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Tempo Review (2026)
A visual builder that edits a real React codebase directly, so designers can move things on a canvas while engineers keep working in the same repository.
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Assessed for 2026A good answer to a narrow problem. Tempo puts a canvas on top of an actual React repository rather than a proprietary document, so a designer can move a component and an engineer sees a normal diff. Code ownership at 4.4 reflects that honestly. It is not trying to build your backend, the agent is average, and if nobody on your team writes React the premise collapses. Buy it for the handoff problem, not for the building problem.
- Best for
- Mixed teams where a designer and an engineer need to edit the same front end without fighting
- Not for
- Solo non-technical founders, who will not benefit from the thing that makes it interesting
- Price from
- 24 EUR
- Free tier
- Yes
The ten axes
Every builder in the index is scored on the same ten axes with the same published weights. This is how Tempo performed on our test briefs.
- Reliability16%
- 3.6
- Integrations16%
- 3.3
- SEO and GEO13%
- 3.5
- Design quality12%
- 4.0
- Agent performance10%
- 3.5
- Speed9%
- 3.9
- Value9%
- 3.7
- Scalability7%
- 3.4
- API and MCP access5%
- 3.1
- Code ownership3%
- 4.4
Every axis is scored from 0 to 5 stars. The percentage is that axis's published weight in the overall 3.6 rating.
The verdict
A good answer to a narrow problem. Tempo puts a canvas on top of an actual React repository rather than a proprietary document, so a designer can move a component and an engineer sees a normal diff. Code ownership at 4.4 reflects that honestly. It is not trying to build your backend, the agent is average, and if nobody on your team writes React the premise collapses. Buy it for the handoff problem, not for the building problem.
A visual builder that edits a real React codebase directly, so designers can move things on a canvas while engineers keep working in the same repository.
The dissenting view
One panellist called the reliability mark harsh, noting every failure in our tests came from the underlying project rather than Tempo itself. The score covers the experience as delivered.
One member of the panel disagreed with the consensus. We publish the disagreement rather than average it away.
What it looks like
Pricing
Free tier for one project, paid plans from about 24 EUR per month
| Plan | Price | Billing | What you get |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Free | monthly | One project, single editor |
| Pro | 24 EUR | monthly | Unlimited projects, two-way GitHub sync |
| Team | 60 EUR | monthly | Seats, shared design tokens, review flow |
Feature by feature
The same eleven checks, run on every builder in the index.
| Capability | Status |
|---|---|
| Full-stack backend | No |
| Database included | Bring your own |
| Auth included | Bring your own |
| Code export | Yes, it is your repository |
| GitHub sync | Yes, two-way |
| One-click deploy | Yes, to common hosts |
| Custom domain | Wherever you host it |
| Mobile or native output | Responsive web only |
| Team collaboration | Yes, this is the point |
| Public API or MCP server | No |
| Self-hosting the output | Yes, always |
What works / What does not
What works
- Two-way GitHub sync means designers and engineers share one source of truth
- Edits land as readable diffs rather than opaque platform state
- Code ownership at 4.4 with no lock-in
What does not
- No backend, database or auth of its own
- Only pays off if somebody on the team writes React
- Agent performance is middling next to the prompt-first builders
User reviews
13 ratings for Tempo, editor panel first. Community ratings accumulate on top of our seeded launch score.
Community rating
- 5 ★38%
- 4 ★31%
- 3 ★15%
- 2 ★8%
- 1 ★8%
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- Editor panel
Ended a two-year argument in my studio
Rafael Otero@rafaelotero
Runs a six-person studio building client web apps. Cares about handover more than novelty.
Our designer changes something, it lands as a pull request, our developer reviews it like any other change. That is the whole value and it is worth the money. It does not build backends and I did not want it to. The agent is unremarkable, but I am not buying it for the agent.
- Pros
- Two-way sync means one source of truth. Real diffs.
- Cons
- Only useful if someone on the team writes React.
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- Editor panel
Not the tool for a marketing team on its own
Clara Fonseca@clarafonseca
Marketing lead. My interest in these tools begins and ends with whether the page ranks.
I wanted to stop filing tickets for page edits. It does allow that, but only after our engineers spent a day setting it up, and I still have to understand components to avoid breaking a layout. If you have engineering support it is good. If you were hoping to escape needing them, this is not the escape.
- Pros
- I can edit pages without waiting for a deploy.
- Cons
- Needed engineering setup and still needs engineering literacy.
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Frequently asked
- What problem does Tempo actually solve?
- The design and engineering handoff. It edits the real React codebase visually, so a designer change is a pull request rather than a Figma file somebody has to reimplement.
- Does Tempo build backends?
- No. It is front end only. Pair it with your own API, Xano or Supabase.
- Is there lock-in with Tempo?
- Very little. The repository is yours and stays a normal React project, which is why it scores 4.4 on code ownership.
Sources
- Tempo product site · 14 August 2026
- Tempo pricing page · 14 August 2026