Base44 vs Replit 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 the app without a workspace to manage: the backend, the rules on who sees what and sign-in come with it
  • Some users may open a record but not see every field in it
  • The app has to reach Slack, Gmail, Google Workspace, Snowflake or Databricks, through connectors on Builder
  • You want apps online from the free plan, up to 5 of them, on a base44.app address

• Replit

  Replit is a workspace in the browser where its Agent builds and changes an app from a description, with the code, a terminal and a database there for you to work in as well. It imports from GitHub, Figma, Bolt, Lovable, Base44 or a ZIP, builds phone apps it can take to the App Store, and keeps the code in Git with GitHub sync. Publishing is built in: the free Starter plan publishes one app, which goes down after 30 days, and Core publishes as many as you like, paying for hosting, network transfer and database storage from the same monthly credits as the Agent. Pro adds up to 10 agents working in parallel, more collaborators and database rollback.

  Choose it if

  • You want the code and a terminal open while the agent works
  • You want a phone app built and taken through to App Store Connect
  • You want one pool of monthly credits for the agent and the running app
  • You want to bring in work from GitHub, Figma, Bolt, Lovable, Base44 or a ZIP

• 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.

• Replit

  Starter, $0

  Daily Agent credits and one published app, which goes down after 30 days, with a "Made with Replit" badge.

  Core, $20 a month

  $18 a month billed yearly. Monthly credits that pay for the Agent, publishing, network transfer and database storage; publish as many apps as you like.

  Pro, $100 a month

  $90 a month billed yearly. Up to 10 agents in parallel, 15 collaborators and 50 viewers, and database rollback up to 28 days.

  Enterprise

  Custom, with single sign-on, SCIM, audit logs and single-tenant options.

Both start at $20 a month and both publish, but the money goes on different things. Replit's Core credits pay for the Agent, publishing, network transfer and database storage from one pool, and past them you pay as you go. Base44 splits it in two: message credits while you build, and integration credits when the live app sends an email, makes an image or calls an AI model. At $100 a month they meet again: Base44's Pro has 500 message credits, and Replit's Pro runs up to 10 agents in parallel with database rollback up to 28 days.