Bubble Reviews & Product Details

Great app development environment, but billing was confusing. If I terminate an app early it should just leave money in credit.

Account and app management. should be better.

I was hoping to do rapid app development

Easy to build any application you can think of. No coding skills needed.

Performance on large data sets, Expose API capabilities are a bit limited. Native app possibilities.

Build apps super quick.

I like working with Bubble's user interface as its simple and aesthetic platform. Its customization features are superb for modifying icons, links, html elements, and floating groups. Installing plugins from its Marketplace enhances our visual elements giving them distinctive recognition among our clients. Creating rules, sequencing task items and managing repetitive web logic are tailored thanks to Bubble's framework.

Since it's quite new platform, hence the learning curve to use its extensive plugins would take considerable time. Building web application based on our customer requirements is satisfactory as a senior back-end developer in my organization.

We utilize Bubble to organize our project workflow, and since it offers great flexibility, we are able to cope with complications involving task intersections. Since many action items come under the same workflow, conflicts are pretty common, but Bubble provides distinct labeling for our elements to categorize our project activities. Also, we can track our KPI on a real-time basis, which is critical in analyzing task allocation to our team members. Its various API integrations allow workflow customization in a unique way that is appealing to our clients and gains their recognition.

The powerfulness of the Workflows and multiple use cases that Bubble can resolve for one company

Responsive and front design, not very clean and not made for native

No need to hire a developper for MVP products and API

It's pretty intuitive. It has a friendly interface, unlike a lot of the other intimidating no-code builders out there. They also have a decent onboarding experience which helps you learn and get familiar with the system better. The plugins are also useful - there are machine learning plugins you can deploy without writing a single line of code! All in all, great for creating an MVP.

Great for an MVP, not so great if you're looking to scale. Unless you shell out the big bucks for a dedicated server on the enterprise plan, you have to settle for a shared server which might not be so great for your needs. You really need to be sure of who and how much data/users you want to work with - there's a huge trade-off. It's a you-get-what-you-pay-for type of scenario. Not a bad thing, but it limits what you can do.

The technical requirements of building a web application can be very intimidating for a non-technical person. Even if you're technically sound, it takes time and effort. The best part about bubble is it knows exactly what you're trying to build and provides an impressive array of options to help you start your project. From an online marketplace to a simple task management app, it's possible if you're willing to put in the effort to learn the platform's tools.

I can build an MVP reasonably quickly without needing to know JSON or React or other coding languages. Pretty good support for API's, too.

Tying pages and popups to data types is frustrating for me. I still have trouble understanding what data type a page expects.

Building a consumer app for pet owners without having to hire a coder.

Bubble's speed of deployment enables rapid prototyping and proof of concept. A healthy ecosystem of third-party plugins helps to fill gaps in the main editor's offering.

I've found that once development on any project has reached a certain point, the limitations that once helped focus concerns, become a hinderance and implementing features not offically supported requires convoluted work arounds or custom extensions.

Bubble enabled us to create a number of platforms, specifically tailored to our needs, for in-house tools, when no off-the-shelf option could cover all the bases.

The speed from 0 to 1 is excellent, as is the built-in 'development' mode. It's also great that you don't have to worry about hosting.

It's pretty tricky to refine your interfaces, the 'responsive engine' can be unpredictable, and the editor feels a bit clunky compared to tools like Webflow.

When building Web 2.0 apps, you can quickly test ideas and iterate while keeping team size minimum.

Bubble can do anything and is an excellent way to learn how the program works for none-coder.

Heavy loading. Primarily, it is painful when people use EC sites built with Bubble. Top management is often none-engineer and often reviews MVP by design and loading speed, then gets irritated that we chose Bubble.

I am a none-coder. Can do anything. Swiftly modify.

The easy of making pages with bubble. With bubble, you can make simple applications without need to know how to code

Can’t add real code, even if is a codeless builder, many developer may want to add real code in pages

Fast developing of simple pages, integrated database

Bubble integrates data, logic and presentation into a single easy to use platform. The built in user authentication and 'current user' focused logic, the inbuilt link between database table and visual element; the visual UI drawing and logic and the API integration are all nothing short of brilliant. It's like AngularJS turned into an app.

And then like stars after a fabulous sunset the flaws come out. The responsive user interface isn't based on clear CSS framework and compared to something like bootstrap making it work for all screens is tricky and sometimes mysterious; while logic is easy (if sometimes a little odd), testing is diabolically hard. the logic model assumes success so defensive approaches (assuming failure) are hard to implement; the strict element-object inheritance often forces weird hacks. Slowly your grand plans unravel and frustration sets in.

Bubble is a fantastic tool for prototyping and UX testing. I would recommend it for UX over something like Figma because you really do experience an app. It forces a lot of thinking about simplicity and feature refinement. But for building a complex app? Not so much.

+ Their marketing and templates show the use cases of Bubble well + Good Onboarding: Their onboarding flow gives a wholistic view of the platform + Partnerships: Bubble has various accelerator and incubator partnerships.

- Drag-and-Drop Features: Are light years behind the competition, Bubble arguably overcomplicates MVP building. - Implementing Responsive Design is not good or easy.

No-Code solution to website building and MVP app building. Overly complicated with better solutions existing.

Front end design as long as it is simple enough, ability to put together workflows with simple drag and drop and somewhat helpful logging functionality.

Too many black boxes ! I have been struggling to just get emails working with bubble for 3 days now. I have done all kinds of verifications but no emails are going ! Bubble support says ask SendGrid, SendGrid says 'we don't know' - at least give me another option other than SendGrid then ! Now my entire 2 months of work is struck due to this - imagine launching an app which can't send password reset emails. I removed the SendGrid stuff hoping Bubble.io emails will go. They are also no going ! Same with the data (thing) part. You do everything in parallel - that's fine. But I need some predictability on what you plan to do first. Simple Cascade delete in RDBMS took me 2 weeks to figure out in Bubble. Even now my app is shaky since inserting and deleting records take time. So for a few moments users do see inconsistent data.

No need to know 10 programming languages and protocols to get a (partially working) app done. One person can do it. So lot of time spent on StackOverflow trying to solve issues is really saved. Many information security issues seem to be automatically taken care of. So that's a big time saver.

It is amazing what you can build in Bubble. The issue is not what "can" Bubble do but how reliably it can do it. The longer you use the platform the more you experience weird data issues because the platform search capability stops working or you do an operation on a list of things without leaving the required 5 seconds between operations (yes, 5 seconds).

Originally, I would have suggested that Bubble was good for an initial startup trying to validate its market fit. 5 years into it and I can no longer agree. This week Bubble unveiled new pricing that made its platform 8 times more expensive for many people. After years of building a non-performant system, they decided to change pricing models that charge from a fictitious measurement called a work unit. So now, the platform users are being charged for the resource time the poor system design requires.

Customer facing applications. Benefit is that we are live with an idea quickly.

Overall, this is an excellent platform for development, but it's not worth the money anymore for what you get. You'd be better off looking elsewhere for your needs. I have used No Code Bubble for eight years, and while I think the platform is excellent, I can't help but feel they are taking advantage of their users. The recent increase in pricing has made it much more expensive to use, and there are no limits to how much you can optimize your app for better performance. There is no good reason for these changes other than to inflate profits at customers' expense.

I've used No Code Bubble for eight years and thought it a great platform. Recently though, they announced an increase in their pricing, and the changes are horrendous! It seems like the company is taking advantage of its users, who have no choice but to accept whatever terms they offer. They also claim that their new pricing will allow customers to "optimize" their apps for better performance, but this is untrue. All these changes inflate their profits while making it more difficult and expensive for people to use the product. I urge anyone considering No Code Bubble to think twice about it. Their priority is to make money, not provide customers with a good experience or product. Do yourself a favor and look elsewhere for your development needs.

Bubble is a development platform designed to make it easier for people to build web and mobile applications without having to write code. It provides users with an intuitive visual programming language as well as plugins and APIs that helps them quickly create powerful apps and experiences. Unfortunately, the recent changes to the pricing structure and workload limits have made it prohibitively expensive for many users. The workload limits mean that if your app needs more capacity than what's included in the plan you have to pay extra fees or top up your usage each month. And the higher prices means fewer people can afford to use Bubble. This has stripped away a lot of the value it once provided, making it less accessible to those who need it most.