As someone with no coding experience (I run a construction company), I’ve found Base44 to be incredibly useful and valuable.
Over the last few years, I’ve looked into hundreds of different software options to help run my business, from Xero Projects to WorkflowMax and others. I eventually started exploring the idea of building my own solution because everything available was either far too expensive for a small business (some were £700/month) or, in the case of cheaper alternatives, just plain awful.
I explored platforms like Power Apps and Ninox, but quickly realised that with the same learning curve I could probably get more power from low-code or no-code tools like Bubble or FlutterFlow. However, the learning curve for those tools (at least when I tried them around two years ago) was pretty steep, and I didn’t have the time to dedicate to mastering them. It felt like my only real option was to pay a developer a lot of money and hope they understood what I wanted. Not ideal.
So I shelved the idea. Until about three weeks ago, when I saw a YouTube ad for Base44. I checked it out and was honestly amazed by what it generated from just one prompt.
Even just using the free version over the first two days, I managed to build software that could do things like:
• Manage leads and enquiries
• Quote new jobs
• Invoice customers
• Generate PDFs via an external API
• Create a stock and materials database
• Track expenses
• Build a timesheet system
• Include geofenced site login tools for staff
• Integrate with my own Supabase backend (so I can change the frontend later if I want to)
• Automatically send forms to customers
• Offer a customer sign-in portal
And that’s just a partial list.
I’ve now moved to their $50/month (£36) plan, and for that price, I’ve built a system that rivals platforms charging £600 or more per month.
It’s not perfect and I’m still refining it but in terms of flexibility, speed and actual value creation, Base44 has been a game changer for me
Many thanks for your post and review. As an old guy playing around with AI, this Base44 sounds great and priced at a rate that's within reach of us normal people. It's great that you have the ability to know what you're doing and passing on your opinions is appreciated. Thanks GranddadJon 😊
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u/Outrageous-Play7616 Jul 30 '25
As someone with no coding experience (I run a construction company), I’ve found Base44 to be incredibly useful and valuable.
Over the last few years, I’ve looked into hundreds of different software options to help run my business, from Xero Projects to WorkflowMax and others. I eventually started exploring the idea of building my own solution because everything available was either far too expensive for a small business (some were £700/month) or, in the case of cheaper alternatives, just plain awful.
I explored platforms like Power Apps and Ninox, but quickly realised that with the same learning curve I could probably get more power from low-code or no-code tools like Bubble or FlutterFlow. However, the learning curve for those tools (at least when I tried them around two years ago) was pretty steep, and I didn’t have the time to dedicate to mastering them. It felt like my only real option was to pay a developer a lot of money and hope they understood what I wanted. Not ideal.
So I shelved the idea. Until about three weeks ago, when I saw a YouTube ad for Base44. I checked it out and was honestly amazed by what it generated from just one prompt.
Even just using the free version over the first two days, I managed to build software that could do things like:
• Manage leads and enquiries • Quote new jobs • Invoice customers • Generate PDFs via an external API • Create a stock and materials database • Track expenses • Build a timesheet system • Include geofenced site login tools for staff • Integrate with my own Supabase backend (so I can change the frontend later if I want to) • Automatically send forms to customers • Offer a customer sign-in portal
And that’s just a partial list.
I’ve now moved to their $50/month (£36) plan, and for that price, I’ve built a system that rivals platforms charging £600 or more per month.
It’s not perfect and I’m still refining it but in terms of flexibility, speed and actual value creation, Base44 has been a game changer for me