AI app builder use cases: pick a starting point
Each use case comes with a ready prompt, the data model it creates and a dated price comparison.
Quick answer · Updated November 2026
With Totalum's AI app builder you can build business software from a description: CRMs, client portals, booking systems, MVPs, mobile apps, dashboards and directories. Each app comes with its own SQL database, sign-in, email, file storage and Stripe payments. You can start free with 50 credits; your own domain and code download come with paid plans from $29 a month.
AI CRM builder
Contacts, a deal pipeline, tasks and follow-up emails, shaped to how you sell.
“Build a CRM for my real estate agency: contacts, properties, a deal pipeline with stages, tasks with due dates...”
See the use caseClient portal builder
A secure login for every client, with documents, invoices paid by card and messages.
“Build a client portal for my accounting firm: each client logs in and sees their documents, uploads receipts...”
See the use caseBooking website builder
Services, staff calendars, card deposits and reminders, with no per-booking fee from Totalum.
“Build a booking system for my physiotherapy clinic: services with duration and price, therapists with weekly availability...”
See the use caseMVP builder
A first version real users can sign up to and pay for, with code you can keep.
“Build an MVP for a dog-walking marketplace app: owners sign up, add their dogs, book a walk slot...”
See the use caseAI mobile app builder
One project for web, Android and iOS, with builds for Google Play and TestFlight.
“Build a habit-tracking app: users sign in, create habits, check them off daily, see streaks...”
See the use caseAI dashboard builder
KPIs, charts and admin panels on your app's own data, with scheduled imports.
“Build an operations dashboard for my e-commerce team: import orders from CSV every day, show revenue...”
See the use caseDirectory website builder
Listings, search, owner submissions and paid featured spots on SEO-friendly pages.
“Build a directory of coworking spaces: listings with photos, city, price and amenities, search and filters...”
See the use case
En español:CRM a medida con IA
Looking for technical examples? See the docs
Which use case fits your app?
Start from the job the app does, not the screens:
- People and stages: if you track leads, cases or deals moving through steps, start with the CRM.
- Outside users logging in: if clients, members or partners need their own view, start with the client portal.
- Time slots: if anything is booked by the hour or the day, start with the booking system.
- A new product: if you want to test whether people will pay, start with the MVP.
- Phones first: if users mainly reach you from a phone, start with the mobile app.
- Numbers: if the goal is to see and report on data, start with the dashboard.
- Public listings: if visitors search and filter a catalog that others contribute to, start with the directory.
None of them is a template you're locked into. Each prompt is a starting point; you change the result by describing what you need next.
What comes with every app
| Part | What you get |
|---|---|
| Database | Its own SQL database per project, development and live, with a panel to view and edit records; restore any minute of the last 30 days; nightly backups of the live database on paid plans |
| Sign-in | Accounts, sessions and roles from the first version |
| Built-in integrations, no keys | Email delivery, AI (text, images, video, speech), document scanning, web scraping, a cloud browser, PDFs, payments, real-time, scheduled jobs, vector search, file storage |
| Payments | Stripe, into your own Stripe account, test mode in the preview |
| Hosting | Cloudflare Workers with a D1 database, deployed automatically; no Cloudflare account needed |
| Code | Next.js and React; view the code free; edit, download and sync GitHub on paid plans |
| Domain | Totalum address on any plan; your own domain on paid plans |
| Mobile | Android and iOS native shells of the published app, on paid plans |
Build any of them in 3 steps
- 1
Pick a use case and paste its prompt, or write your own.
- 2
Refine with follow-up prompts, one change at a time: a new field, a rule, an email, a screen.
- 3
Publish, first on a Totalum address, then on your own domain with a paid plan.
Prompts written for real businesses.
Each use case starts from a specific business, a real estate agency, an accounting firm, a physio clinic, because a specific prompt produces a more useful first version than "build me a CRM". Swap in your own trade and keep the structure.
Honest comparisons, with dates.
Every use-case page compares Totalum with the tools people already consider for that job, with starting prices read on each vendor's site and the date we checked them. Where a ready-made tool is the better fit, the page says so.
The same foundation under every app.
A CRM, a portal and a booking system look different, but each one gets the same database, sign-in, email, payments and hosting. What you learn building one carries over to the next.
Combine them.
Real businesses rarely need just one. A clinic can start with bookings and add a client portal; an agency can start with a CRM and add a results dashboard. Ask for the new part in the same project, and it shares the same data and logins.
Where Totalum sits among app builders
| Totalum | Softr | Glide | Bubble | Lovable | Retool | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starting paid price (checked Nov 3, 2026) | Starter $29/month | Basic $25/month ($19 billed annually) | Basic $25/month | Web Starter $39/month ($32 billed annually) | Pro $25/month | Team $10 per builder/month + $5 per internal user |
| How you build | Describe it; an AI agent builds the app | No-code blocks plus AI | No-code plus AI agent modes | Visual builder plus AI | Describe it; an AI agent builds the app | Visual builder plus AI |
| Own database included | Yes | Softr databases | – | Bubble database | Lovable Cloud | Retool Database |
| Code you can take | Download and GitHub on paid plans | No | No | No | GitHub sync on Free, download on Pro | No |
Read on each vendor's pricing page on November 3, 2026: softr.io/pricing, glideapps.com/pricing, bubble.io/pricing, lovable.dev/pricing, retool.com/pricing, totalum.app/en. USD.
Who uses it
Frequently asked questions
What can I build with an AI app builder?
Business software that stores data and has users: CRMs, client portals, booking systems, internal dashboards, directories, marketplace-style MVPs and member apps. On Totalum each one comes with a database, sign-in, email, payments and hosting, so it works as a real product, not a prototype.
Do I have to start from one of these use cases?
No. They are starting points with ready prompts. You can paste any of them and change it, or describe a completely different app in your own words.
Can one project combine several use cases?
Yes. A project can hold a CRM, a client portal and a dashboard together, sharing one database and one set of logins. Ask for each new part with a follow-up prompt.
How much does it cost to build one?
You can start free with 50 credits, once, and 2 projects. Paid plans start at $29 a month with 250 credits a month, your own domain and code download. Hosting, the database and built-in integrations are billed in credits from the monthly allowance.
Do I need to know how to code?
No. You describe what you need and refine it in plain language. If you or a developer want to work in the code, you can view it free and, on paid plans, edit it, download it or sync it to GitHub.
Can my own AI agent build these for me?
Yes. Your agent, such as Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor, can connect to Totalum over MCP or the REST API and create and maintain the project itself. The API and MCP work on every plan.