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 Windmill if platform teams who will run Community Edition at $0 (≤50 users, 3 workspaces) and only buy EE
Best for
Appsmith An admin desk you start at $0 / 5 cloud users
Windmill Scripts → endpoints / workflows / UIs you can self-host
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
Windmill $0 · /month. Unlimited executions. 3 workspaces. Max 50 users. 10 SSO users. 4 groups. 10 GiB object storage. 100 email triggers/day. 100 app guests / 30 days. Discord support
Lowest paid
Appsmith Enterprise $2
Windmill Enterprise Edition $20/mo
Next step up
Appsmith Business $15/user/mo
Windmill Compute units $100/mo
Runs where
Appsmith Local; you host it
Windmill Local; you host it
Watch out
Appsmith Free is 5 cloud users and 3 Git repos
Windmill Community caps SSO at 10 and workspaces at 3
Last checked
Appsmith 2026-10-22 · appsmith.com/pricing
Windmill 2026-10-22 · windmill.dev/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 pageplatform teams who will run Community Edition at $0 (≤50 users, 3 workspaces) and only buy EE when they need SAML, audit, or more than 10 SSO users.
Read the Windmill page
