r/Bubbleio

I’m building Deploy, a tool aimed at moving apps from AI builders to infrastructure the owner controls.

Exporting the frontend is only part of the job. The harder questions are what happens to users, authentication, data, backend functions, workflows, secrets, and integrations. I’m working through those migration paths and testing deployments; I don’t want to call any builder a complete migration until it passes an end-to-end test.

If you’ve tried to move an app off a builder, where did you get stuck? And if you haven’t moved one yet, what would you need to see before trusting a migration tool with a client app?

I’m the person building Deploy, and I’d value blunt feedback from people who have shipped these apps.

I have a marketplace built in Bubble that is currently entirely in Development and has never been deployed to Live.

I now need a simple public pre-launch site (homepage/business info + a couple of waitlist forms), but I do not want my unfinished marketplace pages to exist on Live, even if someone tries accessing them directly by URL.

I'm on Web Starter plan, so I have a basic version control/savepoints but no custom branches.

I also dont want to create a second Bubble all, as that would mean paying for a second Starter plan just for temporary pre-launch site.

What's the cleanest way to handle this on Starter while continuing to develop the full marketplace? Is there a standard Bubble approach, or would you use some kind of savepoint - temporary pre-launch version - deploy - restore development process? Is there a standard approach for this on Starter, or would you use a temporary savepoint/deploy/restore development process?

Thank you all!

Hey! If you’re looking to migrate out of Bubble, I made a list of providers that offer this service here.

Hope it’s useful! If you offer this service and want to be listed, just let me know.