# UI Bakery review (2026): is the free plan enough? > Low-code and AI builder for internal tools Checked Nov 12, 2026 ยท graded Nov 12, 2026 by ToolGPA. UI Bakery is a low-code platform for internal tools, admin panels, dashboards and customer portals, with a drag-and-drop builder, workflow automations and an AI development agent. It connects to 45+ databases and APIs, includes a hosted database, and can run in the cloud or be self-hosted. Apps can be exported as React code. - **Category:** AI App Builders - **Made by:** UI Bakery - **Website:** https://uibakery.io - **Runs on:** Web - **Who should skip it:** Pricey if you add developers: anyone who edits counts as one. - **Facts last checked:** Nov 12, 2026 ## Pricing As of Nov 12, 2026, UI Bakery has a free plan, and paid plans start at $20 per developer / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly). - **Pricing model:** Free plan - **Free plan:** Unlimited apps and data source connections, public and private apps, unlimited public app users, a hosted database and monthly AI trial credits. - **Free trial:** None listed. | Plan | Price | What you get | | --- | --- | --- | | Free | $0 per developer / month | Unlimited apps and data sources, release history, hosted database, community support and monthly AI trial credits. | | Builder | $20 per developer / month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly) | Adds $25 of AI usage credits, app and data source environments, app export, built-in roles and up to 50 workspace view seats. | | Team | $35 per developer / month, billed annually ($40 billed monthly) | Adds $40 of AI usage credits, role-based access control, audit logs and premium support. | | Enterprise | Custom | More than 50 workspace view seats, custom SSO, a dedicated VM, and app migration and custom development services. | Read from https://uibakery.io/pricing on Nov 12, 2026. Prices change, so confirm with UI Bakery before buying. ## Ways to pay less - **20% off Builder, 12.5% off Team with annual billing** (Annual discount): The pricing page labels annual billing as 20% off on Builder and 12.5% off on Team compared with monthly billing. Source: https://uibakery.io/pricing ## Key features - **Drag-and-drop builder:** A WYSIWYG editor with 80+ ready-made components for apps built on top of your data. - **AI development agent:** An agent that generates and deploys an app from a chat prompt; AI usage is drawn from credits included in each plan. - **Data connections:** Connects to 45+ databases and APIs, and a hosted PostgreSQL database is available for prototypes. - **Workflow automations:** Scheduled jobs and webhooks, plus Git version control for collaborating and deploying across instances. - **Self-hosting and code export:** Cloud or self-hosted installs, with React code export so apps are not locked in. ## Good for - Teams building admin panels, dashboards and approval workflows on live databases - Companies that want to self-host internal tools - Teams where many staff only view apps: view seats are separate from developer seats ## Worth knowing - Pricing is per developer, meaning anyone with permission to edit apps, automations or data sources. - App export, environments and built-in roles start on Builder; RBAC and audit logs need Team. - AI usage beyond each plan's included credits is not priced on the page. - Self-hosted plans have their own list: Free at $0 and Team at $35 per developer a month billed annually ($40 monthly). ## ToolGPA grades **GPA: 2.6 out of 4**, graded Nov 12, 2026. UI Bakery builds internal tools with a drag-and-drop editor and an AI agent, with a free plan of unlimited apps. Builder is $20 per developer on yearly billing, and role-based access and audit logs are on Team at $35. - **Value for money: C.** $20 per developer a month billed yearly, the category's middle. Team is $35 and AI use beyond the included credits isn't priced. - **Free plan and trial: B.** Free: unlimited apps, data sources, a hosted database and monthly AI trial credits. A person can live on that. - **Features: B.** 80+ components, an AI agent, 45+ data connections, workflows, Git and React code export. The listing shows no gap in the core job. - **Ease of use: C.** No store rating on record. A web builder where you connect data and build the screens. - **Platforms and integrations: B.** Web or self-hosted, connecting to 45+ databases and APIs. These are ToolGPA's own grades. Graded from this listing, whose facts were read from UI Bakery'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 - UI Bakery's GPA of 2.6 is higher than 38 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade, and level with 4. - It stands best on free plan and trial (B, above 45 of 52) and worst on ease of use (C, above 0). - Its paid plans start at $20 a month, against a middle price of $20 for the category: 25 of the 50 others that charge start lower. - On features, ease of use and platforms it scores 2.7 out of 4. 6 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 UI Bakery 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 2.6 is higher than 38 of the 52 other AI app builders we grade. It costs $240 a year. - You could not: A tool that builds and hosts other apps. - You could not: Connections to other products, each kept working as those products change. - You could not: AI features, unless you pay a model provider for each request yourself. - You could not: Sharing with other people, which means accounts and invitations. - 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 PostgreSQL **Tags:** App builder, AI features, Self-hostable, Workflow automation ## Alternatives - [Retool](https://toolgpa.com/tools/retool): Platform for building internal apps, workflows and AI agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/retool-vs-ui-bakery) - [Appsmith](https://toolgpa.com/tools/appsmith): Open-source low-code platform for internal apps. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/appsmith-vs-ui-bakery) - [Superblocks](https://toolgpa.com/tools/superblocks): Governed platform for AI-built internal apps and agents. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/superblocks-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/softr-vs-ui-bakery) - [Bubble](https://toolgpa.com/tools/bubble): No-code visual builder for web and native mobile apps, with AI. [Compare](https://toolgpa.com/compare/bubble-vs-ui-bakery) ## Sources The prices, plans, platforms and features above were read from these pages on Nov 12, 2026: - https://uibakery.io/pricing - https://uibakery.io/ Page: https://toolgpa.com/tools/ui-bakery Listed by ToolGPA (toolgpa.com).