Bubble vs Penpot
The ultimate side-by-side head-to-head analysis for 2026.
Short answer
- Price: Penpot is cheaper — Free vs $29/user/mo.
- How to start: Bubble is from $29/user/mo, Penpot is free.
These lines are generated from the pricing we track, not from a paid placement. We do not publish a quality score, because we do not have one we can stand behind. They cannot tell you which tool fits your workflow — the sections below are there for that. How we score tools.
Bubble
Penpot
Category
Design
Design
Base Price
$29/user/mo
Free
Public API
Yes
Yes
Mobile app
No
No
Open source / self-hostable
No
Yes
SSO (SAML)
Yes
No
Choose Bubble if:
Non-technical Founders and No-code Developers.
Choose Penpot if:
Teams that need design collaboration without a per-seat contract, or with data residency rules.
Bubble: pros & cons
- Full Functionality: You can build almost any logic, database, or API integration.
- No-Code Scale: Supports complex apps with thousands of users without servers.
- Massive Ecosystem: Thousands of templates and plugins to speed up your build.
- Total Control: Pixel-perfect design combined with a professional logic engine.
- Steep Learning Curve: Mastering the logic and database structure takes significant time.
- Vendor Lock-in: You cannot export your application's code to host it elsewhere.
- Performance: Complex apps can feel sluggish if not optimized by an expert.
Penpot: pros & cons
- Open source with no seat licence
- Self-hostable, so files stay yours
- Uses open web standards under the hood
- Fewer plugins and integrations
- Performance lags on very large files
- Smaller community for help
Our verdict on Bubble
The undisputed king of no-code for building real, functional web applications.
Our verdict on Penpot
The credible open-source answer to Figma. Judge it on your file sizes before committing a team to it.