Best for
Best for engineering teams that want self-hosted internal tools with the source under an open licence.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI App Builders Comparison
Appsmith vs. Emergent
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for founders and teams who want a prompt to end in a deployed app rather than a codebase to host themselves.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Appsmith | Emergent |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | lower value Free; Business $15 / user / month Business is billed monthly by credit card for up to 99 users. Enterprise starts at $2,500 per month from 100 users and is usually billed annually. The self-hosted community edition is free. | Free tier; Standard $20 / month, Pro $200 / month Billed annually the Standard and Pro plans are $17 and $167 per month. Each deployed app costs a further 50 credits per month. |
| Free trial | Free plan for up to 5 users, plus a 15-day Business trial for new cloud signups | Free tier with 10 credits per month |
| Output | Internal web apps: admin panels, dashboards and service tools | Deployed full-stack web and Expo mobile apps |
| Hosting | Appsmith cloud or self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS AMI) | Not stated |
| What it generates | Internal tools: admin panels, dashboards, customer 360 views and IT or service-management apps, assembled from a widget library | Full-stack web apps and Expo mobile apps, built from a prompt and deployed to a live URL |
| Stack and frameworks | Drag-and-drop widgets with JavaScript available in every binding; an in-product AI copilot helps write queries, JavaScript and interface changes rather than generating a whole app from a prompt | React and Next.js, Python with FastAPI, MongoDB; Expo (React Native) for mobile. No Flutter, Kotlin or Swift |
| Auth and database | 25+ databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Redshift, DynamoDB, Databricks), REST and GraphQL, and 30+ SaaS connectors; Google SSO on the free plan, SAML and OIDC SSO with SCIM provisioning on Enterprise | Yes, MongoDB and authentication are set up with the app; Supabase is among the listed integrations |
| Hosting and deploy | Appsmith cloud, or self-hosted with Docker, Kubernetes or an AWS AMI; an air-gapped edition on Enterprise | Yes, one-click deploy in five to ten minutes, custom domains with automatic SSL, 50 credits per deployed app per month |
| Payments | No built-in payments; Stripe is one of the SaaS connectors an app can call | Stripe is among the listed integrations |
| Access to the code | Apache 2.0 and self-hostable, with Git version control against GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure: 3 repositories on the free plan, unlimited on Business | Yes, push to a GitHub repository and branch from the editor, and import an existing repository |
| Deployment | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Support | Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum | Not stated |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Redshift, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Firestore, Databricks, Amazon S3, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Jira, Asana, Notion, Google Sheets, Airtable, Stripe, monday.com, Linear, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI | GitHub, Stripe, Supabase, Airtable, Slack, Twilio, OpenAI, Claude |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Appsmith Free; Business $15 / user / month Emergent Free tier; Standard $20 / month, Pro $200 / month
- Free trial Appsmith Free plan for up to 5 users, plus a 15-day Business trial for new cloud signups Emergent Free tier with 10 credits per month
- Deployment Appsmith Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Emergent Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
- Company size Appsmith Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Emergent Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Output Appsmith Internal web apps: admin panels, dashboards and service tools Emergent Deployed full-stack web and Expo mobile apps
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Appsmith
Strengths
- Apache 2.0 licence with a free self-hosted community edition
- Connects to 25+ databases plus REST, GraphQL and 30+ SaaS services
- Git version control, including on the free plan
Limitations
- AI assists the person building rather than generating a whole app from a prompt
- Enterprise starts at $2,500 a month and 100 users
- SAML and OIDC SSO and SCIM provisioning are Enterprise-only
Emergent
Strengths
- Deploys to a live URL with a custom domain and automatic SSL, no pipeline to set up
- Web and Expo mobile apps come from the same platform
- Code pushes to GitHub, and an existing repository can be imported
Limitations
- The stack is fixed, with no Flutter, Kotlin or Swift
- Every deployed app draws 50 credits a month on top of the plan
- Large gap between the Standard and Pro plans, at $20 and $200 per month
Plans
Pricing
Appsmith
- Free $0 Cloud, up to 5 users: 5 workspaces, 3 Git repositories, Google SSO, community support.
- Business $15 Per user per month, billed monthly, up to 99 users. Adds unlimited workspaces and Git repositories, workflows, premium integrations, custom roles and audit logs.
- Enterprise $2,500 Per month from 100 users, typically billed annually. Adds SAML and OIDC SSO, SCIM, CI/CD, private app embedding, an air-gapped edition and support with SLAs.
- Community (self-hosted) $0 Open source under Apache 2.0, self-hosted.
Emergent
- Free $0 10 credits per month, core platform, web and mobile.
- Standard $20 Per month, or $17 per month billed annually. 100 credits per month, private project hosting, GitHub integration.
- Pro $200 Per month, or $167 per month billed annually. 750 credits per month, 1M context window, custom agents, priority support.
- Business Not stated Custom. Adds role-based access control, single sign-on, shared workspaces and real-time co-editing.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom. Adds audit logs, self-hosted database support, VPC deployment, user-level credit limits and usage reporting.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
Appsmith
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
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- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
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- Features
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Emergent
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Appsmith https://www.appsmith.com · no check date recorded yet
Emergent https://emergent.sh · no check date recorded yet
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