ToolJet vs Superblocks

Self-host the whole platform, not just the data plane.

Superblocks self-hosts only the data plane and meters AI in Governed Agent Units. ToolJet runs the whole platform on your infrastructure and lets your own coding agent build apps without credits.

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AGPL-3.0 open source40,800+ GitHub starsSOC 2 · ISO 27001 · GDPRLast verified 7 September 2026
At a glanceToolJetSuperblocks
Open sourceAGPL-3.0Proprietary
Free tierYesNo, 14-day trial
Self-hostingWhole platformData plane only on Hybrid
Air-gappedYesNot documented
SSO / audit logs / Git syncTeam planEnterprise
Coding-agent buildsAgent composes a native appBuilder MCP relays to Clark
Credits for agent buildsNoneGAUs, same as any Clark session
Model choiceGPT, Claude, Gemini or GrokModes, not models; Clark decides
In production at

Tencent, Swisscom, Duolingo, Gojek, Orange, Unity and hundreds more run internal tools on ToolJet.

  • TencentTencent
  • SwisscomSwisscom
  • DuolingoDuolingo
  • GojekGojek
  • OrangeOrange
  • TruemedsTruemeds
Implementing ToolJet has been a massive accelerator for our internal operations. It allows us to rapidly build, deploy, and standardize mission-critical internal data apps and CRUD applications at a fraction of traditional development time.
ZakTechnical Lead, Endeavour Group
The short version
  1. Self-host the whole platform

    Control plane, data plane and app definitions run on your infrastructure, air-gapped if you need it. Superblocks Hybrid keeps the control plane, your app definitions and Clark's inference in their cloud.

    • Docker
    • Kubernetes
    • AWS
    • Google Cloud Run
    • Azure Container Apps
  2. Our agent builds it, or yours does

    ToolJet AI is built in with no setup and runs on GPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok. Or let Claude Code or Codex compose the app over an MIT-licensed MCP server with no ToolJet credits. Superblocks' Builder MCP is a chat channel to Clark, so every build still burns GAUs.

    • Claude Code
    • Codex
    • GitHub Copilot
    • Cursor
    • Grok Build
  3. SSO, audit logs and Git sync on Team

    A published price: $199 per builder. On Superblocks all three are Enterprise-only, and Enterprise has no published price.

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    • ISO 27001
    • GDPR
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Self-hosting

What you actually get to run

Superblocks' Hybrid model is documented plainly: the data plane in your VPC, the control plane in theirs, connected outbound-only.

SuperblocksData plane only

Hybrid runs your queries, not your platform.

  • An agent in your AWS, GCP or Azure VPC executes queries and code.
  • Configuration, permissions, app definitions and Clark's inference stay in Superblocks' cloud, reached outbound-only. Disconnected operation isn't possible.
  • AWS Cloud-Prem on Enterprise is single-tenant but operated by Superblocks as a managed service; air-gapped operation isn't documented.
ToolJetWhole platform

Everything runs where you put it.

  • Control plane and data plane in your infrastructure; app definitions in your database.
  • Nothing has to reach ToolJet, so air-gapped works, and it starts on the free Community edition.
  • ToolJet AI Enterprise runs the AI server inside your network too.
Coding agents

Two MCP servers, neither of which lets your agent build

Superblocks does connect to AI tools. The question is whether your agent does the work, or whether it's a chat window into theirs.

SuperblocksChat with Clark

Your agent talks to Clark. Clark builds.

  • Builder MCP: create, edit and publish apps from Claude, with Slack, ChatGPT and Teams planned, by conversing with Clark.
  • Clark plans, asks clarifying questions and does the building, so every build consumes GAUs.
  • Admin MCP lets Cursor, Claude Code and Windsurf administer the org. It does not build apps and is an Enterprise feature.
ToolJetOurs, or yours

Our agent, or the one you already use.

  • ToolJet AI is built in, needs no setup, and runs on GPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok, your choice.
  • Or connect Claude Code, Codex or any MCP client over the MIT-licensed MCP server: around 50 tools, no ToolJet credits, cloud or self-hosted.
  • Either way the result is a native app, no generated code, that you can inspect and edit in the visual builder.
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • GitHub Copilot
  • Cursor
  • Grok Build
The AI bill

What one app actually costs to build

Superblocks meters AI in Governed Agent Units. Their own published figures, from the Superblocks docs: a header is 1 GAU, a navigation colour change 2, a Salesforce table and chart 4, a full sales dashboard 8.

SuperblocksRecurring meter

100 GAUs a month is about twelve dashboards.

  • $125 a month buys 100 GAUs shared by up to 15 builders. At 8 GAUs per dashboard that is under one app per builder per month.
  • More capacity is a bigger pack that recurs monthly whether you use it or not: 500 GAUs is $625, 1,000 is $1,250, 2,500 is $3,125.
  • GAUs reset monthly. Building from Claude over the Builder MCP draws from the same pool.
ToolJetTop up, or unmetered

Credits you top up, or skip entirely.

  • 2,000 credits on the $29 Starter, 3,000 per builder on Team, with pay-as-you-go top-ups instead of a bigger subscription.
  • Build over MCP with Claude Code or Codex and no ToolJet credits are consumed.
  • On Enterprise, bring your own Anthropic, Gemini, Grok or OpenRouter key and credits stop mattering.
Feature by feature

ToolJet vs Superblocks, feature by feature

Verified against Superblocks's published pricing and documentation on 7 September 2026. Vendors change plans often; if something has moved, tell us.

FeatureToolJetSuperblocks
Licensing & deployment
Open sourceCommunity Edition, AGPL-3.0Closed source, proprietary
Free tierYes, self-hostableNo; 14-day trial of Teams
What you self-hostThe whole platform, control plane and data planeHybrid: data plane only, control plane in Superblocks' cloud. Cloud-Prem: single-tenant AWS deployment operated by Superblocks
Where app definitions liveYour database, on your infrastructureSuperblocks' cloud on Hybrid
Works without reaching the vendorYesNo on Hybrid; the agent needs outbound access to the control plane
Air-gappedYes, fully offlineNot documented
Self-hosting plan requirementFree, Team and EnterpriseHybrid and Cloud-Prem are Enterprise only
Pricing
Cheapest paid plan with AI$29/mo Starter: 2,000 credits, top-ups, choice of models$125/mo monthly or $100/mo annual: 100 GAUs, 15 builders, 1 hosted app
AppsUnlimited on Team1 hosted app included, $10/mo per additional app
BuildersPer builder, uncappedFlat fee up to 15; Enterprise beyond, no published price
End usersUp to 100 on Team, unlimited on EnterpriseUnlimited
AI metering3,000 credits per builder on Team, or unmetered via your own coding agent over MCPGAU packs from $1 to $1.25 per unit depending on billing; 100 per month on the base plan; reset monthly
AI & coding agents
Build from your coding agentClaude Code, Codex, VS Code, Copilot or any MCP client composes the app directly via an MIT-licensed MCP server; no creditsBuilder MCP: Claude at launch, Slack, ChatGPT and Teams planned. It converses with Clark, which does the building and consumes GAUs
Administer from your coding agentSame MCP server: workspaces, users, permissions, instance queriesAdmin MCP for Cursor, Claude Code and Windsurf; listed under Enterprise
What the agent producesA native ToolJet app, no application code generated, editable in the visual builderA Superblocks app built by Clark
Which model does the workYour choice of GPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok on paid plans; Enterprise brings its own keyYou pick a mode (Max, Standard or Smart), Superblocks picks the model. Clark was announced on Claude Opus 4.6 in Feb 2026; Smart mode routes steps to frontier or open-source models behind the scenes
Bring your own LLM keyEnterprise: Anthropic, Gemini, Grok, OpenRouter; credits not consumed; cloud or self-hostedNot for Clark, except inference through your own Amazon Bedrock on AWS Cloud-Prem. Deployed apps can use your own provider keys
AI entirely inside your networkToolJet AI Enterprise: AI server image in your infrastructure, nothing reaches ToolJetClark inference runs in Superblocks' cloud on Hybrid; Bedrock in your account on Cloud-Prem only
AI debuggingOne-click issue identification and fixNot documented
Runtime AI inside appsOpenAI, Anthropic, Mistral, Cohere and more via marketplace plugins; bring your own LLM in workflows11 providers including OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, Cohere, Mistral, Groq, Perplexity
Security & governance
SSOTeam plan: SAML, OpenID Connect, LDAP, Google, GitHubSSO / SAML / OIDC on Enterprise only
Audit logsTeam planEnterprise only
Source control / Git syncTeam plan; cloud or self-hosted Git, custom branches, CI/CDEnterprise only: GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Azure DevOps
Secrets managementAWS, Azure, GCP, HashiCorp VaultEnterprise only
RBACBuilt-in plus custom user groupsYes
EnvironmentsMulti-environment on EnterpriseStaging and production on Teams
White labellingTeam planNot listed on Teams
Embedded appsEnterpriseEnterprise
Platform
Components78+ built in, custom via ReactComponent library, count undisclosed
Integrations100+50+
Built-in databaseToolJet Database on PostgreSQL, no-code editorNone
WorkflowsVisual builder with JS and PythonWorkflows as REST endpoints
Python queriesYesYes
Community40,800+ GitHub stars, 650+ contributorsNo public community

Sources: Superblocks pricing · How GAUs work · Superblocks Hybrid architecture · Superblocks Builder MCP · Superblocks Admin MCP · ToolJet pricing · ToolJet MCP on GitHub

About ToolJet

ToolJet is an open-source, AI-native platform for building internal tools, business applications, workflows and AI agents. The Community Edition is licensed under AGPL-3.0 and has over 40,800 GitHub stars and 650 contributors. It runs on ToolJet Cloud or self-hosted on Docker, Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, on-premise or air-gapped. Apps can be generated by the built-in ToolJet AI on GPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok, composed by Claude Code or Codex over an MIT-licensed MCP server, or built visually with 78+ components and 100+ integrations. ToolJet is SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliant and is used in production by Tencent, Swisscom, Duolingo, Gojek, Orange, Unity, ClearScore, Bandwidth, Toss, Endeavour Group, ShareChat, YMCA NYC and hundreds of other organisations. Plans: Free; Starter at $29 a month; Pro at $79 per builder; Team at $199 per builder with SSO, audit logs, Git sync and white labelling; Enterprise from $3,000 a month with SCIM, multi-environment, custom data retention and a dedicated support manager.

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  • ISO 27001
  • GDPR
Questions people ask

ToolJet vs Superblocks, answered

Is ToolJet enterprise-ready, and who uses it?

Yes. ToolJet runs in production at Tencent, Swisscom, Duolingo, Gojek, Orange, Unity, ClearScore, Bandwidth, Toss, Endeavour Group, ShareChat and YMCA NYC, among others. It is SOC 2, ISO 27001 and GDPR compliant. The Team plan includes SSO with SAML, OpenID Connect and LDAP, audit logs, Git sync, custom user groups and white labelling; Enterprise adds SCIM provisioning, multi-environment, custom data retention, air-gapped deployment and a dedicated support manager.

Can Superblocks be fully self-hosted?

Not in the standard model. Superblocks Hybrid runs an on-premise agent, the data plane, in your AWS, GCP or Azure VPC, while the control plane, including configuration, orchestration, metadata, governance and permission checks, stays in Superblocks' cloud along with your application definitions and Clark's inference. The agent communicates outbound-only to that control plane, so a disconnected deployment is not possible. Enterprise customers can get AWS Cloud-Prem, a single-tenant deployment in your AWS account that Superblocks operates as a managed service. ToolJet runs the entire platform in your infrastructure on Free, Team and Enterprise.

Does Superblocks support air-gapped deployment?

Hybrid cannot: the on-premise agent must reach the Superblocks control plane over an outbound connection to function. The AWS Cloud-Prem documentation does not mention air-gapped or offline operation. ToolJet supports fully offline, air-gapped deployment, and ToolJet AI Enterprise lets the AI server run inside that boundary too.

Can I use Claude Code or Codex to build Superblocks apps?

Superblocks has two MCP servers. The Builder MCP lets you create, edit and publish apps from Claude, with Slack, ChatGPT and Teams planned, but it works by conversing with Clark, Superblocks' own agent, which does the building and consumes GAUs like any Clark session. The Admin MCP lets Cursor, Claude Code and Windsurf administer your organisation; it does not build apps and is listed as an Enterprise feature. ToolJet's MIT-licensed MCP server, packaged for Claude Code and Codex, exposes around 50 build tools so your agent constructs the app directly, with no ToolJet credits consumed.

Can I choose which model Superblocks uses, or bring my own key?

Not the model. Superblocks exposes three execution modes, Max, Standard and Smart, and its docs state that customers do not need to manually select models: Superblocks handles model orchestration behind the scenes. Clark was announced on Claude Opus 4.6 in February 2026, and Smart mode routes individual steps to frontier or open-source models to cut cost. No bring-your-own-key option for Clark is documented, except Amazon Bedrock inference on AWS Cloud-Prem for Enterprise. Deployed apps can call your own provider keys through the App AI setting. On ToolJet you choose GPT, Claude, Gemini or Grok for the built-in agent on paid plans, Enterprise brings its own Anthropic, Gemini, Grok or OpenRouter key with no credits consumed, and ToolJet AI Enterprise runs the AI server inside your network.

What is a Governed Agent Unit and how much does it cost?

A GAU is Superblocks' AI metering unit, consumed by every Clark interaction based on request complexity. The Teams plan includes 100 GAUs a month, and add-on packs are recurring monthly charges at $1 per GAU on annual billing or $1.25 on monthly, from 100 GAUs up to 2,500. All GAUs reset monthly. By Superblocks' published figures a full dashboard build costs 8 GAUs, a Salesforce table and chart 4, and a navigation colour change 2.

How does ToolJet's AI pricing compare?

ToolJet includes credits per plan, 2,000 on the $29 Starter and 3,000 per builder on Team, with pay-as-you-go top-ups rather than a larger recurring subscription. Building through a coding agent over the MCP server consumes no ToolJet credits at all, and Enterprise customers with their own LLM key consume none either.

Which plan includes SSO, audit logs and Git sync?

On ToolJet, all three are included on the Team plan at $199 per builder per month, with SAML, OpenID Connect, LDAP, Google and GitHub SSO. On Superblocks, SSO/SAML/OIDC, audit logs and source control are all Enterprise-only, and Superblocks does not publish Enterprise pricing.

Is Superblocks cheaper than ToolJet?

On the entry price, yes: Superblocks Teams starts at $100 a month billed annually for up to 15 builders, against ToolJet Team at $199 per builder. But Superblocks Teams excludes SSO, audit logs, source control, secrets management and VPC deployment, includes one hosted app, and meters AI usage in GAU packs. The plans that clear a security review are ToolJet Team and Superblocks Enterprise, and only one of those has a published price.

Is Superblocks open source?

No. The platform is closed source and proprietary. Only the on-premise agent is published. ToolJet's Community Edition is open source under AGPL-3.0 with over 40,800 GitHub stars and 650 contributors, and its MCP server is MIT.

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