Base44

Short verdict: Base44 is a no-code AI app builder, owned by Wix since June 2025, that generates an app's frontend, backend, database and sign-in from a description and hosts it, with payments, domains, SEO tools and analytics built in. It also adds Superagents, personal AI agents that run workflows next to your apps. The catches are lock-in and data use: Base44 does not support self-hosting, code export and GitHub sync start on the $50 Builder plan, credits are only known after each action, and every plan below Enterprise allows training on your data with no opt-out. It suits founders and small businesses that want a hosted app with selling tools in one place; developers who want portable code, and anyone who cannot accept AI training on their data, should look elsewhere.

How we reviewed it: We did not sign up for Base44 or send it a prompt. On 21 October 2026 we read the pricing page in monthly and yearly billing, Base44's docs on plans, credits, models, code export, the backend, app store submission and privacy, and the changelog, and checked the Base44 CLI and SDK on GitHub and npm. Plans and limits change often; check the pricing page before you pay.

What Base44 costs and includes

What Base44 handles for you

A backend you do not set up

Each app gets a NoSQL, MongoDB-compatible database with row-level and field-level security, sign-in with email, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Apple or SSO, cloud storage, realtime subscriptions and, from Builder up, Deno-based backend functions. Reading and writing your app's data uses no credits; integration credits pay for built-in services such as email (about 1 credit each) and in-app AI agent messages (from about 3 credits).

Selling and marketing tools

Base44 Payments, powered by Wix, or Stripe take payments inside the app. Yearly plans include a free first-year domain bought through Wix. An SEO and GEO dashboard, a social content planner that can post for you, Google Ads tools, app analytics and session recordings are part of the platform.

Model choice and side-by-side builds

From Builder up you can choose the model and its effort level, or run your next message on 2 models at once and keep the version you prefer, at 2x the credits. Base 1, which Base44 says is trained on building patterns from across its platform, sits alongside the Claude, Gemini and GPT models.

Superagents next to your apps

A Superagent is a personal AI agent that connects to your email, calendar and tools, runs scheduled workflows, records meetings and answers on WhatsApp, Telegram or Slack.

Lock-in, credit math and data use

• The backend stays on Base44. "Base44 doesn't support self-hosting," its docs say. An exported ZIP is a React and Vite project that still calls Base44 for data, logins, functions and integrations, and it leaves out your data, secrets and app users. That sits awkwardly with the pricing FAQ's "Nothing is locked to the platform." Two-way GitHub sync and ZIP export start on Builder.

• Costs are known after the fact. Credits are "calculated after the action runs", there is "no way to preview an integration credit cost", and credits spent on AI mistakes are not refunded.

• Running out breaks the live app. With no integration credits left, actions such as sending email fail and your app's users see a generic error until the next reset or an upgrade.

• Training with no opt-out. Base44's privacy docs say data on all plans other than Enterprise, including the paid Business plan, "can be used to train AI models", and "there is no opt-out setting". Data is stored in the US unless a Business or Enterprise workspace chooses EU or UK residency.

• Platform limits. Hosting serves single-page apps only, the developer backend service is labeled beta, and app store builds wrap your web app in a web view where native in-app purchase SDKs such as RevenueCat do not work. Plan fees are non-refundable and plans cannot be paused.

Pros and cons

Pros

• Database, sign-in, storage and hosting need no setup, and database reads and writes use no credits.

• Payments through Wix or Stripe, a free first-year domain on yearly plans, and SEO, social and ads tools.

• Model choice, effort levels and 2-model comparisons from Builder up.

• Superagents for workflows that run next to your apps.

• An open-source CLI and SDK for local development.

Cons

• No self-hosting, and code export starts at $50 a month.

• Every plan below Enterprise allows training on your data, with no opt-out.

• Credit costs are only known after each action, and there are no top-up packs.

• The free plan allows 5 message credits a day.

• Single-page hosting only, and mobile apps are web-view wrappers.

How Base44 compares

• Lovable keeps the code portable: two-way Git sync on every plan, a Postgres backend on Supabase's open-source foundation that you can export, and a training opt-out for each Free and Pro user. Pro costs $25 a month for 100 credits. Choose it if developers may need to move the app elsewhere later.

• Bolt.new gives you a Node.js environment and editable code in the browser, and builds Expo apps that publish to TestFlight, the App Store and Google Play rather than web-view wrappers. Choose it if you need a real mobile app or want to edit the code yourself.

• Replit hosts server apps, not only single-page apps, on Autoscale or Reserved VMs with managed Postgres, and Core costs $20 a month with $20 of credits. Choose it if your app needs server-side code or languages beyond JavaScript.

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Who should use Base44

Use Base44 if you are not a developer and want a hosted app or site with sign-in, a database, payments and marketing tools without connecting separate services, and you are happy to keep it on Base44's platform. Look elsewhere if you need to self-host, want server-side rendering, need a native mobile app with in-app purchases, or cannot let your data be used for AI training without an Enterprise contract.

FAQ

Is Base44 free?

Yes, with tight limits. As of 21 October 2026 the Free plan includes 25 message credits a month, no more than 5 a day, 100 integration credits and up to 5 apps. Paid plans start at $20 a month, or $16 a month billed yearly, for 100 message credits on Starter.

Can I export a Base44 app and host it myself?

Not fully. On Builder ($50 a month as of 21 October 2026) and higher plans you can download the code as a ZIP or sync it two ways with GitHub, but Base44 does not support self-hosting: the exported code still uses Base44 for data, logins, backend functions and integrations, so running it elsewhere means replacing that backend yourself.

Does Base44 use my data to train AI models?

Yes, on every plan except Enterprise. Base44's privacy documentation says data on all other plans, including the paid Business plan, can be used to train AI models and that there is no opt-out setting; Enterprise workspaces are excluded automatically.

Who owns Base44?

Wix. Wix announced its acquisition of Base44 on 18 June 2025, and the Base44 website is now published by Wix.com Ltd. Base44 was founded by Maor Shlomo.