Base44, honestly.
Base44 is the batteries-included option: auth, database and hosting come wired, so non-technical builders ship working tools fast. The trade is that the platform is the runtime, and you should know what that means before you build deep.
Nothing to wire together.
- Auth, database and hosting are built in, so there is no Supabase to configure and no deploy pipeline to learn.
- Strong fit for internal tools and back-office apps: CRMs, trackers, portals, dashboards.
- Plain-language iteration that non-technical operators can actually sustain.
- Platform backing: Wix acquired Base44 in 2025, so it is not a weekend project that vanishes.
The platform is the runtime.
- Your app runs on Base44's infrastructure. Scaling, uptime and infra decisions are theirs, not yours.
- Custom-logic ceilings: when a feature falls outside what prompts generate, you are working around the tool instead of with it.
- Migrating off is a rebuild in practice: there is no portable codebase to lift out and host yourself.
- Compliance-heavy cases (SOC 2 evidence, HIPAA): verify what the platform can attest to for your use case before you commit.
No headline breach. The category risks still apply.
- We know of no headline public Base44 breach, and we say that plainly.
- AI-generated app logic carries the category risk: 45% of AI-generated code ships a known vulnerability (Veracode, 2025). See our guide on whether AI app builders are secure.
- Access rules between users are still your configuration. Test that user A cannot read user B's records before launch, same as on any builder.
- Keys pasted into client-visible code leak the same way they do everywhere else. Keep secrets server-side.
When you outgrow the box.
Call us when features fall outside what the platform generates, when usage or pricing scales badly, or when an investor or security review asks for things a hosted builder cannot show. We rebuild Base44 apps as owned codebases: the $500 Week-1 Build Audit scopes it, credited against any build, and the Go-Live Intensive runs from $14,000.
Is Base44 safe to use?
For internal tools and prototypes, yes. Like every AI builder, it optimizes for working apps, not hardened ones. Test access between users and keep secrets out of client-visible code before real users arrive.
Can I export my app from Base44?
Treat the platform as the runtime. If owning the code matters, for investors, acquirers or compliance, plan for a rebuild into your own stack. That is the exact job our Go-Live Intensive does.
When do I outgrow Base44?
When features fall outside what prompts can generate, when performance or pricing scales badly with usage, or when a diligence process asks for evidence a hosted builder cannot provide.
$500 Week-1 audit · credited against any build