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10 AppSheet Competitors for No-Code App Development in 2026
20 Oct 2026
Google AppSheet is Google's no-code app development platform, built to turn Sheets, Excel, and databases into mobile and web apps for internal teams. It's at its strongest inside Google Workspace, which is why AppSheet competitors for no-code app development tend to pitch what happens next.
A competitor here is anything a team would put on the shortlist in AppSheet's place, from suite platforms (Microsoft Power Apps is the closest Microsoft equivalent) to developer tools. Plenty of them would never call themselves AppSheet rivals (they'd still happily take the budget line).
Short on time? Here are the highlights:
Among AppSheet's competitors, Zite is the strongest choice for no-code app development in 2026, because you describe the app and get a real database and workflows with it, every plan has unlimited users, and nothing it builds stays a black box once it's running.
From the big software suites, Microsoft Power Apps is the Microsoft 365 contender, Zoho Creator fits companies on Zoho, and Quickbase targets regulated operations teams. Glide turns spreadsheets into apps, while Softr builds portals on existing data.
On the developer side, Retool handles engineer-built internal tools and Budibase offers open-source self-hosting. Bubble powers customer-facing web products, and FlutterFlow ships native mobile apps with exportable code.
| Competitor | Type | How pricing scales | Paid from (as of Oct. 2026) |
| Zite | AI-first builder | Flat plans, unlimited users | $25/mo |
| Zoho Creator | Suite platform | Per user | $12/user/mo |
| Quickbase | Suite platform | Per user, plus a platform minimum | $35/user/mo (billed annually) |
| Microsoft Power Apps | Suite platform | Per user | $20/user/mo (billed annually) |
| Glide | Spreadsheet-to-app | Flat plans, member caps | $25/mo |
| Softr | Spreadsheet-to-app | Flat plans, builder and user caps | $25/mo |
| Retool | Developer-leaning | Per builder plus per user | $12/builder/mo + $7/user/mo |
| Budibase | Developer-leaning | Flat plan plus per end user | $23/mo + $6/end user/mo |
| Bubble | Custom products | Flat plans, metered workload | $32/mo |
| FlutterFlow | Custom products | Per editor seat on higher plans | $39/mo |
How AppSheet's competitors charge you
Pricing is where these platforms differ most, and it's the part that bites later, because an app that starts with five people rarely stays at five.
Per-user pricing is the AppSheet model. Google lists Starter at $5, Core at $10, and Enterprise Plus at $20 per user a month, and guest users count per device (so your phone and your laptop are two separate people as far as the bill is concerned).
Microsoft Power Apps, Zoho Creator, and Quickbase follow the same logic. Power Apps Premium is $20 per user a month (billed annually), Zoho Creator runs $12 to $37 per user on monthly billing, and Quickbase starts at $35 per user (billed annually).
Split pricing charges builders and app users separately. Retool's Team plan is $12 per builder plus $7 per internal user a month, and Budibase Cloud adds $6 per end user, so people who only use the app still show up on the invoice.
Per-app pricing is rarer. AppSheet's Publisher Pro costs $50 a month per app for unlimited users, though those public apps get no sign-in and no security filters.
Flat plans charge one monthly price and cap something else, like apps, members, credits, or workload. Glide, Softr, and Bubble work this way, and so does the AI-first builder at the top of this list, which puts no cap on users at all.
The model matters more than the sticker price, because a per-user bill climbs every time the app reaches another team, while a flat plan stays put until you hit one of its limits.
AI-first app builders
AI-first builders start from a plain-English description and generate the app around it. Several older platforms have added a describe-it feature since, but here it's the front door.
1. Zite: an app, its database, and its workflows from one description
Competes on: You describe what you need in plain English, and the platform builds the app, the database behind it, and the workflows that run it. Pricing is flat with unlimited users on every plan (Free included), so the bill doesn't grow as the app spreads.
Standout features: Your data sits in a spreadsheet-style view that's a real database, since every database gets its own isolated Postgres. AI fields can categorize, summarize, score, and enrich every record.
Workflows are written from a description and run on webhooks, a click in your app, or on demand on every plan, with schedules on Business and up. Every run is kept for 90 days with its steps, inputs, and outputs, so you can see what happened and replay it.
Apps are internal by default, and when you share one outside your organization, people sign in with a magic link or Google login. When something needs to change, you prompt the builder again and it updates the app.
For AppSheet teams, Google Sheets works as a live read-and-write connection, and the migration hub lists AppSheet: it imports your Sheets data first, then rebuilds the app from screen recordings or screenshots. You also get 30+ native integrations, plus Zapier and n8n connectors on every plan.
Bombas, the sock and apparel company, scaled its Giving Program to 4,000+ partners on the platform.
Pricing: Free is $0, Pro is $25/mo, Business is $89/mo, Team is $300/mo, and Enterprise is custom, all billed monthly with unlimited users, editors, and apps on every plan. Granular permissions and roles start at Team, and SSO and audit logs are Enterprise only.
Weak spots: It's a newer platform, so the template library and the community around it are still growing. Those 30+ native integrations also make a shorter list than the big suites offer, which matters if your stack leans on niche systems.
Platforms from the big software suites
These come attached to software your company may already pay for, which is their biggest selling point and the reason they charge per user. If IT has already standardized on a suite, start here.
2. Microsoft Power Apps: the Microsoft 365 answer to AppSheet
Microsoft Power Apps is AppSheet's mirror image on the Microsoft side, built for companies that run on Microsoft 365 the way AppSheet leans on Google Workspace.
Competes on: Governance and reach inside Microsoft shops. Apps sit on Dataverse and connect through prebuilt, custom, and on-premises connectors, which matters when half your data still lives on a server down the hall.
Standout features: Copilot builds an app and data model from a description, though some Copilot features are still in preview. Canvas apps built on Dataverse can run offline-first on mobile with auto-sync, a strong point for field crews.
Agentic features exist in model-driven apps only, and Microsoft 365 Copilot chat is in preview for canvas apps, so check which app type your use case needs before anyone starts building.
Pricing: As of October 2026, Premium is $20 per user a month (billed annually), or $12 with a 2,000-seat minimum. The free Developer Plan covers building and testing only, because using apps "requires paid licenses," per Microsoft.
The pricing page lists no monthly-billed price and no per-app plan. Pay-as-you-go billing through Azure is mentioned, without a published price.
Weak spots: Every app user needs a paid license, billed yearly, so a rollout to a whole department adds up fast. Offline-first depends on Dataverse, and Dataverse storage beyond the included allowance (250 MB of database per Premium license) is $40 per GB a month.
3. Zoho Creator: low-code apps wired into the rest of Zoho
Zoho Creator is the natural AppSheet competitor for a small or midsize business that already runs other Zoho apps.
Competes on: Suite integration and per-user prices that start low. It connects to every Zoho app, and plans include 5, 15, or 30 data sources and 5, 10, or 20 custom connectors depending on the tier.
Standout features: It ships iOS and Android apps, and forms and saved reports can be cached offline, then synced automatically when you're back in range. AI comes as prebuilt and custom-trained models, with 50 or 250 prebuilt models depending on the tier.
Outside users come in through a customer portal add-on, priced in tiers by the number of portal users, from 250 up to 100,000. That makes it workable for supplier or customer portals, as long as you budget for the add-on.
Pricing: As of October 2026, Standard is $12 per user a month on monthly billing, Professional is $30, and Enterprise is $37. A free edition covers one app, which is enough to test whether the builder clicks for your team.
Weak spots: Standard allows one app, a tight box for a team with three spreadsheets begging to become apps. Every internal user needs a license, and external users need the paid portal add-on, so the per-user math gets real once the app spreads past the first department.
4. Quickbase: operations apps for larger, regulated teams
Quickbase competes at the enterprise end, built for operations teams that need compliance controls as much as they need apps.
Competes on: Enterprise operations apps with compliance options. Business includes SSO and SCIM, a sandbox, and FDA and HIPAA compliance, while Enterprise adds on-premises connectivity and data warehouse integrations.
Standout features: Its new AI builder, Pave, pitches "Describe the work. Get custom software," and Quickbase describes it as free to start. Visual app and workflow builders cover the rest, along with web and mobile forms and the Quickbase mobile app.
An optional AI Intelligence Pack add-on brings more AI into the platform, and RESTful APIs let your developers connect it to the systems Quickbase doesn't reach on its own.
Pricing: As of October 2026, Team starts at $35 per user a month (billed annually), Business starts at $55 per user a month (billed annually), and Enterprise is custom. There's no free plan, only a 30-day trial with Business features.
Weak spots: The listed prices don't include a platform minimum that Quickbase doesn't publish, so you'll learn the true floor from sales. All users must be on the same plan, which makes it hard to give a few power users more without upgrading everyone.
Only annual pricing appears on the page, and buying means a conversation with sales. That suits a procurement team with a process, and it's slower for a team that wants to start this afternoon.
Spreadsheet-to-app builders
These are closest in spirit to AppSheet, because you bring data you already have and get an app on top. They're quick to start, and their limits show up as member caps and plan tiers.
5. Glide: apps for ops teams moving off spreadsheets
Glide is the strongest pick for operations teams that want a polished app on top of a spreadsheet they already keep.
Competes on: Speed from spreadsheet to app. GlideOS, its main product, builds internal business apps "from a spreadsheet, a prompt, or a file," with Google Sheets, Excel, and PostgreSQL as data sources.
Standout features: It covers field mobile apps, dashboards, and customer portals on shared data. Pro adds MCP and org-level roles, while project-level roles, SSO, and audit logs sit on Enterprise.
Glide Classic is still sold, too. Its Business plan is $249 a month on monthly billing with 30 users included, then $6 per extra user, and Excel and Airtable sync are Business-only there.
Pricing: As of October 2026, GlideOS Free is $0, Basic is $25 a month (2 members, 2 published apps, 1 workflow), and Plus is $50 (3 members, 5 apps, public apps).
Pro is $125 a month, starting at 5 members with unlimited apps. Plans are credit-based, with 100 credits on Basic.
Weak spots: The free plan can't publish apps, so you'll pay before anyone outside the builder sees your work. Classic apps can't move to GlideOS either, according to Glide's own FAQ, so a team on Classic is looking at a rebuild if it wants the newer product.
6. Softr: portals and business apps on data you already have
Softr is the pick when your data already lives somewhere you like, such as Airtable or a SQL database, and you need a portal or business app in front of it.
Competes on: Client portals and internal tools on top of existing data. It reads from Airtable, Google Sheets, Excel, PostgreSQL, MySQL, SQL Server, and BigQuery, which covers most places a growing team keeps records.
Standout features: The AI Co-Builder takes follow-up edits in chat, so you can refine a portal without hunting through settings. Pro adds granular permissions, one-time-password and Google sign-in, and custom code and API connectors.
App users split into Team and Client seats (5 and 5 on Basic, 10 and 50 on Pro), which fits a portal where outside clients outnumber your staff.
Pricing: As of October 2026, Basic is $25 a month on monthly billing, Pro is $119, and Business is $395, with a free plan available. Plans include 1, 2, or 3 builders, and extra builders cost $6, $12, or $24 a month.
Weak spots: Builders and app users are capped per tier, with add-ons from Pro up, so map out how many staff and clients will sign in before you choose a plan.
Developer-leaning builders
These assume someone on the team can write a query or a bit of JavaScript. You get more control in exchange, and both offer a self-hosted route.
7. Retool: internal tools built by engineering and ops teams
Retool is built for engineering and ops teams that want to wire an internal tool straight into their own databases and services.
Competes on: Control for technical builders. It connects to databases, APIs, and services through 100+ integrations, lets you write JavaScript or Python where you need it, and adds AI generation on top.
Standout features: Retool Mobile has an offline mode that caches read queries and queues writes, with a 100 MB cache. Business adds rich permissions and audit logs, and Enterprise can be self-hosted on your own infrastructure.
AI credits for app building are pooled across the team, with 1,000 a month on Team, so one heavy user can drain the shared supply (assign someone to watch it).
Pricing: As of October 2026, Free covers up to 5 users. Team is $12 per builder plus $7 per internal user a month on monthly billing, and Business is $65 per builder plus $18 per user.
Weak spots: External users and embedded apps need Business, so the Team plan can't serve customers. Offline writes can't depend on other queries, and conflicting edits aren't merged, which is worth testing hard before a field rollout.
In a trial, have whoever writes your SQL build one screen against a real table, since that tells you quickly whether the team will enjoy maintaining it.
8. Budibase: open source, with a self-hosted route
Budibase is the AppSheet competitor to look at when you want the code open and the servers under your own roof.
Competes on: Open source and self-hosting. You can run the open-source version on your own infrastructure or pay for Budibase Cloud, and the same builder covers apps, automations, and AI agents.
Standout features: It works with Budibase DB plus external databases, spreadsheets, and a REST connector, and it builds responsive multi-screen apps. The AI Agent builder runs on your own model key.
Access control works at the table and role level, with SSO on Premium. For an IT team that has to answer "where does the data live?", self-hosting gives the simplest possible answer.
Pricing: As of October 2026, Cloud Pro is $23 a month on monthly billing with 5,000 actions and one creator, end users cost $6 each a month, and Premium is $59. Business is $299 a month (billed annually).
The self-hosted open-source edition is free with unlimited users, which is the headline number for teams with the skills to run it.
Weak spots: Cloud plans meter "actions" (5,000 on Pro), end users are a paid add-on, and extra creators cost $50 a month each. Self-hosting saves the license fee, but someone on your team now owns the servers (and the 2 a.m. alerts).
Builders for custom products
These two are for teams building something customers will use, including apps that live in the App Store. They ask for more design and setup than an internal tracker needs, which pays off when the app is the product.
9. Bubble: customer-facing web and native mobile products
Bubble is built for founders turning an idea into a customer-facing product, on the web and in native iOS and Android apps.
Competes on: Range. It's a visual builder that handles the whole product, from the data to the pages to the logic, with a native mobile editor for iOS and Android.
Standout features: An AI agent and page generation run on AI credits, though Bubble's FAQ says app generation currently uses none. There's an API connector on the free plan and an SQL connector for outside data.
Paid plans include build submissions for mobile (5 a month on Web plus Mobile Starter), and Growth allows 2 app editors to Team's 5, so a small product team can work in the same app.
Pricing: As of October 2026, Free is $0 with 50,000 workload units, Starter is $32 a month on monthly billing, Growth is $134, and Team is $399. Plans that bundle web and mobile cost more.
Weak spots: Usage is metered in workload units (175,000 a month on Starter), with add-ons sold separately, so a busy app can outgrow its plan. Starter lists no editor collaboration, which means a solo builder until you upgrade.
In a trial, build one real customer flow from sign-up to first action and watch the workload meter, because that number says more about next year's bill than the plan page does.
10. FlutterFlow: native mobile apps with code you can export
FlutterFlow is the pick for technical teams that want a native app in the App Store and the code to take with them.
Competes on: Native apps and ownership. It builds Flutter apps for mobile, web, and desktop, and from Basic up you can download the code and APK, which FlutterFlow sums up as "No vendor lock-in."
Standout features: Basic includes one-click publishing to the App Store, and Growth adds Firebase and Supabase integrations, API endpoints, and Swagger or OpenAPI imports. AI generation gives you 5 lifetime requests on Free and 50 a month on Basic.
Its pricing page invites you to join over 3.3 million users, so finding a Flutter developer to help later is a realistic plan.
Pricing: As of October 2026, Free is $0 with 2 projects and no code download, and Basic is $39 a month on monthly billing. Growth is $80 for the first seat and $55 for the second, and Business is $150 for the first seat and $85 for seats 2 to 5.
Weak spots: It's a developer-oriented tool with no spreadsheet-first data model, so you bring Firebase, Supabase, or your own APIs. Free and Basic allow 1 editor, which turns collaboration into a paid-seat decision.
Picking a competitor by budget and team size
Start with two numbers: how many people will use the app within a year, and what your monthly ceiling is. Those answers shrink this list fast.
A small team with a small budget: Zoho Creator Standard at $12 per user works if one app is enough, and Glide or Softr at $25 a month gets a spreadsheet-backed app live quickly. The flat plans at the top of this list start at $0 with unlimited users.
A department on Microsoft 365: Power Apps is the easy procurement conversation, because licensing probably already runs through Microsoft. Budget $20 per user a month (billed annually) for everyone who opens the app.
A company where the app will spread: Favor flat plans or free app users, because per-user pricing turns every new team into a line item. Check what each flat plan caps, whether that's members, credits, or workload.
A regulated or larger organization: Quickbase puts SSO, SCIM, and FDA and HIPAA compliance on Business, and Power Apps brings Microsoft's governance. Ask Quickbase for the full price, platform minimum included.
A team with engineers: Retool and Budibase reward people who write queries, and both have a self-hosted path.
A product for customers: Bubble for the web, and FlutterFlow when the App Store is the destination.
Whatever ends up on your shortlist, what I'd test in a trial is the second app and the twentieth user, because that's where pricing models start to show their teeth.
What will 50 users cost you?
Plan pages are written for five-person teams. Run the numbers for a hypothetical 50-person rollout using list prices as of October 2026, and the order of this list starts to look different.
- AppSheet Core: 50 users at $10 is $500 a month at list price, or $1,000 on Enterprise Plus. Core is included in most paid Google Workspace plans, so you may already own it.
- Microsoft Power Apps Premium: 50 users at $20 is $1,000 a month (billed annually).
- Zoho Creator: 50 users at $12 is $600 a month on Standard, for one app. Professional at $30 is $1,500.
- Quickbase Team: 50 users at $35 is $1,750 a month (billed annually), before the platform minimum.
- Retool Team: 5 builders at $12 plus 45 users at $7 is $375 a month.
- Glide Classic Business: $249 covers 30 users, and 20 more at $6 adds $120, for $369 a month.
- A flat plan with unlimited users: the AI-first pick at #1 stays at $89 a month on Business whether 5 people sign in or 50, scheduled workflows included.
A low number doesn't settle anything on its own, because a cheap tool your team can't build in is the priciest option of all. Do the multiplication before the demo, though, since walking away gets much harder once everyone has fallen for the interface.
FAQ
How many rows can an AppSheet database hold?
AppSheet databases hold 2,500 rows each on the Starter and Core plans, and 200,000 on Enterprise Plus. If your data is headed past 2,500 rows, check whether you'd need Enterprise Plus at $20 per user a month before you compare competitors.
How do AppSheet competitors charge for app users?
Many charge per user, others sell flat plans that cap builders, members, or usage, and a few let app users in free. As of October 2026, Power Apps is $20 per user a month (billed annually), while Budibase's self-hosted edition is free with unlimited users.
Which AppSheet competitor suits a company standardized on Microsoft 365?
Microsoft Power Apps is the natural fit for a Microsoft 365 company, since it runs on Dataverse and connects through prebuilt, custom, and on-premises connectors. Plan on a Premium license for every app user at $20 a month (billed annually) as of October 2026.
