Budibase

What it is for

Budibase is an internal-app desk: you bind a table, design a screen, chain an automation, and optionally give an agent tools. Use it when the job is apps you start on Cloud Pro at $19 (14-day trial) or OSS self-host at $0, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is the official Budibase Agent builder (model, tools, instructions) from the GitHub product still — not a pricing card. The builder itself is ops of Agents.

Key features

• Apps — drag-and-drop screens bound to workspace data (pricing App Builder). One app. The designer is ops of this. The SDK is install.
• Automations — trigger → action chains (pricing Automation Builder). A run, not a screen. Cloud bills actions; OSS self-host is unlimited.
• Agents — an instruction + tool list that can call your tables and automations (pricing Agent Builder). A chat, not a zap. The cover is ops. Cloud Pro includes 2,000 Budibase AI credits.
• Data / connectors — Budibase DB plus external sources (SQL, REST, …) (pricing Internal And External Datasources). A table, not an app screen. Bindings are how Apps read this.
• Self-host — open-source app you run yourself; Cloud is the hosted desk (pricing Open source). A deploy, not an app. Cloud Pro starts at $19/month.

Actions and creators are the Cloud meters. End users are +$5/user/month add-on. Extra creators are +$50/month (Premium+). SSO sits on Premium+.

Who it's for

Best fit: 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.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) from budibase.com/pricing. Cloud is actions + creators. OSS self-host is $0.

Cloud (14-day trial on paid)

• Pro — $19/month. 5k actions (page also prints 10k as the yearly toggle). 2,000 AI credits. 1 creator. 1-day logs. 1 workspace. Unlimited agents. Sync automations.
• Premium — $49/month. 20k actions (yearly toggle 50k). 10,000 AI credits. 1 creator (+$50/extra). 7-day logs. 10 workspaces. Custom branding, backups, SSO.
• Business — $299/month. 250k actions. 50,000 AI credits. 3 creators (+$50/extra). 30-day logs. Unlimited workspaces. Env vars, enforced SSO, user groups, email support.
• Enterprise — custom. AD/SCIM, 365-day logs, audit logs, priority SLA, MFEs.
• Add-ons — end users $5/user/month. Extra creators $50/month (Premium+).

Self-host

• Open source — $0. Unlimited actions, apps, automations, agents, users. 1 workspace. Community support. You host it.
• Enterprise (self-host) — custom. Branding, backups, env vars, enforced SSO, SCIM, 365-day logs, audit, SLA. Air-gap add-on.

Confirm checkout; taxes follow your location. Re-check the monthly/yearly action toggle — do not invent a third card.

Limitations / costs

• Cloud Pro is 1 creator and 1 workspace. A second builder is +$50/month on Premium.
• End users are a second bill at $5/user/month on Cloud.
• An internal-app desk, not a zap canvas. For click-together workflows see n8n. For scripts you self-host see Windmill.

Alternatives

• n8n — a visual workflow canvas when you will not design an app screen.
• Windmill — scripts and flows you self-host when the job is jobs, not a drag-drop app.
• Trigger.dev — background jobs with a $0 / paid Cloud ladder when you do not want an internal UI.

Official tutorial

Official Budibase channel video: Introduction | Budibase University (oEmbed author: Budibase). First-party intro; the Agent builder still is the cover.

Written path: budibase.com/pricing plus the official Agent builder still.

Website

https://budibase.com

Repository

https://github.com/Budibase/budibase

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is the official Budibase Agent builder still. Dollars checked on budibase.com/pricing (Cloud Pro $19; Premium $49; Business $299; OSS self-host $0; end users $5). Tutorial oEmbed author: Budibase.

Last verified

2026-10-22 (Asia/Shanghai) editorial check.