Adalo App builder comparison
Adalo gives people a visual way to build and publish apps. Rehost is the team you call when the app needs to keep working but operating the builder is no longer the job you want.
The short answer
Choose Adalo when your team wants to build and manage the app directly. Choose Rehost when you want a team to diagnose the current app, ship approved changes, handle releases, and decide calmly when the existing foundation still fits.
Responsibility ledger
A builder can lower the barrier to making an app. Someone still owns the database choices, screen logic, integrations, testing, store submissions, user reports, and next release. That ongoing job is the center of this comparison.
Adalo
Your maker uses Adalo's visual builder, components, database, and plan capabilities.
Rehost
Reviews the current product and builds approved fixes or features without assuming a rebuild.
Do you want to operate the builder, or describe the customer problem to a team?
Adalo
Your team configures collections, APIs, permissions, and external services available to the plan.
Rehost
Maps and maintains supported integrations inside a written scope.
Who traces an issue that moves across Adalo, an API, and another vendor?
Adalo
Your team tests, publishes, monitors, and responds to users.
Rehost
Handles approved releases and ongoing software work for the app and its connected experience.
Who owns the release when a store review or production issue interrupts the week?
Side by side
The same word can hide different responsibilities. Use the actual agreement and workflow to check each row.
| Decision | Rehost | Adalo |
|---|---|---|
| Primary product | A managed customer-facing app, website, and approved connected systems. | A visual app-building platform with plans for building and publishing web and native apps. Sources 1 |
| Published pricing model | A managed monthly service. Current pricing, limits, integrations, and outside costs are published or confirmed in the proposal. | The official page lists Free, Starter, Professional, and Team plans. Annual prices shown at review began at $36 per month for Starter, $52 for Professional, and $160 for Team. Sources 1 |
| Publishing and advanced work | Rehost coordinates approved builds, testing, releases, and ongoing changes. | Starter includes publishing. Higher plans list capabilities such as custom integrations, push notifications, API access, and version history. Sources 1 |
| When the current app struggles | Starts with diagnosis. Rehost can fix, extend, or recommend a new version when there is a clear operational reason. | Your team can continue working in Adalo within the platform, plan, and architecture it has chosen. Sources 1 |
Fit check
A practical third option
Rehost works on the app you already have. If an approved fix inside Adalo solves the problem responsibly, that is the work. A new foundation only makes sense when the present one cannot support the next requirement with acceptable reliability and operating cost.
Share the app, the broken workflow, and any reproducible evidence.
Trace the issue before naming a platform change.
Write down the reason, migration boundary, and rollback plan before any rebuild.
Evidence and boundaries
Adalo product and price facts come from Adalo's official US pricing page, reviewed on August 14, 2026. Plans and inclusions can change. Confirm the current page and your account before deciding.
Adalo
Official plan, annual-price, publishing, integration, API, notification, and version-history information.
Open official sourceReview date: 2026-08-14. Prices, promotions, capabilities, and terms can change. A current written quote and signed agreement control over this page.
Keep comparing
Direct answers about fit, replacement, ownership, and the work your team keeps.
No. Rehost starts with the app you have. If Adalo still supports the next responsible step, Rehost can work there. A rebuild should have a clear product or reliability reason.
Rehost can handle approved release work when store accounts, access, plan capabilities, app status, and responsibilities are confirmed in the written scope.
They sell different things. Adalo publishes software plan prices. Rehost is a managed service that includes a team and defined ongoing work. Compare the platform subscription plus your operating time and outside help with the full Rehost scope.
Customers retain the content and customer data they provide. Software, code, designs, accounts, licenses, exports, transition, and end-of-service terms follow the signed agreement.