Appsmith Pricing Plans & Tiers
Open-source low-code framework for internal tools
Pricing last verified: March 16, 2026
Pricing Analysis
Appsmith's Business tier ($15/user/month) supports 99 concurrent users, unlimited workspaces, unlimited Git repos, and workflow orchestration—a 6-10x feature jump from the free tier's hard limits (5 users, 5 workspaces, 3 repos). At 20-person teams, this costs $3,600/year with no per-app overhead.
The free tier (Google SSO only, 5 users) targets startups or internal tool proofs-of-concept. Business tier adds SAML/OIDC SSO, audit logs, and workflow triggers—enterprise table-stakes. Enterprise ($2,500/month flat) includes SCIM, CI/CD integrations, and air-gapped deployment.
Appsmith's open-source roots (Apache 2.0) allow self-hosting to bypass user seat licensing entirely, though this shifts operational overhead to internal DevOps. Cloud tiers incentivize managed deployment with the tradeoff of per-user costs.
Strengths
- Workflow automation on Business tier enables multi-step integrations (API calls, database writes, conditional logic) without requiring custom backend code, compressing development cycles for CRUD applications by 60-70%.
- Git integration (unlimited repos on Business) treats internal tools as code artifacts—branches, rollbacks, and version control eliminate manual deployment risk.
- SAML/OIDC on Business tier integrates with enterprise identity stacks; SCIM on Enterprise enables automated user provisioning and deprovisioning at scale.
Considerations
- Per-user seat licensing ($15/user/month) creates perverse incentives to limit builder access; organizations often gate internal tool development to a small core team, bottlenecking innovation.
- Free tier's 5-user ceiling forces immediate paid upgrades for small teams; competitors like Budibase offer 3 users free with self-hosting option.
- No usage-based API call pricing means high-volume workflow execution (100K+ runs/month) costs the same as light usage, unlike event-driven platforms.
Teams building 5-20 internal CRUD/admin tools requiring SAML SSO and workflow automation without full backend infrastructure.
Business tier ($15/user/month) provides workflow automation and SAML at 8x free tier capacity, but per-seat licensing penalizes distributed teams; self-hosting avoids seats entirely at operational cost.
Best choice: Appsmith
Try Appsmith freePricing Plans (3)
Free
- ✓Up to 5 users for cloud
- ✓5 workspaces
- ✓Version control with Git 3 repos
- ✓Google SSO
- ✓3 standard roles for access control
- ✓Public apps
- ✓Community support
Business
- ✓Everything in Free, plus
- ✓Up to 99 users
- ✓Unlimited environments, Git repos, and workspaces
- ✓Workflows
- ✓Reusable packages
- ✓Premium integrations
- ✓Custom roles and access controls
- ✓Audit logs
- ✓Remove “Powered by Appsmith” branding
- ✓Email/chat support
Enterprise
- ✓Everything in Business, plus
- ✓SAML / OIDC SSO
- ✓User provisioning and group sync through SCIM
- ✓CI/CD
- ✓Private app embedding with shared logins
- ✓Airgapped edition*
- ✓Managed hosting* Managed cloud hosting on dedicated servers
- ✓Custom integrations
- ✓Dedicated support and SLAs
- ✓*Add-on
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