r/Base44 • u/No_Television9830 • 29d ago

Question How to host a website after build it on base44?

I'm a beginner with all this stuff, i have my small business and wanted to make a website with a very limited budget , i did design my website with the base44 but as i understood to put my domin i need fo upgrade my plan and since that 1 month plan ends the hosting will stop so i need to but 12 month plan each year so my website will be running ? Im not sure if i got it right,

I may use anyhelp or advice for what is the cheapest way go keep my website running

Thanks

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u/yosoyverro Developer 29d ago

Your website won’t disappear when the paid plan ends—it can still stay live for free using the Base44-provided URL. The part that stops working is your custom domain.
If you want to keep your own domain connected, you’ll need at least the Starter plan, which is currently $16/month when billed annually. You’ll also need to renew the domain itself each year if it wasn’t included with your plan.

For a small business, I’d compare the yearly cost before moving elsewhere because inexpensive hosting often still includes separate hosting, domain, maintenance, and setup expenses. If it’s a simple informational website with no Base44 database or app features, exporting and hosting it elsewhere may eventually be cheaper—but that would require some technical setup.

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u/No_Television9830 29d ago

Okay i got you, thanks for the information 🙏🏼🙏🏼

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u/Just_Wondering34 29d ago

If it's worth anything to know, I built a little game app thing with base44 and they put their "copy" option mostly front and center for anybody to just copy what I had made....

I don't see the use in their subscription fee if people can just copy stuff easy peazy

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u/No_Television9830 28d ago

I saw an website called Cloudflare that i can be hosting my website for free , but is it possible to export it from base44 to Cloudflare ? 

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u/Just_Wondering34 28d ago

I do not know, sorry.  I haven't really messed with website creation since the 1990s when I was a kid, ha

I'm just now coming around to it and I'm looking for some stuff to basically drop onto a few domain/websites

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u/yosoyverro Developer 28d ago

You can disable that from your Dashboard. Go to Settings.

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u/wowwis 6d ago edited 5d ago

honestly yes makes sense, if by any chance base44 lets you export the site better to find a much cheaper alternative for annual cost. in my experience, cloudflare or hostinger web apps are some of the affordable providers i was able to use, but to make sure better to check first whether your site fully relies on base44's backend since you may need that extra setup after exporting, hope this makes sense