The following sections describe what you can do with a free plan. It also explains how to choose a subscription plan and the number of licenses required when you are ready to deploy your apps for use by other users.
- What can I do with a free plan?
- When should I subscribe to a paid plan?
- What subscription plan is right for me?
- Which Google Workspace editions include AppSheet Core?
- What subscription plan do I need to share apps with anyone (public access)?
- How many licenses do I need to purchase for my subscription plan?
- Can I subscribe to multiple plans using the same AppSheet account?
What can I do with a free plan?
AppSheet is free for prototype development and testing, and for personal projects. By default, every user account is free until you sign up for a subscription plan. For more information, see Use AppSheet for prototyping and personal use (free plan).
When should I subscribe to a paid plan?
When you are ready to deploy your apps for use by other users, you must:
- Choose a subscription plan. See What subscription plan is right for me?
- Determine the number of licenses you need to purchase. See How many licenses do I need to purchase for my subscription plan?
The cost of the paid subscription plan is calculated based on the number of licenses required.
What subscription plan is right for me?
Choosing the right paid subscription plan will depend on whether you are an individual app creator or a team administrator managing a group of app creators.
As an individual app creator, a self-serve plan (Starter or Core) may be right for you, depending on the types of features you need in the apps you’re creating. If you want to take advantage of more advanced features, such as machine learning, you might consider purchasing an Enterprise plan.
As a team admin, you'll need an Enterprise plan. Consider the features your team’s apps require, and whether you need management oversight (governance) of apps to determine the Enterprise-level plan required (Standard or Plus).
Review a detailed list of features provided with each plan and a list of frequently asked questions on the AppSheet pricing page.
After you choose your subscription plan, you need to determine the number of licenses to purchase.
Which Google Workspace editions include AppSheet Core?
The following Google Workspace editions include AppSheet Core licenses for each domain-verified user in the Workspace organization.
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What subscription plan do I need to share apps with anyone (public access)?
If you want to share publicly accessible apps with users without requiring them to sign-in and you do not have an Enterprise plan, you need to purchase the public Publisher Pro plan.
The Publisher Pro plan is appropriate for apps used at a public event, a public survey, a city guide, or a restaurant menu. The goal is usually for the apps to be used by as many people as possible without restricting access to any specific subset of users.
Choose the public Publisher Pro plan if all of the following are true:
- You do not need to restrict app access to particular people
- Your app uses no confidential data
- You do not need to customize the behavior of the app based on the specific user
- If you have an Enterprise plan, work with your AppSheet Sales representative to include support for public apps in your existing Enterprise plan. You do not need to subscribe to the Publisher Pro plan.
- If you have a Starter or Core plan, you need to subscribe to the Publisher Pro plan using a separate AppSheet account. See Can I subscribe to multiple plans using the same AppSheet account?
How many licenses do I need to purchase for my subscription plan?
After you choose your subscription plan, you need to determine the number of licenses to purchase.
Starter, Core, and Enterprise plans (per user)
For Starter, Core, and Enterprise plans, determine the number of licenses required by counting the total number of unique app users across all of your deployed apps. Each licensed user can use multiple apps. (The app creator doesn't need to purchase a license.)
For example, if you are deploying an app to 10 employees and another app to a different set of 5 employees, purchase 15 licenses. On the other hand, if your company has 10 employees, you can purchase 10 licenses and build any number of apps for them.
- The per-user subscription plans involve a variable cost component depending on the number of unique users of the app. AppSheet monitors this usage and you, the app creator, can see approximate historical usage statistics for each of your apps on the Activity tab of your Account page. AppSheet warns you when the user limits are reached, and can block access to the app after several warnings.
- Make certain that you require user authentication for each of your applications. If you fail to do this, AppSheet counts every device that launches the app as a separate guest user.
See also:
- How does AppSheet count app users?
- When does AppSheet count app users?
- Does AppSheet automatically charge based on usage?
- Google Workspace Admins: Assign AppSheet Core or Enterprise licenses to users
Public Publisher Pro plan (per app)
If you chose the public Publisher Pro plan, purchase one app license for each deployed app. For example, if your account has one deployed app, purchase one app license. If your account has three deployed apps, purchase three app licenses.
Can I subscribe to multiple plans using the same AppSheet account?
Each AppSheet account has a single subscription plan. It is not possible to have some apps in an account associated with one plan and other apps associated with a different plan. To subscribe to multiple plans, you can create additional AppSheet accounts—using different user accounts (such as, Google, Microsoft, etc.)—to add apps to a different type of plan.