Comparison

Budibase vs Windmill

No clear leader: Budibase (56.4) and Windmill (52.8) are within the 5-point margin; treat as a tie. The attribute-by-attribute breakdown below, with a source and date on every value, is the honest way to compare them.

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Budibase56
Windmill53
Score
vioscaleAI score
Budibase56 / 100medium · 55%
Windmill53 / 100low · 40%
Pricing
Free tier
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
Model
Budibasefreemium
Windmillcommercial
Price level
Budibaselow
Windmillunknown
Starting price
Budibase$6
Windmill–
Transparent
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
Integrations
Count
Budibase17
Windmill13
Security
Iso27001
Budibase✓
Windmill–
Soc2
Budibase–
Windmill✓
Market
Availability
Content
Faq
Budibase7 items
Windmill6 items

Capabilities

Feature-by-feature on the axes that matter for low code platforms. “-” means undocumented, not absent.

Capabilities
Mobile app generation
Budibase✗
Windmill-
Pro code escape hatch
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
Workflow process automation
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
Bpmn support
Budibase-
Windmill-
AI assisted generation
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
Alm devops
Budibase-
Windmill✓
Plugin marketplace
Budibase✓
Windmill-
Open source
Budibase✓
Windmill✓

What each one is

The product in its own terms, so the numbers below have context.

Budibase

An open-source, model-agnostic platform for creating internal tools, automating workflows, and building AI-powered agents that handle business requests and operations. Supports self-hosting and cloud deployment.

Independently observed

Windmill

Windmill is a development platform that helps teams build, deploy, and automate internal applications and workflows using mainstream programming languages. It provides enterprise-grade governance, security, and observability features and can be deployed to the cloud or self-hosted.

Independently observed

Pricing

List pricing as published by each vendor, with the date we read it. Always verify at the source before you buy.

Budibase

from $6/app_user/moSubscriptionFree tier

From $50/creator + $5/app_user per month (annual billing). Free tier available. 20% nonprofit discount.

  • FreeFree
    • SSO
    • Multiplayer collaboration
    • RBAC
    • Embeds
    • Custom data sources
    • +1 more
  • Premium$60/creator + $6/app_user per month (or $50/creator + $5/app_user annually)
    • Email support
    • Synchronous Automations
    • Increased database records
    • Increased automation runs
    • Extended backup duration
  • EnterpriseContact sales
    • Enforceable SSO
    • SCIM
    • Volume-based discounts
    • Custom support options
as of verify ↗

Windmill

Hybrid

Compute-based pricing with per-seat options

as of verify ↗

Platform & deployment

Where each product runs and how it can be hosted. A dash means undocumented, not unsupported.

Platforms
Web
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
Linux
Budibase✗
Windmill✓
Deployment
Cloud / SaaS
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
Self-hosted
Budibase✓
Windmill✓
On-premise
Budibase✗
Windmill✓
Air-gapped
Budibase✗
Windmill✓

Integrations

What each product connects to. Counts come from the vendor's own integration directory where one exists.

In common (2)
  • Slack
  • PostgreSQL

Budibase

17 total - 15 not shared
  • Salesforce
  • MySQL
  • SQL Server
  • Oracle
  • Airtable
  • MongoDB
  • CouchDB
  • ArangoDB
  • Amazon S3
  • Google Sheets
  • Zapier
  • Gmail
  • Google Workspace
  • Figma
  • HubSpot
Independently observed

Windmill

20 total - 18 not shared
  • Discord
  • Svix
  • OpenAI
  • Supabase
  • Kubernetes
  • Docker
  • Teams
  • Stripe
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • GCP Pub/Sub
  • Azure AI Foundry
  • Anthropic Claude
  • Google AI Gemini
  • AWS Bedrock
  • OpenRouter
  • DeepSeek
  • Mistral
Independently observed
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Budibase or Windmill: which one depends on you

A composite score cannot know your constraints. Describe them and both get re-weighted against what you actually need, with the evidence behind every position.

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Comparison generated from independently-sourced facts. Every value links to its source and retrieval date. See the method.