Hoverlab vs Preline
Both of these are catalogs of ready-made interface code, and the interesting differences are not the component counts. They are what each one gives away, what each one charges for, and what you are actually buying when you pay.
Preline’s figures below were read from their own site on 10 September 2026. Ours are computed from the catalog at build time. Prices move; go and check theirs.
What Preline does better than we do
The free tier is the story. 640 components, 189 blocks, five templates and the entire Figma design system, for nothing and without an account — a better free offer than several of the paid tiers in this table, and the closest thing here to what we do. Their paid tier still holds the volume gap at 780 blocks and 207 pages.
This is the first thing on the page on purpose. You would have found it out anyway, and a comparison where the author wins every row is an advertisement — which readers of this particular kind of page recognise faster than most.
Side by side
| Row | Hoverlab | Preline |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $79 one-time | $249 one-time |
| Price ladder | $79 Pro / $299 Studio / $999 Enterprise, one-time, plus a per-seat Team plan | Free tier, $249 solo, $459 for 15 developers, custom for enterprise |
| What ships | 1,126 effects, 307 blocks, 126 pages, 32 templates | 780+ blocks, 21 premium templates across 207 pages, 100 animated icons, 37 AI-built demos |
| Free tier | The whole catalog — readable, copyable and installable, with no account. Plus the CLI, the MCP server and an unauthenticated HTTP API. | All 640+ components, 189 blocks, 5 premium templates and the full Figma design system — no account required |
| Design files | Importable Figma frames and Dev Mode pairing — frames, not a component library | Yes — a Figma library |
| Agent access | MCP server, packaged agent skills, a public API and a shadcn registry. No key, no metering. | MCP free until 1 January 2027, then a subscription |
| What is behind the wall | The licence — everything is readable and copyable, you buy the right to ship | The source — you can look, you buy the code |
The difference that is not a number
Every catalog in this market withholds something until you pay, and this is where the two businesses actually diverge.
Hoverlab
The licence — everything is readable and copyable, you buy the right to ship
Everything is readable, copyable and installable before you pay anything. What Pro buys is the commercial licence.
Decide for yourself
You do not have to take any of this on trust — the catalog is open without an account, so the fastest way to settle it is to install one thing from each and read the code.