Best for
Best for regulated organisations building database applications and portals where HIPAA, SOC 2 or GDPR compliance has to be certified.
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI App Builders Comparison
Caspio vs. OutSystems
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for enterprise IT teams that want AI-generated applications inside a governed low-code platform with its own architecture guard rails.
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Caspio | OutSystems |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | From $270 / month Team plan billed annually; $300 on monthly billing. Business is $540 annually or $600 monthly, and a separate HIPAA/Compliance Edition is $500 a month on a one-year term. All plans include unlimited app users. | Free Personal Edition; OutSystems Developer Cloud quoted by the vendor ODC is metered on three things: application complexity in Application Objects, which is the sum of screens, database tables and API methods, with a typical medium app around 150 AOs; the number of internal and external end users; and advanced add-ons. A base subscription starts with one medium production application and 100 internal users. |
| Free trial | Free trial with access to core features, no upfront cost | Free Personal Edition, no credit card required, for up to 100 internal users |
| Output | Online database applications, deployed standalone or embedded | Full-stack enterprise web and mobile applications with data model, server-side logic and UI screens |
| API | Yes, a REST API with webhooks and an MCP server | Yes, API-first with CI/CD APIs and APIs for uploading external libraries |
| Hosting | Caspio-hosted on AWS, with data residency in the US, Canada, the EU, UK, Australia and South America | OutSystems Cloud on AWS; self-hosting is available as an advanced add-on |
| What it generates | Online database applications generated from a description by the Caspi AI builder, then edited in the Flex drag-and-drop builder; automations cover scheduled tasks and triggered actions | Full-stack enterprise applications: Mentor generates the data model, server-side logic and UI screens from a natural language prompt or an uploaded requirements document, shows a visual blueprint before building, and then evolves the app through conversation inside the IDE with human sign-off on each implementation plan |
| Stack and frameworks | A SQL Server data core with role and record-level security, encryption and audit trails; apps are configured rather than written in a framework | .NET Core on Linux containers, each application isolated in its own container, orchestrated with Kubernetes on AWS; developers extend apps with custom .NET code uploaded as high-code external libraries, whose methods are exposed to the visual editor as server actions |
| Auth and database | SQL Server with user directories and SAML single sign-on; record-level security controls which rows a given user sees | Amazon Aurora Serverless with PostgreSQL compatibility as the managed database; ISO 27001 compliance is included and SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS are advanced add-ons |
| Hosting and deploy | Caspio-hosted on AWS; apps deploy standalone or embed as components in a website, intranet or customer portal, with data residency across six regions | OutSystems Cloud with development, testing and production runtimes and a 99.5 percent uptime guarantee, upgradeable to 99.95 percent; extra runtimes and a self-hosted option are advanced add-ons. Built-in CI/CD pipelines with monitoring, tracing and logging |
| Payments | Yes, real-time payments inside a generated app through Stripe and PayPal, in the Bridge framework; the feature is listed on the Business and Enterprise plans and not on Team | No checkout of its own; payment providers are integrated through components from the OutSystems Forge, including Stripe connectors for both ODC and OutSystems 11 that handle charges, customers and refunds, and a payments plugin covering Apple Pay, Google Pay and Stripe |
| Access to the code | Apps run on the platform; access to the data is through a documented REST API, webhooks and an MCP server rather than an exportable codebase | Applications are built visually rather than in a repository of hand-written source; custom C# and .NET logic enters as external libraries uploaded through the SDK and APIs, decorated so their methods surface as server actions |
| MCP-ready | stated Yes | No |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise |
| Support | more entries Email helpdesk, Phone, Chat, Community forum | Email helpdesk, Community forum |
| Onboarding | more entries Documentation and knowledge base, Video tutorials, Guided onboarding, Personal consulting | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | more entries Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Enterprise |
| Integrations | Zapier, Make, n8n, Keragon, Stripe, PayPal | Not stated |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Caspio From $270 / month OutSystems Free Personal Edition; OutSystems Developer Cloud quoted by the vendor
- Free trial Caspio Free trial with access to core features, no upfront cost OutSystems Free Personal Edition, no credit card required, for up to 100 internal users
- Deployment Caspio Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based OutSystems Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
- Company size Caspio Small and mid-sized, Enterprise OutSystems Enterprise
- Hosting Caspio Caspio-hosted on AWS, with data residency in the US, Canada, the EU, UK, Australia and South America OutSystems OutSystems Cloud on AWS; self-hosting is available as an advanced add-on
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Caspio
Strengths
- HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II and GDPR certified annually by independent audit, not self-attested
- Unlimited app users on every plan, so cost does not grow with the audience
- Phone, live chat and ticketing, staffed by in-house support engineers rather than outsourced
Limitations
- Entry pricing starts at $270 a month, well above most tools in this category
- Apps live on the platform rather than as an exportable codebase
- Builder seats are capped on the Team plan at five app authors
OutSystems
Strengths
- Mentor generates a complete application, data model and server logic included, from a requirements document rather than only from a chat prompt
- Shows a visual blueprint and asks for sign-off before applying changes, instead of building unseen
- Runs on containerised .NET Core with Kubernetes, managed Aurora PostgreSQL and built-in CI/CD, monitoring and tracing
- Free Personal Edition for up to 100 internal users needs no credit card
- Self-hosting is available, unlike most tools in this category
Limitations
- No published prices at all, so every evaluation starts with a sales conversation
- Pricing is metered on Application Objects and user counts, which makes cost hard to predict as an app grows
- The Personal Edition is a development runtime only and cannot run production apps
- Self-hosting, 24x7 support, higher uptime and SOC 2 or PCI DSS compliance are all paid add-ons rather than part of the base subscription
- Base support is 8x5 business hours
Plans
Pricing
Caspio
- Team $270 Per month billed annually ($300 monthly). 5 app authors, 250K data records, unlimited app users.
- Business $540 Per month billed annually ($600 monthly). Unlimited app authors, 1M data records.
- HIPAA / Compliance Edition $500 Per month on a one-year term, for workloads under a signed Business Associate Agreement.
- Enterprise Custom Quoted by the vendor, for full governance, security and guaranteed performance.
OutSystems
- OutSystems Personal Edition $0 Free, no credit card required. Development runtime only, up to 100 internal users, hosted on OutSystems Cloud. For test applications, not production, and with no uptime guarantee or compliance options.
- OutSystems Developer Cloud Custom Quoted by the vendor, priced on application complexity in Application Objects, end user counts and add-ons. Includes development, testing and production runtimes, professional support 8x5, OutSystems Cloud hosting, a 99.5 percent uptime guarantee and ISO 27001. Starts with 100 internal users and one medium-sized application.
- Advanced add-ons Custom 24x7 professional support, additional non-production and production runtimes, a self-hosted option, a 99.95 percent uptime upgrade, SOC 2 Type II and PCI DSS compliance, and additional users or larger applications.
What users say
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Caspio
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OutSystems
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