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Self-hosted on a ServOrbit VPS, it eliminates SaaS per-seat costs while keeping your data on your own infrastructure.",[37,41,44,47,50,53],{"type":38,"title":39,"body":40},"h2","Why self-host Budibase?","Retool charges $10 per user per month. Appsmith Cloud imposes its own data terms. Bubble has no self-hosted edition. Budibase answers all three with a single response: a **GPL-3.0** licence, an all-in-one Docker container, and a visual builder that covers 80% of internal tool needs without writing any backend code.\n\nSince its launch on GitHub (28,000+ stars as of 27 August 2026), Budibase has been adopted by technical teams replacing shared spreadsheets, Google Forms and artisanal Python scripts with something more durable — without committing to a SaaS whose pricing shifts with every funding round.",{"type":38,"title":42,"body":43},"What Budibase does differently","Where NocoBase starts from the **data model** (define tables, then build views), Budibase starts from the **interface**: choose an existing data source, drag components onto a canvas, and wire automation rules without leaving the browser.\n\nNative connectors cover PostgreSQL, MySQL, MariaDB, SQLite, MongoDB, Airtable, REST APIs and Google Sheets. Each connection is stored server-side — your database credentials never transit through the client browser.\n\nBuilt-in automation triggers actions on data events (record creation, field update, form submit) without writing a webhook or cron job. Available actions include email sends, HTTP requests to third-party APIs, and database writes.",{"type":38,"title":45,"body":46},"The single-container architecture","Budibase ships as a single Docker image (`budibase\u002Fbudibase:latest`) bundling:\n\n- **The Node.js app server** — the API and visual builder\n- **CouchDB** — Budibase's metadata database (app schemas, users, roles)\n- **MinIO** — file storage (attachments, uploads)\n- **Redis** — session cache and job queues\n\nOn first boot, a `runner.sh` script randomly generates all secrets (JWT, CouchDB password, MinIO key, Redis secret) and persists them to `\u002Fdata\u002F.env` inside the mounted volume. Subsequent starts re-read this file — no environment variables need to be passed manually.\n\nThe trade-off: idle RAM usage is around **3 GB**. Plan for 4 GB of RAM as a minimum, and 8 GB in production with multiple concurrent users: in the catalogue that is the VPS Power (4 vCPU, 8 GB).",{"type":38,"title":48,"body":49},"Deploy Budibase on ServOrbit","From the ServOrbit client area, order a VPS Power (4 vCPU, 8 GB) on Ubuntu 24.04 — the first plan that clears the 4 GB Budibase asks for. Budibase is installed automatically by AWX during provisioning. As soon as the VPS is ready, open an SSH tunnel:\n\n```bash\nssh -L 8060:127.0.0.1:8060 root@\u003Cyour-vps-ip>\n```\n\nThen open `http:\u002F\u002Flocalhost:8060` in your browser. The first time you open Budibase, a setup wizard prompts you to create the administrator account: enter an email address and a password. This account is stored in local CouchDB immediately — no email confirmation is needed.\n\nFor HTTPS access from any device, attach a domain from your ServOrbit client area — or use the free `{app}.{dns_slug}.servorbit-dns.com` subdomain included with every VPS.",{"type":38,"title":51,"body":52},"Common use cases","**Internal admin panel.** Connect Budibase to your PostgreSQL database and build a data management panel in minutes: search, filter, create, update and delete records through a clean UI. Add role-based access so the support team sees only the rows relevant to them.\n\n**Approval workflow.** Build a request form (leave, purchase, access) in Budibase. On submit, an automation rule notifies the manager by email and updates the status field in the database. The whole workflow — form, notification, status tracking — is configured in the visual builder, no backend code needed.\n\n**KPI dashboard.** Plug Budibase into your REST API or analytics database and display real-time KPIs: charts, summary tables and stat cards updated automatically on every page load.",{"type":38,"title":54,"body":55},"Budibase vs Retool vs NocoBase","| Criterion | Budibase | Retool | NocoBase |\n|---|---|---|---|\n| Licence | GPL-3.0 | Proprietary | AGPL-3.0 |\n| Per-seat price | Free (self-hosted) | $10\u002Fmonth | Free (self-hosted) |\n| Starting point | Interface | Interface | Data model |\n| Docker single-container | Yes | No | No |\n| Idle RAM | ~3 GB | N\u002FA | ~512 MB |\n| Automations | Built-in | Built-in | Via plugins |\n\nBudibase is not a BI tool — it has no analytical query engine. For that, look at Metabase or Superset. Complex business logic stays in your backend: Budibase builds configured interfaces, not application code.","Deploy Budibase on your VPS","Order a VPS Power on Ubuntu 24.04 and Budibase is installed automatically. No per-seat fees, no data leaving your infrastructure.","See VPS Cloud plans","\u002Fapplications\u002Fdevelopment\u002Fbudibase",[],true,1794270482689]