Xano vs Appsmith Pricing (2026)
How do these two stack up on price? Here's what each one costs, what you get, and where the value sits.
Free
- Natural language prompting
- No-code visual logic builder
- No-code MCP & AI agent builder
- Server-side business logic
- Unlimited serverless Lambda functions
- No-code API builder
- Unlimited REST APIs (rate limited)
- AI-ready Postgres database (up to 100K records)
- 1 GB image storage (watermarked)
- 1 workspace included
Essential
- Dedicated infrastructure
- 3 total workspaces
- 5 total team seats
- No API rate limit
- More compute & storage
- Branching and merging
- CLI sandbox environments
- Direct database access and unlimited records
- Background tasks
- 100 GB image and file storage
- GDPR, ISO, and SOC 2 & 3 compliance
- Customizable pre/post API logic
- No watermarked images
- 7-day rolling backup
- Static frontend hosting
Pro
Popular- 5 total workspaces
- 10 total team seats
- Even more compute & storage
- Managed load balancer
- Role and permissions manager
- Copy components across workspaces w/ Xano Link
- HIPAA add-on available
- 14-day rolling backup
- 99.99% SLA
Custom
- Unlimited scalability
- Self-hosting options w/ AWS, Azure, GCP, on-prem, and more
- Multiple tenants for data, resource, and regional isolation
- Sidecar Docker containers
- Integrate directly with LLMs via microservices
- Dedicated IP
- High availability
- 24/7 monitoring
- Dedicated onboarding, training, & support
- Single Sign-On (SSO)
- Cloud Armor advanced security
- Automatic backups
- Advanced logging
Free
- Up to 5 users
- 5 workspaces
- Version control with Git
- Google SSO
- 3 standard roles for access control
- Public apps
- Community support
Business
- 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
Popular- SAML / OIDC SSO
- User provisioning and group sync through SCIM
- CI/CD
- Private app embedding with shared logins
- Airgapped edition*
- Managed hosting*
- Custom integrations
- Dedicated support and SLAs
Xano vs Appsmith FAQ
- Which one is cheaper?
- Appsmith is the cheaper option, starting at $15/mo vs $85/mo for Xano.
- Can I use either one for free?
- Both offer free plans, so you can try each without paying. Start with whichever fits your workflow better and upgrade when you hit the limits.
- How do they charge?
- Different approach here. Xano uses flat-rate pricing, while Appsmith goes with per-seat. That changes the math depending on your team size and usage.
- Which one is a better deal?
- Depends on what you need. Xano: Xano sits in the mid-market of no-code/low-code backend tools — cheaper than rolling your own infrastructure but pricier than simpler BaaS options like Supabase's lower tiers. They're going after non-backend developers and product teams who want real scalability without DevOps overhead, not enterprise IT shops. Appsmith: At $15/seat, they're undercutting Retool (which runs $10-50/seat depending on tier but gets expensive fast) and positioning as the scrappy, developer-friendly alternative. The $2,500 Enterprise floor is accessible enough to land mid-market deals without requiring a six-figure budget conversation.
Keep tabs on both.
We'll monitor pricing changes for Xano and Appsmith and let you know when something moves.