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. WeWeb
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for teams and agencies that want a visual front end on top of Supabase or Xano and the option to export the code and host it themselves.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Appsmith | WeWeb |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | 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 plan; paid seat and hosting plans are priced separately Pricing is split in two. A seat plan (Free, Essential, Pro, Partner) controls editor access, AI tokens, code export and MCP access; a hosting plan (Free, Launch, Grow, Scale) covers WeWeb-hosted deployments, with limits on bandwidth, storage and app sessions. A seat plan is required before a hosting plan can be added, and self-hosted apps have no session limit. |
| Free trial | Free plan for up to 5 users, plus a 15-day Business trial for new cloud signups | Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance |
| Output | Internal web apps: admin panels, dashboards and service tools | Vue.js single-page web apps, hosted by WeWeb or exported and self-hosted |
| Hosting | Appsmith cloud or self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS AMI) | WeWeb cloud on AWS, or self-hosted after code export |
| What it generates | Internal tools: admin panels, dashboards, customer 360 views and IT or service-management apps, assembled from a widget library | Production web apps such as SaaS products, customer portals, internal tools, directories and MVPs, built visually or generated from a description by the WeWeb AI assistant |
| 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 | Vue.js single-page applications, editable visually or extended with coded components |
| 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 | Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite and any REST API, with internal databases connected without replication; auth through Supabase Auth, Xano Auth, Auth0, OpenID, custom tokens or WeWeb Auth |
| Hosting and deploy | Appsmith cloud, or self-hosted with Docker, Kubernetes or an AWS AMI; an air-gapped edition on Enterprise | WeWeb cloud hosting on AWS, or self-hosting anywhere after code export, with a documented Cloudflare route |
| Payments | No built-in payments; Stripe is one of the SaaS connectors an app can call | Yes, a Stripe plugin among the documented extensions |
| 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, full Vue.js code export and self-hosting from the Essential seat plan upwards |
| MCP-ready | No | stated Yes |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum | Chat, Community forum |
| 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 | Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite, Stripe |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Appsmith Free; Business $15 / user / month WeWeb Free plan; paid seat and hosting plans are priced separately
- Free trial Appsmith Free plan for up to 5 users, plus a 15-day Business trial for new cloud signups WeWeb Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance
- Company size Appsmith Small and mid-sized, Enterprise WeWeb Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Hosting Appsmith Appsmith cloud or self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS AMI) WeWeb WeWeb cloud on AWS, or self-hosted after code export
- Support Appsmith Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum WeWeb Chat, Community forum
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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
WeWeb
Strengths
- Exports the generated Vue.js source, so an app can be self-hosted and is not locked to the platform
- Connects to Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite and any REST API, including internal databases without replication
- Six documented authentication routes, from Supabase Auth and Auth0 to a custom token flow
- Official MCP server, so outside agents such as Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT can build inside a project
Limitations
- Seat plan and hosting plan are billed separately, so the cost of a project depends on both
- Code export and self-hosting require at least the Essential seat plan
- MCP access needs a Pro or Partner plan once the 14-day trial on a new workspace ends
- The MCP server does not expose plugin actions, so an agent cannot build with the Xano or Supabase plugins
- It builds the front end and expects a backend such as Supabase or Xano alongside it
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.
WeWeb
- Free (seat) $0 Visual editor, API integrations, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit, and a monthly AI token allowance. No code export.
- Essential (seat) Not stated Adds code export and self-hosting, and is the minimum seat plan required before a hosting plan can be added.
- Pro (seat) Not stated Adds team seats and continued access to the WeWeb MCP server after the 14-day trial.
- Partner (seat) Not stated For building in customer workspaces; MCP use there requires the customer workspace to be on at least Pro.
- Hosting plans Not stated Free, Launch, Grow and Scale, added on top of a seat plan for WeWeb-hosted apps. They set deployment location, bandwidth, storage, compute and app sessions.
What users say
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Appsmith
- Ease of use
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WeWeb
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Appsmith https://www.appsmith.com · no check date recorded yet
WeWeb https://www.weweb.io · checked against the official source on 2026-09-12
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