Budibase alternatives
At a 10-person team (2 builders, 8 app users), Budibase costs $166.80 a month. 2 internal tool builders cost less, from $80 (Retool). The closest match, Appsmith, covers 91% of what Budibase does. Each one shows how much of it it covers, capability by capability, next to the price.
What Budibase does
Core: Internal app builder, Built-in database, Self-hosting, Open-source edition.
Important: Live SQL database connections, API and SaaS connectors (partly), Auto-generated admin panel (partly), Custom code and components (partly), Backend workflows and jobs (partly).
Also has: Forms and approval processes (partly), Prompt-to-app generation (partly), AI agents and LLM actions (partly), Granular permissions (partly), Git and environments (partly), External portals on data (partly), SSO, audit logs and compliance (partly).
Alternatives to Budibase at a 10-person team (2 builders, 8 app users), best match first
- Appsmith: $150/mo Free caps at 5 cloud users; currency assumed USD (Business plan at $15/user/mo, 10 users (2 builders + 8 users), billed monthly). It covers 91% of Budibase; missing or partial: Built-in database (partly), Prompt-to-app generation. Free plan: $0 cloud plan: up to 5 users, 5 workspaces, 3 Git repos, unlimited apps, Discord community support.. Last price hike: Jul 2024.
- Retool: $80/mo Assumes query runs are unmetered (no cap shown) (Team plan, monthly billing: 2 builders at $12 and 8 internal users at $7 per user per month.). It covers 79% of Budibase; missing or partial: Built-in database (partly), Self-hosting (partly), Open-source edition. Free plan: Up to 5 users, unlimited web and mobile apps, 500 workflow runs and 250 AI credits a month, 5GB database.. Last price hike: Jul 2026.
Other kinds of products that cover part of Budibase
- Lovable (AI app builders): covers 66% of Budibase; missing or partial: Internal app builder (partly), Built-in database (partly), Self-hosting, Open-source edition, Live SQL database connections (partly)
Prices at every size
- Budibase: a 10-person team (2 builders, 8 app users) $166.80/mo, 1 builder $22.80/mo, a 50-person team (5 builders, 45 app users) $604.80/mo (Monthly billing = annual rate +20% (computed))
- Appsmith: a 10-person team (2 builders, 8 app users) $150/mo, 1 builder $15/mo, a 50-person team (5 builders, 45 app users) $750/mo (Free caps at 5 cloud users; currency assumed USD)
- Retool: a 10-person team (2 builders, 8 app users) $80/mo, 1 builder $12/mo, a 50-person team (5 builders, 45 app users) $375/mo (Assumes query runs are unmetered (no cap shown))
Prices are total USD per month on monthly billing (annual-only plans divided by 12) for the vendor's hosted plan: a team where 2 people build apps and 8 use them (or 5 and 45), or one builder on the cheapest paid plan. A free plan counts as $0 only if it connects your PostgreSQL or MySQL database and shares apps privately with every user; free self-hosted open-source editions are not priced.
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