Best for
Best for operations teams automating forms, approvals and internal requests, self-hosted or in the cloud.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI App Builders Comparison
Budibase 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 | Budibase | WeWeb |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free self-hosted; cloud from $19 / month Cloud on annual billing: Pro $19, Premium $49 and Business $299 per month. On monthly billing that becomes $22.80, $58.80 and $358.80. Extra creators $50 and end users $5 per month. Enterprise on request. | 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 self-hosted open-source edition | Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance |
| Output | Internal apps, forms, automations and AI agents | Vue.js single-page web apps, hosted by WeWeb or exported and self-hosted |
| Hosting | Budibase cloud or self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes, DigitalOcean, Portainer) | WeWeb cloud on AWS, or self-hosted after code export |
| What it generates | Internal operations: forms, approvals, task routing and admin tools, plus automations and AI agents that act across connected systems | 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 | Visual builder with automations; AI generates JavaScript bindings, cron expressions and table schemas from a written description rather than building a whole app from a prompt | Vue.js single-page applications, editable visually or extended with coded components |
| Auth and database | Internal BudibaseDB built on CouchDB, plus external SQL databases such as PostgreSQL and Microsoft SQL Server, REST APIs and custom datasource plugins; app users sign in with OpenID Connect or Google | 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 | Budibase cloud, or self-hosted with Docker, Docker Compose, Kubernetes, DigitalOcean or Portainer | WeWeb cloud hosting on AWS, or self-hosting anywhere after code export, with a documented Cloudflare route |
| Payments | No built-in payments; a payment provider is reached through a REST datasource like any other API | Yes, a Stripe plugin among the documented extensions |
| Access to the code | Open source: GPL v3 core, MPL client and component libraries so apps built with it can carry their own licence, and a Business Source Licence on the paid features | 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 | Email helpdesk, 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, Microsoft SQL Server, REST API, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, OpenRouter, Groq | Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite, Stripe |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Budibase Free self-hosted; cloud from $19 / month WeWeb Free plan; paid seat and hosting plans are priced separately
- Free trial Budibase Free self-hosted open-source edition WeWeb Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance
- Company size Budibase Small and mid-sized, Enterprise WeWeb Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Hosting Budibase Budibase cloud or self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes, DigitalOcean, Portainer) WeWeb WeWeb cloud on AWS, or self-hosted after code export
- Support Budibase Email helpdesk, Community forum WeWeb Chat, Community forum
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Budibase
Strengths
- Free self-hosted edition with unlimited actions, apps, agents and users, SSO included
- AI agents deploy into Slack, Microsoft Teams and Discord
- Choice of AI provider: Budibase AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Mistral, OpenRouter or Groq
Limitations
- Cloud plans below Business include only one creator, with extra creators at $50 a month
- Cloud usage is metered in actions and AI credits, so cost tracks volume
- AI assists with parts of an app rather than generating one from a prompt
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
Budibase
- Pro $19 Per month on annual billing ($22.80 monthly). 5,000 actions and 2,000 AI credits a month, 1 creator, 1 workspace.
- Premium $49 Per month on annual billing ($58.80 monthly). 20,000 actions, 10,000 AI credits, 10 workspaces, custom branding, backups and SSO.
- Business $299 Per month on annual billing ($358.80 monthly). 250,000 actions, 50,000 AI credits, 3 creators, unlimited workspaces, 30-day log retention, email support.
- Enterprise Custom Quoted by the vendor. Unlimited actions, Active Directory and SCIM, audit logs, 365-day log retention and priority support with SLAs.
- Open source (self-hosted) $0 Unlimited actions, apps, automations, agents and users on one workspace, SSO included, community support.
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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Budibase
- Ease of use
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- User interface
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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
Budibase https://budibase.com · no check date recorded yet
WeWeb https://www.weweb.io · checked against the official source on 2026-09-12
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