Bubble

What it is for

Bubble is a hosted Design-tab desk: you place elements on a page, and Starter web (annual) is $32 / month. Use it when the job is a no-code web app you draw at a public $, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is Bubble’s official Design tab (UI Builder, Elements Tree, index, Preview, Deploy) from the Design tab still — not a pricing card. The chrome itself is ops of the Design tab. Bubble bills $0 Free / $32 Starter, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Design / UI Builder — WYSIWYG page you draw (cover still; manual). One desk. Cover index, Buttons, and Typography sit here.
• Elements Tree — hierarchy of groups and buttons on the same still (manual). A tree, not the canvas. Cover Button1 / Group A sit here.
• Workflow tab — events and actions you chain when a button is clicked (Workflow). A workflow, not Design. Workflows sit here.
• Data types — Data tab types, fields, and App data (Data). A type, not Workflow. Custom types sit here.
• Preview / Deploy — Preview and Deploy in the Design chrome (cover; preview). A ship, not Data. Cover Preview / Deploy sit here.

The laptop frame on the cover is the official Design-tab docs still (not a sixth desk). Free / Starter / Workload tiles are the meter, not desks. Mobile-only / Web+Mobile columns are the extra meter.

Who it's for

Best fit: builders who will stay on Free at $0 while they open a first Design tab, then Starter web-only at $32 / month billed annually ($39 paid monthly) when they need a live custom domain.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from bubble.io/pricing plus the pricing-plans table. The plan table prints Free plus annual Web only Starter $32 / Growth $119 / Team $349, and monthly Starter $39 / Growth $134 / Team $399.

• Free — $0. Design tab. No paid build allotment on the table we fetched.
• Starter (annual, web only) — $32 / month. Mobile only $42. Web + Mobile $59. Paid monthly: $39 / $49 / $69.
• Growth (annual, web only) — $119 / month. Mobile only $169. Web + Mobile $209.
• Team (annual, web only) — $349 / month. Mobile only $449. Web + Mobile $549.

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. Workload units are billed on top of the plan.

Limitations / costs

• Free has no paid build allotment on the table we fetched. A custom-domain app is Starter.
• A Design-tab desk, not Softr’s Applications home. For Softr see Softr.

Alternatives

• Softr — Applications + Airtable when you want Softr’s $0 / $19, not Bubble’s Design tab.
• Webflow — Designer canvas when you want Webflow’s Starter $0 / Basic $15, not Bubble’s $32 Starter.
• Retool — internal-tool canvas when you want Retool’s public $, not Bubble’s Elements Tree.

Official tutorial

Official Bubble channel video: Now available: Bubble AI Agent 2 (oEmbed author: Bubble). First-party Agent walkthrough; the Design-tab still is the cover. Agent 2 on the video is a second desk, not generate-on-Design.

Written path: bubble.io/pricing plus the Design tab.

Website

https://bubble.io

Repository

No first-party public GitHub org resolved (github.com/bubblehq returned 404 on 2026-10-23). Use the website CTA.

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Bubble’s official Design-tab still (UI Builder + Elements Tree + Preview). Dollars checked on the official pricing-plans table (Free $0; Starter web annual $32; monthly $39). Tutorial oEmbed author: Bubble. No official GitHub org found.

Last verified

2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.