Can you build a website with Claude for free?

By Povilas, who runs Ginta · 5 November 2026 · 4 min read

Yes. On Claude's free plan you can ask Claude to design a website, see it as an artifact, and publish that artifact as a public link. To put it online as a real website (its own address, a contact form that reaches you, changes later), connect a website host to Claude: on the free plan Anthropic allows one custom connector, and Ginta is also in Claude's connector directory. The one thing that always costs money is your own domain. Below: what each part costs, step by step, and what to ask.

Claude's plan details were checked in Anthropic's help centre on 5 November 2026. Ginta is our product.

What Claude's free plan can do

A published artifact is fine for showing a design to a friend. For a business it has three gaps: the address is Claude's, not yours; a form on it doesn't send anywhere; and search engines don't see it as your business's website.

Step by step: Claude Free + Ginta Free

1. Connect Ginta to Claude. Open Ginta in Claude's connector directory, or add it as a custom connector with the address https://ginta.app/mcp (Settings → Connectors). A Ginta window opens: create a free account or sign in, and press Allow.
2. Ask for the website in your own words: "Use Ginta to make a website for my dog grooming business in Leeds. Prices: small dogs £35, large dogs £55. Open Tuesday to Saturday. Phone 0113 496 0000." Give real details: the assistant shouldn't invent prices or phone numbers.
3. Wait a minute or two. Claude designs the pages, publishes them with Ginta and checks the result on a phone and a computer. You get a link like your-name.ginta.page.
4. Confirm your email with the link Ginta sends, so form messages reach your inbox.
5. Ask for changes in the same chat: new prices, another photo, a booking section. Every change is saved as a version you can undo.

What it costs: nothing so far. Building through Claude uses no Ginta credits, because Claude does the AI work on your Claude plan. Ginta's free plan keeps the website online at its ginta.page address, with a small "Made with Ginta" badge, and includes booking, a shop, a menu and the other ready-made parts (with free-plan limits such as 30 bookings a month per website).

When you'll want to pay

• Your own domain. Ginta's Hosting plan, made for people who build with their own AI, is €5 a month for 1 domain, without the badge. You can connect a domain you own or buy one inside Ginta for €29 a year.
• Longer conversations. Claude's free plan has usage limits. A one-page website fits easily; several pages, many rounds of changes or big photos use more of your limit, and Claude may ask you to wait.
• Ginta's own builder. If you'd rather not use Claude for every change, Ginta's own chat works too: it uses Ginta credits (25 free when you confirm your email, then 5 a day).

What to ask Claude

• "Show me how it looks on a phone": Claude takes screenshots of the live page and fixes what looks weak.
• "Add online booking for haircuts, 30 minutes, £25": Ginta's booking part, with confirmation emails.
• "Give me a link to send my photos": Claude gets a Ginta link where you drop photos straight from your phone.
• "Make it private while I finish it": visitors then need a password.
• "What messages did I get this week?": Claude reads your Ginta inbox.

Written with AI help for Ginta, which Povilas runs; he also teaches a website-building course. The screenshots are from the real Ginta on the date above, and prices come from our pricing page.