Base44 Pricing (2026)
Base44 has a free tier with 25 message credits, then Starter at $16 per month (annual) or $20 month-to-month, Builder at $40 per month, Pro at $80 per month, and Elite at $160 per month. Higher tiers roughly double the credits below them. Annual billing saves about 20 percent.
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What you need to know
What you actually pay for with Base44
Base44 generates React and Tailwind web apps that run in the browser, with a built-in database, authentication, and role-based permissions. It was acquired by Wix for roughly $80 million in 2025. The pricing is tiered by credit volume, and a defining feature is how much comes baked in: the backend, the database, and auth are managed for you, so there is no separate Supabase or hosting bill to assemble.
As of mid-2026, the plans are clear. The Free tier gives you 25 message credits and 100 integration credits, enough to test the tool. Starter costs $16 per month billed annually, or $20 month-to-month. Builder at $40 per month adds the professional essentials: custom domains and GitHub integration for the frontend. Pro at $80 per month roughly doubles the Builder credits and suits small teams. Elite at $160 per month doubles Pro again and adds priority support for heavy commercial use. Switching to annual billing saves about 20 percent across the paid tiers.
The tiers are mostly about credits
Unlike tools where each tier unlocks a different feature set, Base44's tiers are largely a credit ladder. The features you need to ship, such as custom domains and frontend GitHub export, arrive at the Builder tier and above. Below that, Starter and Free are for trying the tool and building small. So the practical decision is: do you need custom domains and frontend export (Builder or higher), and how many credits does your build cadence require (which sets how far up the ladder you climb).
What "baked in" means for cost
Base44's biggest pricing advantage is that the backend is included. With a tool that generates a standard Supabase app, you pay for the builder tool plus hosting plus a database. With Base44, the Wix-managed backend means no separate setup and no separate bill. For a builder who values zero-setup simplicity, this can make Base44 cheaper in total for a simple app than a cheaper-looking tool that forces you to assemble infrastructure.
How to choose a tier
Start on Free to evaluate Base44, especially for a dashboard or internal tool, where its generation style is strongest. Move to Starter for steady solo building on a Base44 subdomain. Step up to Builder at $40 per month the moment you need a custom domain or want to export the frontend to GitHub. Choose Pro or Elite only when your credit consumption or team size demands the larger allowances.
The portability question to weigh before you pay
There is one trade-off that should shape your plan choice: the Base44 backend does not export. Even on Builder and above, GitHub export covers the frontend, while the database, API logic, and authentication stay on Base44's infrastructure. That is fine if you are happy on the platform. But if portability matters to you, factor in that leaving Base44 later means rebuilding the backend, which is a cost that no plan removes.
What Base44's plans include
| Plan | Price | What's included |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 |
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| Starter | $16/mo (annual) |
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| Builder | $40/mo |
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| Pro | $80/mo |
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| Elite | $160/mo |
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Free
$0- 25 message credits + 100 integration credits
- Built-in database, auth, role-based permissions
- Base44 subdomain
Starter
$16/mo (annual)- $20 month-to-month
- More message credits
- Solo building
Builder
$40/mo- Custom domains
- Frontend GitHub integration
- Professional essentials for shipping
Pro
$80/mo- Double Builder credits
- Suited to small teams
- Everything in Builder
Elite
$160/mo- Double Pro credits
- Priority support
- Heavy commercial use
The production gap
The backend does not export, so your app is locked to Base44
GitHub export only carries the frontend. The database, API logic, and authentication stay on Base44's infrastructure with no self-host option. If you ever need to leave, you rebuild the backend from scratch. That single-vendor dependency is the defining production risk.
Performance can collapse between 100 and 1,000 users
Base44-generated apps commonly ship without database indexes or connection pooling. They feel fast in a demo and then slow sharply as real traffic arrives. Catching this needs load awareness the generator does not provide, because the problem only appears under real usage.
If Base44 has an outage, your app goes down with it
Because the backend runs entirely on Base44, a platform outage takes your app offline. A 2026 outage took Base44-hosted apps down simultaneously. There is no failover you can configure yourself, so a real product needs a plan for that dependency before clients rely on it.
Apps run in the browser with limited SEO control
Base44 apps render in the browser with no per-page control over how they appear in search results. For an internal tool this is fine. For anything that needs to be found on Google, it is a structural limit you cannot fully fix from inside Base44.
What it really costs
Base44's subscription cost is easy to read: free to test, $16 to $20 per month for Starter, $40 for Builder, $80 for Pro, $160 for Elite. Because the backend is managed, there is no separate hosting or database bill, which can make Base44 cheaper in total than tools that force you to assemble infrastructure.
The cost that no plan covers is independence and production hardening. The backend lock-in means the eventual cost of leaving Base44 is a full backend rebuild. And making a Base44 app safe and scalable for real users (adding indexes, planning for the platform dependency, hardening auth, and adding monitoring) is work the tool does not do. Built in-house, that production stack runs $24,000 to $60,000 per year in tools and specialists. A freelancer for one app is cheaper but still thousands of dollars and turns iteration into tickets. BWORLDS adds the production layer for the price of a tool plan, not an agency retainer. See our plans.
You shipped fast on Base44. We help you ship safely.
- Know where your app slows down before real traffic finds out for you
- Add monitoring and security without depending on a single platform staying up
- A clear readiness picture, whichever tool built the app.
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Frequently asked questions.
Base44 has a free tier with 25 message credits, then Starter at $16 per month annual ($20 month-to-month), Builder at $40 per month, Pro at $80 per month, and Elite at $160 per month. Higher tiers roughly double the credits below them. Annual billing saves about 20 percent. Check base44.com/pricing for current figures.
No. GitHub export on Builder and higher covers the frontend only. The backend, database, API logic, and authentication stay on Base44's proprietary infrastructure and do not export. Leaving Base44 means rebuilding the backend, which is the main portability trade-off to weigh before committing.
Start free to test, especially for dashboards and internal tools. Move to Starter for steady solo work, and to Builder at $40 per month when you need a custom domain or frontend export. Pick Pro or Elite only when your credit usage or team size requires the larger allowances.