Base44 vs Lovable
Base44 (Wix (Base44)) and Lovable (Lovable) 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 | Lovable |
|---|---|---|
| Pulse Score | 41 | 60 |
| Overall rank | #67 | #16 |
| 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 | 26 |
| Latest stable release | 0.1.27 · yesterday | — |
| Stable releases, 90 days | 25 | |
| Terminal-Bench (best run) | — | — |
| Price | Free + $20/mo | Free + $25/mo |
| License | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| First released | — | December 2024 |
| Interfaces | Web, CLI, API/SDK | Web, Mobile, Slack, Telegram, GitHub |
| 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
Lovable
Stockholm-based prompt-to-app builder that generates full-stack web apps with a built-in cloud backend and Git sync, and can be used from iOS/Android apps, Slack and Telegram. It grew out of the GPT Engineer App.
Pricing: Free plan with 5 daily build credits (up to 30 a month); Pro from $25/mo ($21/mo billed annually) and Business from $50/mo ($42/mo billed annually), each with 100 monthly credits; top-ups $15 per 50 credits on Pro and $30 per 50 on Business; Enterprise is volume-based.