Base44 vs Emergent
Base44 (Wix (Base44)) and Emergent (Emergent Labs) side by side on public data, as of Oct 6, 2026.
Base44 shipped 25 stable releases in the past 90 days.
Side-by-side numbers
| Metric | Base44 | Emergent |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 41 | 42 |
| Overall rank | #67 | #61 |
| Downloads, last 7 days | 77.5K | — |
| Downloads, 7-day change | up 5.2% | — |
| Downloads, 30-day change | up 83.4% | — |
| VS Code installs | — | — |
| Marketplace rating | — | — |
| GitHub stars | 116 | — |
| Homebrew installs, 30 days | — | — |
| Hacker News mentions, 30 days | 4 | 0 |
| Latest stable release | 0.1.27 · yesterday | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 25 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free + $20/mo | Free + $20/mo |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| First released | — | — |
| Interfaces | Web, CLI, API/SDK | Web |
| Models | Selectable AI models on higher tiers plus Base44's own Base1 model introduced in 2026 (per Wikipedia's Wix article). |
Trends
Base44
AI app builder that generates full-stack apps with a built-in backend, database, authentication and hosting from prompts, and also offers a CLI and SDK. It was founded by Maor Shlomo and acquired by Wix.
Pricing: Free (25 message credits/mo, up to 5 apps); paid plans from $20/mo, shown with annual billing (20% off) as Starter $16, Builder $40, Pro $80 and Elite $160 per month; Enterprise custom.
Latest release 0.1.27:
- npm: bash npm install -g base44@latest
- Homebrew: bash brew install base44/tap/base44
- Version: 0.1.27 NPM Tag: latest
Emergent
Conversational vibe-coding platform that builds full-stack web and mobile apps with AI agents, with private hosting, GitHub integration and agent building. It offers Free, Standard and Pro individual plans plus Business and Enterprise.
Pricing: Free $0 (10 monthly credits); Standard $20/mo ($17/mo annually, 100 credits/mo); Pro $200/mo ($167/mo annually, 750 monthly credits, 1M context); Business and Enterprise are custom.