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Saltcorn vs Simbla
Both stand on no-code app builders. Which one you can start free with, which one lets you read the code, and what each costs once you pay.
Free plan AndroidAPIiPhone+5
Saltcorn offers visual app building, relational data, workflows, and deployment flexibility in a MIT-licensed platform with no licence fee or per-seat cost. Treat its free shared evaluation hosting as non-production; it lacks availability and security guarantees.
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Simbla provides database, authentication, and API building blocks for a single web application. Its plans expand users, storage, bandwidth, and records substantially, while the one-app limit remains important.
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| Saltcorn | Simbla | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Open source | Not published | Not published |
| Runs on | Android, API, iPhone, Linux, Mac, Self-hosted, Web, Windows | Web |
| Lowest paid plan | DigitalOcean marketplace deployment: $6 a month | Basic: $69 a month |
| Plans published | 4 | 5 |
| Maker | Not published | Not published |
| Website | saltcorn.com | simbla.com |
| On no-code app builders | #49 of 177 | #99 of 177 |
Saltcorn: what it does well
- Visual builders create tables, forms, and workflows
- Runs on PostgreSQL or SQLite
- Includes a JSON REST API
- Supports offline mobile use with later synchronization
What to know first
- Evaluation hosting is not intended for production or real data
- Evaluation hosting has weak tenant isolation
- Roles cannot express department-specific access rules
Simbla: what it does well
- Built-in database supports application records
- Includes user authentication
- Provides API integrations
- 14-day free trial is available
- Enterprise allows unlimited users and portal users
What to know first
- App limit is one
- Free plan has 200 MB storage and bandwidth
- Enterprise costs $1,499 a month
- Platform is listed only for web
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