Base44 vs Lovable 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

  • Some users may open a record but not see every field in it, and you want that set as a rule rather than written as code
  • The app has to reach Slack, Gmail, Google Workspace, Snowflake or Databricks, through Base44's connectors on Builder
  • You want to pick the model that builds, Claude, Gemini or GPT, on Builder and up
  • Staff should sign in to the app through Okta, Microsoft Entra ID or Google, on Business or Enterprise

• Lovable

  Lovable builds web apps from a conversation, and can start from a Figma design; it is also rolling out imports of projects from Bolt, Replit, v0, Base44 or a ZIP of code. Lovable Cloud, its built-in backend, adds a database, file storage, sign-in, realtime updates and server functions, or you can connect your own Supabase project instead, and built-in payments through Paddle or Stripe come with Pro and above. Every plan publishes to a lovable.app address, paid plans add your own domain, and GitHub sync works in both directions on every plan. Building the app, hosting it, its backend and the AI features inside it all draw on one credit balance.

  Choose it if

  • You want payments and your own domain on a $25 plan
  • You want two-way GitHub sync from the free plan, so a developer can work on the code
  • You want one credit balance for building and running the app, rather than two
  • You want to bring in a project from Bolt, Replit or v0, through Lovable's import

• 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.

• Lovable

  Free, $0

  Free monthly grants, unlimited collaborators, and up to 5 lovable.app addresses.

  Pro, $25 a month

  100 monthly credits that roll over, unlimited users, your own domain, no Lovable badge, and built-in payments.

  Business, $50 a month

  100 monthly credits, with single sign-on, a team workspace and role-based access.

  Enterprise

  Custom, volume-based pricing.

Both start free, and both free plans put apps online: Base44's with 25 message credits a month for up to 5 apps, Lovable's with free monthly grants. The paid plans unlock different things at each price. Lovable's Pro, at $25 a month, has your own domain and built-in payments, and GitHub sync works on every Lovable plan. Base44's Starter, at $20, adds your own domain and code edits, but GitHub sync, payments, connectors and picking the model start at Builder, $50 a month. Once the app is live, Base44 counts its email, images and AI calls in a second pool, integration credits, while Lovable draws hosting, its backend and AI features from the same credits as building.