Base44 ranges in cost from a completely free tier for beginners up to $160 per month for the high-volume Elite plan, with several scalable options in between to fit your specific development needs. Whether you're just testing the vibe coding waters or launching a SaaS product, understanding its credit system and tier benefits is crucial for planning your app development budget. It's worth weighing that cost against the value: Base44 gives solo entrepreneurs a full engineering team in one tool, empowering entrepreneurs and teams to ship products fast.

This guide breaks down every Base44 pricing plan, explains the difference between message and integration credits and helps you choose the right path for your app development journey.

Base44 is an AI app builder with plans starting at $0, so you can build and test your first fully functional web app before spending anything.

Learn more: What is Base44?

The businesses that will benefit most from agentic AI aren't the ones with the biggest tech budgets. They're the ones willing to describe what they want clearly and trust a system to act on it. The prompt is the new business plan, a clear statement of intent that an AI agent can execute, iterate on and optimize over time.

— Ruth Eschenheimer, Head of AI Visibility & Organic Growth Content at Wix

TL;DR: Base44 pricing at a glance

Here is a quick snapshot of the Base44 pricing tiers so you can decide which fits your budget immediately. If you want to skip the deep dive, this table provides the essential numbers you need to make a decision.

Plan	Annual Price (per mo)	Monthly Price	Message Credits	Integration Credits	Best For
Free	$0	$0	25	100	Testing & exploring
Starter	$16	$20	100	2,000	Hobbyists & MVPs
Builder	$40	$50	250	10,000	Solo builders
Pro	$80	$100	500	20,000	Scaling startups
Elite	$160	$200	1,200	50,000	High volume apps

Base44 free plan

The free plan costs $0 forever and allows you to test the Base44's core capabilities without spending anything. It's designed for curiosity, giving you just enough resources to see how AI can turn natural language into functional software.

• Cost: $0 / month

• Message credits: 25 / month

• Integration credits: 100 / month

• Key features: Access to core features, authentication, and database functionality.

This tier is perfect if you want to test Base44. You can generate a basic app, play with the interface and understand the workflow. However, with only 25 message credits, you will likely hit your limit if you try to build a complete app in a single sitting.

Base44 Starter plan

At $16 per month, the Starter plan opens up unlimited app creation for those ready to move past the testing phase. This is the entry-level paid tier, ideal for hobbyists, students or anyone building an internal tool for personal use.

• Cost: $16 / month (billed annually) or $20 / month-to-month

• Message credits: 100 / month

• Integration credits: 2,000 / month

• Key features: Unlimited apps, in-app code edits.

The jump to 100 message credits gives you significantly more room to iterate on your prompts and refine your UI. Since Base44 offers the Starter plan at such a low entry point, it's often the default choice for building a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to show friends or potential co-founders.

Base44 Builder plan

For $40 per month, the Builder plan adds professional necessities like custom domains and GitHub integration. This is the sweet spot for freelancers and solopreneurs who need their apps to look and feel like standalone products rather than prototypes.

• Cost: $40 / month (billed annually) or $50 / month-to-month

• Message credits: 250 / month

• Integration credits: 10,000 / month

• Key features: Custom domains, GitHub integration, backend functions.

The Builder plan unlocks custom domains, which means you can remove the default Base44 branding from your URL—a requirement for any customer-facing application. Additionally, because Base44 supports GitHub integration at this level, developers can maintain better version control and workflow management.

Base44 Pro and Elite plans

High-volume users will find the Pro and Elite plans, starting at $80 per month, provide the massive credit allowances needed for scaling applications. These tiers are built for businesses with active user bases that consume significant resources through AI calls, file uploads, or database queries.

Pro Plan

• Cost: $80 / month (annual) or $100 / month

• Credits: 500 Message / 20,000 Integration

• Early access to beta features.

Elite Plan

• Cost: $160 / month (annual) or $200 / month

• Credits: 1,200 Message / 50,000 Integration

• Maximum limits, premium support.

If your app relies heavily on AI features—like an automated content generator—you'll need the high volume of integration credits that power app features found in these tiers.

Which Base44 plan is right for you?

The right plan comes down to where you are in your build, not just how much you want to spend.

If you're just exploring, start on the free plan. It's enough to generate a basic app and learn the workflow before you commit a cent. When you're ready to build something real and iterate without hitting limits, the Starter plan at $16 a month is the natural first step, which is why it's the common pick for a first MVP.

Move up to Builder ($40 a month) when your app needs to look like a real product: that's the tier that unlocks custom domains and GitHub integration. The Pro and Elite plans make sense once you have an app with active users, because their large integration-credit allowances are built for the AI calls, uploads and queries that real usage generates.

A simple rule of thumb: choose based on message credits while you're building, and on integration credits once people are using what you built.

Understanding the Base44 credit system

Base44 uses a dual-credit system consisting of message credits for building and integration credits for running your app. Understanding the distinction is vital to avoiding service interruptions.

1. Message credits: These are consumed when you (the builder) chat with the AI to create or edit your app. Base44 uses message credits to meter the development process. Complex prompts or long refinement sessions burn these credits.

2. Integration credits: These are consumed when your users interact with your live app. If your app sends an email, generates an image or calls an LLM, it uses these credits.

Monitor your credit usage in the dashboard to ensure you have enough capacity for both building and scaling.

How far do your credits go?

The two credit types run down at very different rates, so it helps to know what actually burns them.

Message credits go down as you build. A quick tweak ("make the header blue") costs less than a big, multi-feature prompt, so longer refinement sessions use more. On the free plan's 25 monthly messages you'll feel this fast, which is mostly what the paid tiers solve: more room to iterate.

Integration credits go down as people use your live app. Every action that calls an integration, like sending an email, generating an image or making an LLM request, spends one credit. That matters most for AI-heavy apps: if a chatbot handles hundreds of user queries, those credits add up quickly, so size your plan around expected usage, not just build time.

Credits refresh each billing cycle rather than stacking up, and the free plan refreshes a small message allowance daily. If you hit a limit mid-build, you can upgrade from your billing dashboard at any time or wait for the next reset. The practical takeaway: pick your tier based on how much your app will be used, not only on how much you'll prompt while building.

Even if you're super technical, what you want to spend your time on is actually building, not signing up for different services and stitching them together.

— Maor Shlomo, Founder & CEO of Base44

All prices were correct as of June 4, 2026.

Base44 pricing FAQ

What happens if I run out of credits?

If you exceed your limit, you'll need to upgrade to the next tier or wait for your billing cycle to reset. Base44 allows upgrades at any time from your billing dashboard.

Can I switch from monthly to annual billing?

You can switch to annual billing to save approximately 20% on your subscription. The system will prorate any amount you have already paid for the current month.

Do I own the code I generate?

Yes, you own the IP for the applications you build. Users build unlimited apps on paid plans and retain full ownership of the output.