Our take
Pick Appsmith if ops / eng teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (5 users, 5 workspaces, 3 Git repos, no card) while they bind a first Table to a query, then land on Business at $15/user/month when they need unlimited Git and custom roles — or start the 15-day Business trial on a self-hosted license key. Pick Budibase if ops / IT teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited actions, 1 workspace) while they bind a
Best for
Appsmith An admin desk you start at $0 / 5 cloud users
Budibase Apps you start on Cloud Pro at $19 (14-day trial) or OSS self-host at $0
Free plan
Appsmith $0 · up to 5 users. 5 workspaces. Git version control with 3 repos. Google SSO. 3 standard roles. Public apps. Community support
Budibase $0 · unlimited actions, apps, automations, agents, users. 1 workspace. Community support. You host it
Lowest paid
Appsmith Enterprise $2
Budibase Pro $19/mo
Next step up
Appsmith Business $15/user/mo
Budibase Premium $49/mo
Coding agent
Appsmith
Budibase Agents
Runs where
Appsmith Local; you host it
Budibase Local; you host it
Watch out
Appsmith Free is 5 cloud users and 3 Git repos
Budibase Cloud Pro is 1 creator and 1 workspace
Last checked
Appsmith 2026-10-22 · appsmith.com/pricing
Budibase 2026-10-22 · budibase.com/pricing
ops / eng teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (5 users, 5 workspaces, 3 Git repos, no card) while they bind a first Table to a query, then land on Business at $15/user/month when they need unlimited Git and custom roles — or start the 15-day Business trial on a self-hosted license key.
Read the Appsmith pageops / IT teams who will self-host OSS at $0 (unlimited actions, 1 workspace) while they bind a first table, or start the Cloud Pro 14-day trial and land on $19/month (5k–10k actions, 1 creator, 2k AI credits) when they do not want to run the stack.
Read the Budibase page
