Quick answer
To describe an app instead of building it screen by screen, Lovable, Bolt.new and Replit are the prompt-to-app tools most guides name, and Base44 has the cheapest entry plan. Capacity, which we make, builds a working app with hosting from a description or straight from Claude or ChatGPT, ships native mobile apps, and lets you download the code.
To keep visual control with less lock-in, WeWeb generates an app with AI, lets you edit it visually and exports the code; FlutterFlow and Adalo build native mobile apps. For portals and internal tools, Softr, Glide, Zite and Retool are quicker to set up than Bubble.
| Tool | Best for | Paid plans from | Free plan | Watch out for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capacity | a working app online built from a description or from Claude or ChatGPT, with native mobile apps and code you can download. | $25/month | Web app: no. Desktop: 1 project | No free plan on the web; login via Clerk or Supabase |
 Lovable | the prompt-to-app builder most guides name first, with GitHub sync on every plan. | €25/month | Yes, 5 credits a day (up to 30 a month) | Builds web apps, not native ones |
 Bolt.new | building in the browser with a free plan generous enough to try a real idea. | $25/month | Yes, 1M tokens a month | Token use grows with the project |
 Replit | people who want an AI agent, a real code workspace and hosting in one place. | $20/month | None listed | Heavier Agent work billed by effort |
 Base44 | non-technical builders who want an all-in-one app with the backend handled. | $16/month (yearly) | Yes, 25 message credits a month | Two kinds of credits to track |
 WeWeb | the closest switch for Bubble builders who want visual control and code they can export. | €20/month (yearly) | Yes, 1M AI tokens | Hosting is priced separately |
 FlutterFlow | native mobile apps designed visually, with code you can download. | $39/month | Yes, up to 2 projects | More of a design tool than a prompt |
 Adalo | native iOS and Android apps designed on a visual canvas, on flat pricing. | $36/month (yearly) | Yes, 500 records per app | AI assistant still in beta |
 Softr | client portals and internal tools on your own data, with permissions. | $19/month (yearly) | Yes, 5 AI credits a month | Mobile is an installable web app |
 Glide | internal business apps a team uses every day, built with AI. | $25/month | Yes, limited credits | Published apps are capped per plan |
 Zite | business apps and workflows for a whole team, with unlimited users. | $20/month (yearly) | Yes, 50 credits a month | Credits, records and workflow runs are capped |
 Retool | internal tools on company databases, and portals for external users on Business. | €9/builder/month (yearly) | Yes, up to 5 users | Priced per builder and per user |
Why people look for a Bubble alternative. The reasons that come back most often.
Workload units grow with your traffic
Bubble measures usage in workload units on top of AI credits, and they grow with your app's traffic and logic, so a successful month can cost more than the plan price.
The code stays in Bubble
Bubble doesn't export code. If you outgrow it, the app gets rebuilt somewhere else rather than moved, which is why some founders pick a tool with code they can take.
A steep learning curve
Bubble's control over data, workflows and permissions comes with an editor that takes longer to learn than builders where you describe the app and refine it by chatting.
Big steps between plans
Billed yearly, Starter is $29 a month, Growth $119 and Team $349, each with more AI credits and workload units.
How we compared them. The same questions for every tool.
- How you build: by describing the app, or screen by screen in a visual editor.
- Whether hosting, a database and logins are included.
- Native mobile apps for iOS and Android.
- How you pay: credits, tokens, workload, seats, users or published apps.
- Whether you can take the code with you, and from which plan.
- Who it's built for: non-technical founders, product teams or business teams.
Build from a description
01 · our product
Capacity
Best for a working app online built from a description or from Claude or ChatGPT, with native mobile apps and code you can download.
Capacity turns a plain-language description into a working app: a React front end, a server and its own database, published at a capacity.studio address or on your own domain. You change it by chatting and watch each change in the preview. You choose the model (Claude Opus 5.5, Claude Sonnet 5.5, Fable 5.1, Mistral Large 4 or Kimi K3) or leave it on Auto.
Why pick Capacity over Bubble
- A fixed monthly price: each plan comes with a set number of credits, and building from Claude, ChatGPT or Mistral is unlimited on every paid plan, because your own subscription writes the code while Capacity hosts the app.
- Native mobile apps: Expo projects that you submit to TestFlight and Google Play from the publish dialog, with your own store accounts.
- Hosting, a database and a custom domain are part of every paid plan, with a full version history to roll back any change.
- Capacity Desktop ($249 once, macOS) runs the same builder on your Mac with your Claude Code or ChatGPT plan, and pushes the code to your own GitHub.
Watch out for
- The web app has no free plan for building: paid plans start at $25 a month. Capacity Desktop has a free plan with one project.
- Login isn't built in: you add it with the Clerk extension or a Supabase connection.
- In the web app, your code downloads as a zip; pushing to your own GitHub is a Desktop feature.
- Less fine-grained control than Bubble's editor: you steer by describing changes, and a developer can take over the code.
Pricing
Starter $25/month (100 credits), Growth $69/month (250 credits), Professional $129/month (500 credits), Business $299/month (1,000 credits). Every plan includes unlimited projects, custom domains and unlimited building from Claude and ChatGPT.
02
Lovable
Best for the prompt-to-app builder most guides name first, with GitHub sync on every plan.
Lovable builds web apps from a chat with a live preview beside it. Lovable Cloud adds the backend, with a database, user login, file storage and server functions on a Supabase foundation, and your code syncs both ways with GitHub on every plan.
Why pick it over Bubble
- The tool most 2026 guides name first for non-technical founders building a web app.
- The chat and the preview are the whole interface, and Lovable Cloud adds the database, login and storage.
- Two-way GitHub sync on every plan, including Free, so a developer can take over later.
Watch out for
- Each message uses credits, and Lovable Cloud usage is billed in credits too once its monthly grant is used.
- For the App Store or Google Play, Lovable points you to a PWA or a Capacitor wrapper you set up yourself.
Pricing
Free: 5 build credits a day, up to 30 a month. Pro: €25/month for 100 monthly credits, with rollovers, top-ups and custom domains. Business: €50/month, adding a team workspace and SSO. Prices shown in euros from France.
03
Bolt.new
Best for building in the browser with a free plan generous enough to try a real idea.
Bolt, from StackBlitz, builds websites and web apps from a chat in your browser and deploys them. Like Replit, the code sits right there if you want it; unlike Replit, the chat and the preview stay in front.
Why pick it over Bubble
- One of the most generous free plans here: 300K tokens a day, 1M a month.
- You can start from a prompt, a Figma file, a GitHub repository or a team template.
- On Pro, unused tokens roll over to the next month.
Watch out for
- Billing is in tokens, and long fix-and-retry sessions on a large project use them up faster.
- Teams pay per member, $30 a month each.
Pricing
Free: 300K tokens a day, 1M a month. Pro: $25/month, no daily limit, from 10M tokens a month, unused tokens roll over. Teams: $30 per member per month.
04
Replit
Best for people who want an AI agent, a real code workspace and hosting in one place.
Replit Agent builds web and mobile apps from a chat, sets up the database and user login, tests its own work in a browser, and publishes the app with hosting, monitoring and custom domains. The code sits in a full cloud workspace you can open whenever you want.
Why pick it over Bubble
- Everything from the first prompt to hosting lives in one product.
- The Agent tests and fixes its own work in a browser while it builds.
- Up to ten agents working in parallel on the Pro plan.
Watch out for
- Plans include monthly credits ($20 on Core); beyond them, usage is billed by effort, so a long build is hard to price in advance.
- The workspace shows the technical side, which can be a lot for non-technical founders.
Pricing
Core: $20/month ($18/month billed yearly), with up to 30 hours of chat on Free Mode and $20 of usage for the more powerful models. Pro: $100/month ($90/month billed yearly). Enterprise on request. No free plan is listed on the pricing page.
05
Base44
Best for non-technical builders who want an all-in-one app with the backend handled.
Base44, owned by Wix since 2025, builds the front end, backend, database, user login and payments from a plain-language description, runs the apps on its own infrastructure, and connects to tools like Gmail, Slack, Notion and HubSpot. It makes websites, internal tools, online stores and mobile apps.
Why pick it over Bubble
- The lowest entry price for an app builder on this list: Starter is $16 a month billed yearly.
- Login and payments are part of what it builds, not an add-on.
- It wraps your app for the App Store and Google Play and helps you submit it.
Watch out for
- Plans count two kinds of credits, message credits and integration credits, so check both before a busy month.
- GitHub integration starts on the Builder plan ($40 a month billed yearly).
- Store apps are your web app in a native web view, not a native rebuild.
Pricing
Free: 25 message credits a month. Billed yearly: Starter $16/month (100 message credits), Builder $40 (250), Pro $80 (500), Elite $160 (1,200). Monthly billing costs about 20% more.
Visual builders, with more control or less lock-in
06
WeWeb
Best for the closest switch for Bubble builders who want visual control and code they can export.
WeWeb builds web apps with AI, then lets you change every detail in a drag-and-drop editor. Its AI, or any AI agent you prefer, creates the interfaces, databases, APIs and front-end logic; you publish on WeWeb's cloud or export the app as Vue.js code and host it yourself.
Why pick it over Bubble
- No lock-in: from Essential, export the code, host it yourself and sync it with GitHub.
- No charge per app user, so a portal can grow without seat costs.
- Connects to the databases you already have without copying the data, or to WeWeb Cloud's own database.
Watch out for
- Hosting on WeWeb Cloud is a separate line: free up to 1,000 app sessions on a WeWeb subdomain, custom domains from €13 a month.
- The visual editor gives you control, and takes longer to learn than a prompt-only builder.
Pricing
Billed yearly: Free (1M AI tokens), Essential €20/month (10M tokens, code export, GitHub sync), Pro €50/month per developer (25M tokens, more seats, unlimited MCP server). WeWeb Cloud hosting is separate: free up to 1,000 sessions, then from €13/month. Prices shown in euros.
07
FlutterFlow
Best for native mobile apps designed visually, with code you can download.
FlutterFlow builds Flutter apps for iOS, Android and the web in a visual editor, with AI to generate pages and components. It's the usual pick when the native mobile app is the product.
Why pick it over Bubble
- Strong native mobile results with fine control over every screen.
- Download the project's source code or an APK from the Basic plan.
- Push to GitHub and work in VS Code on higher plans.
Watch out for
- You build screen by screen in an editor, so it asks more of you than a prompt-to-app tool.
- Team plans are priced per seat.
Pricing
Free: up to 2 projects. Basic: $39/month. Growth: $80/month for the first seat, $55 for the second. Business: $150/month for the first seat.
08
Adalo
Best for native iOS and Android apps designed on a visual canvas, on flat pricing.
Adalo is a visual no-code app builder: you design native iOS, Android and web apps on a multi-screen canvas, with an AI assistant, Ada, that builds alongside you, a hosted Postgres database, and one app version published to the web, the App Store and Google Play.
Why pick it over Bubble
- Flat pricing: no usage or token-based charges on any plan.
- Automated App Store publishing from the Starter plan.
- A hosted Postgres database is included, even on the free plan.
Watch out for
- You design screen by screen, and the Ada AI assistant is labelled beta.
- Plans limit published apps: 1 on Starter, 2 on Professional, 5 on Team.
Pricing
Free: 500 records per app, no published app. Billed yearly: Starter $36/month (1 published app, custom domain, App Store publishing), Professional $52/month (2 apps, 5 editors), Team $160/month (5 apps, 10 editors). Monthly billing costs 20% more.
Portals and internal tools
09
Softr
Best for client portals and internal tools on your own data, with permissions.
Softr is an AI app builder for business operations: secure internal tools and client portals with databases, workflow automation and integrations included. You build with AI or with no-code blocks, and connect data from its own databases or tools like Airtable and Notion.
Why pick it over Bubble
- Unlimited apps, databases, workflows, agents and forms even on the free plan, with an API and an MCP server.
- Built for portals: granular permissions and visibility, Google sign-in and one-time passwords for your app's users from Pro.
- Over 59 integrations, including Airtable and Notion as data sources.
Watch out for
- AI credits are few (5 a month free, 10 on Basic, 50 on Pro), so most building is done with no-code blocks.
- Mobile means an installable web app (PWA) with push notifications, on the Business plan.
Pricing
Free: 5 AI credits a month. Billed yearly: Basic $19/month (10 AI credits, custom domain), Pro $99/month (50 AI credits, no Softr branding, permissions, custom code), Business $329/month (100 AI credits, 2FA, installable mobile app with push notifications). Yearly billing gives two months free.
Glide is an AI app builder for internal business apps: you describe the tool, and Glide builds it on its own platform with integrations and workflows, then publishes it to your team or, from Plus, to the public. You choose how hard its agent works (light, medium or heavy).
Why pick it over Bubble
- Made for the internal apps teams run on, with integrations and AI features inside the apps.
- Pro adds unlimited published apps and workflows, org-level roles and building with your own agent over MCP.
- A free plan with 10 projects to try it.
Watch out for
- Published apps are capped below Pro: 2 on Basic, 5 on Plus.
- Pro, where the limits lift, starts at $125 a month for 5 team members.
Pricing
Free: limited credits, 2 team members, 10 projects. Basic: $25/month (100 credits, 2 published apps). Plus: $50/month (250 credits, 5 published apps, public apps). Pro: $125/month for 5 members (500 credits, unlimited published apps and workflows). Enterprise on request.
Zite builds business apps and workflows on its own database from a description, so a team can run its operations in one place, from a prompt like "a client management app for my marketing agency", connected to the apps it already uses. Every plan, including Free, has unlimited users, apps and editors.
Why pick it over Bubble
- Unlimited users on every plan, which suits tools a whole team uses.
- Apps, workflows and a database in one product.
- The Business plan lets you build with your own AI.
Watch out for
- Monthly credits cap how much you build: 50 on Free (10 messages a day), 100 on Pro, 400 on Business.
- Records and workflow runs are capped per plan: 5,000 records and 1,000 runs a month on Free.
Pricing
Free: 50 credits a month, 5,000 records, 1,000 workflow runs. Billed yearly: Pro $20/month (100 credits, 100,000 records, a custom domain), Business $75/month (400 credits, 250,000 records, your own AI). Team and Enterprise on request.
12
Retool
Best for internal tools on company databases, and portals for external users on Business.
Retool builds internal software with AI: describe the app and its app builder returns a production-ready app with security and governance built in, or build with your own AI agent through Retool's MCP server and command-line tool. Around the apps sit workflows, its own database, mobile apps and self-hosting.
Why pick it over Bubble
- Made for apps on company data, with staging and production environments from Team.
- External users and embedded apps on Business, for portals, with the first 50 external users free.
- Self-hosted and air-gapped deployments on Enterprise.
Watch out for
- Every builder and every internal user is a monthly line: on Team, €9 per builder and €5 per internal user, billed yearly.
- External users, which a client portal needs, start on Business: €46 per builder and €14 per internal user.
Pricing
Free: up to 5 users, 250 AI credits a month. Billed yearly: Team €9 per builder and €5 per internal user a month (1,000 AI credits), Business €46 per builder and €14 per internal user (3,000 AI credits, external users and embedded apps, the first 50 external users free). Enterprise: custom. Prices shown in euros from France.
Bubble and its alternatives, side by side. From each official site, October 15, 2026.
| Feature |  Bubble | Capacity | Lovable | Bolt.new | Replit | Base44 | WeWeb | FlutterFlow | Adalo | Softr | Glide | Zite | Retool |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paid plans from | $29/month (yearly) | $25/month | €25/month | $25/month | $20/month ($18 yearly) | $16/month (yearly) | €20/month (yearly) | $39/month | $36/month (yearly) | $19/month (yearly) | $25/month | $20/month (yearly) | €9/builder/month (yearly) |
| Free plan | Yes | Desktop only (1 project) | Yes | Yes | None listed | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes, up to 5 users |
| How you build | Visual editor, with AI | Describe it, or build from Claude or ChatGPT | Describe it in a chat | Describe it in a chat | Agent chat plus a code workspace | Describe it in a chat | AI, then a visual editor | Visual editor, with AI | Visual canvas, with an AI assistant | AI or no-code blocks | From a spreadsheet, a prompt or a file | Describe it | Describe it, or with your own agent |
| How usage is billed | AI credits and workload units | Monthly credits; building from Claude or ChatGPT unlimited | Monthly credits | Tokens | Plan credits, then effort-based pay-as-you-go | Message and integration credits | Per developer; hosting separate | Per seat | Flat, by published app | Plan, with a few AI credits | Credits, published apps, members | Credits, records and workflow runs | Per builder and per user |
| Mobile apps | Yes (iOS and Android) | Native (Expo, TestFlight and Google Play) | PWA or Capacitor, set up yourself | – | Yes, from Agent | Web view wrapper for the stores | Responsive web apps | Yes (Flutter) | Native iOS and Android | Installable web app (Business) | – | – | Retool Mobile |
| Taking your code with you | No code export | Zip download; GitHub push from Desktop | Two-way GitHub sync | In Bolt; import from GitHub | Your Replit workspace | GitHub from the Builder plan | Vue.js export and GitHub sync from Essential | Code download from Basic, GitHub from Growth | – | – | – | – | Git source control on Enterprise |
| Built for | No-code builders with complex apps | Non-technical founders, small businesses | Founders, designers, product teams | Makers and developers | Builders and developers | Non-technical builders | Teams that want control and code export | Mobile app teams | No-code builders, mobile first | Business teams: portals and internal tools | Teams building internal apps | Teams building internal tools | Engineering and operations teams |
How to choose. Start from what you need, not from the ranking.
The prompt builder most guides recommendLovable
A generous free plan to try an ideaBolt.new
Agent, code workspace and hosting in one placeReplit
The lowest entry price for a full appBase44
Visual control with code you can exportWeWeb
A native app with code you can downloadFlutterFlow
Native apps on flat pricingAdalo
A client portal on your own dataSoftr
Internal apps for a teamGlide or Zite
Internal tools on company databasesRetoolWhen to stay on Bubble
If your app has complex logic and data, your team already knows the editor, and the workload units fit your traffic, Bubble is still one of the most complete visual builders, with web and native mobile apps from the same plan and a free plan to build on.
Questions people ask. Short answers, with the details above.
What is the best alternative to Bubble?
It depends on why you're leaving. To describe the app instead of building it visually, Lovable, Bolt.new, Replit, Base44 or Capacity. To keep visual control with code you can export, WeWeb. For native mobile apps, FlutterFlow or Adalo. For portals and internal tools, Softr, Glide, Zite or Retool.
Is there a free Bubble alternative?
Yes, with limits: Lovable, Bolt.new, Base44, WeWeb, FlutterFlow, Adalo, Softr, Glide, Zite and Retool all have free plans. The Capacity web app has no free plan; Capacity Desktop has one with a single project.
What's cheaper than Bubble?
On entry price, Base44 Starter is $16 a month billed yearly, Replit Core $18 billed yearly and Softr Basic $19 billed yearly, against $29 a month billed yearly for Bubble Starter. What you really pay depends on credits, tokens or workload as your app grows.
Bubble vs Lovable: which should I use?
Bubble gives you a visual editor with deep control over data and workflows, plus native mobile apps, but takes longer to learn and keeps the code inside Bubble. Lovable builds a web app from a chat and syncs the code to GitHub on every plan. Pick Bubble for complex logic you want to shape yourself, Lovable to describe and ship faster.
Can I export my Bubble app's code?
No. Bubble doesn't export code, so moving means rebuilding the app in another tool. If owning the code matters, WeWeb exports a Vue.js app, FlutterFlow lets you download a Flutter project, Lovable and v0 sync to GitHub, and Capacity downloads your code as a zip.
Is there a Bubble alternative for native mobile apps?
Yes. FlutterFlow builds Flutter apps for iOS and Android, Adalo publishes native apps on flat pricing, and Capacity builds Expo apps you submit to TestFlight and Google Play. Bubble itself publishes iOS and Android apps too.
Bubble vs Softr for a client portal?
Softr is quicker for a portal on data you already have in Airtable or Notion, with permissions on its Pro plan. Bubble lets you build any portal logic you want, with more work. If the portal is standard, start with Softr; if it's the product itself, Bubble or a prompt builder.
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