# Xojo Software Pricing, Alternatives & More 2026 | Capterra

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 Xojo Software Review 2026: Features, Reviews, Integrations, Pros & Cons

Last updated on March 13, 2026

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Xojo

## What is Xojo?

Xojo is a cross-platform development tool for creating and sharing apps for multiple platforms, including the desktop (macOS, Windows, Linux), the web, iOS, Android, and Raspberry Pi. Using Xojo, you can create native apps for your target platform using a single development environment where you can drag and drop your user interface elements and use the straightforward, object-oriented Xojo programming language to bring your app to life.

## What is Xojo used for?

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Overall rating

Based on 10 user reviews

Reviews sentiment

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Starting price

$99

Flat Rate, Per Year

Free trial  
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## Compare with a popular alternative

Capterra selects software alternatives based on relevant features, verified user reviews and user interactions. Placement may be influenced by client status.

### Xojo

3.4 (10)

VS.

[4.4 (15,308)](https://www.capterra.com/p/19319/JIRA/reviews/)

Starting Price

$99

Flat Rate, Per Year

Starting Price

$7.91

Per User, Per Month

Free Trial

Free Version

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

Ease Of Use

3.9 (10)

Ease Of Use

4.1 (901)

Value For Money

3.6 (7)

Value For Money

4.3 (805)

Customer Service

3.4 (5)

Customer Service

4.2 (873)

## Xojo alternatives

Highest Rated

[4.7 (1,256)](https://www.capterra.com/p/136010/IntelliJ-IDEA/reviews/)

Starting price

$19.90

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

98%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[4.6 (249)](https://www.capterra.com/p/137206/Caspio/reviews/)

Starting price

$540.00

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

93%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Essential Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/)

[4.5 (901)](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/reviews/)

Starting price

Contact vendor for pricing

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

93%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/228226/Essential-Studio/)

[Microsoft Visual Studio](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/)

[4.6 (3,004)](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/reviews/)

Starting price

$499.92

Per User, Per Month

Pricing Options

Free Trial

Free Version

User Rating

97%

of reviewers

rated it above 4 stars

[Learn More](https://www.capterra.com/p/80230/microsoft-visual-studio/)

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## Features

Features with the highest number of reviews are displayed first. Those that have no reviews appear next, sorted alphabetically.

Debugging

2.8 (4)

100.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Detect and remove errors

Graphical User Interface

3.3 (4)

100.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

A visual way of interacting with an application or operating system using items such as windows, icons, and menus

Integrated Development Environment

3.5 (4)

100.00% of 4 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

An application for source code editing, compiling, and debugging

Change Management

3.7 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Track and monitor efficient handling of all changes/transitions

Deployment Management

3.7 (3)

66.67% of 3 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use

Code Development

3.0 (2)

100.00% of 2 reviewers that rated this feature as important or highly important

Create code from scratch

Xojo 14 features

Application programming interface that allows for integration with other systems/databases

Track and monitor efficient handling of all changes/transitions

Create code from scratch

Edit code that has been previously created for product development.

Detect and remove errors

Manage the processes involved when making the application ready for use

Assemble applications and processes by dragging over and arranging pre-built components

For the intention to be used by developers

A visual way of interacting with an application or operating system using items such as windows, icons, and menus

An application for source code editing, compiling, and debugging

Development of applications for mobile devices

Development of software programs

Development of applications that are delivered over the internet through a browser

Create/edit commerce applications for mobile devices and/or web

Features

3.4 (10)

3.4

Based on 10 reviews

## Pricing

Value for money

3.6 (7)

Free Trial

Free Version

Basic

$99.00

Flat Rate,Per Year

Value for money

3.6 (7)

3.6

Based on 7 reviews

## Support, customer service and training options

Customer Service

3.4 (5)

Support

-   Email/Help Desk
-   FAQs/Forum
-   Knowledge Base
-   Phone Support
-   24/7 (Live rep)
-   Chat

Training

-   In Person
-   Live Online
-   Webinars
-   Documentation
-   Videos

Deployment

-   Web
-   Android
-   iPhone/iPad

Typical users

-   Freelancers
-   Small businesses
-   Mid size businesses
-   Enterprises

Customer Service

3.4 (5)

3.4

Based on 5 reviews

## User reviews

Overall rating

3.4

Based on 10 reviews

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5(1)

4(5)

3(2)

2(1)

1(1)

Mentioned topic

Sorted by most recent

PF

Perry F.

CEO

Information Technology and Services

### "A huge slap in the face to long term customers. Horrible support."

1.0

Overall Rating

1.0

1.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

1.0

1.0

Customer Service

1.0

1.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

January 12, 2026

They treat their long term loyal customers like garbage. The IDE is always slow and buggy, and they raised the prices so much it's clear they're pricing out many of their best customers. I'll switch to something else now after bringing dozens of uses to XOJO over the years. Goodbye.

Pros

Nothing anymore. It used to be great for rapid development, but their software has gotten buggier and more bloated. I continued using it because the support used to be good. Now they've written off all their loyal customers with a massive price increase and told everyone to leave if they don't like it. So I'm leaving.

Cons

Bugs, terrible customer service, outrageous pricing. After 20+ years of using XOJO (formerly REALbasic) they've raised the price of their license 500%. Support was rude and unhelpful, basically told me to go kick rocks.

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SR

Stanley R.

Software developer

Computer Software

### "I built a successful software business with Xojo"

5.0

Overall Rating

5.0

5.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

5.0

5.0

Likelihood to Recommend

10/10

December 10, 2025

Overall, my experience has been very positive. Xojo is actively developed and receives regular updates—typically every few months—with new features and improvements. It’s refreshing to use a development tool that feels alive and continues to evolve rather than being abandoned or stagnant.

Pros

I have been using Xojo for more than 25 years to build and maintain nine commercial applications for macOS and Windows. Thanks to its stability, cross-platform capabilities, and long-term reliability, I’ve been able to ship real products, keep them updated for decades, and run a sustainable software business on top of it.

Cons

If I had to mention one downside, it would be the pricing. License costs have steadily increased over the years, which can be challenging for independent developers and small businesses. It would be great to see more generous loyalty or renewal discounts for long-term users.

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JM

John M.

Retired

Computer Software

### "Xojo was a great idea back in the day!"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

3.0

3.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

3.0

3.0

Likelihood to Recommend

0/10

April 11, 2022

At first it was pretty good then they couldn't keep up with all the needed platform integrations. Google has a lot of people working on this very issue and it is still in the works not counting all the other on the outside of Google. I spent lots of money to develop one app and replaced it in a single day with web2py (a web based python framework. ) and yes it has database integration that works. It is the best I have seen.

Pros

Cross platform. The code was Basic Like syntax! It was call RealBasic back in the day, yes I go back that far!

Cons

No database integration, out of the box.

Reasons for choosing Xojo

Like I said at the same time because Mojo's lack of database integration. Web2py was amazingly fast to develop in and I could leave it for a year or more and come right back and pick up right were I left off.

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AU

Anonymous User

CEO

Airlines/Aviation

### "A comprehensive easy-to-use alternative to coding native apps but still lacks scalability"

3.0

Overall Rating

3.0

3.0

Ease of Use

2.0

2.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

July 30, 2021

Pros

Xojo's drag-and-drop feature makes it a go-to application prototyping tool for us. Very intuitive & responsive. Other integrated must-have features like hash table, trouble shooting, & an excellent GUI make it a robust tool to develop applications across multiple platforms.

Cons

Scalability of applications is the biggest downside to Xojo. Developing & deploying small-scale applications is Xojo's value but when using the platform to develop large-scale apps with a multitude of features, plug-ins, media, users and add-ons is vey difficult.

Switched from

[Bubble](https://www.capterra.com/p/171359/Bubble/)

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MS

Michael S.

Managing Member

Computer Software

### "Xojo for cross-platform development is a winner!"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

January 28, 2021

For the most part, development with Xojo has been enjoyable, perhaps even fun! It's pretty cool to create something on a Windows dev machine and then recompile it for Mac and have it just work! It would be even more amazing if they could include an installer/packager for all supported platforms as part of the Xojo universe, but there are plenty of free installer systems out there.

Pros

Xojo is a very approachable programming language and environment that allows me to create NATIVE applications that run on Windows, Mac, Linux and more while utilizing the same codebase. It has been a lifesaver for projects requiring rapid turnaround that must also be multi-platform, since I only have to code it (essentially) once. The fact that they also support web applications, mobile apps and even the Raspberry Pi is an added bonus!

Cons

The development environment occasionally generates a fatal error for unknown reasons. To be fair, it might be related to my own computer/OS, but I have no way to be sure. Fortunately the latest version of Xojo seems to be more forgiving when this happens, and often it even recovers on its own when this happens to me.

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JE

John E.

King

Performing Arts

### "Good for startup programmers or the curious"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

9/10

October 6, 2020

A straightforward programming program for those like me that are exploring programming, and with higher end functions for others.

Pros

I bought this as part of a bundle inexpensively and have used it to explore programming, as someone how had never done anything in that line. It's relatively simple.

Cons

I have not gotten deeply enough into it to have any problems, to date. For a novice like me, it's pretty straightforward.

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RT

Rodrigo T.

Programmer

Computer Software

### "Great for business development"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

4.0

4.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

March 27, 2020

It is a little strange at first, but then it becomes very productive, and it pays to learn from the ease of centralized multiplatform code. VB6 was the most productive thing so far, Xojo replaces it with praise, and it is a good escape option for those who have tired of the false promises that have revolved around VB.NET for years. In business, you need productivity + resources, not reinventing the wheel every 2 years, losing much of what you produced.

Pros

It inherits a lot from VB6 and VB.NET, making it a quick turn to reuse old codes, giving a new look. It allows to compile for several platforms from the same source code. Minimalist tool, which simplifies use. Very productive!

Cons

The autocomplete could be better, it is a little strange, on the web it does not generate code fully compatible with Edge, causing some bugs. Android option is missing. It is quite expensive.

Reasons for choosing Xojo

Visual Studio: I use it and I will use it for a while, but it gets worse, heavier, with more features that you don't need and don't use, and outside of C # you don't see any real improvements in technology. Leaving Windows Forms for WPF or UWP doesn't help at all, it just creates new problems and the projects get unnecessarily bigger without having more features. For me in terms of business Xamarin is a badly implemented and buggy mess. JetBrains: it has many good tools, but as they are disconnected from a complete technology, I found it useful to use in IoT with open technology, but I didn't find it so useful when you design commercial systems that must contemplate many interconnected applications. Java: Oracle made Java obscure, I don't trust what they will invent tomorrow, UI options are limited.

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AU

Anonymous User

Co-Founder

Financial Services

### "Great for teaching students the fundamentals of coding"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

4.0

4.0

Features

5.0

5.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

8/10

February 11, 2019

I recommend this for people trying to learn how to code as I think it's a great way to start coding.

Pros

It's simple to use and very easy for beginners to learn how to code.

Cons

It can't handle very big projects, but that's expected since it's used for beginners.

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Response from Vendor

February 14, 2019

Xojo is often used by beginners as they begin their programming journey, but it is hardly just a beginner tool. With its advanced object-oriented features, introspection, delegates and inline scripting it is also used by professionals as they make the large-scale apps needed by their companies. In fact, Xojo itself is even made with Xojo!

AU

Anonymous User

Technical Advisor

Financial Services

### "A good software to begin with"

4.0

Overall Rating

4.0

4.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

2.0

2.0

Customer Service

0.0

0.0

Likelihood to Recommend

7/10

December 22, 2018

This software was of great use for me and I would certainly recommend it to people who want to start programming.

Pros

It's the first software I used to begin programming. It is very easy to use and it helps beginners learn the basics of programming.

Cons

You have to pay to be able to have the software you created for your own use.

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Response from Vendor

February 14, 2019

Xojo is free to use for learning and development. If you are making apps for your own use you do not need a license. A license is only required when you want to build your application to share it with others.

AU

Anonymous User

Team Manager, Recruiter, developer and Human Resources

Financial Services

### "Great application for beginners"

2.0

Overall Rating

2.0

2.0

Ease of Use

5.0

5.0

Features

3.0

3.0

Customer Service

4.0

4.0

Likelihood to Recommend

6/10

December 3, 2018

I've used it for one year and I loved it, but after trying to do bigger projects, it let me down, because it was so weak.

Pros

Easy for starting to learn software developping for younger teenagers, we used this in my class, when I was in high school and it was great for learning.

Cons

For more advanced projects, it isn't very powerful, so you have to use other programs.

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Response from Vendor

February 14, 2019

Xojo is often used by beginners as they begin their programming journey, but it is hardly just a beginner tool. With its advanced object-oriented features, introspection, delegates and inline scripting it is also used by professionals as they make the large-scale apps needed by their companies. In fact, Xojo itself is even made with Xojo! Xojo apps can be found in every conceivable category - from Enterprise/IT to commercial apps, and everything in between.

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