tool
v0
Vercel's generative UI builder: prompt to React and Tailwind, deployable straight to Vercel.
Price
Free tier
Licence
Proprietary
Runs commands
No
Sandbox
n/a
Pricing
Credit-based free tier; paid plans sell message credits.
Not verified against the vendor page — confirm before budgeting. Vendor pricing ↗
What it is allowed to touch
the field most directories skip| Runs shell commands | No |
| OS-level sandbox | n/a |
| Can read .env / secrets | No |
| Outbound network | No |
| Audit log | None |
Generates code in a hosted preview rather than executing in your environment.
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