Agentic Index
Base44 vs Lovable (2026)
Base44 and Lovable are both prompt to app builders with the full stack included, and the split is batteries included simplicity versus ecosystem polish: Base44 (a Wix company) ships built in database, auth, hosting, and agents from 20 dollars a month with message based billing, while Lovable builds on its Supabase backed Lovable Cloud with complexity scaled credits from 25 dollars a month and unlimited collaborators. Lovable has the larger community and template ecosystem; Base44 keeps everything in one box with fewer moving parts.
| At a glance | Base44 | Lovable |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Agent builder | Agent builder |
| Entry price | From $20/mo | Free (5 credits/day) · Pro $25/mo (100 credits) |
| Free / trial | Free tier | Free plan, no card (5 daily build credits, 20 Cloud credits/mo) |
| Pricing confidence | public partial | public exact |
| Feature |
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Base44
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Lovable
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| Action & orchestration | ||
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Integrations & Tool Calling Ability to connect agents to real systems through native integrations, OAuth-authenticated actions, custom tools, APIs, webhooks, or MCP-compatible tools. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Workflow Orchestration Ability to sequence, branch, retry, route, and combine deterministic workflow nodes with autonomous agent steps. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Triggers & Channel Coverage How agents wake up and where they work: schedules, webhooks, message events, CRM events, inbox events, chat, email, voice, and collaboration tools. |
Partial | Partial |
| Knowledge & context | ||
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Knowledge Grounding & RAG Ability to ground agent behavior in company data through document ingestion, retrieval, external knowledge APIs, semantic search, or RAG layers. |
Partial | Partial |
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Memory & State Persistence Ability to persist context across a run, conversation, workflow, user, team, or longer-term memory layer. |
Partial | Partial |
| Control & trust | ||
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Human Oversight & Guardrails Approval steps, consent checkpoints, escalation rules, structured guardrails, policy constraints, and pause/resume controls. |
Partial | Partial |
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Security, Identity & Governance RBAC, SSO, auditability, encryption, least-privilege tool access, compliance posture, and data handling policy. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
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Observability & Auditability Traces, logs, execution histories, metrics, audit events, and debugging detail for production agent behavior. |
Unknown / Unspecified | Partial |
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Deployment & Data Residency Deployment modes and options, including SaaS, dedicated cloud, VPC, on-prem, hybrid, local runtime, and self-hosting. |
Partial | Full / Explicit |
| Solution readiness | ||
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Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs Ready-made workflows, packaged employees, templates, blueprints, industry solutions, and role-specific agents that reduce time-to-value. |
Full / Explicit | Partial |
| Platform extensibility | ||
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Model Flexibility & Routing Ability to work across multiple foundation models, route tasks to different models, or let buyers bring their own providers and keys. |
Partial | No / Not documented |
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APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility Composability layer: stable APIs, SDKs, MCP tool consumption/serving, custom tools, and integration into internal systems. |
Full / Explicit | Full / Explicit |
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Testing, Debugging & Optimization Testing, debugging, scoring, retries, fallbacks, quality gates, and optimization loops for improving agent workflows before and after deployment. |
Unknown / Unspecified | Partial |
| Specialist automation | ||
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Browser & Computer Use Browser, desktop, or remote/local computer control for workflows that cannot be handled through stable APIs alone. |
No / Not documented | No / Not documented |
Pricing snapshot
Sourced from the Index pricing dataset · open each vendor's profile for full detail.
| Pricing |
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Base44
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Lovable
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Entry price Lowest public entry point |
From $20/mo | Free (5 credits/day) · Pro $25/mo (100 credits) |
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Pricing confidence How public the numbers are |
Public — partial | Public — exact |
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Billing Primary billing axis |
credits | usage |
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Variable cost Workload / overage exposure |
Low variable cost | High variable cost |
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Free tier / trial Try before you buy |
Free tier
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Free tier
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Buying motion Self-serve vs sales call |
Mixed | Self-serve |
Choose Base44 if
- Everything built in (database, auth, email, hosting) with zero external services appeals to you.
- Message based pricing feels more predictable than complexity scaled credits.
- Wix ownership reads as stability and long term backing.
Choose Lovable if
- The larger community, templates, and content ecosystem help you learn and ship.
- Unlimited collaborators on all plans fits team building.
- GitHub sync and code export matter for your growth path.
Transparency: Agentic Index is built and operated on Base44. Base44 was acquired by Wix in 2025. We apply the same scoring rubric and verified pricing standards to Base44 as to every vendor, and this comparison follows the same template as all others.