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 ToolJet if ops / eng teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (2 builders, 50 end users, 10 apps, 100 AI credits, Slack community) while they bind a
Best for
Budibase Apps you start on Cloud Pro at $19 (14-day trial) or OSS self-host at $0
ToolJet An admin desk you start at $0 / 2 builders
Free plan
Budibase $0 · unlimited actions, apps, automations, agents, users. 1 workspace. Community support. You host it
ToolJet $0 · /builder/month. 2 builders. Up to 50 end users. Up to 10 apps. 100 AI credits. No add-on AI credits. Predefined roles. Community support via Slack. Also listed on the Self-Hosted toggle we fetched
Lowest paid
Budibase Pro $19/mo
ToolJet Basic $23/mo
Next step up
Budibase Premium $49/mo
ToolJet Pro $79/mo
Coding agent
Budibase Agents
ToolJet
Runs where
Budibase Local; you host it
ToolJet
Watch out
Budibase Cloud Pro is 1 creator and 1 workspace
ToolJet Free is 2 builders and 10 apps
Last checked
Budibase 2026-10-22 · budibase.com/pricing
ToolJet 2026-10-22 · tooljet.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 / eng teams who will stay on Cloud Free $0 (2 builders, 50 end users, 10 apps, 100 AI credits, Slack community) while they bind a first Table, then land on Basic at $23/builder/month (yearly toggle) or Pro at $79 when they need 2,000 AI credits and email support.
Read the ToolJet page
