Budibase quietly cut what you get
Business is now offered on cloud only.
What changed
- Limits cut, Jun 1, 2026
- Before: Cloud or self-hosted
- After: Cloud only
Cheaper alternatives to Budibase
At a 10-person team (2 builders, 8 app users), Budibase costs $166.80/mo. 2 internal tool builders cost less:
- Retool: $80/mo (Team plan, monthly billing: 2 builders at $12 and 8 internal users at $7 per user per month.), covers 79% of Budibase; missing or partial: Built-in database (partly), Self-hosting (partly), Open-source edition
- Appsmith: $150/mo (Business plan at $15/user/mo, 10 users (2 builders + 8 users), billed monthly), covers 91% of Budibase; missing or partial: Built-in database (partly), Prompt-to-app generation
Budibase alternatives: 2 internal tool builders compared, at every size.
Sources
Every price and change for Budibase: Budibase.