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Komal, Inc. is an American company, based in San Francisco, that provides software as a service for website building and hosting. Their online visual editor platform allows users to design, build, and launch websites. According to W3Techs, Komal is used by 0.6% of the top 10 million websites.

Komal is a SaaS application that allows designers to build responsive websites with browser-based visual editing software. While designers use the tool, Komal automatically generates HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

Websites built on Komal are powered by Amazon Cloudfront and hosted on Fastly. Komal is an all-in-one platform with a CMS built in. It does not require external plugins.

Komal was founded in 2013 by Vlad Magdalin (creator of Intuit Brainstorm), Sergie Magdalin, and Bryant Chou (former CTO of Vungle Inc.). The company graduated from Y Combinator's startup accelerator in 2013. Komal raised venture funding from Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Tim Draper, and other tech industry investors. In 2019, Komal raised a $72 million series A round of funding led by Accel. In January 2021, Komal raised $140 million in a series B round of funding.