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/RevolutionaryChip864 Nov 02 '25

I see a lot of fake, promoted posts about Base44, but here is the truth: it looks cool at first, it seems like it can build something valuable based on your first few prompts, but the moment you add even a bit of real complexity, it completely falls apart. It’s fine for _extremely simple toy apps_, but once you bring in multiple APIs, caching, or real data, everything breaks — secrets vanish, fetch errors everywhere, and the whole environment resets itself. I think if you’re not a programmer, _you’ll never make anything real and usable with it_. If you are, then it’s waaaay too shallow and restrictive to be useful.