective tool for me. It’s perfect for rapid prototyping or getting a working version of an app off the ground with minimal effort. While it’s not the right fit for every project—especially those with very specific tech requirements—it’s a fantastic starting point for entrepreneurs or developers looking to move quickly. I’ll definitely keep using it, especially for simpler projects or when I need a functional app fast without heavy lifting.

Positive: I recently started using Softgen, and I was genuinely impressed by how quickly it turns ideas into working web applications. All I had to do was describe my project concept, and within minutes, it generated a fully functional full-stack app. The process felt seamless and almost magical. It handled both the frontend and backend effortlessly, using Next.js and Firebase as its foundation. Integrations with tools like Stripe for payments and Resend for email services were incredibly easy to set up, saving me hours of work. For someone who doesn’t want to get bogged down with coding or managing infrastructure, this platform is a game-changer.

Negative: Customizing beyond the initial AI-generated output required some manual coding, which may not suit everyone’s needs. It’s still early days for the platform, so there are some areas where more polish or flexibility would be welcome.

Summary: It seems to be amazing until you try to use the app, and then you are thinking ok its just 1 feature broken. Turns out nothing works, and each fix takes a bunch of iterations to fix, its worse than speaking to a junior developer. "I fixed it" but it still doesn't work and so on.
Lovable and Warp are much easier and may be cheaper to deal with.

Positive: The UI it creates is nice
nice that i can see it right away
easy to start using it
intuitive enough

Negative: tons of mistakes
keeps making the same mistakes over and over
expansive
no refunds even on unused credits