Ginta vs Zarla
Ginta vs Zarla: which AI website builder is better for a small business?
Zarla and Ginta are the two AI website builders made for small businesses that also let Claude or ChatGPT build the site through an MCP server. The big differences are the free plan and the price: Zarla's free plan builds but can't publish, and its lowest price needs 36 months paid up front. Ginta's free plan puts the website online, with booking and card payments included, and paid plans are monthly.
If you'll commit for three years and want a dashboard with invoices next to the website, Zarla is worth a look. If you want the website live before you pay anything, monthly prices, or your AI assistant to manage bookings and orders too, look at Ginta.
Checked on Zarla's own website on . We make Ginta.
Ginta vs Zarla at a glance
| What | Ginta | Zarla |
|---|---|---|
| Price to start | Free plan. Paid from €5 a month (Hosting: you build with your own Claude or ChatGPT) or €19 (Light: Ginta's AI, 150 credits a month). Monthly billing; yearly = 10 months' price for 12. | Premium: US$10.99 a month on the 36-month plan (US$395.64 paid up front), then US$29 a month; US$29 a month month to month. Business: US$16.99 (36 months) or US$49. |
| Free plan | Yes: up to 20 websites live at name.ginta.page, with a small “Made with Ginta” badge. 25 AI credits when you confirm your email, then 5 a day. Booking, a shop and events included (up to 25 products, 30 bookings a month and 5 upcoming events per website), with online payments through your own Stripe, plus customer reviews you approve. | Build only: 75 AI credits, and "Upgrade when you're ready to go live." Bookings and the store are preview only. |
| AI building | Yes: describe the business in a sentence, answer a few questions, and it's live in about a minute. Change anything by asking, or click a text on the page. | Yes: the AI builds the site; 400 "AI edits & updates" a month on Premium, 1,500 on Business. |
| Hosting included | Yes, on every plan, on Cloudflare's network. | Yes, once you're on a paid plan (publishing needs one). |
| Forms that email you | Yes, on every plan: each message goes to your email (once it's confirmed) and to your Ginta inbox. | Leads arrive in Zarla's dashboard (its "leads inbox"); we found no word on email alerts on the pages we checked. |
| Custom domain | On paid plans (from €5 a month): 1 domain on Hosting and Light, more on bigger plans. Connect one you own (Ginta shows the DNS steps for your registrar) or buy one in Ginta for €29 a year, registered in your name and set up for you. | Free for the first year on 12-month and longer plans; not included with the 1-month plan. |
| Owner admin | yoursite.com/admin, when the site has a form or a ready-made part: messages, menu, bookings and the like, without the editor. You plus 1 helper on Free, 3 helpers on Light. | Zarla's dashboard holds products, orders, leads, bookings and invoices. |
| Build from Claude/ChatGPT | Yes: Ginta's MCP server (ginta.app/mcp, also in Claude's connector directory) lets Claude, ChatGPT, Claude Code, Codex or Cursor build, publish and change the site, using no Ginta credits. | Yes: an official MCP server (zarla.com/api/mcp, 27 tools) for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Gemini CLI. Edits go to a private draft; publishing needs a paid plan; it can't touch products, orders, leads, bookings or invoices. |
Ginta's prices include tax and are the same number in euros (eurozone) or US dollars (everywhere else). Zarla's prices can differ by country: check its pricing page before you buy.
When to pick Zarla
- You'll prepay for three years. US$10.99 a month on the 36-month plan (US$395.64 up front), with your domain free for the first year, is a low monthly figure if you're sure you'll stay.
- You want gift cards and invoices. Zarla's plans list selling gift cards, and its dashboard holds invoices.
- You want every change from your AI to wait in a draft. Zarla's MCP server saves edits to a private draft, and publishing "requires an explicit request". On Ginta every change goes live at once and can be undone.
- You use Gemini CLI. Zarla names it among its supported clients; we haven't tested Ginta with it.
When to pick Ginta
- You want it live for free first. Ginta's free plan publishes 20 websites at
name.ginta.page, with a small badge. Zarla's free plan is for building only. - Booking and payments without upgrading. On Ginta's free plan, booking, a shop and paid event places work, with card payments into your own Stripe account and no Ginta fee (Free: up to 25 products, 30 bookings a month and 5 upcoming events per website). Zarla's store charges a 2% fee on Premium (1% on Business), on top of card processing.
- Monthly prices. Your own domain from €5 a month (Hosting, you build with your own AI) or €19 (Light, with Ginta's AI and 150 credits a month). Cancel any month.
- Your assistant can run the business side. Through Ginta's MCP server, Claude or ChatGPT can read your messages, orders and bookings, change products and prices, and take a booking for a customer who phoned. Zarla's server can't touch products, orders, leads, bookings or invoices.
- Helpers for one website. A helper signs in at yoursite.com/admin to read messages and update the menu, products or bookings, without a Ginta account.
The MCP servers side by side
Both servers sign you in with OAuth, without API keys, and work with Claude and ChatGPT (developer mode). Ginta's is also in Claude's connector directory; Zarla says its directory listings are "in progress".
| Ginta | Zarla | |
|---|---|---|
| Address | https://ginta.app/mcp |
www.zarla.com/api/mcp |
| Tools | 19 | 27 |
| A change from the AI | Goes live at once, every version can be undone | Saved to a private draft until you ask to publish |
| Publishing on the free plan | Yes | No |
| Messages, orders, bookings | Read and manage them from the chat | Stay in the dashboard |
| Building uses the builder's AI credits | No | Building is free; Zarla doesn't say it uses credits |
Moving from Zarla to Ginta
There's no import. Paste your texts and services into Ginta's chat (or ask Claude to rebuild the site with Ginta from a screenshot), add your photos, then connect your domain in the website's Settings → Address & domain.
Sources (checked 5 November 2026)
Zarla pricing · Zarla MCP website builder · Ginta: pricing, MCP server and limits
See your website before you decide
Describe your business in one sentence and see it live in about a minute. Free to start: 25 credits when you confirm your email, then 5 a day.
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Is Zarla free?
You can build for free with 75 AI credits, but to put the website online you need a paid plan: Zarla's pricing page says to "Upgrade when you're ready to go live." Ginta's free plan publishes.
How much does Zarla really cost?
US$10.99 a month on the 36-month plan, paid up front (US$395.64), then US$29 a month; month to month it's US$29. Business is US$16.99 (36 months) or US$49. Checked 5 November 2026; prices may differ by country.
Can Claude build my website on Zarla?
Yes, Zarla has an MCP server for Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor and Gemini CLI. Its edits wait in a draft and publishing needs a paid plan. Ginta's MCP server publishes on the free plan too: see website builder MCP.
Which one is cheaper for my own domain?
Over one year paid monthly, Ginta: €5 a month on Hosting or €19 on Light, against US$29 a month on Zarla month to month. If you prepay 36 months, Zarla's Premium works out at US$10.99 a month.
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