AppSheet vs Budibase

Which one do AI engines recommend, and how do they differ on price, fit and features?

The short answer

AppSheet is the stronger AI pick in Low-Code & No-Code: it has a visibility score of 6.7 versus 5.2 for Budibase, and ranks ahead in 100% of the answers that name both.

Choose AppSheet if…

You want the brand AI engines rank higher (6.7 vs 5.2)
You want a lower entry price ($5 vs $19)
You need SOC 2 Type 2 or HIPAA (supports customers' compliance) or GDPR or ISO/IEC 27001 or ISO/IEC 27017 or ISO/IEC 27018 coverage
Per seat pricing suits your budget better than flat tiers

Choose Budibase if…

AI answers describe it more positively (67% vs 26% positive)
You need ISO 27001 coverage
Flat tiers pricing suits your budget better than per seat
open-source, self-hosted deployment

AI visibility side by side

Latest weekly run · Nov 3

Metric	AppSheet	Budibase
Visibility score	6.7%	5.2%
Change vs last week	up+1.5%	down−0.5%
Rank in Low-Code & No-Code	#14	#20
Share of voice	1.9%	1.6%
Mentions this run	11	9
Positive in AI answers	26%	67%

The stronger value in each row is marked with a ✓.

Visibility score trend

Weekly runs over the last 60 days

AppSheet +1.5pp · Budibase −0.5pp over 1 weekly runs.

Engine by engine

AppSheet leads on 1 of 3 engines

ChatGPT

4.1%

7.6%

AI Mode

6.3%

Perplexity

9.6%

1.9%

AppSheetBudibase

Head to head in AI answers

2 engine answers name both brands

2AppSheet ranked higher

0Budibase ranked higher

Prompt	Engine	AppSheet	Budibase
Alternatives to the most popular low-code platform	Perplexity	#8	#11
Most affordable low-code platform that is still reliable	ChatGPT	#2	#7

Features, pricing & fit

Dimension	AppSheet	Budibase
Pricing model	Per seat	Flat tiers
Entry price	Free; paid from $5 per seat / mo	Free; paid from $19 / mo
Free plan	Yes	Yes
Deployment	Cloud, browser-based on Google Cloud Platform	Self-host on your own infrastructure or use Budibase Cloud
Compliance	SOC 2 Type 2, HIPAA (supports customers' compliance), GDPR, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27017, ISO/IEC 27018	ISO 27001
Support	AppSheet community, Help articles and documentation, Email support (Core plan), Priority support (Enterprise Plus plan)	Community forum, docs and chat, Email support on Business plan, Priority SLAs and account manager on Enterprise
Founded	—	2019
Headquarters	—	Belfast, Northern Ireland
Employees	—	51–200
Funding	Series A led by Shasta Ventures with New Enterprise Associates	Seed (about $1.8M, before Seed II) · $9M raised
Best for	Businesses and teams that want internal apps and automations built without coding, especially those using Google Workspace.	IT and operations teams in regulated organizations that want agents, apps and automations they can self-host.