Websites and hosting decision
Plutocracy
A capable developer can build a usable subset (landing pages + Shopify sync + basic A/B testing) in a few weeks, but the full marketed product (managed onboarding, MCP agent access, dedicated success and enterprise features) is not practical to replicate alone.
Visit website↗$399/mo
$4,788/yr
Read off the official pricing page.
$100one-off84 h to build
$150/mo6 h/mo upkeep
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 1 seat.
Open-source builds that already do this
Every project below is open source and already does this job today. Fork one, self-host it, or take the parts you need - the build prompt further down assumes an empty file, and this is the shortcut past that. Licences differ; check the one on each card before you ship. All Plutocracy alternatives, with the arithmetic →
What a replacement has to do
- Create an ad-matched landing page, sync product and cart from Shopify, publish to a custom domain (hosted + CDN), run A/B tests, and read funnel-level analytics to iterate.
What it still won’t have
- Dedicated onboarding, implementation, and success support
- Done-for-you funnel build service and managed experiments
- Agent/MCP multi-user workflows and token-managed agent access
- Enterprise SLAs, custom data pipelines, and fully managed integrations
What remains hard
- Product polish and ongoing maintenance
First-year cost
Keep paying
Paying is—cheaper in year one.
On cash alone, building overtakes the subscription at 1 seat.
Money you would actually spend
Time you would spend
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What you would spend
What we assumed
The verdict above measures whether you could build it. This one is only about money.
Runnable build prompt
Build a minimal post-click funnel builder using TypeScript (Node.js + Svelte or React) and PostgreSQL. Core features in scope: 1) drag-and-drop page builder with a small template/block library, 2) Shopify product and cart sync (OAuth + Shopify Storefront/REST API), 3) one-click publish to a hosted target (VPS or managed host) behind a CDN with custom domain + SSL, 4) simple A/B testing routing and funnel-level analytics (conversion counts, revenue, time-series), 5) integration with an LLM provider for AI copy generation. Out of scope: multi-tenant enterprise SLAs, managed services, and a finished MCP agent system. Include input validation, error handling for external API failures, automated tests for critical flows (builder save/publish, Shopify sync, A/B routing), and deployment scripts (Docker + CI pipeline).
How we checked
How the score was reached
- Partly verdict base52
- An open-source build was found+5
- 4 cited sources+3
- Price verified on pricing page+3
- 3/3 assessment runs agreed+4
- Evidence score67
The base comes from the verdict. Everything under it is a check that either happened or did not, and each one is a fact frozen in this record rather than a judgement made at render time - so the same evidence always produces the same number.
How scoring works →Cited sources · 4
Every page the run actually retrieved.
- official productFunneled – Funnels as Fast as Ads
- official pricingFunnel Builder Pricing & Plans - Funneled
- official productPost-Click Growth Platform - Funneled
- open sourcewebstudio-is/webstudio
Integrity checks
What held up, and what did not.
