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First Employee vs Opalina

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First Employee compared with Opalina
DetailFirst Employee logo First EmployeeOpalina logo Opalina
What it doesAn AI employee that builds your business and keeps working on it Design before the first token
StageNot given Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inUS IT
Pricing modelFreemium Not given
PricingFree to build. $19/month (monthly) or $182/year (annual, -20%) for nightly shifts. Additional company: $12 once. Domain registration: at cost. Not given
Key features
  • 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
  • Color ramps from brand, accent, neutrals and status colors with contrast checks
  • Light and dark mode support
  • Typography controls with Google Fonts or custom fonts
  • Icon library selection with Lucide, Phosphor, Tabler, Iconoir or Pixel
  • Spacing and layout controls
  • 100 React components built on Base UI
  • Version history with autosaves for 30 days and milestones forever
  • Agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and GitHub Copilot
  • Export as ZIP, theme.css, components and DESIGN.md
  • Accessibility options with AA or AAA contrast and touch targets
What makes it different
  • 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
  • Designs theme, components, DESIGN.md and agent skills together so your agent applies decisions consistently to every screen
  • Projects link keeps every app install on the latest milestone when you update your design
  • Everything you export is yours and works without Opalina
  • Works with existing shadcn projects without overwriting components
  • theme.css and tokens.json work in any Tailwind v4 project and non-React tools
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)20 no change since last checkNot checked yet no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)00
Citation Flow (Majestic)230
Referring domains (Majestic)390

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