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Runwork vs Bubble

Runwork vs Bubble

Bubble is a real visual programming environment. Runwork is the team cloud your own AI builds into.

Quick Verdict

Bubble is the deep end of visual building, and people run whole products on it. It is one person learning Bubble's paradigm well enough to hold an app inside it. Runwork is not another builder: your own AI tool does the building, and Runwork is the cloud it builds into, with an isolated sandbox, previews before the team sees anything, versioning and backups, role permissions, monitoring, and a deployment everyone can open.

Overview

Bubble proved that one person can put a real product on the web without writing code, and the marketplace, the community and the agencies you can hire from are all genuinely there. The trade is that the app lives inside Bubble's paradigm, and somebody has to learn that paradigm well enough to keep holding it. Runwork does not compete with the builder. Your team's own AI tools do the making, in Claude or Cursor or whatever each person already uses, and Runwork is the cloud they make into: nothing installed locally, a live preview before anyone else sees it, every change versioned, permissions on who can change what, monitoring, and a real place to deploy that the whole team can find.

Bubble is a No-Code App Platform.

Runwork Strengths

  • Your own AI does the building, in the tool that person already uses. Nothing new to learn.
  • Nothing installed on anyone's machine. It builds and runs in an isolated sandbox.
  • You see a live preview first, so the team never meets a broken version.
  • Every change is a version and the data is backed up. One step back, not a lost afternoon.
  • It deploys into the team workspace, so people can find it and run it without asking anyone.
  • Role permissions decide who can open it and who can change it.
  • 3,300+ integrations connected once, for everyone, instead of per app.

Bubble Strengths

  • A genuinely complete visual programming environment. Real products run on it.
  • Fine control over layout and interaction without writing a line of code.
  • Big plugin marketplace, plus agencies you can hire who already know it.
  • Years of documentation, courses and community answers for almost any question.
  • Proven at scale for marketplaces, directories and customer-facing products.

Feature Comparison

Building Experience

Feature Runwork Bubble
Built by the AI tool your team already uses -
Visual drag-and-drop builder -
Real code you own (no lock-in) -
Preview it before the team sees it
Git-based versioning -
Plugin marketplace -

Data & Integrations

Feature Runwork Bubble
Built-in database
Data every app on the team can use -
Pre-built integrations 3,300+ Via plugins
Custom API connections
File storage
Pre-built business schemas -

Automation & Logic

Feature Runwork Bubble
Event-driven automations Workflows
Work keeps running after everyone logs off
Multi-step workflows
Agents run in your team cloud Via plugins
Public APIs / webhooks
Long-running workflows Limited

Enterprise & Security

Feature Runwork Bubble
SSO / SAML Soon Dedicated plan
Audit logs -
Permissions on who can change it
Multi-tenant support Manual
Custom domains
Team workspaces

Infrastructure

Feature Runwork Bubble
Hosting included
Global edge deployment -
Auto-scaling Capacity units
Code and data backed up automatically
Performance Edge-fast Can be slow

Which Tool is Right for You?

Choose Runwork if you need...

  • * Teams whose people already ask Claude or ChatGPT for the tools they need
  • * Work that has to outlive the person who asked for it
  • * Anyone who needs a real place to deploy, not a link buried in a chat
  • * Teams who want previews, versions, permissions and monitoring around what their AI makes
  • * Companies who want the capability to survive switching AI tools

Choose Bubble if you need...

  • * Products where fine visual control is the whole point
  • * Teams with real Bubble skill in house, or an agency they trust
  • * Apps that depend on a specific plugin from the marketplace
  • * Founders building one customer-facing product they will maintain in one place

Pricing Comparison

Bubble prices on workload units and capacity, so a busy app costs more to keep running. Runwork offers flat workspace pricing and starts with a 14-day free trial (no credit card).

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How to Migrate from Bubble

You are not rebuilding the app screen by screen. Your own AI does the building, against your Runwork workspace, and the job on your side is saying clearly what the app is for and then looking at previews until it is right.

Typical migration: 1-2 weeks for complex apps

1

Write down what the app actually does

Data types, the workflows behind them, and the screens people really open. Plain sentences are enough. Half of this list is usually stuff nobody has used in a year.

2

Export your data

Export your Bubble tables as CSV and note how they relate. These become entities in your workspace, which every app and agent on your team can then read.

3

Connect your own AI tool

Point Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor, Codex or whatever your team already uses at your workspace over MCP or the CLI. Nothing else to install, on your machine or anyone else's.

4

Let your agent build it against your workspace

Describe the app to your own agent. It writes the code and runs it in an isolated sandbox on Runwork, so you get a live preview and can say what is wrong before anyone else sees it.

5

Deploy it where the team can reach it

It goes into the team workspace on your own domain, with permissions, version history, backups and monitoring around it. Keep the Bubble app up until you are ready to move people over.

Frequently Asked Questions

How long does moving a Bubble app take?
A simple app is an afternoon, because your agent builds while you look at previews. A large Bubble app with a lot of workflow logic is closer to one or two weeks, and the slow part is almost always deciding what you still actually need rather than the building.
What about my Bubble plugins?
Most plugins are connections to other tools, and those are already there: 3,300+ integrations, connected once for the whole team instead of per app. Anything genuinely custom your agent writes, because what comes out is real code, not a plugin slot.
Can I get the same level of design control?
Your agent writes real front-end code, so there is no ceiling on layout. What changes is who does the fiddling: you look at a preview, say what is off, and your agent fixes it. If someone on the team writes code, they can open it and edit it directly.
Who can change it once it is live?
Whoever you say. Apps live in a team workspace with role permissions, every change is a version you can roll back, and data is backed up separately. Previews run before anything deploys, so most mistakes never reach the team in the first place.

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