# Appsmith review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Open-source low-code platform for internal apps Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. Appsmith is a low-code platform for building internal tools, dashboards and admin apps from drag-and-drop widgets, with JavaScript for custom logic. It connects to databases, SaaS tools, REST and GraphQL APIs and LLMs, and the core is open source and can be self-hosted. Apps can also be built from natural-language prompts. - **Category:** AI App Builders - **Made by:** Appsmith - **Website:** https://www.appsmith.com - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Tight if you grow, as the free cloud plan stops at 5 users, 5 workspaces and 3 Git repos. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, Appsmith has a free plan, and paid plans start at $15 per user / month. - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Free plan for cloud: up to 5 users, 5 workspaces, Git with 3 repos and community support. The open-source Community edition is free to self-host. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Community | $0 | The open-source edition, which you host yourself. | | Free | $0 | Cloud plan for up to 5 users, with 5 workspaces, Git with 3 repos, Google SSO, 3 standard roles and public apps. | | Business | $15 per user / month, billing period not stated | Up to 99 users, with unlimited workspaces, environments and Git repos, workflows, reusable packages, custom roles, audit logs and removable Appsmith branding. | | Enterprise | $2,500 per month for 100 users | Sold through sales. Adds SAML and OIDC SSO, SCIM provisioning, CI/CD, private app embedding, and dedicated support with SLAs. Airgapped edition and managed hosting are add-ons. | Read from https://www.appsmith.com/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Appsmith before buying. ## Key features - **Drag-and-drop UI:** Responsive interfaces assembled from widgets, with custom widgets written in JS, HTML and CSS. - **Data connections:** Connects to any LLM, database, SaaS tool, or REST or GraphQL API. - **JavaScript customization:** Business logic and data transformations are written in JavaScript, and external libraries can be imported. - **Git version control:** Apps are versioned with Git. The Business plan removes the repo limit, and Enterprise adds CI/CD from environment branches. - **Self-hosting:** The open-source edition runs on your own servers, so internal data stays inside your network. ## Good for - Developer teams building internal tools and admin panels - Companies that need to self-host for data-access reasons - Small teams: the Free cloud plan covers up to 5 users ## Worth knowing - The Free cloud plan stops at 5 users, 5 workspaces and 3 Git repos. - Workflows, reusable packages, audit logs and custom roles start on Business, which covers up to 99 users. - Enterprise starts at $2,500 a month for 100 users, and SAML or OIDC SSO and SCIM are limited to it. - The pricing page does not say whether the $15 Business price is monthly or annual billing. ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.8 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Appsmith is a low-code platform for internal apps, free to self-host or free on the cloud for 5 users, with Business at $15 a user. Workflows, audit logs and custom roles start on Business, and Enterprise is $2,500 a month for 100 users. - **Value for money: A.** An open-source edition you can host for free, a free cloud plan, and Business at $15 a user, under this category's $16 cheaper quarter. - **Free plan and trial: B.** The cloud Free plan is 5 users, 5 workspaces and 3 Git repos, and the open-source edition has no cap. A small team can live on that. - **Features: C.** Drag-and-drop UI, data connections, JavaScript and Git. The listing's gap: workflows, packages and audit logs start on Business. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record, and building an app means connecting data and writing JavaScript. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web, with GitHub, Google, Salesforce and AWS S3 listed, plus self-hosting. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Appsmith's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews. ## Where it stands among AI app builders - Appsmith's GPA of 2.8 is higher than 43 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 7. - It stands best on value for money (A, above 51 of 52) and worst on features (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $15 a month for each person, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 10 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.3 out of 4. 4 tools score higher and cost less. The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/ai-app-builders ## Keep it, or make your own? **Keep it.** To replace Appsmith you would be making a tool that builds and hosts other apps. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. It is one of the better ones too: its GPA of 2.8 is higher than 43 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade. It costs $180 a year. Appsmith is open source, so there is a third way: take its code and run it yourself. - You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps. - You could not: It is priced for each person, which means accounts and billing for a team. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Hooks into the device itself: widgets. A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it. ## Works with GitHub, Google, Salesforce, AWS S3 **Tags:** App builder, Open source, Self-hostable, AI features ## Alternatives - [Retool](https://toolgpa.com/tools/retool): Platform for building internal apps, workflows and AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appsmith-vs-retool) - [Superblocks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/superblocks): Governed platform for AI-built internal apps and agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appsmith-vs-superblocks) - [UI Bakery](https://toolgpa.com/tools/ui-bakery): Low-code and AI builder for internal tools. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appsmith-vs-ui-bakery) - [Softr](https://toolgpa.com/tools/softr): No-code builder for client portals and internal tools, with AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appsmith-vs-softr) - [Bubble](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bubble): No-code visual builder for web and native mobile apps, with AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appsmith-vs-bubble) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://www.appsmith.com/pricing - https://www.appsmith.com/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/appsmith Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).