Softr

What it is for

Softr is a hosted Applications desk: you pick a template or a blank app, and Free is $0. Use it when the job is an Airtable / data app you publish at a public $, not when you need a $20 chat seat.

What makes it unique: the cover is Softr’s official Applications home (Templates, New Application, Sales CRM, Client Portal, All Applications) from the getting-started still — not a pricing card. The tiles themselves are ops of Applications. Softr bills $0 / $19 / $99 / $329, not a chat seat.

Key features

• Applications home — templates plus every app you already published (cover; docs). One desk. Cover Sales CRM / Client Portal / All Applications sit here.
• Studio / blocks — Pages, Blocks, Data, Settings on an Untitled Application (studio still). A canvas, not the home grid. “Add your first block” sits here.
• Data — Airtable / data sources you attach in Studio (docs). A source, not a template tile.
• Preview / Publish — the Studio chrome to ship the app (docs). A publish, not Applications home.
• Custom domains — extras $15 / month or $13 / month annual (pricing). A domain meter, not a desk.

The template strip on the cover is the same Applications pipeline (not a sixth desk). Free / Basic / Pro / Business tiles are the meter. Extra custom domains are the extra meter, not a desk we fold into Applications.

Who it's for

Best fit: operators who will stay on Free at $0 (free forever) while they open a first Applications home, then Basic at $19 / month when they need a paid publish.

Pricing

Verified 2026-10-23 (Asia/Shanghai) from softr.io/pricing. Compare columns print Free, Basic $19/mo, Pro $99/mo, Business $329/mo, plus Enterprise.

• Free — $0, free forever.
• Basic — $19 / month.
• Pro — $99 / month.
• Business — $329 / month.
• Add-ons we fetched — additional custom domains $15 / month, or $13 / month billed annually.

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Limitations / costs

• Free is explore / first apps, not every publish limit. Paid seats start at $19 / month.
• An Applications desk, not Retool’s component canvas. For Retool see Retool.

Alternatives

• Retool — internal-tool canvas when you want Retool’s public $, not Softr’s Applications home.
• Framer — marketing-site canvas when you want Framer’s public $, not Softr’s template grid.
• Bubble — Design-tab web apps when you want Bubble’s Starter $32, not Softr’s $19 Basic.

Official tutorial

Official Softr channel video: Build Business Apps with AI - That Actually Work | Softr (oEmbed author: Softr). First-party Softr walkthrough; the Applications still is the cover. AI builder on the video is a second desk, not generate-on-Applications-home.

Written path: softr.io/pricing plus the Applications cover.

Website

https://www.softr.io

Repository

https://github.com/softr-io

Source

Catalog row curated for AI Tools Nav. Cover is Softr’s official Applications home (Templates + All Applications). Dollars checked on softr.io/pricing (Free $0; Basic $19/mo; Pro $99; Business $329; extra domain $15 / $13 annual). Tutorial oEmbed author: Softr.

Last verified

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