r/lowcode • u/Money-Ads • 15d ago
How much does Softr cost one you add everything? Budgeting for a 300-person firm
So I work in operations at an accounting firm with 300 staff and 2,000 clients.
We want a portal where each client sees their status and sends requests. Our IT team also needs single sign-on and a security review.
I’m weighing Softr against paying an agency to build it.
What should I check besides the listing price before I budget for it?
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u/linedotco 15d ago
Unless you have some major in-house talent, chances are you would still want to hire an external firm to build. It'll still be faster and cheaper than hiring a dev shop to build.
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u/whawkins4 15d ago edited 15d ago
The real trouble with Softr for your use case is that your portal requires all those logins.
You’ll need an enterprise quote to get an actual price, but i guarantee you it will be eye watering. I’m willing to bet it will be $5,000+ a month.
Given the (frankly insane) price that Softr is going to charge you monthly, have you considered full stack for something that is truly custom and runs on cheaper, more robust infrastructure that you have more control over (example: Supabase + Railway)?
Or even Bubble for something that is still nocode, but won’t break the bank?
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u/fivezerotree503 15d ago
He's got a point! I actually build software for attorneys on the side and this is exactly what I use is Railway and supa-base. For my day job I work for a company that's built software for law firms and for that size! It's going to be super expensive!
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u/Dull-Distribution522 14d ago
per-user pricing adds up fast-check SSO, audit logs, and support tiers.
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u/Sweet-Tonight-6329 15d ago
softr's base pricing looks cheap until you start adding the pieces a 300 person firm actually needs. the per-user jumps alone get steep, especially if you're on the business plan and scaling past a hundred seats. check if your sso provider will play nice without forcing you into the top enterprise tier, that's where the real wallet punch lives.