Lovable vs Base44

Lovable vs Base44

Neither is better for everyone. Lovable suits non-engineer founders who want to prompt a working app and are comfortable budgeting by monthly credits. Base44 suits non-engineer founders who want a builder with a free plan and credit-based paid tiers.

Lovable vs Base44 at a glance

This page compares Lovable and Base44 using only what the sources below say about each. Where one is the better pick for a situation, we say which and why.

We read each source on 2026-11-05. Prices and limits change often, so confirm on the vendor's own page before you buy. A figure marked "one source only" was not matched by a second publisher.

When to pick each one

Pick Lovable if it matches your situation

Choose Lovable over Base44 for non-engineer founders who want to prompt a working app and are comfortable budgeting by monthly credits.

What the sources say about Lovable:

• Lovable's FAQ says paid plans are priced by the credits you get each month, not by the number of people in your workspace.^[1]
• Lovable's FAQ describes Business as the plan for growing departments that need advanced controls and governance.^[1]
• Lovable's docs say Pro and Business each get 5 daily build credits, 20 Cloud credits, 4 AI credits and 1 connector credit per month.^[3]

Pick Base44 if it matches your situation

Choose Base44 over Lovable for non-engineer founders who want a builder with a free plan and credit-based paid tiers.

What the sources say about Base44:

• Base44's pricing page says annual billing saves 20% on every paid plan.^[2]
• Base44's help docs describe Business and Enterprise as custom-priced tiers.^[4]
• A Base44 guide lists monthly-billing prices of $20, $50, $100 and $200 for Starter, Builder, Pro and Elite; the official pricing page does not show monthly rates.^[5]

Limits and things to check

Lovable

• Lovable's docs say auto top-up pauses when you upgrade from Pro to Business because the price per credit changes.^[6]
• Lovable's docs say Business's higher per-credit rate reflects its added governance features and does not make usage cheaper on Business.^[3]
• Sources disagree or give a range for the Pro price: unconfirmed (see notes).^[1]

Base44

• Base44's help docs say only the personal workspace gets free message credits.^[4]

Pricing as reported

Lovable

Pricing as reported for Lovable:

• Business: $50 per month ^[7] One source only, so confirm it on the vendor page.

Plan limits are longer than fit here and some sources disagree on them, so read the limits on the vendor pricing page.

Base44

Pricing as reported for Base44:

• Free: $0 (25 message credits and 100 integration credits per month; help docs add a 5 message credits per day cap and up to 5 apps) ^[2]
• Starter: $16 per month billed annually (100 message credits, 2,000 integration credits. Monthly billing $20 per Base44 guide) ^[2]
• Builder: $40 per month billed annually (250 message credits, 10,000 integration credits. Monthly billing $50 per Base44 guide) ^[2]
• Pro: $80 per month billed annually (500 message credits, 20,000 integration credits. Monthly billing $100 per Base44 guide) ^[2]

Where Continuum fits

We make Continuum Ship Fix. Weigh what we say here with that in mind. The tools above are the better choice when you want software you run yourself; ours is the better choice when you want a person to do or read the work.

Continuum Ship Fix (ours)

A fixed-price engagement that makes a broken AI-built app stable and shippable.^[8]

What our own page says:

• It is priced per job and agreed before work starts, with no hourly billing.^[8]
• A Ship Check reads the code first to show which end of the price range an app falls on, and its fee is credited against a Ship Fix.^[8]

Limits and things to check:

• It fixes what is costing the most rather than rewriting everything, so it does not hand you a fresh codebase.^[8]

Pricing as reported for Continuum Ship Fix:

• Ship Fix: $4,000 to $15,000 (scoped per app) ^[8]

Suits a founder whose AI-built app works in demos but breaks in production.

Details on Continuum Ship Fix.

Built something and it is breaking?

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