Build. Secure. Scale your foundation.
Own your app and site. Let us handle the security and cloud maintenance — or learn to do it yourself, with help.
What you'll learn
Seven modules, 30 levels. Identity, DNS, email, hosting, analytics & CRM, payments, and operating hygiene. Every level offers DIY, Co-pilot, or Done-for-you.
Identity & Domain
Own your name, on the internet, correctly.
DNS & Cloudflare
Fast, secure, deliverable.
Email & Communication
Mail that lands. Calendars that work.
Hosting & Deployment
Something live, fast, that you control.
Analytics & CRM
Know who shows up and what they do.
Payments
Take money. Legally. Safely.
Operating Hygiene
A business an accountant and a banker would respect.
A level looks like this
Every level is a 15–60 minute bite. Lesson, worksheet, build artifact, then on to the next. Progress, XP, and badges tracked as you go.
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Three modes, one curriculumDIY, Co-pilot, or Done-for-you on each level. Learn or delegate.
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Foundation Health ScoreA 0–100 number that reflects whether your stack is actually solid.
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Pre-vetted partnersCloudflare, Stripe, HubSpot, PostHog and more — already integrated.
Email Authentication (SPF, DKIM, DMARC)
Three records that decide whether your mail lands.
Pricing for BuildLab
BuildLab is included on every plan that includes Labs. Pick your tier.
Want everything? See full Suite pricing →
FAQ
No. Intake marks modules required, review, or skip. Required ones are flagged; the rest you can pick up later.
On Operator+, a Smartsby engineer handles flagged levels in a working session. You watch, you learn, you keep the access.
Always. Smartsby never holds your domain, DNS, Stripe, or hosting. You own them, we help configure them.
No — that's the point. BuildLab translates infra into checklists anyone can complete.