All Bubble app activities are metered, from searching records to submitting forms – creating an arbitrary limit where customers may need to reduce usage to avoid compounding costs. On the other hand, Caspio’s user-friendly pricing model supports unlimited users without penalizing all types of app usage.
Bubble’s abstracted database lacks key features like a visual relationship schema, making it more challenging to structure robust databases. With Caspio, users experience a familiar and secure enterprise-grade database with sophisticated data management capabilities.
Bubble’s open canvas approach creates more avenues for error in the app development process. It leaves users to figure out if their app is good enough to go live — unlike Caspio’s guided development process where you build and customize solutions using step-by-step wizards with built-in guardrails along the way.
Bubble’s security and regulatory compliance pales in comparison to Caspio. With Caspio, your data and apps benefit from industry-leading security and compliance across regions and industries.
| CASPIO | BUBBLE |
| ACCOUNT RESOURCES |
| Free account | Includes live deployment | Limited to prototyping |
| Free trial | No credit card required | Requires credit card information |
| Paid account | Starts at $100/month | Starts at $29/month |
| Platform usage | Unlimited No caps on platform or app usage |
Capped workload units Every action is metered |
| Users | Unlimited App users and builders |
Limited builders 5 editors max on standard plans |
| PLATFORM CAPABILITIES |
| Development approach | Step-by-step guided process | Open-ended process |
| Data import/export | Excel, CSV and more file types | Limited to CSV files |
| Bulk data processing |  Native |
 Requires plugin or API workarounds |
| Table relationships | Design interactive visual models | Lacks visual relationship schema |
| Identity and Access Management | Native |
Requires plugin or API workarounds |
| Document generation | Native |
Requires plugin or API workarounds |
| Language localization | Native |
Requires plugin or API workarounds |
| Global SMS alerts | Native |
Requires plugin or API workarounds |
| Website embed | Easily publish apps anywhere |
Requires iFrame workarounds |
| COMPLIANCE |
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| PCI DSS Level 1 | |
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| SUPPORT & PROFESSIONAL SERVICES |
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| Custom development services | In-house specialists and external partners | External partners only |
