Workload-unit cost calculator — what next year on Bubble actually costs

WU cost calculator

What does next year on Bubble actually cost?

Plug your current monthly bill + growth rate. We project the next 12 months, the tier jump that’s probably coming, and the same app on a code rebuild for comparison.

Your inputs

Directional · not an invoice

Current monthly Bubble bill

Monthly growth rate

Of users / traffic / WU consumption — pick whatever moves your bill

Expected WU overage on top

What we see in our last 12 migrations · usually 15-30% above the plan price

Bubble tier thresholds estimated from public pricing pages · ranges vary by app type, plugin mix, recursive-workflow exposure.

In 12 months · still on Bubble

$14k

Production+ → Production+ · $2.3k in overages

Same app on code · 12 months

$3.0k

Vercel + Supabase mid-traffic · scales linearly · no tier jumps

You keep · year 1

$11k

Before counting engineering hours reclaimed (5× faster shipping), hiring premium dropped, and the diligence wins that don’t show up in this projection.

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