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What is Bubble
Bubble is a no-code development platform for building and deploying web applications using a visual editor and workflow logic instead of traditional code. It targets founders, product teams, and agencies that need to create custom apps such as marketplaces, internal tools, and customer portals with database-backed functionality. The platform combines UI design, data modeling, server-side workflows, and hosting in a single environment, with extensibility through plugins and API integrations.
End-to-end web app builder
Bubble provides visual tools for UI design, database modeling, and workflow automation in one product. This reduces the need to assemble separate tools for front end, back end, and deployment. Teams can ship functional web apps without managing servers or a separate hosting stack.
Rich logic and data modeling
The platform supports complex conditional logic, reusable components, and relational data structures suitable for multi-user applications. It includes built-in authentication patterns and privacy rules to control data access. This makes it more suitable for database-driven apps than basic website builders focused on static pages.
Extensible via APIs and plugins
Bubble supports connecting to external services through an API connector and a marketplace of plugins. This enables integrations for payments, messaging, analytics, and other common app capabilities. It helps teams adapt Bubble apps to existing business systems without building every integration from scratch.
Learning curve for complex apps
Although it is no-code, building non-trivial applications requires understanding Bubble’s data structure, workflow execution, and privacy model. Debugging issues can be time-consuming because logic is distributed across visual elements and workflows. Teams often need internal standards to keep larger projects maintainable.
Performance and scaling constraints
Application performance depends on how workflows, database queries, and page rendering are designed within Bubble’s runtime. Poorly optimized pages or queries can lead to slow load times as apps grow. Some scaling and performance tuning options are constrained by the managed platform compared with fully custom code stacks.
Platform dependency and portability
Apps are built on Bubble’s proprietary environment, which limits portability to other runtimes without a rebuild. Long-term roadmaps can be affected by platform changes, pricing updates, or plugin maintenance by third parties. Organizations with strict requirements for source-level control may find this limiting.
Plan & Pricing
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 per month | Development version; API connector; 1 app editor; 50K workload units/month; 6 hours server logs; Component library & web debugger; Native mobile editor, mobile debugger, on-device testing for mobile builds. (Web & Mobile projects share workload usage.) |
| Starter | Annual billing: Web only $29/mo; Mobile only $42/mo; Web + Mobile $59/mo | |
| --- | --- | |
| Monthly billing: Web only $32/mo; Mobile only $49/mo; Web + Mobile $69/mo | Everything in Free, plus: recurring workflows; basic version control; 175K workload units/mo; 2 days server logs; branding; custom domain; live website; mobile: 5 build submissions/mo (first 3 months: 10 builds), 3 live app versions, unlimited OTAs. Starter recommended for projects ready to launch. | |
| Growth | Annual billing: Web only $119/mo; Mobile only $169/mo; Web + Mobile $209/mo | |
| Monthly billing: Web only $134/mo; Mobile only $199/mo; Web + Mobile $249/mo | Everything in Starter, plus: premium version control; two-factor authentication; 2 app editors; 10 custom branches; 250K workload units/mo; 14 days server logs; web & mobile features: 10 build submissions/mo (first 3 months: 15), 5 live app versions, unlimited OTAs. Designed for team collaboration. | |
| Team | Annual billing: Web only $349/mo; Mobile only $449/mo; Web + Mobile $549/mo | |
| Monthly billing: Web only $399/mo; Mobile only $529/mo; Web + Mobile $649/mo | Everything in Growth, plus: sub apps; 5 app editors; 25 custom branches; 500K workload units/mo; 20 days server logs; mobile: 20 build submissions/mo (first 3 months: 25), 8 live app versions, unlimited OTAs. Designed for scaling teams and businesses. | |
| Plan | Price | Key features & notes |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Enterprise | Custom pricing — contact sales | Everything in Team, plus: custom workload units; choice of hosting location; customizable server; dedicated support team; pay by invoice/ACH; enterprise security and scale options. Contact Bubble sales for tailored pricing and SLA. |
Additional official add-ons/notes: workload tiers (additional workload units) are purchasable on paid plans; additional file storage = $3 per 100 GB/month; plugin subscriptions may incur additional costs; bandwidth and storage allocations vary by plan. Source: Bubble official pricing page and Bubble manual (pricing & plans).
Seller details
Bubble Group, Inc.
New York, NY, USA
2012
Private
https://bubble.io/
https://x.com/bubble
https://www.linkedin.com/company/bubble-group/
