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Xakto compared with Brilliant
DetailXakto logo XaktoBrilliant logo Brilliant
What it doesInspect and edit any website like a design tool, then hand the changes to your coding agent Design with AI agents on a professional canvas, free
StageNot given MVP
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inNZ Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Freemium
PricingFree: $0 forever, no card or account required. Pro: $59 a year (about $4.92 a month billed yearly), or monthly subscription available. Lifetime: $149 once, for the first six months or 200 buyers, includes every 1.x version and version 2 at half price. Team: $12 a seat, a month, from three seats, com Free: $0 forever with every design feature, unlimited MCP agents, public projects and drops (2 GB), in-app chat with your own AI (10 messages a day). Personal: $20 per month with private projects, 50 GB storage, unlimited in-app chat on your own key, and base Brilliant AI allowance. Pro: $50 per mon
Key features
  • Inspect CSS, Tailwind, React and HTML
  • Edit the live page like a design tool
  • Check WCAG 2.2 AA and usability heuristics
  • Clone pages to React, Figma, PDF or HTML
  • Extract design system as DESIGN.md and W3C design tokens
  • MCP server for Claude Code, Cursor, Codex and other coding agents
  • Full site scan
  • Annotations and reports
  • Page export to Figma, PDF, HTML, CSS, PNG, JPG
  • Infinite canvas with native vector editing
  • AI agents that design directly on the canvas
  • Design repositories with branching and version control
  • Auto layout and components with variants
  • Open, non-proprietary Blueprint file format
  • Import from Figma and Sketch
  • MCP protocol support for any coding agent
  • Real-time multiplayer collaboration
  • Export to React, HTML, SVG, PDF and code
  • Design systems with tokens and semantic modes
What makes it different
  • Hand changes directly to your coding agent over MCP
  • All work stays on your computer, no server reads your pages
  • Founding price locked for life, no surprise subscription increases
  • Pay once with Lifetime option including version 2 at half price
  • Full refund within 14 days, no questions asked
  • AI agents speak MCP natively and work on your canvas, not in a separate chat
  • Design files are code via Blueprint format that syncs with your repository
  • Full professional tool is completely free with unlimited MCP agents
  • GitHub-style version control and branching for design files
  • AI agents stay on brand via design system linting
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)Not checked yet no change since last check18 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)09
Citation Flow (Majestic)1230
Referring domains (Majestic)1101

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