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Bubble vs Gumroad

An in-depth head to head comparison

In this article, read a side-by-side comparison between two no-code tools: Bubble and Gumroad. We'll compare pricing, the benefits, the drawbacks, give examples of what you can and can't build, as well as our overall recommendation.

What is Bubble?

Bubble introduces a new way to build a web application. It's a no-code point-and-click programming tool. Bubble hosts all applications on its cloud platform.
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What is Gumroad?

Sell music, comics, software, books, and films directly to your audience.
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Pricing

Bubble pricing

  • Free basic plan with the bubble.io domain, Bubble branding, limited data storage
  • $25/month - $115/month for custom domains and no branding, scheduled workflows, dev versions, and additional data storage

Gumroad pricing

  • Free plan to list unlimited products has a 5% transaction fee with Gumroad branding
  • $10/month - $250/month based on number of customers ($10 plan includes up to 1,000 customers) to remove Gumroad branding, add your own CSS, use your own domain, HD streaming, and a lower fee (3.5% + 30 cents per transaction).

Benefits

Bubble benefits

  • Powerful web app builder
  • Can build just about any type of web app
  • Can integrate APIs
  • Lots of templates
  • Active community

Gumroad benefits

  • Extremely easy to get started and use
  • Low fees
  • Active community

Drawbacks

Bubble drawbacks

  • More difficult to create your app's design than other tools. However, as of November 2021, Bubble released a new responsive designer, which makes designing easier than in the past.
  • Published apps can be slightly slow

Gumroad drawbacks

  • Less features and complexity than Shopify offers for e-commerce

What you can build

Bubble use-cases

  • Complex web apps - just about anything can be built
  • Apps that connect to APIs
  • Apps that scale

Gumroad use-cases

  • A simple landing page to collect emails
  • Sell digital products online, with lots of customization in how you can sell
  • Sell a membership
  • Sell physical products

What you can't build

What you can't build with Bubble

  • Native mobile apps

What you can't build with Gumroad

  • A marketplace (check out ShareTribe)
  • A custom web app (check out Glide or Bubble)

Overall Recommendation

Bubble recommendation

Bubble is best for more complex web app MVPs and for building scalable web apps.

It's a really powerful tool that can build just about any web app, but also comes with a higher learning curve.

I’d use Bubble in cases where your use-case is too complex for Glide or Webflow.

Gumroad recommendation

Gumroad is the best option for selling digital products online.

For selling physical products, Gumroad is a great simple option, but if you want a scalable e-commerce solution for physical products I'd recommend Shopify.

Squarespace and Webflow also have e-commerce functionality, but it’s more limited than Shopify.

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