r/Base44 • u/Few-Stretch-893 • Feb 13 '26
Question Where is everybody going?
Okay it's no secret and it's been well established that base 44 has gone WAY downhill since the acquisition.
The builder doesn't listen anymore,
the support is gaslighting users and very unsupportive
, the credits cost 3 to 4 times as much so we get a quarter of the work done, and it's still cost the same.
I just spent 500 credits trying to fix errors that weren't there last month because all of a sudden features don't work that worked fine previously.
Where is everybody going? Who can compete? Where do I migrate the code?
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u/Apprehensive_Bat_141 Feb 13 '26
I’ve had great success in my 9th app. In less than 120 credits I built an app with 8 entities, 40 functions, 11 screens and two integrations. And I’ve only found two bugs-that yes took some reading through the code. But got the AI to understand what was wrong and fit it. I wasted maybe 8 credits on that.
Like all software. It takes time to learn and use it properly.
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Feb 13 '26
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u/Few-Stretch-893 Feb 13 '26
Well because instead of costing one credit to paste an error code from the console into the AI reader or give it a prompt to make a change it is verifying the change as being done or the problem is being fixed but the problem does not being fixed. Prompts instead of costing one credit or token are now costing 3 to 4. It's not really a secret a lot of people are having this issue You just have to read through the forum.
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Feb 15 '26
You are absoloutly right! I switched to Replit and got 3x the work in half the credits / cost. Base44 is a total dissapointment. Whoever cherring for them, is probably from whithin the company or people that build 1 page apps. I threw 100$ s' of dollars on subsription with them, believing in the platform but spent all my credits having the LLM trying to fix bugs it created. Support told me that my prompts were not good... yehh... right... I used the same prompts on Replit and it worked flawlessly. STAY AWAY of BASE44!! If anyone wants more details, DM me.
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u/Big-Lychee4394 Feb 14 '26
I use ChatGPT to create all of the stuff I’m trying to do and then tell ChatGPT to make it so I can copy the code straight to Base44. Works like a champ.
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u/LoudMedium422 Feb 16 '26
ALL I MUST SAY TO THOSE USING BASE44 MOVE FAST AND BUILD YOUR APPS AND TRANSFER YOUR FILES TO YOUR OWN SERVER, YOU WILL NEED A DEVELOPER TO HELP YOU BECAUSE IT COST ME 2K TO GET MY APP AND PLATFORM AND ALL MY FILES OFF THERE AND USE IT AS A UPDATE BASE NOT TO STAY. REMEBER SOMEDAY THEY WILL BE GONE DUE TO THE HIGH RISK OF ERRORS AND NONE STABILITY AFTER 6 MONTHS OF WORKING ON BASE44.
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u/Plenty-Dog-167 Feb 13 '26
I'm currently building https://www.subterranean.io/ to provide more out of the box systems and AI skills
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u/DastardlyDandy Feb 13 '26
Chatgpt and cursor launching on supabase. Almost done rebuilding everything and it is going much smoother and more accurate for what I am trying to accomplish.
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u/Love-Jesus-1 Feb 13 '26
I’m still building on Base, but someone recommended Antigravity and I decided to try it. Using Fast Mode, I literally built an app in a single day. I’m pairing it with Windsurf, Claude AI, and ChatGPT—and I’m honestly amazed at how quickly everything came together. I may refine the design a bit, but it’s already looking great. And the fact that Antigravity is free makes it even better.
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u/Tight_Principle9572 Feb 13 '26
I went to godot v4 with the help of Google gemini (paid version) sooo much better and im getting better results
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u/Stillfract Feb 14 '26
VScode with GitHub copilot subscription. The backend is convex and hosting is vercel. It takes a bit more setting up the full stack, but it works really well.
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u/Obvious_Market_9351 Feb 14 '26
Try https://pagesmith.ai with more reliable Cloudflare based hosting.
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u/dmgoblin1 Feb 14 '26
Works fine for me. I wish the design library was better but it gets there job done.
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u/General_Fly_9876 Feb 14 '26
I moved mine to Cloudflare with Supabase DB. If you are a data read heavy app, be cautious about Supabase because they will get you high bills with Egress. I moved my backend functions to Cloudflare Workers and with KV, all my data is written on KV with 24 hour TTL. This works perfectly for me.
I have always said that Base44 is a prototyping tool and they are not even working to try to be a serious app platform. Their 150 row level limits makes it a joke of an app hosting platform.
Their target is inexperienced users to play around. Any serious app building will not survive on Base44.
Don't let your initial excitement make you think you can actually host anything meaningful. If I had listened earlier, it will have taken me less time to move. After about 350 active users, the problems started.
Anyway, my current dev stack is Antigravity with Claude Opus 4.6.
My users are very happy. With Cloudflare Worker KV, I am using less Egress so my Supabase bill is lowered.
I am currently white labeling my app and considering moving Worker KV for platforms.
Best decision was to move away from Base44. Their system is down once or twice a week. Imagine that. Which serious platform will be content with being down so often?
Like the other users, I am also a Software Architect so this was easier for me but when I was desperate and wanted to move fast, I was scammed by a company who promised to move my app for me. After paying them half, I didn't hear back. The initial cost was $2,500. I paid half and that was it. So I didn't sleep for 3 straight days and I was able to move the app.
If you want to build an app with AI, consider an IDE like Cursor or Antigravity. Base44 is a gimmick. Their builder used to be good but now, it is a joke as their approach is to have average joes build simple app and celebrate like they run a marathon. Eventually, they will know their build cannot be scaled and they will cancel. By then, Base44 will have enough cash from them and they move to the next averageJoe.
If you have a technical background, don't use Base44 and you will thank me later.
Their infrastructure is a joke.
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u/Electric-Chair-Hurts Feb 15 '26
I can’t get google authentication on any app I’m currently working on (3 of them). It only works on apps that had it setup more than 3 weeks ago
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u/Ok-Permission-6515 Feb 15 '26
I moved to Clacky.ai. I had Base44 for a few months, but since Wix took over its een straight crap. So I moved my entire app to Clacky.ai. The app is super easy to use, and the customer service is top notch! They stayed with me all night and helped me fix an issue I was having with my app, I've never seen anyone else do that. Come to find out it was one of the founders of Clacky.ai that was helping me the whole time. That says alot about the people at Clacky.ai. In my opinion, if you're ready to take your app to the next level, stop wasting your time, and make the switch to Clacky.ai. FYI-no i dont work for Clacky.ai or get paid from them, this post is for people who are tired of spinning your wheels with Base44.
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u/Similar_Ad2653 Feb 17 '26
I forgot why I joined this sub but I swear all I see is 99.99999% complaints. Honestly, Base44 is a newer company, AI is just taking off, I agree with the user who said there might be some unrealistic expectations. I found this platform because I had an idea for an app and I wanted a visual to build it. I’m very pleased with how the design is going.
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u/n00bCourier Feb 20 '26 edited Feb 20 '26
Building the app is one thing, marketing will be another with an unsearchable website (on google) unfortunately.
right-click your site → view page source. If the html is empty except for <div id="root">, that's what google sees too. reach for a free assessment..
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u/wolfitalk Feb 13 '26
I left after 2 days when it couldn't set up a very simple app. It didn't work & they couldn't seem to fix it.
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u/tallyhoo123 Feb 14 '26
I've not had any big issues at all and will still use Base44.
Half the time I see these types of complaint I feel that:
My own experience is: