# Budibase vs Windmill

| Attribute | Budibase | Windmill |
|---|---|---|
| **vioscaleAI score** | 56.4 (55% (medium)) | 52.8 (40% (low)) |
| content.faq | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Low Code Platforms.","source":"https://budibase.com","question":"What is Budibase?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Budibase offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Paid plans start at $6 per app_user per month. Prices are published openly on the vendor's own pricing page. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://budibase.com/blog/updates/pricing-v3/","question":"Is Budibase free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed browser-based access to Budibase. That is the extent of what we could verify from public sources, so it may well offer desktop or mobile clients we have not indexed.","source":"https://budibase.com","question":"What platforms does Budibase support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Budibase can be deployed cloud / SaaS and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://budibase.com","question":"Can Budibase be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 17 integrations for Budibase, including Salesforce, Slack, MySQL, SQL Server, PostgreSQL, Oracle, Airtable and MongoDB, plus 9 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://budibase.com/blog/updates/pricing-v3/","question":"What does Budibase integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed ISO 27001 for Budibase. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Budibase not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://budibase.com/blog/data/acid-compliance/","question":"What security certifications does Budibase have?","confidence":0.7},{"answer":"Budibase is available worldwide. Its primary market is the United States.","source":"https://budibase.com/blog/updates/pricing-v3/","question":"Where is Budibase available?","confidence":0.5}]` | `[{"answer":"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. It is indexed under Low Code Platforms.","source":"https://www.windmill.dev/changelog/new-pricing","question":"What is Windmill?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Windmill offers a free tier, so you can start without paying. Pricing changes often, so verify at source before relying on it.","source":"https://www.windmill.dev/changelog/new-pricing","question":"Is Windmill free?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Windmill supports the web and Linux. Platforms we have not confirmed are simply not listed here rather than ruled out.","source":"https://www.windmill.dev/changelog/new-pricing","question":"What platforms does Windmill support?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"Yes. Windmill can be deployed cloud / SaaS, on-premise, air-gapped and self-hosted, so it does not have to run on the vendor's infrastructure.","source":"https://www.windmill.dev/changelog/new-pricing","question":"Can Windmill be self-hosted?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have confirmed 10 integrations for Windmill, including Slack, Discord, Svix, OpenAI, Supabase, PostgreSQL, Kubernetes and Docker, plus 2 more. This is what we could verify from public sources, so the vendor may support others we have not indexed.","source":"https://www.windmill.dev/changelog/new-pricing","question":"What does Windmill integrate with?","confidence":0.6},{"answer":"We have independently confirmed SOC 2 for Windmill. Certifications we do not list are ones we have not been able to verify from public sources, which is not the same as Windmill not holding them. Always confirm compliance directly before you rely on it.","source":"https://www.windmill.dev","question":"What security certifications does Windmill have?","confidence":0.48}]` |
| deployment.options | `{"cloud":true,"self_hosted":true}` | `{"cloud":true,"on_prem":true,"air_gapped":true,"self_hosted":true}` |
| description.long | 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. | 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. |
| features.capabilities | `{"open_source":true,"plugin_marketplace":true,"mobile_app_generation":false,"pro_code_escape_hatch":true,"ai_assisted_generation":true,"workflow_process_automation":true}` | `{"alm_devops":true,"open_source":true,"pro_code_escape_hatch":true,"ai_assisted_generation":true,"workflow_process_automation":true}` |
| integrations.count | 17 | 13 |
| integrations.list | `[{"name":"Salesforce"},{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"MySQL"},{"name":"SQL Server"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Oracle"},{"name":"Airtable"},{"name":"MongoDB"},{"name":"CouchDB"},{"name":"ArangoDB"},{"name":"Amazon S3"},{"name":"Google Sheets"},{"name":"Zapier"},{"name":"Gmail"},{"name":"Google Workspace"},{"name":"Figma"},{"name":"HubSpot"}]` | `[{"name":"Slack"},{"name":"Discord"},{"name":"Svix"},{"name":"OpenAI"},{"name":"Supabase"},{"name":"PostgreSQL"},{"name":"Kubernetes"},{"name":"Docker"},{"name":"Teams","native":true,"category":"chat"},{"name":"Stripe","category":"payments"},{"name":"GitHub","native":true},{"name":"GitLab","native":true},{"name":"GCP Pub/Sub","native":true,"category":"messaging","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Azure AI Foundry","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Anthropic Claude","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Google AI Gemini","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"AWS Bedrock","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"OpenRouter","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"DeepSeek","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"},{"name":"Mistral","native":true,"category":"ai","direction":"inbound"}]` |
| market.availability | `{"primaryMarkets":["US"],"availabilityScope":"global","availableCountries":[],"notAvailableCountries":[]}` | - |
| platform.support | `{"web":true}` | `{"web":true,"linux":true}` |
| pricing | `{"type":"subscription","plans":[{"free":true,"name":"Free","summary":"Free for up to 5 users (Cloud) or 20 users (self-hosted)","features":["SSO","Multiplayer collaboration","RBAC","Embeds","Custom data sources","Self-hosting option"],"components":[{"kind":"fixed","amount":0,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false},{"free":false,"name":"Premium","summary":"$60/creator + $6/app_user per month (or $50/creator + $5/app_user annually)","features":["Email support","Synchronous Automations","Increased database records","Increased automation runs","Extended backup duration"],"commitment":"monthly","components":[{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"creator","amount":60,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},{"kind":"per_unit","unit":"app_user","amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"}],"contactSales":false,"includedLimits":{"automation_runs":"5000","backup_duration":"1 month","database_records":"25000"}},{"free":false,"name":"Enterprise","summary":"Custom pricing based on creators and app users","features":["Enforceable SSO","SCIM","Volume-based discounts","Custom support options"],"commitment":"annual","contactSales":true}],"summary":"From $50/creator + $5/app_user per month (annual billing). Free tier available. 20% nonprofit discount.","currency":"USD","freeTier":true,"sourceUrl":"https://budibase.com/blog/updates/pricing-v3/","retrievedAt":"2026-08-25T12:15:33.465Z","startingPrice":{"unit":"app_user","amount":6,"period":"month","currency":"USD"},"billingPeriods":["month","year"]}` | `{"type":"hybrid","summary":"Compute-based pricing with per-seat options","sourceUrl":"https://www.windmill.dev/changelog/new-pricing","retrievedAt":"2026-09-07T08:28:30.297Z"}` |
| pricing.free_tier | yes | yes |
| pricing.model | freemium | commercial |
| pricing.price_level | low | unknown |
| pricing.starting_price | `{"amount":6,"currency":"USD"}` | - |
| pricing.transparent | yes | yes |
| security.iso27001 | yes | - |
| security.soc2 | - | yes |
| security.trust_center | - | https://www.windmill.dev/blog/tags/security-operations |

## Capabilities (Low Code Platforms)

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

*Source: vioscaleAI. Generated 2026-10-16T19:17:20.221Z. "-" = undocumented, not absent.*