Why build with WeWeb vs Bubble?

Bubble ❌

When reading Bubble reviews, a common theme emerges: it's really hard to design responsive user interfaces.

WeWeb ✅

WeWeb, on the other hand, gives you the freedom to visually design your frontend exactly the way you want.

Design systems are the building blocks of our editor. You can design parts of your web application like buttons, forms, navigation bar, save them, and re-use them as your UI kit.

You can even code your own react or vue.js components, upload them in WeWeb's design system from GitHub and drag & drop them on your pages, visually.

And if you're used to CSS classes, use them! You can add animations on hover or clicks or when the user performs a specific set of actions in your application.

Bubble ❌

With Bubble, your frontend and backend are tied together. You can find workarounds to connect to an external database but this often causes performance issues.

WeWeb ✅

With WeWeb, you can build your frontend on top of your preferred data sources. For example, Airtable, REST APIs or your in-house database.

Why would you need to connect to third-party data sources? Why not have everything in one place?

Well, we've done extensive user research, and although there are pros and cons for each solution, we’ve found there are two reasons why experienced makers prefer to build their frontend separately:

1. Many people use no code tools to build an MVP and get stuck when they need to scale. They regret not keeping their data separate when that happens.

2. Most people already have a place where they store data. They don't want to copy that data into a separate black-box SaaS tool.

Decoupling the frontend from the backend is the modern way to build web applications. 

It’s a best practice because it is more scalable and reversible.

Bring your own backend, and use it in WeWeb.

Bubble ❌

As an alternative to Bubble, most people resort to custom coding their web app when they have to scale its performances.

With WeWeb, that’s a thing of the past.

WeWeb ✅

First, by decoupling your backend and frontend, you can scale them independently. Let's be honest, 90% of the time, the backend is the reason for your web app's bad performance.

Second, WeWeb uses the latest web technologies to build a real web application in the user's browser. This ensures you lightning fast loading times and performances.

Don't think in terms of no-code for small projects vs custom code for big ones. 

Design a best-in-class frontend that loads fast for your users, no matter how big or complex your database.

Bubble is a powerful tool, with a steep learning curve.

WeWeb takes the best of all no-code tools to help you feel at home, regardless of your background.

• Design as you would in Elementor or Webflow,
• Add interactivity like Zapier or Integromat

All of this without coding. You won't need to worry about learning specifics.