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B12 vs First Employee

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B12 compared with First Employee
DetailB12 logo B12First Employee logo First Employee
What it doesBuild websites, online stores, and web apps by chatting with AI An AI employee that builds your business and keeps working on it
StageEstablished Not given
Founded2016 Not given
Based inUS US
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingNot given Free to build. $19/month (monthly) or $182/year (annual, -20%) for nightly shifts. Additional company: $12 once. Domain registration: at cost.
Key features
  • AI-powered website generation from text prompts
  • Visual editor with AI chat for site customization
  • Payment processing and online invoicing
  • Email marketing and automation
  • Client intake forms and contact management
  • Contracts and eSignatures
  • Mobile-responsive websites
  • Traffic analytics and reporting
  • Expert Marketplace for designers and copywriters
  • Team collaboration and multi-user access
  • Automatic company naming and market research
  • Multi-page website with contact forms published in three minutes
  • Receipt ledger for every action taken
  • Approval gates for spending, email, ads and charges
  • Nightly shifts with task queueing
  • SEO-checked pages before publication
  • Move to own domain at cost
  • Full API included with no surcharge
What makes it different
  • Websites generated in about two minutes from a text prompt without coding
  • Combination of AI automation with optional human expert support
  • Complete platform for websites, stores, and business operations in one place
  • No installation required, accessible from anywhere
  • Receipted AI work: every action recorded with tools, changes, model, tokens and links
  • No revenue share on self-managed; money never held by the company
  • Free website build that stays live forever
  • Full transparency: no model training on your business data
  • Immediate approval control over all customer-facing and spending actions
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)81 +1 (up) since last check20 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)360
Citation Flow (Majestic)4623
Referring domains (Majestic)613239

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