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Build the Apps Your Business Needs by Describing Them

Tell AI Studio what you need in plain English: a client portal, a quote calculator, a storefront. It builds a working app with logins, a database, and checkout. Because it lives inside SMBcrm, every lead, booking, and sale lands in the CRM you already use.

User logins and a real database
Checkout from your SMBcrm catalog
Leads flow to contacts and workflows
Search-ready, server-rendered pages
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What's new

It started as a page builder. Now it builds apps.

AI Studio used to stop at the page: a landing page, a service site, a booking page. New projects now run as full web apps. They can store data, let people sign in, accept payments, run logic on the server, and call other services securely. You still start the same way, by describing what you want.

  • Before Landing pages and websites
    Now Websites and web apps
  • Before Forms that capture leads
    Now Forms that create contacts and start workflows
  • Before Static pages
    Now Server-rendered pages, server functions, and APIs
  • Before No place to store data
    Now A database, user accounts, and file storage per app
  • Before Link out to a separate checkout
    Now Hosted checkout and subscriptions inside the app

Older projects keep working as they are. You can migrate any of them to the new app setup as a draft copy whenever you're ready.

Capabilities

Everything an app needs, in the account you already run

Four layers, one place. Build it, give it a backend, connect it to the business, and launch it.

Build

Describe it, then shape it your way.

  • Describe it, get a working app

    Start from a prompt, a URL, or a screenshot. AI Studio plans the work as a task list you can follow and keeps your project's context between sessions.

  • Edit by clicking, not prompting

    Click any element in the preview to change colors, fonts, spacing, images, icons, or text. Direct edits apply instantly and don't use AI tokens.

  • Open the code when you want to

    A built-in code editor with project-wide search, version history, and rollback. When something breaks, "Try to fix" asks the AI to correct it.

  • Use your brand assets

    Pull images and files from your Media Library into chat, visual edits, and publish settings so every build stays on brand.

AI Studio Visual Edits panel for a selected headline, with controls for content, typography, color and spacing.
Select any element and change it directly. No AI tokens used.

Backend

AI Studio Cloud gives every app a real backend, managed inside your project.

app.smbcrm.com
AI Studio Cloud overview showing a managed database with tables, user signups and auth settings, and file storage for an app.

  • A database for your app

    Tables you can view and edit, access rules you can ask AI Studio to write, daily backups, and a one-click health check.

  • User accounts and logins

    Signup, invitations, email confirmation, and password reset, sent from your own account's email with links back to your app. Email and password sign-in for now.

  • File storage

    Public or private buckets for uploads, with size limits and access rules. Private files are only for signed-in users.

  • Server logic and secrets

    Server functions and API endpoints handle logic and webhooks and connect to outside services, including the SMBcrm API with a private integration token. API keys stay in a secrets vault, out of your page source.

Business

Wired into how you already sell and follow up.

AI Studio Payments panel offering built-in payments and products from your CRM catalog, with an Enable Payments button.
Turn on Payments and pick the products from your catalog the app can sell.

  • Sell from your catalog

    Ask for payments and AI Studio adds product pages and a hosted checkout using the products and processors already in your SMBcrm account. Card details never touch your app's code.

  • Subscriptions, coupons, and one-click upsells

    Sell subscriptions (more than one per cart), take coupon codes, and offer an add-on after purchase that buyers accept with one click.

  • Leads land in your CRM

    Connected forms create contacts, show up in Form Submissions, and keep each visitor's page history on their contact record. App signups and purchases can create contacts too.

  • Follow-up that starts itself

    Form submissions, signups, and purchases can start any workflow: send an email or text, apply a tag, create an opportunity, or alert your team. Connected calendars handle booking.

Launch

Get found, go live, and see what is working.

  • Built to be found

    Pages are rendered on the server, so search engines, social previews, and AI crawlers see real titles, headings, and copy. Sitemaps included when you publish on your custom domain.

  • Your domain

    Publish to your own domain. Domains already in your SMBcrm account are detected for you.

  • Analytics built in

    Page views, unique visitors, opt-in rate, traffic sources, devices, and locations, with no tracking code to install. Compare against your Funnels and Websites.

  • Control who can edit

    Give team members view-only access, or view and manage. Only the people you choose can change a live app.

AI Studio site analytics overview with page views, opt-ins, opt-in rate and a page views chart.
Page views, opt-ins, and opt-in rate, with no tracking code to install.
What you can build

Small apps that do real work

A few examples of what small businesses can build. Each one runs on the same account as your contacts, calendars, and payments.

Client portal

Clients sign in to check project status, download deliverables, and upload documents. Want something standard instead? See our ready-made Client Portal.

  • Logins
  • Database
  • Private files

Quote calculator

Visitors enter job details, see a price range, and request a firm quote. They're added to your CRM and your follow-up starts on its own.

  • Forms to CRM
  • Workflow trigger
  • Analytics

Online store with subscriptions

Product pages from your catalog, a cart, hosted checkout, monthly plans, and a one-click add-on after purchase.

  • Checkout
  • Subscriptions
  • One-click upsell

Order-ahead menu

A cafe, bakery, or meal-prep menu with sizes and options, coupon codes, and pickup notes.

  • Checkout
  • Product variations
  • Coupons

Booking page with a service menu

Customers compare services, see what's included, and book a time on your real calendar.

  • Calendar
  • Forms to CRM
  • SEO

Client intake app

New clients create an account, complete a step-by-step intake, and upload photos or documents privately.

  • Logins
  • Private files
  • Workflow trigger

Member resource library

Members subscribe, get a login automatically, and browse guides, templates, and recordings you add over time.

  • Subscriptions
  • Logins
  • File storage

Team job tracker

Your staff log in to track jobs, statuses, and notes, with contact and opportunity data pulled from SMBcrm through its API.

  • Logins
  • Database
  • SMBcrm API

ROI calculator or quiz

Visitors answer a few questions, get a personalized result, and opt in to receive it by email.

  • Forms to CRM
  • Workflow trigger
  • Analytics

Building for clients? Consultants can build these on each client's own SMBcrm account, so leads and orders land in the client's CRM. Use AI Studio permissions to control who can edit.

Why AI Studio

The backend is your business

Standalone AI app builders can generate an app. Then you connect the CRM, email, booking, payments, and analytics yourself. In SMBcrm, those are already there.

Leads A stitched-together stack A form tool, plus a connector to push entries into your CRM AI Studio in SMBcrm Connected forms create contacts and keep their visit history
Follow-up A stitched-together stack A separate email and SMS tool, wired to the form AI Studio in SMBcrm Form submissions, signups, and purchases start your SMBcrm workflows
Payments A stitched-together stack Set up a payment integration and rebuild your product list AI Studio in SMBcrm Your existing catalog, processors, orders, and subscriptions
Backend A stitched-together stack Another account for a database, logins, and file storage AI Studio in SMBcrm Turn on Cloud inside the project
Analytics A stitched-together stack Install a tracking script that doesn't know your contacts AI Studio in SMBcrm Built in, with visits shown on contact records
Hosting A stitched-together stack A hosting plan for each app AI Studio in SMBcrm Included in your SMBcrm plan
Bills and logins A stitched-together stack One per tool AI Studio in SMBcrm One SMBcrm account
How it works

From idea to live app in four steps

  1. Describe it

    Type what you need, paste a URL, or upload a screenshot. AI Studio asks questions if something's unclear, then builds a first version you can click through.

  2. Shape it

    Keep chatting, click to edit anything on the page, or open the code. Every change is saved, so you can roll back at any time.

  3. Connect it

    Turn on Cloud for logins and data, turn on Payments and choose which products the app can sell, and connect forms and calendars so leads and bookings reach your CRM. AI Studio asks before it builds anything against Cloud or Payments.

  4. Launch and learn

    Publish to your domain, test checkout in test mode before going live, then watch visits, opt-ins, and submissions in the built-in analytics.

Pricing

Pay for what you build, or cover it with AI Employee

AI Studio is available on every SMBcrm plan. Building with AI is pay-per-use, or covered by an AI Employee allowance that refreshes in five-hour windows. Clicking to edit in the preview doesn't use AI at all.

Growth · $97/mo

Included AI Studio usage, refreshed in five-hour windows.

Unlimited · $147/mo

Three times the Growth allowance in each five-hour window. Included with Enterprise.

AI Studio Cloud is billed separately. The Tiny database size is free. Larger sizes are billed hourly, and file storage is billed for what you store. Database storage can grow but not shrink, and reserved capacity is billed even while Cloud is paused. If billing can't cover Cloud, your app's backend pauses without deleting data.

No separate hosting or publishing fee. Your payment processor's fees apply to app sales.

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Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

What is AI Studio?
AI Studio is SMBcrm's AI app builder. You describe a website or web app in plain language, or start from a URL or screenshot, and it builds a working version you can refine by chatting, clicking, or editing code. New projects can include a database, user logins, file storage, server logic, and checkout, and they connect to your CRM and workflows.

Is AI Studio the same as Agent Studio or Managed Agents?
No. AI Studio builds websites and web apps. Agent Studio is where you build and run Managed Agents, the prompt-based agents that carry out CRM work in chat, from events, or on a schedule. AI Studio and Agent Studio sound alike, but they do different jobs and have different AI Employee allowances.

Do I need to know how to code?
No coding is needed to start. You describe what you want, and you can change most things by chatting or by clicking an element in the preview. The code is there if you or a developer want it, with search, version history, and rollback built in.

Can I take payments in an AI Studio app?
Yes. Turn on Payments, choose which products from your SMBcrm catalog the app can sell, and ask AI Studio to add a checkout. Payments use the processors, orders, and subscriptions already in your account. Checkout is hosted, so card details never touch your app's code. It supports PayPal express checkout, coupons, subscriptions, test and live modes, and one-click upsells after purchase with saved cards from supported processors. Payments works on new app projects; older projects can be migrated first.

Can people log in to my app, and where is the data stored?
Yes, when you turn on AI Studio Cloud. Each app gets its own database, user accounts, and file storage, managed inside the project in your SMBcrm account. Sign-in uses email and password in this version, and you can set an app up so a subscription purchase gives the buyer a login automatically. The database is backed up daily, and you can export tables and download files at any time. Removing Cloud permanently deletes that app's database, users, and files, so export first.

Do leads, signups, and purchases from my app go into my CRM?
Yes. Connected forms create contacts, appear in Form Submissions, and keep each visitor's page history on their contact record. App signups and purchases can also create contacts and start workflows. The AI Studio Form Submitted trigger can start any workflow, such as sending an email or text, applying a tag, or creating an opportunity. Calendars in your app can also be connected for booking.

What does AI Studio cost?
Building with AI is pay-per-use on every plan, or covered by the AI Employee add-on. Growth ($97/mo) includes AI Studio usage in five-hour windows, and Unlimited ($147/mo) includes three times the Growth allowance per window. Unlimited is included with Enterprise. Direct visual edits don't use AI. There is no separate hosting or publishing fee; published apps are covered by your normal SMBcrm plan. AI Studio Cloud is billed separately: the Tiny database is free, larger sizes are billed hourly, and file storage is billed for what you store.

Can my app use data from SMBcrm?
Yes. Server functions can call the SMBcrm API using a private integration token stored in Secrets, so the token never reaches the browser. That lets an app read or update contacts, opportunities, and other records your token allows. API documentation is at developers.smbcrm.com.

Will my AI Studio site show up in Google?
New projects render pages on the server, so search engines, social previews, and AI crawlers receive real HTML with your titles, descriptions, headings, and copy. Publish with your custom domain set as primary to get sitemap generation and social previews.

Should I use AI Studio or the Website Builder?
Use the drag-and-drop Website Builder and Funnels for standard marketing sites and funnels; Website AI is included on every plan for those. Use AI Studio when you need something templates can't do: user logins, stored data, custom calculators, custom storefronts, or server logic.
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