It depends on how it is made. Classic custom development runs to tens of thousands of euros and months of lead time; no-code platforms charge a subscription, often per user, that runs for as long as the tool lives; AI generation brings custom software down to a modest subscription — with Blueprint Maker, from €0 (Discovery) to €25/month (Pro) or €149/month (Max), with each generation's cost displayed before you launch.
The four cost models
Classic development sells human time: scoping, building, acceptance — a five-figure budget for a small-business need, and every evolution gets its own quote. Off-the-shelf software pools that cost into a subscription, but you pay for the mismatch: you fund features you never use and bend your processes to fit its own.
No-code shifts the cost onto your time: the subscription is reasonable, but the evenings spent building and maintaining the tool are rarely counted. AI generation, finally, hands the making to an engine: custom software stops being a project and becomes a subscription — and since the generated code is handed to you, the investment is not lost if you leave.
What Blueprint Maker concretely costs
Three plans: Discovery at €0 to generate your first application and judge on the real thing; Pro at €25/month to generate and iterate regularly; Max at €149/month for intensive use. Generations consume credits according to the chosen level (Sketch, Craft or Masterpiece), and the credit cost is displayed before each generation — never a surprise bill at the end of the month.
The price covers the complete application — relational database, screens, API, dashboard, demo data — deployed on its dedicated URL, and ownership of the code: ZIP export or GitHub push at any time.
The hidden costs to include in any comparison
Whatever the choice, three items often escape the initial calculation.
- The exit cost: what do you pay (in money and rework) the day you switch tools? Exported code brings this close to zero.
- The evolution cost: does every change require a quote, or is a regeneration enough?
- The cost of your own time: the hours spent building and maintaining a self-assembled tool are a real budget.