Better Agent
Summary
Bolting an agent onto a SaaS product usually means a second backend, a new auth model, and a week of glue code before a single tool call works. BetterAgent skips that by reading the routes and server actions you already ship and wiring them directly into an agent layer.
The CLI walks your Next.js codebase, surfaces every server action and API route, and lets you approve which handlers the agent can call — scaffolding typed Zod schemas you fill in before anything reaches the model. Bearer-token forwarding means the agent runs under your user's session, so existing auth middleware and revalidation logic stays intact. UI ships as a shadcn-compatible component registry: sidebar, popup, inline bar, or command-bar, all installed with one CLI command and owned by your codebase after. Observability is per-run and token-level — latency, tool calls, spend — queryable like HTTP logs. The ceiling appears when you need branching across more than two or three dependent tool calls; the platform approves tools statically, so dynamic routing between handlers requires you to encode that logic in the handler itself.
Bottom line: Pick BetterAgent when you want an agent that acts inside a Next.js product you already have working; plan a different architecture when your agent needs to orchestrate across services outside your Next.js codebase or branch dynamically on external state.
Pricing Plans
SubscriptionLast verified 1 week ago- Price
- $0.99/mo
- Free Tier
- 500 credits / 30 days, unlimited projects
FREE
For prototyping and small projects.
- 500 credits / 30 days
- Unlimited projects
- Hosted Sonnet 4.6
STARTER
3x the runway, for less than a pack of gum.
- 1,500 credits / 30 days
- Hard-capped, no surprise charges
- Hosted Sonnet 4.6
PLUS
For agents that need a little more room.
- 4,000 credits / 30 days
- $10 per 1,000 additional credits
- Bring your own API key for unlimited usage
- Hosted Sonnet 4.6
ENTERPRISE
Custom plans for teams shipping at scale.
- Talk to sales
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Pros
Sign in to edit- CLI-driven tool discovery reads your existing server actions and routes without you writing adapter code, which means the agent's tool surface stays in sync with your codebase rather than drifting in a separate config file.
- End-user bearer-token forwarding so the agent calls your APIs under the authenticated session, which means you avoid building a second auth path and your existing middleware, rate limits, and audit logs cover agent traffic automatically.
- Shadcn-compatible component registry (sidebar, popup, inline bar, command bar) installed with one CLI command and transferred to your repo, so you own and theme the UI without maintaining a vendored dependency at runtime.
- Token-level, per-run observability with latency and spend queryable by run ID, so debugging a failed tool call takes the same time as checking an HTTP log rather than replaying an opaque model session.
- Static tool manifest — the model sees only the handlers and schemas you explicitly approved — so you control the agent's action surface without runtime surprises when the model decides to try an unapproved endpoint.
Cons
Sign in to edit- Approved handlers are locked at deploy time, so any conditional branching between tool calls based on runtime state has to be encoded inside your own handler logic. Teams building agents that need to route dynamically across three or more dependent steps end up writing orchestration inside Next.js server actions — at which point the agent layer is a thin wrapper around code they own and maintain.
- No self-hosted option exists; the runtime, observability store, and sync server are all vendor-hosted. Teams with data-residency requirements or security reviews that block third-party runtime access to production server actions cannot use BetterAgent and switch to a self-hostable agent framework instead.
- The platform is scoped to Next.js. Teams whose stack includes services outside the Next.js server — separate Python microservices, external queues, third-party webhooks — cannot register those as tools without a Next.js proxy layer, adding infrastructure the platform was meant to eliminate.
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About
- Platforms
- Next.js (App Router)
- API Available
- Yes
- Self-Hosted
- No
- Last Updated
- 2026-06-25T08:01:09.284Z
Best For
Who it's for
- Next.js SaaS teams wanting agent capabilities
- Developers who already ship server actions and routes
- Teams needing token-level observability and auth forwarding
What it does well
- Adding in-product agents that execute real server actions
- Exposing existing Next.js routes as agent tools without new infrastructure
- Embedding persistent chat panels or command bars in SaaS dashboards
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Frequently Asked Questions
- Is Better Agent free?
- Better Agent has a permanent free tier alongside paid upgrades (paid plans from $0.99/mo). You can keep using a baseline version indefinitely without paying.
- Is Better Agent open source?
- No — Better Agent is a closed-source tool. Source code is not publicly available.
- Does Better Agent have an API?
- Yes. Better Agent exposes a developer API. See the official documentation at https://betteragent.dev for details.
- What platforms does Better Agent support?
- Better Agent is available on: Next.js (App Router).
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BetterAgent is a hosted agent layer that attaches to existing Next.js codebases without new infrastructure. The workflow is three commands: `betteragent discover` walks your project and lists every server action, API route, and exported handler; you select which ones the agent may call and write descriptions the model uses to decide when to invoke them; `betteragent sync` diffs against the vendor’s server and ships the approved tool manifest. At runtime the agent reads data through GET routes, mutates state through server actions, and can steer the UI through client actions — three primitives, one protocol. Routes are locked at deploy time; the model sees only the names and schemas you approved.
The differentiating feature is auth forwarding. The vendor’s docs describe the SDK dispatching server-action calls so that your existing session context, revalidation logic, and bearer tokens pass through unchanged. This means the agent operates as the authenticated end-user, not as a separate service principal — no new IAM roles, no token-exchange middleware, no shadow auth path to audit.
BetterAgent fits Next.js SaaS teams that have already shipped a working product and want to add an agent surface without rebuilding the backend. It breaks when the agent needs to branch conditionally across tool calls based on runtime state — approved handlers are static, so multi-step conditional logic has to live inside your own handler code, not in the agent’s decision layer. Teams whose agents need to span multiple services or run tasks outside the Next.js server boundary will hit the edges of what the platform was designed for and are the most likely to evaluate a general-purpose agent framework instead.
UI components follow the shadcn registry pattern: install with `npx betteragent add sidebar` (or popup, inline-bar, cmd-k), and the code lands in your repo, inheriting your existing shadcn theme tokens. Observability is built into the hosted dashboard — every run records route, tool calls, token count, latency, and spend, queryable by run ID — so debugging a failed agent call looks like reading an HTTP access log rather than tracing a model.