Bubble AI review

Bubble is a visual no-code platform for web and native mobile apps, and Bubble AI is its built-in AI layer ^7,12. You describe an app and approve a plan, the AI App Generator builds pages, data types, sample data and sign-in, and the Bubble AI Agent then edits pages, workflows, data and API calls in the editor ^8,9. Bubble launched the Agent in beta in October 2025, extended it to native mobile apps in August 2026 and released Agent 2 with the Bubble MCP on October 6, 2026 ^26,11,6.

Unlike builders that write code, Bubble produces apps in its own visual format. Apps run only on Bubble and cannot be exported as code, though you own your data and design ¹⁵. Web and mobile apps share one database and logic, and the mobile apps use React Native ¹².

Create with AI asks follow-up questions, then shows a plan of features and scenarios and a live preview before it generates the app ⁸. The Agent works in Ask, Auto or Approve mode; it edits pages, workflows, data types and API Connector calls, installs plugins and reads the development database ⁹. It runs the Issue Checker in the background as it builds and can fix supported issues, but it cannot run or test a workflow for you and does not handle payment, plugin or analytics actions ^6,9. Since August 2026 it can also build workflows and data for native mobile apps ¹¹.

Each app has Development and Live environments with separate databases. You deploy Main or a hotfix branch to Live, and savepoints let you restore a branch ¹⁶. Growth and Team add custom branches ¹. For iOS, Bubble builds the app and delivers it to App Store Connect, and you finish TestFlight testing and review in Apple's tools; Google Play publishing also runs from the editor through your Play Console account ^11,13. The native mobile editor is in beta ¹⁴. Bubble MCP, also in beta, lets Claude Code or Codex edit existing Bubble apps, but it cannot read logs, merge branches or deploy ^6,10.

Bubble charges per app plan, plus workload for what the live app does and AI credits for building with the Agent ^1,3,5. The web-only Starter plan costs $32 a month billed monthly or $29 billed yearly, rising to $39 and $32 on October 20, 2026 ^2,6. Web and mobile plans cost $69, $249 and $649 a month billed monthly for Starter, Growth and Team ². Starter includes 175K workload units and 1,000 AI credits a month; overage costs $0.30 per 1,000 units, or less with a prepaid workload tier ^1,3,4,5. If overages are off and the app hits its limit, Bubble takes it offline ³. Building with the Agent began using AI credits on October 6, 2026; extra credits are sold from the App Plan page without a published price, while generating a new app and visual editing stay free ^5,6. Collaborators need Growth or higher ¹⁷. Enterprise is priced by quote ¹.

Bubble has passed a SOC 2 Type II audit by Sensiba LLP and offers a GDPR data processing agreement ^20,22. Shared plans run on AWS in the US West region, and Enterprise can buy a dedicated AWS server in a region of its choice ²². Bubble says its platform does not meet HIPAA standards and advises against building HIPAA apps on it ²¹. Its subprocessors include Anthropic, OpenAI and Cohere ²³. Bubble's co-CEO has said Bubble has not trained Bubble AI on user applications, though it uses data on how people interact with its AI features ²⁴. The security dashboard checks for missing privacy rules, exposed credentials and unprotected backend workflows; Starter gets 10 basic checks, and Growth and up add 12 advanced checks ¹⁹. SSO for Bubble accounts is an Enterprise feature ¹⁸.

Bubble's ratings cover the whole no-code platform rather than Bubble AI. It holds 4.6 from 334 Capterra reviews, where pricing for scaling is the most common complaint ³³, and 4.4 from 166 G2 reviews ³². Trustpilot is harsher at 2.6 from 154 reviews, with complaints about billing after cancellation and refunds and split views of the AI Agent ³¹. Bubble's showcase names apps such as VoiceDrop, Faceless.video and Formula Bot, with growth figures it reports itself ²⁷.