Base44 Pricing (2026): Every Plan, Both Credit Meters, and What You'll Really Spend
Base44 pricing runs from free to $160 a month, and the honest answer to “how much will I pay” is: it depends on two meters, not one. Message credits are spent while you build. Integration credits are spent while your finished app runs. Most pricing confusion, and most surprise bills, come from forgetting the second meter exists.
Here are the plans at annual billing rates, then what the meters mean and which plan fits you.
Base44 pricing plans
| Plan | Price per month | Message credits | Integration credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 25 a month, max 5 a day | 100 a month |
| Starter | $16 | 100 a month | 2,000 a month |
| Builder | $40 | 250 a month | 10,000 a month |
| Pro | $80 | 500 a month | 20,000 a month |
| Elite | $160 | 1,200 a month | 50,000 a month |
Two fine-print items. These are the prices when you pay for a year up front; paying month to month runs about 20 to 25 percent higher. And credits reset on your monthly billing date; by most accounts, unused ones do not carry over.
Base44 is owned by Wix, which bought it in June 2025, so the pricing page sits on stable corporate ground rather than startup runway.
The two meters, in plain English
Message credits are your building fuel. Each request to the AI spends some, and bigger requests spend more: a color change costs a sliver, “add user accounts” costs real credits. If you read our Lovable credits post, this is the same idea.
Integration credits are your running fuel, and this is the meter Lovable doesn’t have. When your live app sends an email, generates an image, calls an AI model, or fires an automation, that spends integration credits, whether you touched the keyboard that day or not. A quiet personal tool barely sips them. An app that emails 200 customers every morning drinks them.
The test before you pick a plan: will your app do things on its own after launch? If no, size your plan by message credits alone. If yes, the integration column is the one to read.
Which plan should you pick?
- Trying it out, or building a small tool for yourself: Free. 25 messages a month is tight but real, and 100 integration credits covers an app that mostly just sits there being useful.
- One real project you’ll finish and polish: Starter at $16. 100 message credits builds and refines a serious app; 2,000 integration credits handles light email and automation.
- An app with users, sending mail and running automations: Builder at $40. The jump to 10,000 integration credits is the actual product here; the extra message credits are the garnish.
- Client work or several active apps: Pro at $80 or Elite at $160. At this level you’re buying integration headroom in bulk.
Start one tier lower than you think you need. Upgrading later takes a click; the reverse feeling, paying $80 while using $16 of it, is how tools end up on the chopping block in a budget review.
How Base44 pricing compares
Against Lovable, the entry math favors Base44: $16 against $25, and everything built in. The catch is the second meter, because a busy live app keeps spending after you stop building, while Lovable only charges when you talk to it. Deeper comparison: Base44 vs Lovable.
The free tiers are close enough that price shouldn’t pick your tool. Build the same small thing in both over one evening, and let the first drafts decide.
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FAQ
Is Base44 free?
Yes, genuinely free rather than a trial: up to 5 apps, 25 message credits a month capped at 5 a day, and 100 integration credits a month. It’s enough to build and run something small; finishing a polished project usually takes a paid plan.
How much does Base44 cost?
Paid plans run $16, $40, $80, and $160 a month at annual billing, rising with how many message and integration credits you get. Month-to-month billing costs about 20 to 25 percent more.
What are Base44 integration credits?
They’re spent when your live app does work on its own: sending emails, generating images, calling AI models, or running automations. Building the app spends message credits instead. Apps that act on their own after launch need plans with bigger integration allowances.
Do Base44 credits roll over?
Credits reset on your monthly billing date, and by most accounts unused ones do not carry over. If your usage swings month to month, size for a typical month rather than a peak one.
Which Base44 plan is best for beginners?
Start Free to learn the tool, then Starter at $16 a month for your first real project. Move to Builder only when your app starts doing steady background work like sending email, because that’s what the bigger integration allowance is for.
References
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