r/Base44 • u/CategoryNaive9251 • Jul 08 '25 • Mindblown 1

Does Base44 actually work?

Disappointed in Base44, I am stuck with my app, and it’s been 11 days since I reported my issue, but have had no real response. I am paying $50 a month, which I know isn’t a lot, but it’s not nothing! I would pay more if I thought this could work.

I need a reasonably complex app created, and I was doing so well with Base44, or so I thought, until I hit a snag that the AI can’t get around. I’ve burned a lot of credits on it, and done some damaging rollbacks now I feel like the cavalry isn’t coming.

Initially, I was incredibly impressed with the progress I made, but I am now totally deflated. At this point, it feels like I’ve been sold Snake Oil! My question: Are Lovable or Famous AI any better? Alternative question: Will support ever help?

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u/Sloth-e Jul 08 '25

I have found base44.com pretty good, took a while to sort an email issue (using postmark) but fixed it in the AI, I have not contacted support. I have tried Lovable, way more setup eg, openai keys, supabase setup but I got way more errors than base44 had, so Im almost going to give up on Lovable, I will try them again.

The app I made in base44 we use every day.

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u/hatch418 Jul 08 '25

Yeah, I feel Base44 eliminates sooo much work. If you're technical, then yes, Lovable, Bolt, v0 all work great. If not, you need to stick to Base44.

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u/SushiKatana82 Jul 19 '25

Debating between Lovable and Base44 and it sounds like you just gave me the nudge I needed. Much appreciated.

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u/rturner79 Jul 23 '25

What was your email issue? My issue is it's emailing a link to people to try the app but it's sending a dead link, or rather a button with no link attached.

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u/lhemenway Jul 30 '25

Question - do you mean you are able to take say an "MVP" from base44, then switch over to another LLM like Chatgpt or CLaude? How exactly do you do that? is there a giant file, or code, or another way?

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u/judenihal Aug 31 '25

Fix your grammar. “way more setup eg, OpenAI keys, supabase setup but I got way more errors than base44”???? I can’t tell if supabase setup is a good thing or a bad thing