Best for
Best for teams building client portals and internal tools on top of existing data without writing code.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
AI App Builders Comparison
Softr 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 | Softr | WeWeb |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free; paid plans from $19 / month Rates on annual billing: Basic $19, Pro $99 and Business $329 per month, Enterprise on request. Nonprofit and educational organizations get 50 percent off. | 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 | Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance |
| Output | Business web apps and portals (PWA for mobile) | Vue.js single-page web apps, hosted by WeWeb or exported and self-hosted |
| Hosting | Not stated | WeWeb cloud on AWS, or self-hosted after code export |
| What it generates | Business apps: client portals, internal tools, CRMs, dashboards, intranets and inventory 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 | No-code, block-based builder with no generated code to manage | Vue.js single-page applications, editable visually or extended with coded components |
| Auth and database | Native database or 15+ external sources (Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, HubSpot); email/password, magic link, Google and SSO login with user groups and permissions | 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 | Published to a Softr URL or a custom domain, with SOC 2 Type II and GDPR compliance | WeWeb cloud hosting on AWS, or self-hosting anywhere after code export, with a documented Cloudflare route |
| Payments | Stripe, to sell digital products and sync purchase data | Yes, a Stripe plugin among the documented extensions |
| Access to the code | No code access, visual editing and vibe coding only | 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 | more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise |
| Support | Community forum | more entries Chat, Community forum |
| Onboarding | Documentation and knowledge base | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | more entries Airtable, Google Sheets, Notion, PostgreSQL, MySQL, Supabase, HubSpot, monday.com, ClickUp, Xero, Stripe, Make, Zapier | Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite, Stripe |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Softr Free; paid plans from $19 / month WeWeb Free plan; paid seat and hosting plans are priced separately
- Free trial Softr Free plan WeWeb Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance
- Deployment Softr Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based WeWeb Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
- Support Softr Community forum WeWeb Chat, Community forum
- MCP-ready Softr No WeWeb Yes
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
Softr
Strengths
- Turns a prompt into a full app: database, pages, user groups and navigation
- Connects to 15+ data sources with two-way sync (Airtable, Google Sheets, Supabase and more)
- Built-in auth, user groups and permissions, with SSO and SOC 2 Type II
Limitations
- No access to the underlying code
- Mobile is delivered as a PWA, not a native app
- Focused on business apps and portals rather than consumer apps
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
Softr
- Free $0
- Basic $19 Per month on annual billing.
- Pro $99 Per month on annual billing.
- Business $329 Per month on annual billing.
- Enterprise Custom Quoted by the vendor.
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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Softr
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
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- Onboarding
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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
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
Softr https://www.softr.io · no check date recorded yet
WeWeb https://www.weweb.io · checked against the official source on 2026-09-12
This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.