Migrate from Bubble to Claude Code
Bubble is still one of the best ways to take an idea to a working product quickly — especially if you value momentum, iteration, and a tight feedback loop with customers. For many teams, it remains the right choice well beyond MVP.
At the same time, AI-assisted development is changing what “fast” looks like in a codebase. Tools like Claude Code are making it easier to build, change, and maintain software in more conventional stacks — without needing a large engineering team from day one.
So when people talk about migrating from Bubble to Claude Code, it’s rarely a rejection of Bubble. More often it’s a practical question:
“If we were starting this build today, would we make the same stack choice?”
Considering Bubble vs Claude Code? We can help you decide — and support the move, end to end, if you choose to switch.
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Bubble is a platform choice — and that’s a feature
It’s worth saying plainly: the “all-in-one platform” nature of Bubble is a big part of why it works. Hosting, database, logic, UI, deployments — it’s cohesive, and that cohesion is a real advantage when you want to move quickly with fewer moving parts.
For a lot of products, especially early on, that trade-off is exactly right.
The interesting shift isn’t that platforms are suddenly “bad”. It’s that AI is lowering the friction of the alternative.
What Claude Code represents
Claude Code isn’t a new framework. It’s a way of working: using an AI agent to plan, scaffold, and iterate inside a real codebase.
That matters because, traditionally, going from a platform to a code stack meant accepting more overhead:
- choosing a framework
- choosing a database
- choosing hosting
- setting up environments, deployments, monitoring
- creating a workflow a team can live with
AI-assisted coding doesn’t remove those decisions — but it can make the execution faster and less daunting.
The core benefit of moving: freedom of choice
This is the point that tends to matter most, and it applies to leaving any closed platform, not just Bubble.
When your product lives inside a platform, you’re buying simplicity and speed — but you’re also accepting that key parts of your stack are effectively “chosen for you”.
When your product lives in a conventional codebase, you regain the freedom to choose (and change) things like:
- framework (e.g. what you build the UI in)
- database and data tooling
- hosting provider and infrastructure setup
- observability, monitoring, logging approach
- background processing and integration patterns
- security posture and access controls
- how you hire, because the stack is familiar to more developers
You don’t need to have strong opinions on all of the above. The point is simply: you can choose — and that flexibility can become valuable as the product matures.
A healthier way to think about it: lifecycle, not loyalty
The unhelpful framing is “Bubble vs code” as if one has to win.
A better framing is:
- Bubble is excellent for getting to clarity and traction quickly
- a codebase can be a better long-term home once the product’s shape is stable and the roadmap is deep
Some teams stay on Bubble for years. Some move earlier. Some use a hybrid approach. None of these choices is “more serious” than the others — they’re just different ways of managing risk, speed, and flexibility.
Why teams start exploring the move
Even when Bubble is working well, there are a few common triggers that make teams curious about a Claude Code-style approach:
- They can now imagine moving quickly in code (because AI makes the workflow feel lighter)
- They want more control over the stack as the app becomes more business-critical
- They’re thinking about hiring and want a more standard development environment
- They’re planning for the long term (fundraising, partnerships, acquisition, enterprise customers)
- They’re building more integrations and automation, and want fewer constraints over time
Again: none of these means Bubble has failed. They’re simply signs the product is entering a different phase.
Who should probably stay on Bubble (for now)
If any of these are true, Bubble may still be the best place to be:
- you’re still iterating on the core idea weekly
- you don’t yet have stable, repeatable customer workflows
- speed matters more than flexibility for the next 6–12 months
- your current constraints aren’t genuinely blocking progress
The costliest mistake here is moving stacks to solve a problem that’s actually about product clarity or prioritisation.
If you’re considering it, start with the decision — not the build
A stack move can be a smart choice, but it shouldn’t be a leap.
A good next step is simply to clarify:
- what’s driving the interest (and what isn’t)
- what you need the product to look like in 12–24 months
- whether the benefits of freedom and control outweigh the simplicity of staying on a platform
That’s a conversation we have with teams quite often — and it’s usually possible to reach a clear recommendation quickly.
Want to discuss your situation?
If you’re weighing up a move from Bubble to Claude Code, we can help you:
- sanity-check the decision (stay / hybrid / move)
- plan a sensible path if a move is right
- handle the migration and hosting, if you want a fully-managed outcome
Book a call and we’ll help you choose the most sensible next step.
