Lowcoder

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.