Image: Automattic via TechCrunch
Why it mattersA team using an AI agent to build a small app now has another place to host it. The free plan is 20 spaces. The paid plan starts at $5 a month.
Automattic opened Spacefast to the public. It is a hosting platform for the small apps and sites that AI agents write. Each app gets its own Space with a live URL, a database, file uploads, analytics and version history.
TechCrunch reports that Spacefast launched after a soft rollout earlier in the autumn. The project is led by Batuhan Icoz, who worked on Automattic's Beeper messaging app.
What a space is
A Space is one app with its own URL. The owner can share the link or keep it private. Each change gets its own saved version, so a rollback is one click and no rebuild. Fifteen AI agents work with Spacefast, including Claude, ChatGPT, Grok and Cursor. A user can also push code through Git or the Spacefast CLI.
The hosting side includes a built-in database, file uploads for media, basic web analytics and transactional email. Spacefast says the email feature is still in private beta. Enterprises can add single sign-on and a service level agreement on the top plan.
The pricing
The free plan allows 20 spaces and custom domains. Paid plans:
- Go, $5 a month, unlimited spaces plus $5 of usage credit.
- Plus, $15 a month, with 10 team seats and $15 of usage credit.
- Enterprise, with custom pricing, SSO and an SLA.
The prices are on the public homepage at spacefast.com. The usage credit covers compute, storage and other variable costs.
Why Automattic positions it against Lovable
Lovable passed $600 million in annualised revenue earlier this year. Its product puts the model, the editor and the host in one chain. The user types a prompt, Lovable's AI writes the app, and Lovable hosts it.
Spacefast splits that chain. The user picks the agent. Icoz told TechCrunch that the advantage over Lovable is "giving users a choice of their agent". The user keeps a Claude or ChatGPT or Cursor login they already have and points it at Spacefast. For enterprises, Icoz said Spacefast also solves the problem where different teams end up on different tools.
The split has a cost. Lovable can tune its agent for its hosting stack. Spacefast's agent integrations have to handle whatever every agent sends. The practical difference for a reader is one of movement. An app built outside Spacefast can be pushed in through Git or the CLI. An app started inside Spacefast can be exported.
The company context matters too. Automattic went through CEO Matt Mullenweg's ouster and reinstatement, a board replacement and company-wide layoffs. Spacefast is a bet on a category that is new since those changes.
The reader's choice is now which hosting stack they want for AI-built apps. A team already using Claude or ChatGPT to make internal tools, mockups or landing pages has another option. The free tier of 20 spaces is enough to try one.
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