Lovable vs Base44: pricing, credits and plan limits compared (2026)

Short answer. Choose Base44 if you want the cheapest way to put a full app (database, login, hosting) on your own domain: its Starter plan is $16/month billed annually and includes a custom domain. Choose Lovable if you care about owning and editing the code: Git sync is available on every plan, including Free, and paid plans let you edit and download the source.

Both tools turn a plain-English prompt into a working web app. Where they differ is in how they charge, what each plan unlocks, and how much control you get over the code. Everything below comes from each company’s official pricing pages and documentation, checked on November 11, 2026.

At a glance

	Lovable	Base44
Free plan	5 build credits/day, capped at 30/month	25 message credits + 100 integration credits/month, up to 5 apps
Cheapest paid plan	Pro: $25/mo, or $21/mo billed annually (100 credits)	Starter: $16/mo billed annually (100 message credits)
Custom domain	Pro and above	Starter and above, plus a free domain for 1 year
Edit and download code	Pro and above	In-app code edits from Starter
GitHub sync	Every plan, including Free	Builder ($40/mo annually) and above
Team members	Unlimited on every plan	Multi-user editing on every plan
SSO	Business and Enterprise	Enterprise only
Unused credits	Roll over while subscribed (expire 2 months after issue on monthly plans)	Not stated on the pricing page

How pricing works

Lovable: one plan, many credit tiers

Lovable has four plans: Free, Pro, Business and Enterprise. Pro and Business are each sold in credit tiers, so you pick how many monthly credits you need and the price scales with it.

Pro tier	Monthly billing	Annual billing
100 credits	$25/mo	$250/yr ($21/mo)
200 credits	$50/mo	$500/yr ($42/mo)
400 credits	$100/mo	$1,000/yr ($84/mo)
800 credits	$200/mo	$2,000/yr ($167/mo)

Tiers continue up to 10,000 credits. Business tiers start at $50/month for 100 credits. Lovable’s FAQ notes that Business credits are priced higher than Pro credits, so part of the Business price is the credits, not just the extra features.

Every plan also gets small usage grants on top: 5 daily build credits, 20 Cloud credits and 4 AI credits a month. On Free, those daily build credits stop at 30 per month; on Pro and Business there’s no monthly cap.

Base44: five fixed plans

Base44 keeps it simpler, with five plans and a set allowance each. Prices below are as listed on the pricing page with annual billing:

Plan	Price (billed annually)	Message credits/mo	Integration credits/mo
Free	$0	25	100
Starter	$16/mo	100	2,000
Builder	$40/mo	250	10,000
Pro	$80/mo	500	20,000
Elite	$160/mo	1,200	50,000

Base44 says annual billing saves 20%. The month-to-month prices weren’t displayed on the page when we checked.

What a “credit” actually buys

The two companies use the word differently, so the numbers above aren’t a like-for-like comparison.

Lovable publishes example costs: a small change like “make the button gray” costs 0.50 credits, adding sign-up and login costs 1.20, and a landing page with three generated images costs 1.70. Plan Mode costs 1 credit per message.
Base44 splits usage into message credits (your AI prompts) and integration credits (the integration actions your app performs). It says exact usage “varies based on the action and the selected AI model.”

In practice, 100 Lovable credits and 100 Base44 message credits won’t stretch the same distance. If you’re on a tight budget, start on each free plan with the same small project and watch how quickly the allowance goes.

Where Lovable stands out

Code ownership from day one. Git sync with GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket is included on every plan, including Free.
Flexible scaling. Credit tiers from 100 to 10,000 a month mean you can grow usage without jumping to a different plan.
Credits that carry over. Unused monthly credits roll over while your subscription is active. On monthly plans they expire two months after they’re issued.
Team controls. Unlimited workspace members on every plan, roles and permissions from Pro, SSO from Business. On Business, workspace data is excluded from AI training by default.

Where Base44 stands out

Lower entry price. $16/month (billed annually) gets you unlimited apps, in-app code edits and a connected custom domain, with a free domain for the first year.
Batteries included. Every plan, Free included, lists a built-in backend and database, authentication, cloud storage, analytics and multi-user editing.
Generous integration allowance. Even Starter includes 2,000 integration credits a month, alongside its 100 message credits.
Simple plan ladder. Five fixed plans make it easy to know what you’ll pay.

Things to check before you pay

Lovable: Custom domains, badge removal, and code editing or download all start at Pro. Lovable’s FAQ says some regional plans cap daily build credits at 30 a month without listing which regions.
Base44: GitHub integration starts at Builder ($40/mo annually). The pricing page doesn’t say whether unused credits roll over, and SSO is listed for Enterprise only. Third-party services your app uses (Base44 names Stripe and OpenAI as examples) are billed separately.

Who should choose which

Non-developers launching a first app on their own domain: Base44 Starter is the lower-cost route to a custom domain, with backend and login built in.
Builders who want to keep the code: Lovable, because Git sync works even on Free and paid plans include code download.
Teams that need SSO: Lovable Business. Base44 offers SSO on Enterprise only.
Heavy, unpredictable usage: Lovable’s credit tiers and rollover give you more room to adjust month to month.

Bottom line

Base44 is the more affordable all-in-one starting point, especially if you want an app live on your own domain quickly. Lovable costs a little more to start but gives you more control over your code and more flexibility as usage grows. Since the two count credits differently, the free plans are the best way to see which one gets your project further.

See current plans on Lovable’s pricing page and Base44’s pricing page.