Our take
Pick Budibase if ops / 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. Pick Retool if ops / internal-tools teams who will stay on Free at $0 per builder (and $0 internal users) while they open a first Table, then buy Team at
Best for
Budibase Apps you start on Cloud Pro at $19 (14-day trial) or OSS self-host at $0
Retool Internal tables you ship at $0
Free plan
Budibase $0 · unlimited actions, apps, automations, agents, users. 1 workspace. Community support. You host it
Retool $0 · / month per builder. $0 / month per internal user. Unlimited web / mobile apps and workflows on the copy we fetched
Lowest paid
Budibase Pro $19/mo
Retool External users $8
Next step up
Budibase Premium $49/mo
Retool Business $50
Coding agent
Budibase Agents
Retool
Runs where
Budibase Local; you host it
Retool Local or hosted
Watch out
Budibase Cloud Pro is 1 creator and 1 workspace
Retool $10 / $50 are the yearly-toggle tiles
Last checked
Budibase 2026-10-22 · budibase.com/pricing
Retool 2026-10-23 · retool.com/pricing
ops / 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 pageops / internal-tools teams who will stay on Free at $0 per builder (and $0 internal users) while they open a first Table, then buy Team at $10 / month per builder (yearly toggle; $5 / month per internal user) or Business at $50 / month per builder ($15 internal) when they need permissions and more runs.
Read the Retool page
