Every European low-code-no-code-platform reviewed
Rotterdam, Netherlands
Founded 2005
Free tier for prototypes and small personal apps (no SLA or support) / Standard from EUR 918 a month for one app or EUR 2,295 a month for unlimited apps / Premium quoted
Free tier with no time limit
Best for: Enterprises needing governed, version-controlled low-code at scale
Mendix is a Rotterdam-founded, model-driven low-code platform that Siemens acquired in 2018 and now sells inside its Digital Industries Software portfolio. Siemens AG is headquartered in Munich, so the acquisition kept Mendix inside the EU, and it gave the platform a far larger balance sheet and a direct line into OT and PLM systems for manufacturers already running Siemens software. For a buyer outside manufacturing the Siemens link is mostly reassurance about longevity, not a feature you will use.
The defining technical choice is version control built into the modelling environment. Every change to an application is tracked the way developers track code, which matters once more than one person builds the same app. Pricing is published at the entry level: a free tier for prototypes with no support or SLA, then Standard at EUR 918 a month for one app or EUR 2,295 for unlimited apps, with Premium quoted.
The trade-off is scale and weight. Mendix is built for organisations replacing core systems under a governed process, not for a small team shipping a first internal app. Metering by application count works against a company that runs many small tools, and the roadmap now answers to a much larger parent. Next to Betty Blocks it is cheaper to enter, and next to Thinkwise it is broader but less focused on legacy migration.
What Mendix does well
- Version control and collaborative development built into the platform
- Standard-tier pricing is published, unusual at this level
- Free tier available for prototypes and small personal apps
- Siemens ownership keeps it inside the EU with enterprise backing
- Direct line into industrial and PLM systems for Siemens customers
Where Mendix falls short
- Premium tier, the one with multi-region failover and 24/7 support, is quote only
- Per-application pricing punishes companies running many small apps
- Free tier excludes any support plan or uptime guarantee
- Roadmap follows the priorities of a much larger parent company
Standout feature. Every change to an application is tracked like source code, which is rare among low-code platforms and decisive once several people build one app.
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Founded 2007
Create EUR 1,500 a month / Scale EUR 3,500 a month / Enterprise quoted
No permanent free tier stated
Best for: Organisations that want no-code without being locked in
Betty Blocks was founded in Amsterdam in 2007 and built its early reputation on governed citizen development: business users build applications while IT keeps oversight, a model that found traction with Dutch insurers and public-sector bodies.
More recently it has repositioned around AI-driven application generation, which makes its longer no-code record harder to compare with newer pitches. Because the vendor now leads with AI generation, ask for a demonstration of the classic visual builder and of the export path, and compare both with what you would otherwise build.
Its answer to lock-in is the reason to shortlist it. The vendor states that applications compile to standard React and WebAssembly rather than a proprietary format, which gives a customer who wants to leave or self-host something concrete to take away.
Deployment infrastructure is left to the customer rather than forced onto the vendor cloud. Ask to see an exported application running outside the platform before you rely on that as an exit route, and find out who would maintain the generated code.
Pricing is published at the entry tiers: Create at EUR 1,500 a month and Scale at EUR 3,500 a month, with Enterprise quoted. That makes it a mid-market and up purchase, well above the free tier at Mendix or the per-user prices at Ninox.
We found no independently confirmed security certification on the pages checked, and the documentation is strongest for regulated Dutch sectors. It makes most sense for an organisation that has been burned by lock-in before, or one in a regulated sector that expects a formal governance model.
What Betty Blocks does well
- Applications compile to standard React and WebAssembly, an answer to lock-in
- Entry tiers are published in euros before the enterprise quote
- Governed citizen development with IT oversight designed in
- Deployment infrastructure is left to the customer
- Dutch company founded in 2007 with a long track record
Where Betty Blocks falls short
- EUR 1,500 a month entry price is high for a small team
- Marketing has shifted toward AI application generation
- No independently confirmed SOC 2 or ISO 27001 on the pages checked
- Best documented for Dutch insurance and public-sector use
Standout feature. One of the few no-code platforms that gives you standard code you can take with you if you leave.
Berlin, Germany
Founded 2014
Free for up to 5 users (100 MB, 5,000 records) / Team EUR 25 per user a month billed yearly / Business EUR 40 per user a month billed yearly / Enterprise quoted, with a private-cloud option
Free tier with no time limit
Best for: Small back-office teams building departmental databases
Ninox is built by Ninox Software GmbH in Berlin, founded in 2014 and rebranded in 2021 after a crowdfunding campaign the year before.
It sits between a no-code database and a full application platform: tables and forms come first, but a built-in scripting language lets a non-developer add calculated fields, triggers and small pieces of real logic that a plain database tool cannot express. It is closer to Airtable or Zoho Creator than to Mendix, and that is the comparison that matters when choosing it.
Pricing is published in full. There is a free tier for up to 5 users with 5,000 records and 100 MB of storage, then Team at EUR 25 per user a month and Business at EUR 40, both billed yearly, with Enterprise quoted for a private-cloud deployment.
The vendor reports more than 5,000 customers, concentrated in the German and Swiss Mittelstand. The vendor also references an AI data-privacy policy next to its GDPR statement, which is worth reading if you plan to run the AI features over customer data.
The honest limit is maintainability. The scripting language is proprietary and thinly documented outside German, so an app built by one person is hard for a successor to read, and performance is reported to fall on very large tables. No third-party certification is stated. It is the right tool for a departmental database with some logic, and the wrong one for a system meant to outgrow its author.
What Ninox does well
- Real free tier for up to 5 users, not just a trial
- Per-user prices published on every paid tier
- Built-in scripting adds real logic beyond a database
- Strong adoption among German and Swiss small and mid-size firms
- Enterprise tier offers a private-cloud deployment
Where Ninox falls short
- Scripting language is proprietary and sparsely documented in English
- Performance reportedly degrades on very large tables
- No third-party security certification stated
- Free tier is tightly capped at 100 MB and 5,000 records
Standout feature. A scripting language under the visual builder lets a non-developer express real business logic while staying far lighter than an enterprise platform.
Apeldoorn, Netherlands
Not published; quote only
Best for: Large organisations replacing a legacy ERP or WMS
Thinkwise is a Dutch low-code vendor from Apeldoorn, built around one hard problem: replacing a legacy ERP, WMS, TMS, PIM, MES or OMS system that a business has outgrown but cannot easily abandon.
Rather than generating one application from a set of screens, it generates the whole application, data model, business logic and interface, from a shared model that can be adapted as the business changes. That framing keeps it out of the way of small teams and makes Mendix the relevant comparison.
The distinguishing component is the Upcycler, which the vendor built to analyse and transform logic out of a legacy system during a migration. That is normally the riskiest and most expensive part of a modernisation project, and most low-code vendors leave it to professional services. AI-assisted modelling has been layered onto a mature model-driven core. Ask in a demonstration how the Upcycler handles your specific source system, because that decides whether a migration is a managed project or a gamble.
There is no published price, and the vendor pages checked disclose no founding date or customer count, which limits independent verification of its scale. The model-driven approach has a steeper learning curve than a form-and-workflow builder such as Betty Blocks or Ninox. Choose it for a multi-year replacement project, not for a small app this week. Plan for a vendor-led proof of concept, and ask which part of the work the vendor delivers and which part its partners do.
What Thinkwise does well
- Model-driven approach separates business logic from the generated interface
- Purpose-built for legacy modernisation of ERP, WMS, TMS and similar systems
- Upcycler addresses the hardest part of a legacy migration
- AI-assisted modelling on top of a mature core
- Dutch company headquartered in Apeldoorn
Where Thinkwise falls short
- No published pricing, every deal starts with a quote
- No founding date, team size or customer count on the pages checked
- Steeper learning curve than form-and-workflow builders
- Poor fit for small departmental apps
Standout feature. A dedicated Upcycler component analyses and transforms legacy logic, instead of leaving the migration as services work.
Wurzburg, Germany
Founded 2012
Not published; quote only, a Discovery Call is required
Best for: Companies with an SAP estate wanting a low-code layer
Simplifier is a German low-code platform from Simplifier AG, headquartered in Wurzburg since 2012, with a stated 740 employees and more than 300 customer projects delivered. Its niche is SAP integration: it is an SAP Silver Partner and a SAP-Certified Business Technology Platform provider, positioned as an alternative or a complement to building low-code apps on SAP BTP directly. The employee and project counts are vendor figures, but they point to a company of real size rather than a start-up.
It is not locked to SAP. The vendor is also a Microsoft Partner and lists on the AWS and Azure Marketplaces, and it states more than 100,000 end users across its customers. It also claims a 40% total cost saving against SAP BTP, which is a vendor figure and should be read as one. Marketplace listings simplify procurement for companies that already buy through AWS or Azure, which is a practical advantage over vendors that sell only direct.
Pricing is not published and every engagement starts with a Discovery Call. No independent SOC 2 or ISO 27001 certification was found on the pages checked, despite the partner credentials.
For a company with a significant SAP estate a dedicated low-code layer makes sense. Without SAP in the stack there is little reason to choose it over Mendix, Betty Blocks or Ninox. Ask in the Discovery Call which SAP releases and modules are supported, and how deployment and updates work when SAP runs on premises.
What Simplifier does well
- Certified SAP Silver Partner and SAP-Certified BTP provider
- German company operating since 2012 from Wurzburg
- Microsoft Partner with AWS and Azure Marketplace listings
- Vendor states 100,000 end users and 300 customer projects
Where Simplifier falls short
- No published pricing, a Discovery Call is required
- The 40% cost saving against SAP BTP is an unverified vendor claim
- No independent security certification found on the pages checked
- Little advantage for a company without SAP
Standout feature. Certified SAP integration aimed at companies that want to build against SAP without committing to SAP-only tooling.
Oslo, Norway
Not published; quote only
Best for: SAP-centred companies building apps and processes on SAP
Neptune Software is a Norwegian low-code vendor headquartered in Oslo, built around SAP-native application development. Its platform, sold as Neptune DXP, is designed to close what the vendor calls the execution gap between what SAP manages centrally and how work happens day to day, by building applications and multi-step processes directly across SAP and connected systems. That makes it a different proposition from Mendix or Betty Blocks, which are general platforms that happen to connect to SAP.
The scale claims are large: more than 600 customers in 43 countries and over 5 million licensed users. These are vendor figures, not audited ones. The product has also added the ability to deploy AI agents into applications and processes, which extends the SAP-native approach into agentic workflows. Being Norwegian it is an EEA company, not an EU one. Treat the customer and user numbers as marketing until a reference call confirms them.
Pricing is entirely quote only and the vendor pages checked disclose no founding date and no third-party security certification. As with Simplifier, the value is concentrated in companies already running SAP. For that audience it is a genuinely SAP-native alternative to SAP BTP and Fiori development. For everyone else, other tools in this list are a better starting point. Ask which SAP versions and deployment models, on premises or cloud, the platform supports in your landscape.
What Neptune Software does well
- SAP-native positioning throughout the product
- Process orchestration across SAP and connected systems
- Deployable AI agents inside applications and processes
- Norwegian company in Oslo, inside the EEA
Where Neptune Software falls short
- No published pricing, every deal is quote only
- No founding date disclosed on the pages checked
- Value assumes an existing SAP estate
- No third-party security certification stated
Standout feature. Built to close the gap between SAP and daily work, from single apps to multi-step processes and AI agents.
Krakow, Poland
Not published; quote only
Best for: Process-heavy organisations with approvals and document flows
WEBCON is a Polish vendor headquartered in Krakow, selling the WEBCON BPS (Business Process Suite) platform.
It sits at the process-automation end of this category, closer to Appian than to a general-purpose builder such as Mendix or Betty Blocks, and it says so: it describes itself first as a platform to automate and manage business processes, with application building as the mechanism. That makes the comparison with Appian, and with Power Automate and Power Apps used together, more useful than one with a pure app builder.
Its named technology, InstantChange, lets a live business process be modified without redeploying the system or breaking process instances already in flight. That answers a problem most workflow tools handle badly, where changing a form or a routing rule mid-process either breaks open cases or needs a maintenance window. The vendor states more than 1,000 enterprise clients and 400,000 active end users across more than 70 countries.
It integrates deeply with ERP systems and the Microsoft ecosystem and suits financial approvals, HR workflows, manufacturing operations and document-heavy processes. It is a weaker choice for a standalone customer-facing product. No price, founding date or certification is disclosed on the pages checked, so budgeting needs a direct conversation. Because the vendor discloses no price, bring a concrete process such as invoice approval to the first conversation, so the quote reflects real scope.
What WEBCON does well
- InstantChange modifies live processes without breaking open cases
- Deep ERP and Microsoft ecosystem integration
- Covers finance, HR, manufacturing and document management
- Vendor states 1,000+ enterprise clients and 400,000+ active users
Where WEBCON falls short
- No published pricing
- No founding date or certification disclosed on the pages checked
- Process-first, less suited to customer-facing products
- Scale figures are vendor claims
Standout feature. InstantChange lets a live process be altered without redeploying or interrupting cases already in flight.
Belfast, United Kingdom
Founded 2019
Self-hosted open source: free (1 workspace, unlimited apps and users). Cloud: Pro $19/month, Premium $49/month, Business $299/month, Enterprise on request. Add-ons: end users $5/user/month and creators $50/creator/month on yearly billing.
14-day free trial on paid cloud plans
Best for: Engineering teams wanting self-hostable internal tools
Budibase is a Belfast builder for internal tools, portals and workflows, operated by Budibase Ltd (Companies House NI662141, incorporated in June 2019).
Its terms are governed by the laws of Northern Ireland and name the courts of Northern Ireland, so the contract sits in the United Kingdom, which is European but outside the EU and EEA. That keeps the vendor, the licence and the courts in one jurisdiction, which simplifies the legal review for buyers in the EU and the UK alike.
The distinguishing feature is that the core is open source. The README states a GPL v3 licence for the platform and MPL for the client and component libraries. The self-hosted plan is free with unlimited apps and users and one workspace, which makes it the cheapest route into this category if you can run Docker or Kubernetes yourself, and an air-gapped deployment is available.
Compared with the enterprise platforms listed above, Budibase is much lighter. It targets developers and small IT teams who want to wire up a database, an approval flow and a portal quickly.
Cloud plans are metered by actions and creators, which needs reading closely, prices are in US dollars, and there is no free cloud tier, only the self-hosted one. Sizing the paid plans means counting creators, end users and automation runs, so model your real usage against the pricing page before committing.
What Budibase does well
- Core platform is open source (GPL v3) and free to self-host
- Unlimited apps and users on the free self-hosted plan
- Cloud plans start at $19 a month with a 14-day trial
- Contract and courts in Northern Ireland, no US contracting entity
- Air-gapped self-hosted deployment is available
Where Budibase falls short
- No free cloud tier, only the self-hosted one
- Cloud pricing is capped by monthly actions and creator seats
- Priced in US dollars rather than euros
- Far lighter than the enterprise platforms for large process estates
Standout feature. The full platform can be run free on your own servers under a standard open-source licence.
Dublin, Ireland
Free $0/month (unlimited team seats, 50 active clients, 2,000 records, 100 workflow runs). Build $79/month on monthly billing ($65 billed annually, 10 seats, 1,000 clients, 25,000 records). Enterprise on request (SSO/SAML, audit logs, data residency, white-label).
14-day free trial, no card needed
Best for: Client portals and internal tools without a dev team
Noloco is an Irish no-code builder from Noloco Limited (company number 685318, registered in Dublin 2). Its master subscription agreement is governed by the laws of Ireland with exclusive jurisdiction of the Irish courts, so an EU customer contracts with an EU company under EU law. That is a cleaner contractual position than most low-code builders from outside Europe offer, though the vendor pages we read do not state the region of its cloud.
It is aimed at turning business data into client portals and internal tools, with workflows and AI credits on top. The pricing page lists a free plan with unlimited team seats, 50 active clients and 2,000 records, and a Build plan at $79 a month, or $65 billed annually. Per-client and per-record limits are the main cost lever, which is a different model from the per-user or per-app pricing of the platforms above.
It is not a replacement for a process-heavy enterprise platform such as Thinkwise or WEBCON. It suits small teams that want a portal for customers or suppliers quickly. SSO, audit logs and data residency are held back for Enterprise, and the vendor pages do not state where the cloud is hosted. A team that outgrows 2,000 records or 50 active clients will need Build at $79 a month, so work out the numbers for your own portal first.
What Noloco does well
- Free plan with unlimited team seats and no card needed
- Published prices for the free and Build tiers
- Irish contracting entity, Irish law and Irish courts
- Built for customer and supplier portals, not just internal apps
- Non-profits can apply for 50% off paid plans
Where Noloco falls short
- Hosting region is not stated on the vendor pages
- Record and client limits push growing teams to paid quickly
- SSO, audit logs and data residency only on Enterprise
- Priced in US dollars, and the monthly and annual figures differ on the page
Standout feature. The quickest route here to a branded client portal, with a usable free plan and an Irish contracting company.
London, United Kingdom
Founded 2023
Community Edition: free and open source (self-hosted). Enterprise: EUR 459/month or EUR 4,990/year for one instance, EUR 918/month or EUR 9,980/year for two, EUR 1,377/month or EUR 14,970/year for three. Optional AI Robot and Support and SLA add-ons from EUR 0.39 to EUR 3.49 per admin/editor per month. App viewers are not billed.
Best for: Teams wanting an open-source Retool-style builder
Lowcoder is an app builder for dashboards, admin tools, portals and public forms, operated by Lowcoder Software LTD of London (Companies House 15181834, incorporated October 2023). The sole person with significant control is an Estonian company, so there is no US parent in the ownership chain, though the contracting entity itself is British. That makes it one of the newer entrants here, with a short track record compared with Mendix or Betty Blocks.
The Community Edition is free and open source under AGPL-3.0, and you run it yourself. The paid Enterprise licence is priced per instance, EUR 459 a month or EUR 4,990 a year, and does not rise with the number of users, because app viewers are not billed. Optional AI and support add-ons are charged per admin or editor. That model is cheap when many people consume apps and few build them.
It is a young company, and the terms of service do not name a governing law, which a legal team will want settled before signing. The AGPL licence also matters if you plan to embed or resell it.
For a team that mainly needs Retool-style internal tools from a European vendor, it is a credible and transparent option. Ask for the governing law to be written into the order form, and decide whether you need the paid licence or can stay on the Community Edition.
What Lowcoder does well
- Community Edition is free and open source (AGPL-3.0)
- Enterprise licence is per instance, not per user
- App viewers are never billed
- Prices are published in euros
- No US company in the ownership chain
Where Lowcoder falls short
- Young company, incorporated in 2023
- Terms of service name no governing law
- AGPL licence needs review before embedding or reselling
- No hosted free tier, you run Community Edition yourself
Standout feature. Per-instance pricing in euros means a large audience of app viewers costs nothing extra.
Paris, France
Founded 1993
Community Edition: free, on-premises only. Paid editions are priced per internal user per month from EUR 15 (first-tier prices that drop with volume), with a Starter Edition adding the no-code studio, 99.5% uptime guarantee and managed cloud, and an Enterprise Edition adding a dedicated customer success manager. External users are priced by usage volume.
Best for: IT teams wanting open-source low-code with a no-code studio
Convertigo is a Paris platform for building web and mobile business applications, published by Convertigo SA (RCS Paris 393 164 777, registered since 1993 according to the French company register). It positions itself explicitly as an open-source alternative to Microsoft Power Apps and similar enterprise platforms, and the code is public on GitHub under AGPL-3.0. A registration date of 1993 makes it the oldest company among the open-source builders in this list with a stated founding date.
Its model pairs a low-code studio for IT departments with a no-code studio for business teams, over 300 connectors, and installation on premises or in a managed cloud. The Community Edition is free for self-hosted use. Paid editions are priced per internal named user from EUR 15 a month, and the vendor notes that first-tier prices fall with volume, while external users are charged by usage.
It sits between the open-source builders and the enterprise platforms in this list. The vendor also says it has offices in France and North America, so check which entity signs your order form.
The free edition is on premises only, and managed cloud and the no-code studio arrive with the paid editions. Paid editions carry the no-code studio and managed cloud, so a team that wants to evaluate the whole product should ask for a trial of a paid edition, not only the Community Edition.
What Convertigo does well
- Open-source Community Edition (AGPL-3.0) at no cost
- Low-code and no-code studios on one platform
- Per-user prices published in euros
- On-premises installation as well as managed cloud
- Company registered in France since 1993
Where Convertigo falls short
- Free edition is on premises only
- Offices in North America too, so confirm the contracting entity
- Internal and external users are priced differently, which needs a calculation
- Smaller community than Power Apps or OutSystems
Standout feature. A French open-source platform that bundles both a low-code and a no-code studio under one per-user euro price.
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Building an app on the standard blocks costs nothing. Hosted SaaS: EUR 50 per app per month excl. VAT (European cloud, standard backend, 10 GB storage, standard SLA). Enterprise SLA from EUR 100 per app per month. Third-line support for self-hosting from EUR 40 per app per month. Custom blocks from EUR 1,000 and apps from EUR 5,000 on request.
Best for: Teams wanting open-source apps at a flat hosted price
Appsemble is a Dutch open-source low-code platform from Appsemble B.V., based in the Klokgebouw in Eindhoven. Apps are defined as human-readable YAML or JSON recipes built from reusable blocks, run as progressive web apps, and the code is published under LGPL-3.0. Because an app is a plain text definition, it can be versioned, reviewed and moved like source code, which is a different idea of portability from an export button.
Its pricing is unusually simple. Building an app on the standard blocks costs nothing. Hosting is a flat EUR 50 per app per month excluding VAT, including European cloud hosting, a standard backend and 10 GB of storage. An enterprise SLA starts at EUR 100 per app per month, and third-line support for self-hosters at EUR 40. Custom blocks and apps are quoted from EUR 1,000 and EUR 5,000.
Appsemble is small and its documentation and references are largely Dutch. It is not a rival to Mendix or Betty Blocks for large estates, and it has none of their governance tooling, but for a team that wants to avoid lock-in and know the monthly bill in advance it is one of the most transparent options in the category.
For the same reason it suits pilots, where a single app can be hosted for a known monthly cost and judged on results.
What Appsemble does well
- Open source under LGPL-3.0, apps are portable recipes
- Flat published price of EUR 50 per app per month
- Hosting in the European cloud, 10 GB included per app
- Self-hosting is supported, with third-line support from EUR 40
- Dutch company with a visible office in Eindhoven
Where Appsemble falls short
- Small vendor, so a smaller ecosystem than the large platforms
- Most documentation and references are in Dutch
- Custom blocks and apps are paid work from EUR 1,000 and EUR 5,000
- No enterprise process or governance tooling like larger platforms
Standout feature. A flat EUR 50 per app per month with European hosting and an open-source licence, which is rare for a low-code platform.
