Bubble vs Glide vs Softr

Compared on	Bubble Free plan · from $29/mo VisitRemove	Glide Free plan · from $25/mo VisitRemove	Softr Free plan · from $19/mo VisitRemove
What it is	No-code builder for web and native mobile apps, with AI prompting	Builds internal business apps from spreadsheets, prompts or files	AI app builder for internal tools and portals, with databases and workflows
Free plan	Development version only (no live app), 1 app editor, 50K workload units/month, 6 hours of server logs	Limited credits, 2 team members, 10 projects, 0 published apps, 0 enabled workflows	Free forever; 5 app users in total (team and client combined)
Cheapest paid plan	$29/mo billed annually (Starter (Web))Bubble pricing	$25/mo (Basic)Glide pricing	$19/mo billed annually (Basic)Softr pricing
What it covers	175K workload units/month, live website and custom domain; the Web & Mobile Starter plan is $59/month billed annually.	100 credits, 2 team members, 2 published apps, 1 enabled workflow; annual plans are 'coming soon'.	5 team users and 5 client users, with no extra-user add-ons.
Free trial	Free trial offered on Starter (length not stated on the pricing page)	None stated	7-day trial of Business-plan features on sign-up, no card needed; adding a card extends it to 14 days
Platforms	Web	Web	Web
Integrations (vendor's figure)	8K plugins	Not stated	Not stated
Open source	No	No	No
Good for	Building a customer portal or marketplace app without code Launching a web app and a matching mobile app from one project Building a first version of a product to test a business idea	Turning an operations spreadsheet into an internal app Building inventory, field sales or work order tools for a team Replacing a patchwork of ad-hoc spreadsheets with one shared app	Building a client portal where customers log in to see their own information Creating an internal tool, team intranet or knowledge base Setting up a simple CRM or inventory tracker for a small business
Watch out for	Free plan is for development only: no live app or custom domain Workload units are capped per plan; extra workload is bought as an add-on The Free plan has 1 app editor; Growth allows 2 and Team 5	Free plan cannot publish apps or enable workflows Annual billing is not yet offered ('coming soon') GlideOS is separate from Glide Classic: it needs its own subscription, cannot share data with Classic apps and has no migration tool	Free plan: 5 app users in total Basic caps app users at 5 team and 5 client users, with no add-ons Extra app users are only available on Pro and Business and are billed monthly
Made by	Bubble Group, Inc.	Glide	Softr

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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