Base44 vs Cursor in 2026

• Base44

  Base44 builds apps from a conversation, and has been owned by Wix since 2025. Every app runs on Base44's own backend: a database with rules for which records and which fields each person can see, sign-in, file storage, and built-in email, image and AI services that the live app pays for in integration credits. It can start from a prompt, a plan, a Figma design, a site you own or a project moved over from Lovable or Bolt.new, and branches let several changes build at once. From the Builder plan you can pick the model that builds, sync the code with GitHub both ways, take payments through Stripe or Base44 Payments, connect Slack, Gmail, Google Workspace, Snowflake or Databricks, and send the app to the App Store and Google Play as a wrapper around the web app. Base Code, a separate product, brings the same AI chat to an existing GitHub repository, with a preview but no hosting.

  Choose it if

  • You want a working app and would rather not write or host code
  • You want a database, sign-in and rules on who sees what, built in
  • You want apps online from the free plan, and your own domain from $20 a month
  • You want to connect Slack, Gmail, Google Workspace, Snowflake or Databricks without writing the integration

• Cursor

  Cursor is a code editor that works like VS Code: it imports your VS Code settings, keybindings and extensions, and installs extensions from the Open VSX registry. Its Agent takes on coding tasks by itself, editing files, running terminal commands and opening a browser to check its work, and Tab suggests your next edit as you type, across lines and files. The same agent runs in a terminal (Cursor CLI), in JetBrains IDEs, and as Cloud Agents on Premium and above. Cursor is now sold as part of The X Subscription, which also covers Grok and X.

  Choose it if

  • You write code and want suggestions as you type
  • You already have a codebase on your computer and want an agent working in it
  • You want to keep your VS Code settings, keybindings and extensions
  • You want the lowest price: $8 a month for Cursor's own models

• Base44

  Free, $0

  25 message credits a month, up to 5 a day, and 100 integration credits, for up to 5 apps with the Base44 badge.

  Starter, $20 a month

  $16 a month billed yearly. 100 message and 2,000 integration credits a month, any number of apps, code edits and your own domain.

  Builder, $50 a month

  $40 a month billed yearly. 250 message and 10,000 integration credits; adds picking the AI model, GitHub sync, connectors and payments.

  Pro, $100 a month

  $80 a month billed yearly. 500 message and 20,000 integration credits, and early access to beta features.

  Elite, $200 a month

  $160 a month billed yearly. 1,200 message and 50,000 integration credits, premium support and 7-day backups; larger sizes go up to 8,200 message credits.

  Business and Enterprise

  Business, bought online in six sizes, adds single sign-on for your apps, data residency and 30-day backups. Enterprise, through sales, adds SCIM and audit logs.

• Cursor

  Free

  Limited Agent and Chat requests.

  Plus, $8 a month

  $80 a year. The Agent with Cursor's own models only: Grok 4.7, 4.6 and 4.5, and Composer 2.5.

  Premium, $30 a month

  4x Plus usage. Adds Cloud Agents, Bugbot code review, and Claude, GPT and Gemini at API list price from prepaid credit.

  Super $100, Ultra $200 a month

  15x and 50x Plus usage, with priority access at peak times.

  Teams

  $30, $100 or $200 a seat a month, with the usage of the matching plan.

The prices buy different things. Cursor's plans buy an editor and model usage: Plus is $8 a month for Cursor's own models and Premium $30 adds Claude, GPT and Gemini at API list price, while hosting, a database and sign-in stay your own cost. Base44's plans buy the running app: Starter is $20 a month for 100 message credits and 2,000 integration credits, which the live app spends on email, images and AI calls. So compare Cursor plus wherever you would host against Base44 on its own.