# Chovy

> Describe what you want in your own words. Chovy turns it into a plan, builds it, and brings the result back for you to approve — before anything goes live.

Built for founders and small teams who have a specific app, website, customer portal, or internal tool in mind and want to stay the decision-maker without becoming the engineer.

Chovy is made by Profullstack (https://profullstack.com), a software studio founded by Anthony Ettinger. Contact: hello@profullstack.com.

## How it works

1. **Tell us the idea** — A rough thought is enough. “A site where customers can book and pay for a session.”
2. **Read the plan** — Chovy turns it into screens and steps. You change what's wrong before anyone builds.
3. **Watch it get built** — Your team works. You see what's finished and what's still moving.
4. **Approve what ships** — Open the preview. Approve it, or say what to change.

## Pricing

- $1,000 USD per app, paid once before its first build, by card or crypto, with 25 agent-hours of work included.
- $400 USD per agent-hour once an app has used its included hours; an agent-hour is active working time, never idle time, and is added only with the owner's approval.
- Teams: $400 USD per agent-hour; or $28,000 USD per agent, per month, which includes 70 agent-hours and then bills at the hourly rate; or $2,800 USD per hour for a pod of 7 agents and a human director. Every agent is supervised by a person at Profullstack.
- Describing an app and reading its plan is free; you pay when you say build.
- The AI model is included, or bring your own provider key and pay them directly.
- Inviting your own developer is free. Hands-on help from the Profullstack team is quoted before any billable work.

## Four things Chovy will never do without asking

- Publish anything to the public internet.
- Buy a domain or spend your money.
- Send marketing email to your customers.
- Give anyone access to your code you didn't invite.

## Questions founders ask

- **Do I own what gets built?** Yes — the code, the repository, and the domain are yours. If you stop using Chovy, all of it leaves with you.
- **What if it builds the wrong thing?** You read the plan before anyone starts, and you approve each finished piece. Asking for changes is a normal step, not a failure — the button is right next to “Approve”.
- **Do I need a developer?** No. You can invite one whenever you want, and they'll see the full history the moment they join.
- **What does it cost?** Start with a 24-hour free trial. Then choose how you pay for AI: bring your own key and pay from $20/month for the platform, or let Chovy supply the AI with credits included from $50/month and top up when you need more. Both come in tiers that set how many apps, how much bandwidth and storage, how many domains and collaborators you get; annual billing is two months free. There is also a $1,000 lifetime deal for one app, and Enterprise for dedicated capacity. Describing an app and reading its plan is free; human help is quoted first.
- **What is the cheapest way to get one app online?** Starter: $49 once for the AI to build one small app on the Profullstack stack, with the first month of hosting included, then $2 a month to keep it online at a chovy.com subdomain. Each month is paid on its own by card or crypto; if a month goes unpaid the app stays up for a 7-day grace period, then it is suspended — taken offline, never deleted — until it is paid.
- **Is my idea private?** Your workspace is yours. Nobody sees it unless you invite them, and invited developers only see the projects you assign.
- **Is it live once I approve it?** No — and Chovy will never tell you it is. Approving records your decision. Publishing to a real domain is a separate, explicit step.

## Pages

- [Chovy — Turn an idea into a real app](https://chovy.com/): Describe what you want in your own words. Chovy turns it into a plan, builds it, and brings the result back for you to approve — before anything goes live.
- [How Chovy works](https://chovy.com/how-it-works): Five stages from a sentence to something people can use — and the five moments where the decision is yours.
- [Chovy for founders](https://chovy.com/for-founders): Own the product, not the technical stress. What a first week looks like, and what stays yours.
- [Chovy for developers](https://chovy.com/for-developers): Join a project that already has its brief, decisions, and work history. Keep your own editor and workflow.
- [What Chovy costs](https://chovy.com/pricing): A 24-hour free trial, a $49 Starter build with $2/month hosting, bring-your-own-key plans from $20/month, managed plans with AI credits from $50/month, and a $1,000 lifetime deal for one app. Nothing is charged without your approval.
- [Chovy affiliates](https://chovy.com/affiliates): Earn on every referred app purchase after actual costs, fees and $50 retained profit per agent-hour. Customers keep an assigned 5%, 10% or 20% discount.

## Company

- [About Chovy](https://chovy.com/about): Chovy is built and run by Profullstack, a software studio. Who is behind it, why it exists, and how to reach a person.
- [Contact Chovy](https://chovy.com/contact): Talk to a person before you sign up, ask about pricing, report a problem, or reach the Profullstack team.
- [Chovy privacy policy](https://chovy.com/privacy): What Chovy collects, why, where it goes, how long it is kept, and how to get it deleted.
- [Chovy terms of service](https://chovy.com/terms): The agreement between you and Profullstack when you use Chovy: what you own, what you pay, and what Chovy will never do without asking.

## Optional

- [Full content](https://chovy.com/llms-full.txt): every public page as Markdown in one file.
- [Agent notes](https://chovy.com/skill.md): what an agent can and cannot do on this site.
- [Security contact](https://chovy.com/.well-known/security.txt)