# Caspio review (2026): is it worth $270 a month, billed yearly?

> Low-code platform for database-driven web apps

Checked Nov 12, 2026 · graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA.

Caspio is a low-code platform for building database-driven web apps, forms, reports and portals for internal or outside users. Every plan has unlimited app users, and prices rise by tier with records, automation limits and support. An AI builder and an MCP server are included.

- **Category:** Spreadsheets & Databases
- **Made by:** Caspio, Inc.
- **Website:** https://www.caspio.com
- **Runs on:** Web
- **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you are one person or a small team, as the floor is $270 a month on annual billing.
- **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026

## Pricing

As of Nov 12, 2026, Caspio is a paid product with a free trial, starting at $270 per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly).

- **Pricing model:** Free trial
- **Free plan:** None.
- **Free trial:** Free trial, length not stated on the pricing page.

| Plan | Price | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Team | $270 per month, billed annually ($300 billed monthly) | Unlimited app users, 5 app authors, 250K records, 50 GB files, chat support and 100 DataPages. |
| Business | $540 per month, billed annually ($600 billed monthly) | Unlimited authors, 1M records, 100 GB files, chat and phone support, 200 DataPages, custom domain. |
| Enterprise | Custom | 2M+ records, unlimited DataPages, 2-hour ticket response and governance features. Sold through sales. |

Read from https://www.caspio.com/pricing/ on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with Caspio before buying.

## Ways to pay less

- **Save 10% with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page lists a 10% saving for paying annually: Team $270 and Business $540 a month. Source: https://www.caspio.com/pricing/
- **Extra discounts for nonprofits** (Nonprofit): The pricing page mentions extra discounts for nonprofits and qualifying countries; the amounts are not shown there. Source: https://www.caspio.com/pricing/

## Key features

- **Visual app builder:** Build forms, reports, charts, calendars and search pages and deploy on your own site or Caspio hosting.
- **AI tools:** Caspi, the AI app builder, chat agent, AI workflows and an MCP server for ChatGPT and Claude.
- **Automation:** Triggered actions, scheduled tasks and import and export jobs, with run limits that rise by plan.
- **Identity management:** Directories, two-factor authentication for end users, SAML in and out, and custom email templates.
- **REST API and webhooks:** REST API, Zapier and webhooks with monthly integration call allowances: 500K on Team, 1M on Business.
- **Compliance edition:** A HIPAA and compliance edition on separate infrastructure with a signed BAA, from $500 a month on a 1-year term.

## Good for

- Organizations serving many outside users, since app users are unlimited
- Teams needing HIPAA-grade hosting through the compliance edition
- Builders who want hosted apps or embedded apps on their own site

## Worth knowing

- Team allows 5 app authors and 250K records; heavier use needs Business at $540 a month on annual billing.
- Pricing is USD by default; the page also shows other currencies.
- Onboarding is a separate one-time fee: Jumpstart $600 or Enterprise Onboarding $1,800.
- SMS and some extensions use credit-based billing.

## ToolGPA grades

**GPA: 2.0 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. Caspio builds database-driven web apps, forms and portals, and every plan allows unlimited app users. Team starts at $270 a month on annual billing and caps you at 5 app authors and 250K records, and onboarding is an extra fee on top.

- **Value for money: D.** Team is $270 a month on annual billing ($300 monthly), with no per-user fee. For five people that is $54 each, against $12 in the middle of spreadsheet tools, and one person pays the same $270.
- **Free plan and trial: D.** There is a free trial but its length isn't stated on the pricing page, and whether it needs a card isn't stated either. No free plan.
- **Features: B.** Visual app builder, automation, identity management, a REST API and webhooks, and a compliance edition. Nothing is missing from the core job on the listing, though heavier use pushes you to a dearer plan.
- **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. It is a web app where the work is building the app, so there is a learning curve.
- **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web only, with Zapier, Stripe, PayPal, HubSpot and Slack links and a REST API. No desktop or phone app is listed.

These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from Caspio's own pages on 12 November 2026. Not based on using the product, and shorter than our full reviews.

## Where it stands among spreadsheet and database tools

- Caspio's GPA of 2.0 is higher than 4 of the 42 other spreadsheet and database tools we grade, and level with 4.
- It stands best on features (B, above 19 of 42) and worst on value for money (D, above 1).
- Its paid plans start at $270 a month, against a middle price of $11.38 for the category: 34 of the 35 others that charge start lower.
- On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 7 tools score higher and cost less.

The category's chart of price against score: https://toolgpa.com/charts/spreadsheets

## Keep it, or make your own?

**Keep it.** To replace Caspio you would be making a builder that other people can use without writing code. That is not a weekend's work, with an AI app builder or without one. That makes this kind of software worth paying for, not this one in particular: 34 of the 42 other spreadsheet and database tools grade higher. It costs $3,240 a year.

- You could make: Forms: an app builder makes this well.
- You could not: A builder that other people can use without writing code.
- You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps.
- You could not: Databases with views, filters and links between them.
- You could not: It plugs into other products, Zapier, Stripe and PayPal among them, and has an API.
- You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself.
- You could not: What a company asks for before it lets staff use something: single sign-on and HIPAA.
- You could not: The depth: we grade its features B, which means it covers the whole job.

A judgement by ToolGPA from this listing, by rules that are the same for every tool. Nothing was built to test it.

## Works with

Zapier, Stripe, PayPal, HubSpot, Slack, Zoom, ChatGPT, Claude

**Tags:** Databases, No-code, App builder, AI features, Forms, Public API

## Alternatives

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## Sources

The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026:

- https://www.caspio.com/pricing/
- https://www.caspio.com/terms-of-service/

Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/caspio
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