Budibase
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if you're a technical team building internal tools and comfortable self-hosting and patching.
Comparison
Budibase vs ToolJet
Budibase and ToolJet both land on Depends.
ToolJet
Depends
Confidence: Medium
Buy if your engineering team builds internal tools and wants open-source control with builder-only pricing.
| Compare | Budibase | ToolJet |
|---|---|---|
| Verdict | Depends | Depends |
| Best for | Internal admin panels and CRUD apps | Engineering teams building internal tools |
| Who it's not for | Security-sensitive apps exposed to untrusted traffic | Non-technical teams wanting a polished hosted builder |
| Privacy | ISO 27001 certified, but 2026 brought a cluster of critical CVEs . unauthenticated RCE, auth bypass, SSRF.⁹ | SOC 2 and ISO 27001 claimed, but 2026 brought several CVEs including two auth bypasses . patch discipline is mandatory. |
| Support quality | Open-source users get community-first support | No direct support evidence in sources |
| Public sentiment | Users like the ease of use and self-hosting on SQL, but community sentiment soured over user limits, the ending free tier, and shifting open-source terms.¹ | G2 reviewers rate ToolJet around 4/5, and Reddit/Medium comparisons consistently frame it as a cheaper open-source Retool alternative.13 |
| Biggest gotcha | Cloud free tier is ending; budget for paid plans before you build⁴ | Marketplace plugin poisoning CVE exists . vet third-party components before installing |
Pick Budibase when
- Internal admin panels and CRUD apps
- Ops teams automating workflows
- Self-hosters on SQL databases
When Budibase is not a fit
- Security-sensitive apps exposed to untrusted traffic
- Teams counting on the free Cloud tier
- Non-technical teams with no database comfort
- Buyers needing pricing stability long-term
Pick ToolJet when
- Engineering teams building internal tools
- Self-hosters wanting data control
- Retool refugees watching spend
- AI-assisted CRUD app builders
When ToolJet is not a fit
- Non-technical teams wanting a polished hosted builder
- Orgs that can't patch fast (active 2026 CVE queue)
- Overkill: simple lists a spreadsheet or Airtable covers
- Customer-facing products (built for internal tools)
Sources
- Budibase Reviews . G2g2.comreview
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news
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- Budibase Review . ToolJet blog ($50/creator/mo)blog.tooljet.comreview
- Upcoming pricing and limit changes . Budibasebudibase.comofficial
- Budibase is ISO 27001 certifiedbudibase.comofficial
- Budibase raises $7M seed . Silicon Republicsiliconrepublic.comnews
- Budibase pricing plansbudibase.comofficial
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- ToolJet GitHub repositorygithub.comofficial
- ToolJet homepagetooljet.comofficial