# BuildShip — AI Compare Ninja

> Build backends and AI agents with visual nodes and custom code; executions are metered in credits.

## Overview
- **Category:** Development & Code (App & UI builders)
- **Status:** Active · checked - Active visual backend and AI-agent builder with workspace plans and an Enterprise offering.
- **Paid from:** 19 USD / month, billed annually (Starter (annual billing))
- **Free access:** Free trial (7-day trial. A permanent Free allowance is not clearly confirmed.)
- **Website:** https://buildship.com/
- **Canonical URL:** https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/buildship

## What it does
- Visual backend flows with custom code, databases, webhooks and schedules
- Keyless AI or your own API keys, with different metering
- Monthly credits expire; purchased top-up credits remain valid

## In brief
Visual backend flows with custom code, databases, webhooks and schedules. Plans limit credits, flows, agents, team seats and concurrency. AI models accessed through Keyless or your own API keys have model-dependent costs. Top-up and subscription credits follow different expiry rules.


## Limits
Most nodes cost 1 credit for the first 3 seconds, then 1 per additional second; certain control and utility nodes are exempt. Keyless AI is model/token-metered; using your own API keys incurs external provider charges. Included credits expire monthly, purchased top-up credits do not. Executions stop without credits; auto-top-up is optional. Pricing lists a 7-day trial but does not clearly confirm a permanent Free allowance. Regional deployment does not guarantee that connected API data stays in that region. The privacy policy explicitly excludes model training only for Google Workspace API data, not all data. Retention follows account, service and legal requirements. Enterprise advertises HIPAA while the terms prohibit regulated HIPAA use: obtain written clarification before such use.

## Pricing tiers
| Tier | Price | Period | What you get |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 7-day trial | free | 7 days | Trial offer; permanent Free allowance not clearly confirmed |
| Starter (annual billing) | 19 USD | month, billed annually | 20000 credits/month, expire monthly; 20 flows, 10 agents, 3 members; 10 database tables, 20 parallel executions; 50 GB storage and 7 days of logs; Vendor annual invoice: 225 USD |
| Pro (annual billing) | 59 USD | month, billed annually | 100000 credits/month, expire monthly; 150 flows, 50 agents, 10 members; 50 database tables, 100 parallel executions; 500 GB storage and 14 days of logs; Vendor annual invoice: 711 USD |
| Business (annual billing) | 449 USD | month, billed annually | 300000 credits/month, expire monthly; 300 flows, 100 agents, 25 members; 100 database tables, 300 parallel executions; 5 TB storage and 30 days of logs; Vendor annual invoice: 5391 USD |
| Starter (monthly billing) | 25 USD | month | 20000 credits/month, expire monthly; 20 flows, 10 agents, 3 members; 10 database tables, 20 parallel executions; 50 GB storage and 7 days of logs |
| Pro (monthly billing) | 79 USD | month | 100000 credits/month, expire monthly; 150 flows, 50 agents, 10 members; 50 database tables, 100 parallel executions; 500 GB storage and 14 days of logs |
| Business (monthly billing) | 599 USD | month | 300000 credits/month, expire monthly; 300 flows, 100 agents, 25 members; 100 database tables, 300 parallel executions; 5 TB storage and 30 days of logs |
| Enterprise | contact sales | custom | Custom capacity; own cloud/self-hosting, Git integration and SLA by agreement; HIPAA marketing conflicts with terms, clarify in writing first |
| Top-up 100000 | 10 USD | credit pack, one-off | Purchased top-up credits do not expire; separate from expiring monthly subscription credits |
| Top-up 500000 | 45 USD | credit pack, one-off | Purchased top-up credits do not expire; separate from expiring monthly subscription credits |
| Top-up 1000000 | 80 USD | credit pack, one-off | Purchased top-up credits do not expire; separate from expiring monthly subscription credits |
| Top-up 5000000 | 375 USD | credit pack, one-off | Purchased top-up credits do not expire; separate from expiring monthly subscription credits |
| Top-up 10000000 | 700 USD | credit pack, one-off | Purchased top-up credits do not expire; separate from expiring monthly subscription credits |
| No Cold Start (monthly billing) | 29 USD | month | Optional add-on to avoid cold starts |
| No Cold Start (annual billing) | 300 USD | year | Same add-on purchased annually |
| Custom domain | 80 USD | year | Optional for paid plans |

## Sources
All details regarding plans, limits, and features are based on official vendor documentation and the primary sources verified below.

- https://buildship.com/pricing
- https://docs.buildship.com/
- https://docs.buildship.com/keyless
- https://buildship.com/terms
- https://buildship.com/privacy

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*Source: AI Compare Ninja (2026) - https://www.aicompare.ninja/en/tool/buildship*