Yes, Budibase is free to use with no time limit and no usage cap that forces a paid upgrade. The free plan includes 1 workspace included, 1 creator included, and 0 end users included. FreeTier.co estimates the free tier at about $19/mo, and no credit card is required to sign up.
About
Budibase is a low-code platform for building internal tools, workflow automations, and AI agents on top of Budibase DB and external data sources. It includes app building, automation building, agent building, connectors, and a public API for integrating databases, business apps, and messaging tools.
The pricing page lists a free open-source self-hosted plan with 1 workspace, unlimited apps, unlimited automations, unlimited agents, unlimited users, and community support. Cloud plans start at Pro and include a 14-day free trial, with usage measured in monthly actions and plan-specific limits such as 1 creator, 1 day of logs, and 50,000 Budibase DB rows on Pro.
- 1 workspace on open-source plan
- Unlimited apps and automations
- Unlimited agents and users
- 14-day cloud trial on paid plans
- 50,000 Budibase DB rows on Pro
- 1 creator included on Pro
- 1 day automation and agent logs
Free Tier Value
This free tier is genuinely usable and perpetual, with no credit card required, but it still has a few practical caps: one workspace, one creator, 50,000 database rows, and only 1 day of logs. Compared with the cheapest paid cloud plan at $19/month, it delivers most of the core platform features and unlimited apps/automations/users, so a fair buyer-side estimate is about $19/month of value.
What's included in the free tier
Verified
- 1 workspace included.
- Unlimited apps.
- Unlimited automations.
- Unlimited agents.
- Unlimited users.
- Community support.
- SSO included.
- 1 creator included.
- 0 end users included.
- 1 day of automation logs retained.
- 1 day of agent logs retained.
- 50,000 Budibase DB rows included.
- Unlimited datasources.
- Unlimited external records.
- Unlimited custom fields.
- Unlimited plugins.
See Budibase pricing for current limits.
Paid plans
Pro
- actions
- 5K actions / 10K actions
- creators
- 1
- workspaces
- 1
- log retention
- 1 day
- end users
- add-on at $5/user/mo
- 2K Budibase AI credits
- 1 creator
- 1 day logs
- 1 workspace
- Unlimited agents
- Synchronous automations
Premium
- actions
- 20K actions / 50K actions
- creators
- 1 included
- workspaces
- 10
- log retention
- 7 days
- end users
- add-on at $5/user/mo
- 10K Budibase AI credits
- 1 creator included
- 7 days logs
- 10 workspaces
- Custom branding
- Backups and restore
- SSO
Business
- actions
- 250K actions
- creators
- 3
- workspaces
- unlimited
- log retention
- 30 days
- end users
- add-on at $5/user/mo
- 50K Budibase AI credits
- 3 creators included
- 30 days logs
- Unlimited workspaces
- Environment variables
- Enforced SSO
- User groups
- Email support
Enterprise
- actions
- custom actions
- workspaces
- unlimited
- log retention
- 365 days
- support
- priority
- Active directory/SCIM
- 365 days logs
- Audit logs
- Priority support/SLAs
- Micro Frontends (MFEs)
Open source
- actions
- unlimited
- workspaces
- 1
- creators
- 1
- end users
- 0 included
- log retention
- 1 day
- Budibase DB rows
- 50,000
- 1 workspace
- Unlimited apps
- Unlimited automations
- Unlimited agents
- Unlimited users
- Community support
- SSO
Enterprise
- actions
- unlimited
- workspaces
- unlimited
- log retention
- 365 days
- support
- priority
- Everything in open source
- Custom branding
- Backups and restore
- Environment variables
- Enforced SSO
- User groups
- Active directory/SCIM
- 365 days logs
Pricing extracted from Budibase's pricing page. Always verify current pricing before committing.
Common questions
Is Budibase free forever?
Yes. Budibase is free forever, with no time limit and no usage threshold that forces a paid plan.
Does Budibase require a credit card?
No. You can start on Budibase's free tier without entering card details.
What happens when you exceed Budibase's free tier?
You move to a paid plan. Budibase's cheapest paid plan is Pro at $19 / month.
What is Budibase's free tier worth?
Budibase's free tier is worth about $19 per month. That maps to an FTV score of 70/100. The FTV score is explained at freetier.co/ftv.
