What is Budibase?
Budibase, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Belfast, UK, is an open-source (GPL-3.0) low-code platform for building internal applications and automations. Its documentation describes connecting to databases and APIs, building UI screens from components, and configuring automations/workflows without a full custom build. The self-hosted edition is free and unrestricted; Budibase also sells hosted Pro, Premium and Business cloud plans.
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Sources checked 27 September 2026: official website, documentation, repository, pricing.
Key capabilities
- Data connections: databases, REST APIs and common SaaS tools.
- App builder: screens assembled from components, plus internal automations/workflows.
- Deployment: free, unlimited self-hosting, or hosted Pro/Premium/Business/Enterprise cloud plans.
Internal application development, workflow automation and admin tooling are the core areas. Verify plugin/automation coverage for the specific data sources involved and test upgrade paths between self-hosted and cloud before committing long-term.
Shortlist Budibase when a team wants a genuinely free, self-hostable low-code platform for internal tools, or wants to start on a hosted plan with a clear upgrade path. It fits teams comfortable running and maintaining their own instance if avoiding vendor lock-in and licensing fees matters.
Free self-hosting removes licensing cost but shifts maintenance, upgrades and security patching onto the team running it. Pilot one real workflow and confirm who owns operating the instance before wider rollout.
Technical details
- Access
- Self-hosted
- Source model
- Open source
- Founded
- 2019
- Headquarters
- Belfast, UK
- Pricing model
- Open source
- API
- Available
- Published release
- Budibase v3.46.0 ↗ (checked )
- Source check
- Primary source ↗ checked
- Website
- budibase.com ↗
Official resources
What to verify for your environment
Start from the users, systems and operating responsibilities the tool needs to support.
- Confirm current features, licensing and support terms with the publisher.
- Validate deployment, data location, access control, backup and recovery requirements.
- Test integrations, export paths and a representative operational workflow before committing.
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