Budibase
github.comSummary
Ask questionsBudibase is an open-source low-code platform designed to help engineers build business applications and automate workflows. It offers integrations with various databases and APIs, a visual UI builder with pre-made components, and supports flexible deployment options. The platform aims to provide a developer-friendly experience for creating secure, scalable applications.
Features10/14
See allMust Have
5 of 5
API & Database Integrations
Drag-and-Drop UI Builder
Code Customization
Access Control & Security
Flexible Deployments
Other
5 of 9
Debugging & Monitoring
Workflow Automation
Mobile-Responsive Support
Prebuilt React Components
Custom Theming & Branding
Version Control Integration
Audit Logs & Analytics
AI-Generated App Assistant
Partner & Customer Portals
PricingFreemium
See allFree
- Unlimited public/private repositories
- Dependabot security and version updates
- 2,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 500MB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
- Issues & Projects
- Community support
- Limited CI/CD minutes
- Limited Packages storage
Team
- Everything included in Free, plus...
- Access to GitHub Codespaces
- Protected branches
- Multiple reviewers in pull requests
- Draft pull requests
- Code owners
- Required reviewers
- Pages and Wikis
- Environment deployment branches and secrets
- 3,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 2GB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
- Web-based support
Enterprise
- Everything included in Team, plus...
- Data residency
- Enterprise Managed Users
- User provisioning through SCIM
- Enterprise Account to centrally manage multiple organizations
- Environment protection rules
- Repository rules
- Audit Log API
- SOC1, SOC2, type 2 reports annually
- FedRAMP Tailored Authority to Operate (ATO)
- SAML single sign-on
- Advanced auditing
- GitHub Connect
- 50,000 CI/CD minutes/month (Free for public repositories)
- 50GB of Packages storage (Free for public repositories)
Rationale
Budibase is an open-source low-code platform that directly competes with Retool. It explicitly states its ability to connect to various databases and REST APIs, offers a drag-and-drop UI builder with pre-made components, allows for code customization, supports flexible deployments (Docker, K8s, Cloud), and includes workflow automation. While security features are mentioned generally, specific details like RBAC or SSO are not as clearly outlined as in the Retool description, but the platform's nature implies a level of access control.
