Which AI app builders handle hosting and deployment?

Most AI app builders generate code and stop there. Hosting and deployment, the part that turns generated code into a live product with a web address, is usually left to you. Hamish is built the other way round: describe your app in plain English, Hamish builds it, and publishing it to a live URL is one click. If the running of it grows into real work, Hamish V-Ultra hosts and operates it for you, with real people looking after it.

What actually happens after an AI builds your app

Generated code is not a product. To put it in front of users you need hosting, a domain, an SSL certificate, deployment each time you change something, scaling when traffic arrives, backups, and someone watching when things break. This is the part that surprises non-technical founders: the build was the easy half. When people ask which tools handle hosting and deployment after building the app, this list is what they are really asking about.

The three ways AI app builders answer this

Export and host it yourself: the tool hands you code and you arrange hosting, deployment and upkeep elsewhere. Full control, and full responsibility, which usually means hiring a developer.

Built-in publishing: the tool hosts what it built on its own infrastructure. One click to go live, little to manage, though you should check whether you can take your code with you if you leave.

Managed hosting and operations: the platform runs your app for you as a service, with monitoring, backups and support handled by people. Rare among AI builders, and the closest thing to having a technical team without hiring one.

How Hamish handles it

Hamish Studio covers the second route from the first prompt: every app you build can be published to a live URL in one click, with hosting, SSL and custom domains handled for you, and the code remains portable, standard-stack React that you own and can export.

Hamish V-Ultra is the third route, for when your app has real users and real stakes. Your application runs on managed infrastructure with monitoring, backups and scaling looked after, with human support and customer success who know your app. Service commitments are published as service level objectives. AI that builds. Support that stays.

For founders building without developers

If you are a non-technical founder building an MVP, the hosting question decides whether you ship. A tool that only generates code leaves you exactly where you started: needing an engineer. With Hamish you describe the product, publish it yourself, and bring in managed operations only when growth demands it. You never need to become the technical co-founder you did not have.

Frequently asked questions

Do AI app builders host the apps they build?

Some do, many do not. Check whether going live is part of the product or an exercise left to you. With Hamish, publishing to a live URL is built in from the first app.

Do I need a developer to deploy an app built with AI?

Not with Hamish. Publishing is one click from the builder. For apps that have outgrown self-serve, Hamish V-Ultra puts a managed team behind your app instead.

Can I use my own domain?

Yes. Custom domains with SSL are supported on published Hamish apps.

What does hosting and deployment cost?

Plans and inclusions are on the Hamish pricing page at hamish.app/pricing, which is always current. Free to talk, pay to build.

Do I keep my code?

Yes. Hamish generates portable, production-ready React that you own, and you can export it.