Top 20 Bubble Development Companies in USA (2026): Proof of Bubble Work and the Exit Question

What happens to your Bubble app if you ever want to leave Bubble?

Bubble’s own documentation answers it plainly: its apps “can only be run on the Bubble platform,” there is no way to export them as code, and moving off means rebuilding the logic (Bubble). We think that question belongs at the top of any Top 20 Bubble Development Companies in USA shortlist, next to a second one: can the agency show you Bubble work? Across the first page of reviews for the 20 highest-ranked firms in Clutch’s US Bubble directory, 20 of 189 mention Bubble, and all 20 come from four firms (Clutch). The other sixteen may build on Bubble every week. Their recent clients just do not say so.

That gap runs through the whole directory: 452 of its 543 firms also list Webflow (Clutch). So the list below tells you which firms have Bubble evidence and which have a Bubble line on a profile.

It then covers what Bubble work costs in plans, workload and people, how to shortlist, and what you should hold before the final invoice: the app account, a data export and every API key.

Key takeaways

• 20 of 189 first-page reviews across Clutch’s top 20 US Bubble firms mention Bubble, and they come from 4 firms: Airdev, AGIL f(x), Chakor and DePalma (Clutch profiles).
• No code export: Bubble apps run only on Bubble, and leaving means rebuilding the application logic; data can be exported as CSV or through the Bubble API (Bubble).
• $59 to $549 a month, billed annually, is the range of Bubble’s Starter to Team plans, with 175,000 to 500,000 workload units included (Bubble pricing).
• $0.30 per 1,000 workload units is the overage rate for apps without a workload tier (Bubble).
• 452 of 543 firms in Clutch’s US Bubble directory also list Webflow, and 61 list eight or more no-code platforms at exactly 10 percent each (Clutch).
• 129 of 543 firms put half or more of their no-code work on Bubble, and 50 of those have three or more reviews (Clutch).
• $26.9 billion was Gartner’s forecast for worldwide low-code development technology spending in 2023, up 19.6 percent (Gartner).
• $73,283 to $135,980 is the spread between ZipRecruiter’s Bubble developer average and the BLS median for software developers (ZipRecruiter; BLS).

Bubble in 2026: web and mobile apps on a metered platform

Low-code is a mainstream budget line. Gartner forecast worldwide spending on low-code development technologies at $26.9 billion in 2023, up 19.6 percent, with low-code application platforms the largest part at nearly $10 billion (Gartner). That forecast is from December 2022 and covers enterprise tools as well as Bubble, but it explains why so many agencies now list no-code services.

Bubble now builds mobile apps as well as web apps. Its plans include web, iOS and Android apps, and the paid tiers add app store build submissions and live app versions: 5 builds a month on Starter, 10 on Growth and 20 on Team (Bubble pricing). A brief written for a web app two years ago may now reasonably include a native app on the same data.

Bubble charges by workload. Every plan includes a monthly allowance of workload units, Bubble’s single measure of the server resources an app consumes: 50,000 on Free, 175,000 on Starter, 250,000 on Growth and 500,000 on Team. Starter costs $59 a month billed annually, Growth $209 and Team $549, with Enterprise priced on request (Bubble pricing). Above the allowance, an app without a workload tier pays $0.30 per 1,000 workload units, and overages can be switched off (Bubble).

That model changes what a developer is responsible for. On Bubble, an inefficient search or a workflow that runs on every page load is not only slow; it is a line on the monthly bill. Ask any vendor how it measures and reduces workload.

You own the design and the data, not the code. Bubble’s documentation says you own your app’s design and your users’ data, while Bubble retains ownership of the underlying code. Data can be exported as CSV files or through the Bubble API. If Bubble were ever discontinued, it says its source code would be released under an open-source licence so apps could be self-hosted (Bubble).

That is a fair trade for speed, and many products never need to leave. But it is the decision to make before the first invoice, not after the hundredth user complains about performance.

The agencies are multi-platform. Of the 543 firms in Clutch’s US Bubble directory, 452 also list Webflow, 279 list Xano and 75 list FlutterFlow. Ninety-five name Bubble as their single leading no-code platform, 107 lead with Webflow, and 223 list Bubble level with another tool (Clutch).

So a Bubble brief needs three answers before any firm is compared: whether the product is expected to stay on Bubble or be rebuilt in code once it proves itself, how much workload it will consume at your target number of users, and whether it needs a native mobile app as well as a web app.

What Bubble development costs in the US

Pay figures for comparable roles spread by $62,697 across four sources.

ZipRecruiter reports an average of $73,283 for a Bubble developer and Glassdoor $78,063 (ZipRecruiter; Glassdoor). The Bureau of Labor Statistics puts the median web developer at $92,650 and the median software developer at $135,980, both in May 2025 (BLS web developers; BLS software developers).

Both Bubble figures are small samples for a young job title. The gap to the software developer median is roughly the saving no-code promises, but agencies do not price Bubble work at a discount: they price the product thinking, design and integrations around it.

Agency pricing on this list is mid-range. Ten of the twenty firms publish $100 an hour or more, three publish $25 to $49 and one publishes under $25. The median published minimum project is $10,000, from $1,000 to $100,000 (Clutch profiles, read 29 September 2026).

Eight factors decide where a Bubble quote lands.

The scope comes first: an MVP to test demand, an internal tool or a product meant to scale. Then the data model; user roles and privacy rules; integrations and APIs, including AI model calls; plugins; a native mobile app; the workload the app will consume; and the support terms. Ask every vendor to estimate monthly workload at your target number of users, and to list the paid plugins and external APIs its design assumes.

The Top 20 Bubble Development Companies in USA, compared

We used Clutch’s directory of Bubble developers in the United States, sorted by Clutch Rank and read on 29 September 2026. It lists 543 firms and carried no paid rows on any page when we read it. Firms 2 to 21 below are its top 20, in Clutch Rank order.

Brain Station 23 is placed first because we publish this article. We are US-headquartered and verified on Clutch, but we are not in this directory and Bubble is not on our published profile, so we are not claiming a ranking in it.

The Bubble Focus column shows Bubble’s share of each firm’s published no-code platform work, with the tool that leads it. The # column is this list’s position. Certifications are self-published and unverified wherever they appear.

#	Company	Best For	Team Size	Bubble Focus	Key Tech Stack	Industries Served	Locations
1	Brain Station 23 — brainstation-23.com	Rebuilding a proven Bubble product in code	250 – 999	Not in directory; no Bubble line	Java, Spring, .NET, Python, PHP, Node.js, Flutter	Retail, medical, telecoms, education, financial services	Springfield VA; Bangladesh, UAE, England, Malaysia, Germany
2	Airdev — airdev.co	Bubble MVPs and internal tools from the largest Bubble specialist	50 – 249	Bubble 90%; Xano 10%	Bubble, Xano, Airtable, JavaScript	Spread across 10 sectors	San Francisco CA
3	Topflight Apps — topflightapps.com	Healthcare and fintech apps, with Bubble for early versions	10 – 49	Bubble 50%; Xano 40%	Bubble, Xano, React Native, React, Swift	Medical, financial services, consumer products	Irvine CA
4	Tekglide — tekglide.com	E-commerce and web builds with a no-code option	50 – 249	Bubble 50%, level with Webflow	Bubble, Webflow, React, Flutter, Symfony	E-commerce	Darien IL, Spring TX
5	DePalma.io — depalma.io	UX-led product design with Bubble builds	10 – 49	Bubble 100%	Bubble, Mendix, OutSystems, Airtable, .NET	IT, financial services, medical	Franklin TN
6	Data Monsters — datamonsters.com	Machine learning products with a Bubble front end	50 – 249	Bubble 100%	Bubble, Airtable, Python	IT, manufacturing, education, media	Palo Alto CA, Sunnyvale CA; Bilbao
7	Bop Design — bopdesign.com	B2B marketing websites	10 – 49	Bubble 10%, one of 10 tools at 10%	WordPress, Webflow, Bubble	Business services	San Diego CA, Santa Monica CA, Newport Beach CA, New York NY
8	APG Technology — goapgtech.com	Small-team no-code and low-code apps	2 – 9	Bubble 50%; FlutterFlow and Xano 25% each	Bubble, FlutterFlow, Xano, Power Apps, Airtable	Financial services, medical, government	Atlanta GA, Greensboro GA
9	Atmosphere Apps — atmosphereapps.com	Medical and dental apps, native or no-code	10 – 49	Bubble 50%, level with Webflow	Bubble, Webflow, React Native, Flutter	Education, medical, dental, legal	Gainesville FL; Rzeszów
10	EltexSoft — eltexsoft.com	Staff augmentation across code and no-code	10 – 49	Bubble 50%, level with Webflow	Bubble, Webflow, React, Laravel, Django	Education, e-commerce, media	Burbank CA
11	Kinetech Cloud — kinetechcloud.com	Enterprise low-code apps for government and finance	10 – 49	Bubble 30%; Appy Pie and Bryter 35% each	Mendix, Bubble, Node.js, React Native	Business services, financial services, real estate, government	San Antonio TX, Houston TX
12	Dogtown Media — dogtownmedia.com	Healthcare mobile apps	10 – 49	Bubble 40%; Webflow 50%	Django, React Native, Bubble, Webflow	Medical, financial services, education, non-profit	El Segundo CA
13	Clustox — clustox.com	AI agents and apps at a low rate	50 – 249	Bubble 30%; Webflow 20%	Ruby on Rails, Flutter, Bubble, Webflow	Education, medical, real estate, retail	Dover DE
14	HTMLPanda — htmlpanda.com	Front-end and e-commerce builds on a budget	250 – 999	Bubble 10%; Webflow, WEM and Nutshell 25% each	PHP, Laravel, React, Angular, Webflow	E-commerce, business services, IT	Walpole MA
15	Turing — turing.com	Vetted remote engineers for enterprise teams	250 – 999	Bubble 10%; nine tools listed	Python, Ruby on Rails, Flutter	IT, consumer products, retail	Palo Alto CA; Bengaluru
16	Surf — surf.dev	Large mobile apps for banking and restaurants	50 – 249	Bubble 15%; Airslate and WEM 25% each	Flutter, Swift, Kotlin	Financial services, medical, e-commerce	Wilmington DE, New York NY
17	Chakor — thechakor.com	Bubble MVPs for startups on a small budget	10 – 49	Bubble 85%; Xano 15%	Bubble, Xano, Airtable, JavaScript	Spread across 10 sectors	Ann Arbor MI
18	ISHIR — ishir.com	Enterprise development with Power Apps and AI	50 – 249	Bubble 10%; 13 tools listed	.NET, Power Apps, Python, PHP, React	IT, consumer products, medical	Dallas TX, Houston TX, San Antonio TX, Austin TX; Noida, Dubai
19	Lightspace — lightspace.com	Branding and Webflow websites	10 – 49	Bubble 20%; Webflow 80%	Webflow, React, Next.js, Shopify	Beauty, retail, consumer products	San Diego CA
20	Custom Stacks — customstacks.com	AI features and apps for small businesses	10 – 49	Bubble 50%, level with Webflow	Laravel, PHP, Bubble, Webflow, React Native	IT, e-commerce, legal, business services	Rancho Cucamonga CA, Covina CA
21	AGIL f(x) — agilfx.ai	AI-heavy Bubble apps with API integrations	10 – 49	Bubble 90%; Xano 10%	Bubble, Xano, Airtable, Power Apps	Consumer products, financial services, real estate	Philadelphia PA

Team sizes, platform splits, stacks, industries and locations are from each firm’s published Clutch profile, read 29 September 2026. “Best For” is our reading of that data. Founding years come from the same profiles; certifications are not published consistently, so they appear only in the profiles, marked where a firm states them.

1. Brain Station 23

We publish this article and placed ourselves first, so read this as the publisher’s entry. We are not in Clutch’s Bubble directory, Bubble is not on our published profile, and none of our reviews mentions it, so we would not build your first Bubble MVP. Where we fit is the step the exit question points to: rebuilding a product that has outgrown Bubble in code your team owns. Our published languages spread across ASP.NET, Java and Python at 14 percent each, with Spring, .NET and Flutter our largest frameworks. Sixty percent of our work is engineers embedded in client teams, at $25 to $49 an hour. A sound rebuild starts from your Bubble data export and a map of every workflow, with both systems running in parallel before users move. Reviewers score Quality 5.0; one asked for tighter internal coordination.

For Bubble-first builders

2. Airdev

Airdev holds first place in Clutch’s Bubble ranking with 90 reviews at 4.9, and it is a true specialist: Bubble is 90 percent of its no-code work. Seven of its eleven first-page reviews mention Bubble and five describe MVPs, for property, healthcare, fintech and marketplace startups. Its most common project is $10,000 to $49,999, with a $10,000 minimum. One client wanted earlier guidance on Bubble’s limitations and trade-offs, and Clutch’s summary notes scope gaps found after initial scoping.

21. AGIL f(x)

AGIL f(x), in Philadelphia, has the strongest Bubble evidence here: eight of its ten first-page reviews mention Bubble, for lending marketplaces, a CRM, real estate and wellness apps. AI development is 70 percent of its services and no-code the rest. It publishes $50 to $99 an hour with a $25,000 minimum. Schedule is its weak sub-score at 4.5. One client said API connections broke after its developer was changed, and others found its hour billing and estimates hard to follow.

17. Chakor

Chakor, in Ann Arbor, puts 85 percent of its no-code work on Bubble, and 90 percent of its clients are small businesses. Four of its first-page reviews mention Bubble and four describe MVPs. It publishes $25 to $49 an hour with a $5,000 minimum, and its most common project is under $10,000. Its 4.7 rating across 62 reviews is among the lowest here. Clients asked for clearer upfront scoping, more demos and more documentation written for non-technical owners.

5. DePalma.io

DePalma lists Bubble as 100 percent of its no-code work, but it is a design studio first: UX and UI design is 70 percent of its services, and most first-page reviews describe design work for software, automotive and marketplace clients. It publishes $100 to $149 an hour. Its Cost sub-score of 4.3 is the lowest on this list, and Clutch’s summary notes reports of delays and budget overruns. One reviewer advised it to stop taking projects it could not resource.

For startups and product teams using Bubble alongside code

3. Topflight Apps

Topflight Apps ranks second on Clutch, with medical and financial services 70 percent of its industries. It lists Bubble at 50 percent of its no-code work and Xano at 40, but none of its first-page reviews names either; they describe AI and mobile health products. Its $50,000 minimum is among the highest here, at $100 to $149 an hour. Cost scores 4.5. Clients mentioned product manager changes, fixed working hours and early inaccuracies on timeline and price.

8. APG Technology

APG Technology, in Atlanta, puts no-code at 20 percent of its services, with Bubble at half its no-code work and FlutterFlow and Xano a quarter each; on the low-code side it lists Airtable, Power Apps and Salesforce. It scores 5.0 on Quality, Cost and Willing to Refer across seven reviews, which describe apps for staffing, landscaping and behavioral health clients. It publishes $100 to $149 an hour with a $5,000 minimum. It has fewer than ten staff; one client said requirements could have been defined earlier.

9. Atmosphere Apps

Atmosphere Apps, founded in 2001 in Gainesville, lists Bubble and Webflow at 50 percent each, but its first-page reviews describe native mobile and web apps, many for medical device and dental companies. It publishes $100 to $149 an hour with a $25,000 minimum, and its most common project is $50,000 to $199,999. It has an office in Poland; one client needed time to adjust to team members who were not native English speakers, and Clutch’s summary notes occasional slow turnaround.

10. EltexSoft

EltexSoft, in Burbank, splits its no-code work evenly between Bubble and Webflow, and staff augmentation and web development are half its services. Its reviews describe custom software, APIs and front-end work rather than Bubble builds. It scores 5.0 on Quality across 30 reviews, at $50 to $99 an hour with a $10,000 minimum. Clients noted gaps in real-time coordination across time zones, some developers with limited English and deliverables that could be more timely.

20. Custom Stacks

Custom Stacks, which some reviews call DADEN LLC, lists Bubble and Webflow at 50 percent each, while AI and generative AI are 45 percent of its services. Its reviews describe AI automation for a law firm and a marketing company, and several mobile apps, none on Bubble. It publishes $100 to $149 an hour with a $10,000 minimum and scores 5.0 on Cost. One client wished it were less expensive, and another noted some missed dates on a large project.

6. Data Monsters

Data Monsters lists Bubble as 100 percent of its no-code work, but AI is 45 percent of its services and Python half its languages. Its four reviews describe machine learning and custom software for real estate, recruitment, food production and SaaS clients, including a price-prediction model. It publishes $100 to $149 an hour with a $25,000 minimum. Four reviews is a thin record, and none mentions Bubble, so references matter.

For enterprise low-code and staffing

11. Kinetech Cloud

Kinetech Cloud puts low-code at 40 percent of its services, the highest share here, and Mendix is its only low-code platform; Bubble is 30 percent of its no-code split. Its reviews describe software for nonprofits, a government database and real estate payment systems. Its $100,000 minimum is the highest on this list, at $150 to $199 an hour, and 70 percent of its clients are mid-market. Schedule and Cost score 4.5. Clients noted early communication gaps.

18. ISHIR

ISHIR, in Dallas with offices across Texas, India and Dubai, lists thirteen no-code tools with Bubble at 10 percent, and Microsoft Power Apps leads its low-code work. Enterprise and mid-market clients are 90 percent of its base. Its reviews describe DevOps staff augmentation, a custom CRM and web revamps, none on Bubble. It publishes $50 to $99 an hour with a $10,000 minimum. Clients asked for clearer status on what each sprint would deliver.

15. Turing

Turing is a staffing platform: generative AI is 35 percent of its services and 60 percent of its clients are enterprises. It lists nine no-code tools with Bubble at 10 percent, and its four reviews describe developer staff augmentation. It publishes $50 to $99 an hour with a $50,000 minimum. With four reviews and no Bubble mention, treat it as a way to hire engineers, not a Bubble agency.

13. Clustox

Clustox lists Bubble at 30 percent of its no-code work among ten tools, and AI agents are 25 percent of its services. Its reviews describe PHP and React resources, mobile apps and software architecture, none on Bubble. It publishes $25 to $49 an hour with a $5,000 minimum, and its most common project is under $10,000. Clients described a young team that sometimes lacked experience, and asked for better reporting on time spent.

For mobile studios

12. Dogtown Media

Dogtown Media, in El Segundo, is a mobile studio: mobile apps are 45 percent of its services, and its reviews describe apps for hospital systems, mental health tools and fintech. It lists Bubble at 40 percent and Webflow at 50 of its no-code split, but no review mentions either. It publishes $100 to $149 an hour with a $25,000 minimum. One client noted that HIPAA compliance and API integration made the work costlier than a standard app.

16. Surf

Surf scores 5.0 on every sub-score across 43 reviews, and its most common project is $200,000 to $999,999, the largest here. It is a Flutter mobile studio: mobile apps are 80 percent of its services, and its reviews describe apps for restaurant chains, a bank and a shopping center. Bubble is 15 percent of its no-code split. It publishes $50 to $99 an hour with a $25,000 minimum. No review mentions Bubble, so ask directly.

For web, design and e-commerce agencies

7. Bop Design

Bop Design has 127 Clutch reviews at 5.0, the most on this list, and they describe website redesigns, branding and SEO for B2B companies. It lists ten no-code tools at exactly 10 percent each, Bubble among them, the pattern 61 firms in this directory share. It publishes $150 to $199 an hour with a $25,000 minimum. It is an excellent website agency; nothing in its reviews shows Bubble app work.

19. Lightspace

Lightspace, in San Diego, puts Webflow at 80 percent of its no-code work and Bubble at 20, and branding is its largest service. Its reviews describe branding and websites for a swimwear brand, a law firm and a fabric retailer. It scores 5.0 on Quality and Cost across 13 reviews, at $100 to $149 an hour with a $10,000 minimum. One client found details missed in a migration, such as colors and drop-downs.

14. HTMLPanda

HTMLPanda publishes under $25 an hour, the lowest band here, with a $1,000 minimum, and scores 5.0 on every sub-score across 45 reviews. E-commerce and web development are 90 percent of its services, and its reviews describe front-end conversions, landing pages and online stores. Bubble is 10 percent of its no-code split and appears in none of its reviews. Its most common project is under $10,000.

4. Tekglide

Tekglide ranks third on Clutch’s Bubble list and also appears on our BigCommerce list, because it is an e-commerce agency: e-commerce and web development are 40 percent of its services. It lists Bubble and Webflow at 50 percent each, but its reviews describe Magento, Shopify and website builds. It publishes $25 to $49 an hour with a $10,000 minimum. One client said prepaid hour buckets ran low without warning.

What the twenty profiles show

Bubble specialists exist, but they are not the whole top 20. Across the 543 firms, 129 put half or more of their no-code work on Bubble, and 50 of those have three or more reviews, a healthier record than most specialist directories we have analysed. The median firm puts 20 percent on Bubble (Brain Station 23 analysis of Clutch, read 29 September 2026). In the top 20, 11 firms put half or more on Bubble, and four put it at 10 percent.

The reviews rarely say Bubble. We read the first page of reviews on each of the twenty profiles, 189 in all. Twenty mention Bubble, and they come from four firms: Airdev, AGIL f(x), Chakor and DePalma. Two mention Webflow and none mentions Xano or FlutterFlow. Twenty-four describe an MVP, the work Bubble is best known for.

Some platform splits are boilerplate. Sixty-one firms in the directory list eight or more no-code tools at exactly 10 percent each. In the top 20, Bop Design does, and ISHIR, Turing and Clustox list nine to thirteen tools. A split like that tells you the firm filled in the form, not what it builds.

California leads, and the teams are small. Nine of the twenty are headquartered in California. Eleven have 10 to 49 staff. The top 20 hold 662 reviews, a median of 24.5, and three have fewer than ten: Data Monsters, Turing and APG Technology.

Schedule is the weak sub-score. Of the 18 firms whose sub-scores differ, 11 score lowest, or joint lowest, on Schedule and 9 on Cost. DePalma’s Cost score of 4.3 is the lowest here. This Top 20 Bubble Development Companies in USA list is really two lists: four firms with Bubble evidence in their reviews, and sixteen capable agencies whose Bubble work you will need to see for yourself.

How to shortlist a Bubble development company

Order the filters so the first one removes the most firms.

Step 1: Decide stay or rebuild. If the product must eventually run on your own code, say so now; it changes the architecture, the data model and the vendor.

Step 2: Ask for live Bubble apps. Sixteen of the twenty have no Bubble mention in their first page of reviews. Ask each shortlisted firm for three live Bubble apps and a login to one.

Step 3: Match your budget to the minimum. Minimums run from $1,000 to $100,000, and ten firms charge $100 an hour or more.

Step 4: Ask for a workload estimate. A good vendor can estimate monthly workload units at your target number of users, and tell you which features consume the most.

Step 5: Ask about privacy rules and APIs. Ask how data access is restricted by user role, and how external APIs and keys are stored.

Step 6: Ask who owns the accounts. The Bubble app, plan billing, plugins, domain, and every API key should be in your name from day one.

Step 7: Buy a paid discovery. A short fixed-fee phase that maps the data model and the riskiest workflows shows the real size of the job.

How to buy Bubble development: four engagement models

The engagement model decides who pays when the MVP’s scope grows, which on Bubble it usually does.

Fixed price moves overrun risk to the vendor, who prices it in. It suits a tightly scoped MVP. It fails when the product changes after user testing, which is the point of an MVP.

Time and materials keeps the risk with you. It suits products still finding their shape. Cap each phase and review burn every week.

Support retainer covers bug fixes, plugin and API updates, workload tuning and small features.

Staff augmentation adds Bubble or code developers to your team. EltexSoft, ISHIR, Turing, Clustox and Brain Station 23 publish staff augmentation work. It fails when nobody in-house owns the product.

The technical question: staying on Bubble, or rebuilding in code

Thirteen of the 189 first-page reviews describe a rebuild or migration. The order of the decision matters more than the tool.

Step 1: Measure workload by feature. Before deciding anything, find which workflows and searches consume the most workload. Many cost problems are fixed by rewriting a handful of them.

Step 2: Tighten privacy rules and move secrets. Make sure data is restricted by role and API keys are not exposed to the browser. Broken object-level authorization, where an app returns records a user should not see, is first on OWASP’s API Security Top 10 (OWASP).

Step 3: Move heavy logic out. Background processing, AI calls and complex calculations can often run in backend workflows or external services, keeping the Bubble app as the interface.

Step 4: Price both paths over three years. Compare plan fees and overages at $0.30 per 1,000 workload units (Bubble) against the cost of a rebuild and of running your own infrastructure.

Step 5: If you rebuild, plan it as a migration. Export data through CSV or the Bubble API, rebuild the logic, run both systems in parallel and move users in stages. Bubble’s documentation is explicit that the logic has to be rebuilt (Bubble).

The order matters because a Bubble app that is merely inefficient is far cheaper to fix than to replace, and a rebuild started without a data export plan loses history.

Red flags: eight answers to walk away from

“We’ll host the app on our Bubble account.” The app and its plan should be yours, with the agency added as a collaborator you can remove.

“You can export the code later.” You cannot. Bubble apps run only on Bubble (Bubble).

“Workload won’t be an issue.” Ask for the estimate. Overages cost $0.30 per 1,000 units without a tier.

“We use our plugin licences.” Paid plugins bought on the agency’s account can leave with the agency.

“Privacy rules can come later.” Data exposure is the first thing to get right, not the last.

“We build on every no-code tool.” A split of ten tools at 10 percent each is a form, not a specialism. Ask for Bubble apps.

“Our API keys are fine where they are.” Keys belong to you, stored server-side.

“Our reviews speak for themselves.” Sixteen firms here have no Bubble mention in their first page of reviews.

After launch: what the build quote leaves out

This part covers what owners wish they had settled before the final invoice, and what recurs for as long as the app runs.

What you must own before the final invoice

The Bubble app, in your account, with plan billing in your name and the agency as a collaborator you can remove.

A data export: a tested CSV or API export of every data type, and a note of how to repeat it. This is your insurance against every other risk on this list.

Every plugin licence and external API key, including AI model providers, payment processors and email services, issued to you.

The domain and DNS, and for a mobile app, the Apple and Google developer accounts in your company’s name.

Documentation: the data model, privacy rules, backend workflows, external API connections and how to deploy a new version.

Design files for the interface, so a future rebuild does not start from screenshots.

The bill that arrives after launch

A build quote covers the build. What recurs afterwards is usually larger over three years.

The plan fee rises as you add editors, versions and features, from $59 to $549 a month on self-serve plans, and workload grows with users; above the allowance it costs $0.30 per 1,000 units without a tier (Bubble pricing; Bubble). Add paid plugins, external API usage such as AI model calls, app store accounts for mobile, and change requests, which are usually the largest line by year two. Get the recurring number before you sign the build.

Security is a recurring cost

A no-code app still holds real user data, and the risks are the ordinary ones.

Exploited software vulnerabilities started 31 percent of the breaches in Verizon’s 2026 report (Verizon DBIR 2026), and broken object-level authorization tops OWASP’s API risk list (OWASP). On Bubble, the platform patches the servers; what stays with you is privacy rules, plugins and the API keys your workflows use. A US breach averages $10.22 million (IBM). Write into the contract who reviews privacy rules, who approves new plugins and how fast a security fix is applied.

Accessibility is legal exposure

In 2026, 95.9 percent of the top million home pages had detectable WCAG failures (WebAIM), and 5,114 US digital accessibility lawsuits were filed in 2025 (UsableNet). Visual editors make it easy to build interfaces without labels, alt text or keyboard access. Name WCAG 2.2 AA in the contract rather than the word “accessible”, and test the main flows with a keyboard and a screen reader before launch.

Contract clauses that surface in month nine

IP assignment on payment, covering the app design, custom plugins and any code, not on final acceptance.

Transition assistance: a set number of hours to hand over to another team, including a walkthrough of the data model and workflows.

Rate escalation caps for the support term.

Subcontracting and offshore work, named in the statement of work.

Hour-bucket and billing reporting, since two reviewers here found hours or bills hard to follow.

Liability cap and insurance that reflect what a data exposure would cost.

Non-solicitation both ways.

This is not legal advice; have counsel review the contract.

How to leave without losing the app

Confirm the app, plan, domain, plugins and keys are in your name. Run a full data export and check it opens. Trigger the transition hours while relations are cordial. Record walkthroughs of the workflows and integrations. On the last day, remove the agency’s collaborator access and rotate every API key it could see.

Hire in-house or hire a Bubble development company

ZipRecruiter puts a Bubble developer at $73,283 and Glassdoor at $78,063, before benefits (ZipRecruiter; Glassdoor). The BLS median for web developers was $92,650 in May 2025 (BLS).

Hire in-house when the product is proven and changes weekly. One Bubble developer who knows the data model is worth more than an agency relearning it.

Hire an agency for an MVP or a first version, where you need product thinking, design and build for a few months.

Use staff augmentation when you have a product lead and need more builders, or when you are rebuilding in code.

FAQ

Conclusion

The data behind this Top 20 Bubble Development Companies in USA list says three things. The directory’s top ranks mix four firms with Bubble evidence in their reviews and sixteen agencies whose Bubble work you have to ask to see. Bubble charges by workload, so efficiency is a cost question as well as a speed one. And a Bubble app cannot be exported as code, so the stay-or-rebuild decision belongs at the start.

Any of the twenty can build something on Bubble. What decides the next three years is whether the workload was estimated, whether the privacy rules were set, and whether the app, the data export and every key are in your name on the day the agency leaves.

Sources

• https://clutch.co/us/developers/bubble?sort_by=ClutchRank
• https://clutch.co/profile/brain-station-23
• https://bubble.io/pricing
• https://manual.bubble.io/account-and-marketplace/account-and-billing/pricing-plans/pricing-faq
• https://manual.bubble.io/account-and-marketplace/application-and-data-ownership
• https://www.gartner.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2022-12-13-gartner-forecasts-worldwide-low-code-development-technologies-market-to-grow-20-percent-in-2023
• https://www.ziprecruiter.com/Salaries/Bubble-Developer-Salary
• https://www.glassdoor.com/Salaries/bubble-developer-salary-SRCH_KO0,16.htm
• https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/web-developers.htm
• https://www.bls.gov/ooh/computer-and-information-technology/software-developers.htm
• https://owasp.org/API-Security/editions/2023/en/0x11-t10/
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