Head to head
Adalo vs Bubble
Both platforms are scored with the same methodology and the same category rubric. Nothing on this page is influenced by advertising.
48/100 | 52/100Higher score | |
|---|---|---|
| Category rank | #4 | #2 |
| Confidence | Medium confidence | Medium confidence |
| External Reputation | 70 | 70 |
| AI Authority | 32 | 55 |
| Web Authority | 29 | 23 |
| Expert Assessment | 55 | 52 |
| TOP10 User Score | — | — |
| Pricing | $36/month billed annually (Starter; monthly billing carries a 20% premium, indicatively ~$45) · free tier: Free $0/month: 500 records per app, 0 published apps, unlimited test apps and screens, 1 editor, Ada AI (Beta), docs/community support only | Reported at $29/month (web only), $42 with mobile, $59 for both — SECOND-HAND, sources disagree on which track $59 sits in; vendor pricing page not retrieved · free tier: Free plan at $0 reported for learning/prototyping only — cannot publish a live app on a custom domain; one source cites 50k workload units and 1 editor (SECOND-HAND, unverified) |
| Pricing model | Subscription | Subscription plus usage-based metering (workload units) |
| Best for | Solo founders and small businesses shipping one or two apps who want predictable flat pricing plus real Apple/Google Play distribution, and small agencies staying under five published apps and ten editors. | Founders and small teams building a genuinely complex, data-heavy product — marketplace, two-sided platform or SaaS with real permissions and backend logic — who can absorb a months-long learning curve, will model workload-unit consumption before committing, and accept platform lock-in. |
| Avoid if | You need more than five published apps, operate in a regulated sector requiring verifiable compliance certification, need complex custom logic, cannot tolerate auto-renewal and credits-not-cash refund risk, or are shipping an iOS-first product where a launch-day crash is unacceptable. | You are a first-time builder needing to ship in weeks, need a predictable fixed bill that does not scale with your own traffic, need to own or port your source code, or are a design-led team requiring fine-grained CSS control. |
| Markets | SMB, Startups, Freelancers, Agencies | Startups, SMB, Agencies, Enterprise (custom-priced tier reported) |
| Founded | 2018 | — |
| Headquarters | — | New York, USA |
A higher TOP SCORE means more of the evidence favours that platform on this methodology — it is not a recommendation, and it does not account for your specific requirements. Advertisers are never declared the winner of a comparison.