UI Bakery
vs. Appsmith

UI Bakery uses 24-column layout

Appsmith uses 64-column layout.

If the component is too large to fit in the card, it will shift the other components and cause a scrollbar to appear.

This point comes with challenges. To add a component to the card, you must first resize it to fit properly because the system is not flexible.

Dark theme - that helps to differentiate the development UI and end-user interface. Also, dark theme is considered a better one for human eyes in case developer works with the tool daily.

Multiple action steps within a single action.

Action folders.

Action scope: global and page-specific.

Auto-triggers for actions.

Logs available.

Performance information.

Scheduling back-end jobs and creating webhooks using automations.

BUT: Action type list might be a little bit confusing because of the large number of actions.

Auto-triggers for actions.

Logs available.

BUT: There is no Multiple action steps, no system in the actions, all in one list, and NO Performance information.

UI Bakery has an embedded environments feature which provides a way to maintain different app versions on a single UI Bakery instance.

UI Bakery allows to have multiple isolated environments by installing multiple self-hosted instances.

Appsmith allows using multiple environments ONLY by installing multiple self-hosted instances.

Great performance of the builder and published apps.

NO performance information.

UI Bakery doesn’t have a typical onboarding flow. But the screens and the process for a user's first login to the application are designed in such a way that the user is smoothly introduced to the application and familiarized with it easily and without discomfort.

Appsmith has a 9-step onboarding process in where a user goes through a process of creation of a basic table and a form, or can read a note with 3 main steps how to start the creation process.