Bricks and Breakdance are two of the most popular modern WordPress builders among developers and agencies. Tuli Builder is newer and was designed from the start around AI. If you want AI to build and maintain your sites, the question isn’t which builder has the most elements. It’s how easily an AI can read and write the pages each builder produces. Here’s how the three compare.
The short version
- Bricks is a fast, developer-friendly theme builder with a strong query loop system and a large community.
- Breakdance is a polished visual builder with a big element library and an easy editing experience.
- Tuli Builder stores pages as standard HTML and CSS, includes an AI assistant and a built-in MCP server, and lets you paste any AI-generated or hand-written HTML and edit it visually.
Why the storage format matters for AI
AI models have learned HTML, CSS and JavaScript from a huge amount of public code. They have seen far less of any single builder’s internal data format.
- Bricks and Breakdance save each page as builder-specific structured data (element trees with settings) in the database. The front end is generated from that data. For an AI to edit a page, it has to produce valid data in that exact structure, or work through tools the builder provides.
- Tuli saves the page as HTML and CSS. An AI writes the page in the format it already knows, and Tuli maps every tag and CSS rule to editable elements and style controls.
In practice, AI-built pages in Tuli tend to need less correcting, and any HTML you get from ChatGPT, Claude or a vibe-coding tool can be pasted in and edited straight away. The tutorials show a whole site being built this way.
Feature comparison
| Tuli Builder | Bricks | Breakdance | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Type | Theme and builder in one | Theme and builder in one | Builder plugin |
| Page storage | Standard HTML and CSS | Builder-specific data | Builder-specific data |
| Paste any HTML and edit it visually | Core feature | Via an HTML-to-Bricks conversion step | Check current version |
| Built-in AI assistant that builds pages | Yes (any model via OpenRouter) | Check current version | Check current version |
| Built-in MCP server for AI agents | Yes | Check current version | Check current version |
| Query loops and dynamic data | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| AJAX filters | Built in | Built in | Varies |
| WooCommerce building | 30+ native elements | Yes | Yes |
| Pricing model | One-time lifetime licence | See vendor | See vendor |
Bricks and Breakdance ship AI-related features regularly, so check each vendor’s current release notes before you decide.
When Bricks is the better fit
- Your team already has a Bricks workflow, component library and client sites.
- You rely on its ecosystem of add-ons and community resources.
- You don’t plan to hand much of the building work to AI.
When Breakdance is the better fit
- You want a polished drag-and-drop editor for clients who never touch code.
- You use its design library and forms heavily.
When Tuli Builder is the better fit
- You want AI, whether the built-in assistant or agents like Claude Code, Cursor and Codex, to build and manage sites for you.
- You design in code or with AI tools and want that HTML to become editable WordPress pages.
- You want pages stored in a portable, readable format with no lock-in.
- You prefer a one-time payment to renewals.
Switching from Bricks or Breakdance
You don’t have to rebuild element by element. Open a finished page on the front end, copy its HTML and CSS, and paste it into Tuli, or ask an AI agent connected over MCP to recreate the page. Then turn repeated sections into query loops and templates. Move one page at a time and keep the old builder active until you’re done.
FAQ
Is Tuli Builder a Bricks alternative?
Yes. Like Bricks, it’s a theme and visual builder in one with query loops, templates and dynamic data. The difference is that Tuli stores pages as standard HTML and CSS and is built for AI, with an assistant and an MCP server included.
Which WordPress builder works best with AI?
The one whose pages AI can read and write directly. Because Tuli stores HTML and CSS, the format AI models know best, AI-generated pages drop in cleanly and stay editable.
Can I use Tuli and Bricks on the same site?
Both are themes, so a site runs one of them at a time. Use a staging copy to move pages over, then switch themes.
Does Tuli support WooCommerce like Bricks does?
Yes. Tuli includes 30+ native WooCommerce elements for shop, product, cart, checkout and account pages. See how to build a WooCommerce store with AI.
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