UI Bakery
vs. DronaHQ

UI Bakery offers both a free version with basic features for less than 5 users and paid versions with more advanced features.
The pricing for the paid versions starts from $10 per user per month to $40 per user per month.
Shared Permission Group is available from Business plan.

The self-hosted version of UI Bakery presents four pricing tiers: a free option, two standard plans, and an Enterprise plan with flexible pricing. While the free version is entirely complimentary, it comes with restricted features and user limits. Starting with the standard plan, it supports over 5 users, and the Business plan introduces the Shared Permission Group. The Enterprise plan's cost is tailored based on the specific needs of the customer.
To calculate the pricing for a particular use case, schedule a call with UI Bakery tech expert.

Enterprise prices are visible and predictable.

DronaHQ has several options of pricing for self-hosted version.
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From $0 to $28 per user per month and flexible price for very large businesses. Certainly, the free plan offers an appealing self-hosted option for developers, however, like with other offerings from DronaHQ, the other plans lack predictability.

DronaHQ offers a basic, free version as well as premium paid options with advanced features.

The cost for the premium version ranges from $12 to $28 per user per month, and a discount is available for annual plans. They also have customized price for very large businesses.

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

Сomponents do not shift each other at all, they overlap each other in all cases.

119 components available.

Efficiently search for and organize components by their purpose.

Components can be added in two ways: by clicking and by dragging and dropping onto the work area.

Custom JS component is available.

Custom code - a very flexible action step that allows to interact with other actions, UI components, do data mappings, etc

Following action types are supported:

• UI Bakery

  Datasource actions

• Table actions

• Show notification

• Execute another action step

• Conditions

• Loops

• Navigation

• Etc.

Action types are highly configurable

Multiple action steps within a single action

Auto triggers for actions 

Custom code - available but can be used mostly for data manipulations

Auto-triggers for actions

Following action types are supported:

• UI Bakery

  Datasource actions

• Navigation actions

• Mobile-specific actions

• Utility actions

• Loops

• Navigation

• Etc

Actions panel containing all of the actions used across apps.

Action folders.

Action scope: global and page-specific.

Reusable actions between the different apps.

Auto-triggers for actions.

Extended action logs.

Extended action performance information.

No convenient way to view all of the actions for the app.

Actions are component-specific only which makes it impossible to reuse them anywhere.

Logs - only on the connector level.

Performance information - only on the connector level.

Action type list сan be confusing because of the large number of actions, that hide inside different panels and user-flows.

Through Automations feature.

The DronaHQ environments feature allows for the upkeep of multiple app versions within a single DronaHQ instance, or it can be achieved through separate instances by using multiple self-hosted instances.

Moderate performance of the builder and published apps.

You can import libraries in the form of JavaScript or CSS files when you have external dependencies that need to be imported into your app.

22 - databases
41 - third-party services and APIs

UI Bakery has three pre-defined roles (admin, editor, user) as standard options and the ability to create additional roles with fine-tuned access to data sources and applications. The option to create custom roles is only available in the Team plan.

DronaHQ has three pre-defined roles (administrator, creator, end-user). Custom roles available on enterprise plan only.

Audit logs for more admin control. Available on Enterprise plan.

NO external analytics solutions.

To try self-hosted version of UI Bakery, you can obtain a 14-day license key by copying and executing a CURL command. UI Bakery is delivered as a set of Docker containers that can be deployed using tools such as docker-compose or Kubernetes.

DronaHQ self-Hosted installation steps are as below:

• UI Bakery

  Create an account on the portal of Self-hosted DronaHQ 62 website and log in to it.

• You will receive a bash command.

• Copy and paste the command into your system’s terminal.

• This will download all the necessary files and libraries and thereafter will extract them.

• Your self-hosted on-prem version of DronaHQ will start running on the localhost:8080.

• Simply activate it and it will be ready to use.
  

By connecting to a Git repository, multiple users can develop apps in parallel. Changes can then be pushed to the Git repo and undergo code review before being merged into the default protected main branch.

DronaHQ provides similar experience with Git version control.

UI Bakery has an unconventional onboarding process. Its screens and the first-time login flow are designed to facilitate a smooth introduction and ease of familiarity with the app by minimizing any discomfort.

To get started with DronaHQ, there is a 4-step process. The user should follow the steps and watch the videos to learn about the app.

Excellent customer support and documentation are provided, including videos on YouTube. Enterprise customers have access to a shared Slack channel where they can receive real-time engineering assistance.

Excelent documentation. Has community and discord. Tutorials in videos on Yotube.

BUT: If you have used low-code tools before, it might be necessary to use DronaHQ's tutorials and support. This is because DronaHQ works differently and has unique terms compared to other similar tools.

UI Bakery implements multiple security measures including the encryption of data source credentials. The full list can be found at https://docs.uibakery.io/security.

UI Bakery self-hosted version can be provided as air-gapped solution.

DronaHQ securely encrypts all database credentials and keeps them safe.