Tadabase AI vs Caspio: the honest comparison.
Caspio is a low-code platform from $300 a month with an audited SOC 2. Tadabase AI builds the app from a prompt as React you own, from $25 a month.
Describe the app you’d build in Caspio — we’ll build it now.
Plain English is enough. You get a working app with a real database, logins and roles, free to start.
A governed low-code platform or an app from a prompt you own.
Caspio has run business databases on its own low-code platform for years: tables and views on a SQL Server core, DataPages for forms, reports and dashboards that you host on Caspio or embed in an existing website, role- and record-level security, and unlimited users on every plan. Its AI builder, Caspi, generates the data model, interface and roles from a description directly on the platform and, in Caspio's own words, "produces no code artifact". Since September 2026 an in-app chat agent answers signed-in users' questions within their role and the tables and fields you select, drawing on AI credits. Plans are $300 a month for Team (250,000 records, 5 app authors) and $600 for Business (1M records, unlimited authors, custom domain), Enterprise is quoted, and annual billing saves 10%. There is a free trial, not a free plan. Caspio lists SOC 2 Type II and offers HIPAA on a separate HIPAA/Compliance Edition with a signed BAA on a one-year term.
Tadabase AI also starts from a description, and generates real React on Tadabase: a relational database with relationships, authentication, roles and row- and field-level security enforced on the backend, visual workflows, scheduled tasks, webhooks, PDFs and file storage. The code syncs to GitHub, so the front end is yours to keep. App users are unlimited on every plan, a free plan needs no card, paid plans run from $25 to $250 a month with 25,000 to 500,000 records per app, and custom domains and badge removal are on every plan. End users get Ask, Analyze and Agents that act through your workflows and pause for approval, spending the account's AI credits. HIPAA-eligible plans come with a BAA. Controls are built to SOC 2 guidelines and are not independently audited.
Caspio and Tadabase AI, side by side.
What each one gives you out of the box, capability by capability.
| Capability | Caspio | 
Tadabase AI
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| Pricing model | Per plan, unlimited users | Per plan, monthly AI credits, unlimited app users |
| Free plan | Free trial, no card | 5 credits a day + 300-credit welcome bonus, no card |
| Entry paid price | $300/mo ($270 billed annually) | $25/mo ($21 billed annually) |
| Record limits | 250,000 (Team) to 2M+ (Enterprise) | 25,000–500,000 per app |
| File storage | 50–200+ GB | 5–250 GB |
| AI app builder | Caspi: generates platform configuration, no code | Conversational AI that writes React |
| Front end | DataPages, hosted or embedded | Real React, exportable to GitHub |
| AI for your end-users | Chat agent answers within the user's role | Ask, Analyze, Agents that act with approval |
| Row-level security | Role- and record-level | Built in, to backend, field-level |
| Custom domain | From Business ($600) | Every plan |
| SSO | Enterprise SSO (SAML) on Enterprise | Business plan (Google, Microsoft, SAML) |
| Independent security audit | SOC 2 Type II | Built to SOC 2 guidelines, not audited |
| HIPAA and BAA | Separate HIPAA/Compliance Edition, one-year term | HIPAA-eligible plans with a BAA |
The part Caspio can’t match.
Generating the screens is table stakes now. What you ship on top (real AI for your end-users, agents that act, and security that holds up) is where Tadabase AI is built differently.
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Your users ask. The app answers.
Front-end AI
End-users type a question in plain English — "show me overdue invoices this month" — and get a real answer as a table, chart, or number, pulled live from your data and scoped to exactly what that user is allowed to see.
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Insights, not just dashboards.
Front-end AI
Analyze reads the numbers your users already pulled and writes the takeaway — trends, outliers, what changed since last week — grounded in the real records, never made up.
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Agents that take action.
AI agents
Put an AI agent inside your app to qualify leads, triage tickets, or send follow-ups. It reads, plans, and acts through your workflows — and pauses for human approval before anything high-stakes. Every action is logged.
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Security as a default.
Security
Row-level security carried by JWT all the way to the backend, 2FA, SSO and SAML, full audit logs, and a pre-deploy security pass that catches committed secrets and missing auth before you publish.
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Ready for regulated work.
Compliance
HIPAA-eligible plans for healthcare, controls built to SOC 2 guidelines (not independently audited), encryption in transit and at rest, per-tenant container isolation, and a DPA on request — GDPR and CCPA aligned.
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A real backend, included.
Real backend
Database with relationships, authentication, visual workflows, PDF generation, file uploads, schedules, and webhooks ship with your first deploy — powered by Tadabase, already running real businesses for years. Nothing to wire up.
Quick answers.
Still curious? Email support@tadabase.io. A real person answers.
How is Tadabase AI different from Caspio?
Both build business apps from a description and keep the data, roles and security on a managed platform. Caspio's AI builder configures DataPages on Caspio and produces no code. Tadabase AI generates the front end as real React on Tadabase's relational backend, which you can sync to GitHub, with visual workflows, schedules, webhooks and PDFs built in.
Is Caspio more expensive than Tadabase AI?
At the entry level, yes. Caspio's plans are $300 a month for Team and $600 for Business, with Enterprise quoted and 10% off annual billing (read on caspio.com/pricing on October 1, 2026). Caspio has a free trial, not a free plan. Tadabase AI has a free plan, and paid plans are $25, $50, $100 and $250 a month. Caspio's Team plan includes more records (250,000 on the account) than Tadabase AI's entry plan (25,000 per app), so compare them on the data you plan to store.
Both have an AI chat agent inside the app. What is different?
Caspio's chat agent, launched in September 2026, answers signed-in users' questions about the tables and fields you select, never beyond what the user's role allows, and draws on AI credits. Tadabase AI gives end users Ask and Analyze for questions and insights, plus Agents that can act through your workflows and pause for human approval before anything high-stakes. Both are scoped to each user's permissions and both spend AI credits.
Which one is HIPAA-eligible?
Both sign a BAA. Caspio offers HIPAA on a separate HIPAA/Compliance Edition that runs on separate infrastructure on a one-year term, and lists an independent SOC 2 Type II audit. Tadabase AI offers HIPAA-eligible plans with a BAA, PHI access logs and field masking synced to row-level security. Its controls are built to SOC 2 guidelines and have not been independently audited.
Can I move my Caspio app to Tadabase AI?
Yes, the data comes with you. Export each Caspio table as CSV from the Tables list or the Datasheet, import it into Tadabase, and describe the app you want on top of it. Relationships become relationships, your roles become roles with row-level security, and the DataPages are rebuilt as pages by Tadabase AI rather than copied. Check the permissions with a test user before you invite anyone.
Bring your business into the world of AI.Launch a real app today.
Already using Caspio, or about to? Describe what you would build there and Tadabase AI builds it on a real backend, hosts it and puts it on your domain.
- Free plan, no card
- Unlimited app users
- Live on your own domain