Budibase Shifts to Action-Based Pricing, Caps Pro Plan at 5K Actions
What happened
Between the Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026 captures of Budibase's pricing page, Pulse recorded 2 changes: Pro plan pricing restructured from $10/app creator + $2/app user per month to flat $19/month with 5K actions limit; Premium plan pricing restructured from $50/app creator + $5/app user per month to flat $49/month with 20K actions limit; Introduced action-based pricing model with monthly action limits (Pro: 5K, Premium: 20K, Business: 250K, Enterprise: Custom); Pro plan creator limit changed from unlimited (1 workspace) to fixed 1 creator; Premium plan creator limit changed to fixed 1 creator (was unlimited with multiple workspaces); Business plan includes 3 creators (new metric for new plan); Pro plan log retention changed from unlimited to 1 day logs; Premium plan log retention changed to 7 days logs; Business plan includes 30 days logs retention; Premium plan workspace limit changed from multiple to 10 workspaces; Business plan workspace limit changed to unlimited workspaces. Pulse files it as a packaging change (package change, metric change) with a neutral direction. Pulse's latest capture (Jun 29, 2026) lists Pro at $19, Pro (10K Actions) at $29, Premium at $49, Premium (50K Actions) at $79 and Business at $299.
This is the first pricing-page change Pulse has recorded for Budibase. Budibase has been tracked since 2026-02-26.
In the same window Microsoft, Salesforce, Retool, Mendix and Appsmith also changed their Software Development & Testing pricing pages. Those moves are listed further down, and the Pulse Agent can compare them side by side.
- Pro, Premium, Business · PackagingChanged
Before$10/app creator + $2/app user per month
Afterflat $19/month
- Pro, Premium, Business · Pricing modelChangedunlimited1 day logs
| Plan | Field | Before | After | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pro, Premium, Business | Packaging | $10/app creator + $2/app user per month | flat $19/month | Changed |
| Pro, Premium, Business | Pricing model | unlimited | 1 day logs | Changed |
Values as written on Budibase's public pricing page in the two captures Pulse compared; where the page states no number, the cells give the wording before and after.
Evidence
The two captures Pulse comparedFull-page captures of Budibase's pricing page (budibase.com) from Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026; the change is marked near the top of the page, where "$10/app creator + $2/app user per month" becomes "flat $19/month".
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Budibase, pricing history
Full history- Jul 2, 2026improvedBudibase: Added self-hosted Enterprise/Open-source pricing track + Micro Frontends
- Jun 1, 2026packagingBudibase splits cloud and self-host pricing, adds free open source plan
- Apr 1, 2026improvedBudibase adds cloud hosting to Pro, restructures enterprise options
- Mar 16, 2026packagingBudibase Shifts to Action-Based Pricing, Caps Pro Plan at 5K Actions · this change
Across Software Development & Testing in the same window
All Software Development & Testing changes- MicrosoftJan 20Microsoft Copilot Transforms Copilot Pro into Family-Oriented 365 Premium Subscription with Enhanced AI Features and Increased Cloud Storage
- SalesforceJan 12Salesforce Renames Data Cloud to Data 360, Signaling Major Shift in Product Strategy
- RetoolJan 12Retool Expands Database Storage for Business and Team Plans to Unlimited Rows and Tables
- MendixJan 12Mendix Basic Plan Price Increased by 25% to $75/month Amid New Deployment Options and Enhanced Scalability Features
- AppsmithJan 11Appsmith Transitions to User-Based Pricing Model at $15/User/Month, Significantly Impacting Business and Free Plan Limits
Questions about this change
Did Budibase raise prices in March 2026?
No list-price increase was recorded between Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026. The change Pulse detected was a packaging change: package change, metric change.
What changed on Budibase's pricing page between Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026?
Pro, Premium, Business packaging: $10/app creator + $2/app user per month → flat $19/month, changed; Pro, Premium, Business pricing model: unlimited → 1 day logs, changed. Pulse compared the captures it took on Mar 9, 2026 and Mar 16, 2026; the before/after table above lists each item as written on the page.
How often does Budibase change its pricing?
Pulse recorded 0 other pricing-page changes for Budibase in the 90 days before this one; Budibase has been tracked since 2026-02-26.