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Why is Replit so expensive? How Agent's effort pricing bills you, and the cap to set first

Your Replit bill jumped after a few prompts and you can't see why. Replit's own docs explain it: Agent charges by effort, and big projects and long chats cost more per message. What a checkpoint costs, what your credits cover, what hosting adds, and the spending cap every vibe coder should set before the next prompt.

Aliteq Team · Oct 16, 2026 · 10 min

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Which vibe coding tool should I use? Lovable, Bolt, v0, Replit, Cursor or Claude Code

Pick by where you're starting, not by a ranking. Lovable, Bolt, v0 and Replit build and host the app for you; Cursor and Claude Code work on code you keep. What each one's free plan really gives and what the first paid plan costs, read on each vendor's own page on Nov 3, 2026.

Aliteq Team · Updated Nov 3, 2026 · 8 min

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The 6 things to fix in your Replit app before anyone sees it

Before you share a Replit app, six things to check so strangers can't read each other's data or run up your bill — including the one backup check behind Replit's most infamous 2025 data-loss story.

Aliteq Team · Updated Oct 3, 2026 · 7 min

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AI deleted my database. Can I get it back?

It happened to a Replit user in 2025 and to a Cursor user in 2026. What to check in the first ten minutes, why Lovable's and Replit's undo buttons don't bring data back by default, and the backup habit that does.

Aliteq Team · Updated Oct 27, 2026 · 6 min