# How to Vibe Code Your Own Swipe Pages (and Stop Paying for It)

> Best Landing Page Builder for Conversions

- Site: https://swipepages.com
- Category: Marketing SaaS
- Verdict: **Serious undertaking** (38/100 vibecodeable)
- Estimated effort: 6+ weeks of part-time work

## Verdict

You can build a personal clone of the core builder and lead collection features, but the AMP compiler and visual WYSIWYG layout engine will demand significant engineering effort.

Replicating a tool like Swipe Pages requires building a full visual canvas editor that outputs responsive layouts, which is notoriously difficult to code from scratch even with AI assistance. Furthermore, generating valid Google AMP HTML from arbitrary user designs involves writing complex parsing and transformation logic that easily breaks under edge cases. If your goal is just to spin up fast landing pages, paying for the actual product is vastly more efficient than spending weeks debugging compiler edge cases and canvas state sync.

### What you can't replicate

- The exact proprietary AMP compiler pipeline and instant edge caching architecture
- The massive library of professionally designed conversion templates
- The existing agency user base and ecosystem trust

## What it does

Cloud-based landing page and sales funnel builder featuring AI copy generation, AMP optimization, and server-side A/B testing.

### Core features

- Visual drag-and-drop WYSIWYG editor with multi-breakpoint responsive layout engine
- AI landing page and copy generator assistant
- AMP (Accelerated Mobile Pages) compilation engine transforming layout trees into valid AMP HTML
- Server-side A/B testing and traffic splitting engine
- Dynamic text replacement (DTR) using URL query parameters
- Sales funnels with multi-step forms and Stripe checkout integration
- Client subaccounts, role-based team management, and global blocks
- Lead collection dashboard with webhook and Zapier export pipelines

## The business

### Pricing

- Startup: $29/mo — For individuals launching basic landing pages.
- Marketer: $69/mo — For marketers needing AMP and conversion tools.
- Agency: $149/mo — For agencies managing client accounts.

Founded 2020.
Team size: 2-10.

## The hard parts

- Building a performant visual drag-and-drop layout builder with complex CSS flexbox/grid bindings, undo/redo, and cross-device scaling
- Writing a reliable compiler that converts arbitrary visual node trees into strict, valid AMP-compliant HTML without breaking interactive components
- Engineering a low-latency server-side A/B testing router that caches variants and logs conversions without delaying page render speeds
- Automating global static asset minification, image optimization, and DNS/SSL provisioning for custom user domains via CDN APIs

## How to vibe code Swipe Pages

### Prerequisites

- Node.js (free): Required for running the Next.js full-stack framework and package manager.
- GitHub (free): Source code repository and deployment pipeline integration.
- Anthropic API Key (pay-as-you-go): Powers the AI landing page generator assistant.

### Recommended AI tools

- Claude Code: Best-in-class coding agent for scaffolding multi-file components, database schemas, and transformation pipelines.
- Cursor: Ideal for fine-tuning the complex drag-and-drop canvas UI and responsive CSS modules.

### Stack

- Frontend: Next.js with Tailwind CSS and a visual canvas state manager
- Backend: Next.js Server Actions and API Routes
- Database: Turso
- Auth: better-auth
- Payments: Stripe
- Other: Vercel AI SDK, Resend

### Hosting

- Vercel (Hosting the Next.js application and serving published static landing pages via edge network): $0-20/mo
- Turso (Storing user accounts, landing page JSON schemas, and form submissions): $0/mo

### Build guide

1. **Project Scaffolding & Database Schema** — Initialize the Next.js project with Tailwind CSS, configure Turso database with Drizzle ORM, and set up better-auth for user authentication.

```
Scaffold a new Next.js project using App Router, TypeScript, and Tailwind CSS. Set up Turso for the database using Drizzle ORM with tables for users, projects, landing_pages (storing JSON layout trees), and leads. Integrate better-auth for email/password authentication. Create the base dashboard layout with sidebar navigation for managing landing pages and viewing captured leads.
```

2. **Visual Drag-and-Drop Canvas Editor** — Build a modular WYSIWYG canvas where users can select sections, reorder components (hero, pricing table, features, forms), and edit properties.

```
Build a visual landing page editor interface with a component sidebar, a central canvas supporting responsive breakpoint toggles (desktop, tablet, mobile), and a right-hand property inspector panel. Implement a JSON-based component tree state management system supporting sections like Hero, Features, Pricing Table, and Lead Form. Ensure users can click elements to update text, colors, and padding in real time.
```

3. **AI Landing Page Assistant** — Integrate the Vercel AI SDK and Anthropic API to generate landing page structure and copy from a business description prompt.

```
Implement an AI assistant modal ('Genie') using the Vercel AI SDK and Anthropic API. When a user inputs their business description and goal, prompt the LLM to output a structured JSON layout tree matching our landing page component schema. Automatically populate the canvas with generated headlines, value propositions, and call-to-action buttons.
```

4. **AMP Compiler & Publishing Engine** — Build a compilation pipeline that translates the visual layout JSON tree into valid AMP HTML with optimized assets.

```
Write a server-side compilation utility that takes a landing page's JSON component tree and converts it into valid Google AMP HTML (substituting standard tags with amp-img, amp-carousel, etc., and stripping unauthorized custom JavaScript). Create a dynamic publishing route that renders these published pages instantly from database records with custom slug mapping.
```

5. **Lead Capture, Forms & Analytics** — Add multi-step form handling, lead data storage, conversion tracking goals, and dashboard analytics export.

```
Implement a form submission handler for published landing pages that validates inputs, stores lead records in Turso, triggers email notifications via Resend, and supports optional webhook forwarding. Build a lead management dashboard with CSV export and basic conversion analytics tracking form views, submissions, and conversion rates.
```

### Cost vs paying

**Starting costs (one-time):**

- Custom Domain for testing: $12
- AI API starting credits: $10
- Total: ~$22 one-time

**Ongoing costs (monthly):**

- Vercel Hosting: $0-20/mo
- Turso & Resend: $0/mo
- Total: ~$0-20/mo

- Paying for the SaaS instead: $69/mo
- Build time: 45-60 hours
- AI tool credits: $20
- Break-even: 1 month

## Sources

- [Swipe Pages Homepage](https://swipepages.com)
- [Swipe Pages Pricing](https://swipepages.com/pricing)
- [Swipe Pages Features](https://swipepages.com/features)