What can Buildy do?

One chat runs your whole business

Buildy is an AI website builder and marketing assistant for small businesses. Tell it what you need in plain words. It builds and hosts your website, makes your ads and videos, answers your phone and keeps track of your customers.

Try asking Buildy

  • Build a website for my bakery
  • Make a song ad for my spring sale
  • Which of my ads did best this month?
  • Set up my AI Receptionist
  • Make and schedule my Instagram posts for the week
  • Text every new lead right away
  • Write a blog article about my most popular service
  • Research my top 3 competitors

Highlights

Six things you may not know Buildy can do

Say the words in quotes to Buildy, or read the guide first.

Build and publish your website

Describe your business in chat. Buildy builds the site and hosts it. Click Publish to put it live.

"Build a website for my business"

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Song ads

A 30-second music video. Buildy writes the song, an animated character sings it, and the lyrics show as captions.

"Make a song ad for my business"

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Find your winning ads

Buildy reads the results from your connected ad accounts and tells you which messages to test next.

"Which of my ads did best this month?"

Read the guide

An AI Receptionist for calls and texts

It answers calls and texts on your Business Phone Number, takes messages and transfers callers to you.

"Set up my AI Receptionist"

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Call Buildy from your phone

Call your Business Phone Number from your own phone. Buildy takes your request, and the work shows in your chat.

"How do I call Buildy from my phone?"

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Follow-ups that email, text and call

Every new contact gets emails, texts and AI phone calls in the order and timing you set.

"Set up follow-ups for new leads"

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Examples

Made with Buildy

Websites, ads and a video ad. Each one started as a chat message.

Website for a cake shop
Website for a cake shop
Website for a food blog
Website for a food blog
Ad for a coffee class
Ad
Video ad
Ad for a coffee class
Ad

Marketing

Get customers with ads and social posts

Ads on six networks, social posts and broadcasts. Buildy saves each one as a draft, and nothing goes out until you approve it.

Where your ads run

What to ask for

  • Ads"Create a Meta ad for my business"
  • Ads inside ChatGPT"Create an OpenAI Ads campaign for my business"
  • Social posts"Plan a week of social posts for my business"
  • Carousels"Make a carousel post about my service"
  • Email and text broadcasts"Draft an email to my contacts about this week's offer"
  • Blog articles"Write a blog article about my most popular service"
  • Search ranking"Improve my site's search ranking"
  • Campaign plan"Plan an ad campaign for my business"
A 30-second comedy ad Buildy made, with voiceover, music and captions

Media

AI videos and images

Buildy makes the clips and edits them together with a song, a voiceover and captions. Each finished video lands in Images & Video.

  • Short videos
  • Voiceovers and captions
  • Explainer videos
  • Real-looking photos
  • Ad and post images
  • Photo edits
  • Straight to an ad or post
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Phone

AI Receptionist and business phone number

  • Customers call. Your AI Receptionist answers.It also replies to texts and chats with visitors on your website.
  • Take calls yourself.Set yourself to Available and answer calls to your number in your browser.
  • Follow-ups go out on a schedule.Emails, texts and AI calls to every new contact.
  • Transfers callers to you
  • Takes messages
  • Rings your team first
  • Your choice of name, voice and language
  • Knows your hours, services and prices
  • A chat or voice button on your site

"Get me a business phone number"

Read the guide

Hear a receptionist voice

Contacts and CRM

Call, text and email your customers yourself

  • Call, text or email any contact.Open a contact and click Call, Text or Email. Calls and texts go out from your Business Phone Number.
  • Answer calls in your browser.Set yourself to Available. When a customer calls your Business Phone Number, click Answer and talk. Set Unavailable when you are busy.
  • Everyone in one list.Contacts holds everyone who calls, texts, chats with your site or fills in a form, with each call and message on their page.
Read the guide

More requests

Say it, and Buildy does it

Say these words as they are, or change them to fit your business.

Talk to Buildy

  • Chat"What should I do next for my business?"
  • Voice call"How do I talk to Buildy by voice?"
  • Memory"What do you remember about my business?"
  • YouTube links"Write my About page from this YouTube video"
  • PDFs and files"Build a page from this PDF"

Plan your business

  • Market research"Research my top 3 competitors"
  • Offer and audience"Help me pick my best customer and offer"
  • Sales copy"Rewrite my home page to sell better"
  • Business Profile"Update my business hours and prices"
  • Auto-replies"How do I turn on auto-replies for texts and emails?"

Build and sell

  • Online store"Build an online store for my products"
  • Payments"Add a pay button to my site"
  • Domain and email"Find a domain name for my business"
  • Lead forms"Add a contact form that saves leads to Contacts"
  • Import your website"Import my current website"
  • Visual Editor"How do I use the Visual Editor?"
  • Undo anything"How do I undo my last change?"

Questions

Common questions about Buildy

Short answers. The guides in the full list have the steps.

What is Buildy?

Buildy is an AI website builder and marketing assistant for small businesses. You tell it what you need in a chat, and it builds and hosts your website, makes your ads and videos, answers your phone and keeps your customer list.

Who is Buildy for?

Small business owners, local services, coaches, experts and founders who want a website and marketing without hiring a developer or an agency.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You describe what you want in plain words, and Buildy writes the code. You can still download your code at any time.

How much does Buildy cost?

Paid plans start at $24 a month. The Pro plan has a 10-day free trial: you add a card and pay nothing until day 10. A Business Phone Number, video credits and domain renewals cost extra.

Can Buildy build and host my website?

Yes. Describe your business in chat and Buildy builds the site. Click Publish to put it live. Every site gets a free link, and you can add your own domain.

Can I use my own domain name?

Yes. Buy a domain in Buildy, or connect one you already own from GoDaddy, Namecheap, Cloudflare or any other registrar.

How is Buildy different from Wix or Squarespace?

With Wix or Squarespace you edit a template yourself. With Buildy you describe what you want and it builds the site for you. Buildy also makes your ads, answers your phone and follows up with your leads.

Can Buildy run my ads?

Buildy creates ads for Meta, Google, TikTok, LinkedIn, X and OpenAI and saves them as drafts. You connect your ad account and publish. The ad network bills you for the spend.

Does Buildy post ads or social posts without my approval?

No. Buildy saves ads, social posts and broadcasts as drafts. Nothing goes out until you approve it.

Can Buildy answer my business phone?

Yes. Your AI Receptionist answers calls and texts on your Business Phone Number, takes messages and transfers callers to you. You can also answer calls yourself in your browser.

Can I call, text and email my customers from Buildy?

Yes. Open a contact and click Call, Text or Email. Calls and texts go out from your Business Phone Number, which needs a paid plan.

Reference

The full list

Every item opens its guide in the Help Center.

Not on the list? Ask anyway.

If Buildy cannot do it, Buildy tells you and suggests another way.