Budibase pricing 2026: plans and costs
If transparent, predictable pricing is your priority, I would shortlist Appsmith, Zoho Creator, Retool, and Budibase.
Compared to: Retool · Appsmith · Microsoft Power Apps
Quick pricing summary
- Pro: $19 month
- Premium: $49 month
- Business: $299 month
- Enterprise (Cloud): Custom (custom)
- Open source: $0 free (self-host)
- Enterprise (Self-host): Custom (custom)
- Worth noting: Prices shown are for Budibase Cloud with yearly/monthly toggle; annual discount not stated. Action tiers selectable on Pro (5K/10K) and Premium (20K/50K). Matrix values for some rows not fully published per plan.
Plans
Pro
- 5K actions (10K actions option)
- 2K Budibase AI credits
- 1 creator
- 1 day logs
- 1 workspace
- Unlimited agents
- Synchronous automations
- Hosting: Budibase Cloud
Premium
- 20K actions (50K actions option)
- Everything in Pro
- 10K Budibase AI credits
- 1 creator (add more for $50/creator/month)
- 7 days logs
- 10 workspaces
- Custom branding
- Backups and restore
- SSO
- Hosting: Budibase Cloud
Business
- 250K actions
- Everything in Premium
- 50K Budibase AI credits
- 3 creators (add more for $50/creator/month)
- 30 days logs
- Unlimited workspaces
- Environment variables
- Enforced SSO
- User groups
- Email support
- Hosting: Budibase Cloud
Enterprise (Cloud)
- Custom actions
- Everything in Business
- Active directory/SCIM
- 365 days logs
- Audit logs
- Priority support/SLAs
- Micro Frontends (MFEs)
- Hosting: Budibase Cloud
Open source
- Unlimited actions
- 1 Workspace
- Unlimited apps
- Unlimited automations
- Unlimited agents
- Unlimited users
- Community support
- SSO
- Hosting: Self-host / on-premise
Enterprise (Self-host)
- Unlimited actions
- Everything in open source
- Custom branding
- Backups and restore
- Environment variables
- Enforced SSO
- User groups
- Active directory/SCIM
- 365 days logs
- Audit logs
- Priority support/SLAs
- Hosting: Self-host / on-premise
What you get on each plan
| Feature | Pro | Premium | Business | Enterprise (Cloud) | Open source | Enterprise (Self-host) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Workspace limit | 1 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | 1 | unlimited |
| Hosting | cloud | cloud | cloud | flexible | self | flexible |
| Automation log retention | 1 day | 7 days | 30 days | unlimited | 1 day | unlimited |
| Agent log retention | 1 day | 7 days | 30 days | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Budibase DB rows limit | 50,000 | 250,000 | 500,000 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Included creators | 1 | 1 | 3 | custom | unlimited | custom |
| Included end users | 0 | 0 | 0 | custom | unlimited | custom |
| Max creators | 1 | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Max end users | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited | unlimited |
| Workspace backup retention | — | 7 days | unlimited | unlimited | — | unlimited |
| Support | Community | Community | Priority SLAs | Community | Priority SLAs |
Hidden costs & add-ons
| Cost driver | Price | When it applies |
|---|---|---|
| End users | $5/user/mo | Pro, Premium, Business |
| Creators | $50/creator/mo | Premium, Business |
| Air-gapped deployment | Contact sales | Enterprise |
| Onboarding and training | Contact sales | Enterprise |
Budibase pricing vs alternatives
| Brand | Entry price | Free plan | Model | Best for | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budibase | Free; paid from $19 / mo | Yes | Flat tiers | — | |
| Retool | Free; paid from $10 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Enterprises and business teams that want to build internal tools with AI while IT keeps governance, security review and audit trails. | Compare → |
| Appsmith | Free; paid from $15 per seat / mo | Yes | Per seat | Developers and engineering teams building internal apps, dashboards and admin panels | Compare → |
| Microsoft Power Apps | — | — | — | Organizations whose business users and professional developers need to build and govern internal business apps together | Compare → |
| Zoho | — | — | — | Businesses of all sizes, from startups to enterprises, wanting one suite for sales, support, finance and HR | Compare → |
List prices as published on budibase.com/pricing/. Totals are worked examples, not quotes.