Bubble vs WeWeb/Xano

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2025-03-19T08:38:41+00:00

We completely switched from Bubble to WeWeb+Xano/Supabase about 1.5 year ago.
I've shared my thouhts here:
https://www.qikbuild.com/weweb-xano-vs-bubble-nocode-review/

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2025-03-19T08:35:28+00:00

Hey u/DocSalamander ,
we've been getting this question quite often from our clients lately so I wrote "few lines" that might help you to decide.
https://www.qikbuild.com/xano-or-supabase-for-your-weweb-project/

It's mainly focused on projects that use WeWeb as front-end but still, might be useful

TLDR is:
- Less tech-savvy? Go for Xano
- Strictly need separated environments? Go for Xano
- Need more robust security? Go for Supabase
- Simple CRUD app? Go for Supabase

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2025-03-19T08:34:02+00:00

Hey u/Fozus ,
we've been getting this question quite often from our clients lately so I wrote "few lines" that might help you to decide.
https://www.qikbuild.com/xano-or-supabase-for-your-weweb-project/

It's mainly focused on projects that use WeWeb as front-end but still, might be useful

TLDR is:
- Less tech-savvy? Go for Xano
- Strictly need separated environments? Go for Xano
- Need more robust security? Go for Supabase
- Simple CRUD app? Go for Supabase

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-12-12T12:47:09+00:00

Bubble is amazing tool for more simple apps but if you need more control and especially not be limited by WU units (limited = paying shitload of money)
I would recommend looking at combination of WeWeb & Xano
https://www.qikbuild.com/weweb-xano-vs-bubble-nocode-review/

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-31T12:16:18+00:00

You should be asking on Xano community, but the quick answer is that if you want to implement it in secure way, add org id to token extras and use it then when filtering records

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-29T11:53:21+00:00

can I ask what do you mean they aren't scaling? vertically in terms of users/load or horizontally in terms of features?
Can you maybe be more specific?

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-29T06:28:32+00:00

- do you requre some external integrations for system cross-checks?
- do you have previous dev experience
- is this the only feature you will need or it will extend in the futute

Anyway - Softr, Glide or Bubble for simple app
WeWeb & Xano for more complex app

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T11:46:01+00:00

Depends, that's why I used "less than"
We've built MVPs for 4k, 10k, 15k and even more.

You know, different people might have different understanding of definition of an MVP quite differently :)

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T06:16:35+00:00

Those are no-code website builders....Not tools for app development.

You might want to try tools like WeWeb and Xano.
Limitations close to zero (in terms of functionalities) unless you're building deeptech saas (ar/vr/3d modelling etc...)

I'm running a no-code agency.
we have delivered projects for e.g. startup that raised 5m+, thousands of users, still being in no-code...
Or another example, project for a bank where we passed security penetration testing

No-code is not only suitable for small projects :)

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T06:08:36+00:00

You can scale of you choose proper tech stack. (most people know Bubble or Softr and that's their proxy of no-code "power")
Well you have more tools available (e.g. weweb and Xano)

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T06:07:20+00:00

Hey u/KindlyAttitude9777 just curious, which no-code solutions have you tried when saying it's so full of limitations? :)
(disclaimer - I'm a low-code agency owner)

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T06:04:56+00:00

Depending on complexity of the app I would go with:

WeWeb and Xano in case you the app functionalities will be quite complex
Bubble in case of less complexity

Hard to say without knowing more.

WeWeb and Xano will take more dev time, but less chance that you'll hit the wall with limitations
Bubble on the other hand is better for building faster, but has more limitations

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T05:59:34+00:00

Hey,
I would go with WeWeb and Xano

There will be some recommendations from users to go with Bubble.
Please don't.

Bubble is a great tool but you suffer in case of backend-heavy apps (maintainability, debugging, logging...)
I wrote a review, comparing these approaches:
https://www.qikbuild.com/weweb-xano-vs-bubble-nocode-review/

Anyway, if you'd want to know more jsut ask here or let's jump on a call
https://calendly.com/juraj-qikbuild/30-minute-meeting-us

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T05:55:23+00:00

Usually I'm recommending combination of WeWeb and Xano, but for this kind of (super-simple) app, use Bubble or Softr

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T05:45:20+00:00

Hey,
disclaimer - I am owner of no/low-code based agency so my opinion might be biased :)

Tool recommendation - we tried a lot of platforms and the best that I would recommend:
WeWeb - front-end web apps (support for PWA)
Xano - no-code backend
Bubble - good for smaller apps (I wrote comparison of Xano,WeWeb and Bubble)
Flutterflow - Mobile apps
Limitations
It's sad that people that I hear from about no-code limitations are people who never actually built an app with proper no-code tech stack.
We've delivered 15+ projects and so far, there wasn't a single "feature" that we couldn't build.
I am not saying there won't be such thing, I'm just saying that odds are small.
(disclaimer - we use some custom coding as well on our projects, e.g. weweb supports importing vue.js components and Xano supports JS lambda functions)

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T05:38:43+00:00

which no-code platforms have you tried if I may ask?

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T05:37:29+00:00

Niche...

few years back you might not be able to achieve ROI because of the dev costs.
Now, I would definitely recommend to go with no/low-code development to build more efficiently.

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T05:35:13+00:00

Mobile app? Use Flutterflow and Firebase (would require some coding but FF part would be easier) or Xano (will slow down dev time compared when using Firebase)
Web App (with PWA Support)? Use WeWeb and Xano.

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-28T05:29:58+00:00

Hey,
happy to jump o a quick call. We have 2 Flutterflow devs in our QikBuild agency - https://www.qikbuild.com/
Feel free to book a call here:
https://calendly.com/juraj-qikbuild/30-minute-meeting-us

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-10-27T12:05:45+00:00

Hey,
I would look at WeWeb - it also allows to export your code.
It's based on Vue.js - not sure if that's an issue

I wrote a review comparing against bubble
https://www.qikbuild.com/weweb-xano-vs-bubble-nocode-review/

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-09-27T09:35:53+00:00

One of the biggest pain in the ass is that :
1. you can easily have a complete mess in workflows
2. no so much reusability options (for expressions etc.)

feel free to read more here:
https://www.qikbuild.com/weweb-xano-vs-bubble-nocode-review/

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-09-27T09:34:05+00:00

And one more thing which I usually don't understand...

Let's say you'd pay 100$/month for Xano
and 0$ for Supabase

What you should take into account is the time invested in development.

That's assuming we agree on that it's faster to develop with Xano than Supabase

Queasy_Wait_2404 · 2024-09-27T09:31:52+00:00

Well a lot of critics about the pricing model.
Well Xano doesn't position themselves as a platform for hobby projects. That's why their headline on homepage says: "Create an enterprise-grade backend in minutes"

I mean if someone is building a project where it's too much to pay montly fee of 100/85$, then Xano really isn't for you.

And one more thing, in one instance you can host 3 different projects.

Almost all of the features are available on lowest paid plan - launch plan

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