Comparison

Netiva vs Base44,
side by side for apps and stores.

Both turn a plain-language description into a working app. We compare how Netiva and Base44 differ on content, payments, code export, app store packaging and price, with a source for every Base44 detail.

By Kelvin Çobanaj
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The short answer

Netiva and Base44 both build working apps from a plain-language description, and both include hosting. Base44 generates the backend, database, user sign-in and payments for you and lists integrations with tools such as Gmail, Slack and Salesforce. It can also wrap your published app for the Apple App Store and Google Play. Netiva adds a built-in CMS and a full store with variants, stock, tax, carrier rates and labels. Its exported code has no proprietary runtime behind it. Choose Netiva for content-heavy sites, web apps and stores that ship physical goods; choose Base44 if you need an app store listing, GitHub sync or connectors to your team’s tools.

Netiva is best for

Teams running a site, web app and store together, with structured content in collections, carrier-rated shipping and code they can export

Base44 is best for

Back-office tools, customer portals and AI agents that need connectors to team tools, two-way GitHub sync or an App Store and Google Play listing

At a glance

Netiva vs Base44, side by side

Netiva compared with Base44
Criterion Netiva Base44
What you can build Websites, web apps (dashboards, portals and SaaS products) and online stores in one workspace Full-stack apps, websites and AI agents: productivity and back-office tools, customer portals, enterprise products, online stores and blogs[1][2][3]
How you build Chat with an AI agent and watch a live preview; annotate the preview, @mention files or edit the code yourself Describe the app in plain language; Edit mode to adjust visuals in the preview; in-app code edits to change what it generates[2][4]
Content and CMS Built-in collections: any content model, nine field types, slugs and relations, bound to list and detail pages No content editor or CMS separate from the data tables; content and data live in spreadsheet-style tables (the dashboard shows up to 5,000 rows; collections hold more)[5]
Commerce Built in: products and variants, orders, hosted checkout, automatic tax, multi-currency, warehouses and carrier rates Base44 Payments (powered by Wix) for one-time or recurring payments, or Stripe — both need the Builder plan or higher[7][8]
Code ownership Clean production code you own and can export; no proprietary runtime Two-way GitHub sync to your own repo, and code export as a ZIP or to GitHub from the Builder plan; hosting, auth and database infrastructure can’t be exported[2][9]
Hosting and domains Global hosting, automatic SSL and preview URLs; custom domains from the Starter plan Hosting included; apps live on a free base44.app address; custom domains from Starter with automatic SSL; a first-year domain on yearly Builder and up[10][12]
Collaboration Real-time collaboration: invite teammates into the workspace, see their cursors and comment on the preview Workspace members share one plan and credit pool and need no paid plan of their own; multi-user editing and collaboration listed in every plan[11][2]
Versioning and rollback Every change is checkpointed; branch, compare and roll back Version History to preview, publish or revert to earlier versions; branches to test changes without affecting the app[4][13]
Mobile Web apps that open in the phone’s browser and mobile-first storefronts; no native iOS or Android builds Wraps the published web app (in a web view) for the Apple App Store and Google Play; submission files need Builder or higher[14]
Starting price Free plan; paid plans from $19/month ($16/month billed yearly) Free plan with 25 message credits a month, capped at 5 credits a day; Starter from $20/month ($16 billed yearly); Builder from $50/month[2][15]
Best for Teams that want a website, web app and store built and run in one agentic workspace Apps that need connectors to team tools, GitHub sync or an App Store and Google Play listing, with the backend and sign-in generated for you
Details

Feature by feature

What you can build

Both reach from a simple site to a full web app

Depends on your project

Netiva

With Netiva you can build a marketing site, a booking system, a portfolio, docs, an online store or a web app — up to a full SaaS product with data and checkout. Web apps cover dashboards, portals and SaaS products backed by real data, and your end users can sign in to a space that shows only their own records. The apps you build can also send email, run scheduled jobs and call any REST API, with keys kept secure.

Base44

Base44’s docs describe it as a no-code AI platform for building full-stack apps, websites and AI agents. Its pricing page names productivity tools, back-office systems, customer portals and complete enterprise products, and its website guide lists online stores, product catalogs, blogs and content sites among the sites you can make. Every plan includes an integrated backend and database, and the Free plan already covers authentication, database functionality and analytics. Connectors to daily tools such as Gmail, Slack and Salesforce are listed too, and using them needs the Builder plan or higher.[1][2][3][6]

Both cover the range from a one-page site to a data-backed app with sign-in. Base44 also names AI agents as something it builds; in Netiva, AI features mean calling an AI provider’s API with your own key.

How you build

Describe it, then refine it in the preview

About even

Netiva

Netiva starts from a conversation: tell the agent what you need and it writes the pages, connects the data and ships each change to a live preview you watch as it happens. To steer it, mark up the preview or @mention a file, then keep chatting. You don’t need to write code. If you do, open the editor to change files yourself and switch between the running app and its source in a click.

Base44

Base44 also works from plain language: you describe what you need and it builds the frontend, backend, database, user sign-in and payments. Edit mode lets you click elements in the preview to adjust visuals directly, and in-app code edits let you change the code it generated. Discuss mode is for planning without changing code and uses 0.3 credits a message. Picking the AI model yourself needs the Builder plan or higher; otherwise Auto mode chooses it.[2][4]

The loop is much the same on both: describe, check the preview, point at what to change and edit code if you want to. Base44 adds a planning-only chat mode and a choice of AI model on its higher plans.

Content and CMS

Collections versus spreadsheet-style data tables

Edge: Netiva

Netiva

Content in Netiva lives in collections, a built-in CMS. You shape each collection with the fields it needs — nine types, from text and paragraphs to images, files and dates — with slugs generated for you, relations between collections, required fields and defaults. Editing feels like a spreadsheet, with saved filter and sort views. Connect a collection to your pages and list, detail and dynamic pages appear on their own. A collection-aware assistant can draft new rows for review or reformat, translate and fill fields across many records at once.

Base44

Base44’s docs don’t describe a separate CMS. An app’s content and data are organized in tables that work like a spreadsheet, and you manage them from the app’s dashboard. That data table shows up to 5,000 items, although a collection can hold more. Base44’s website guide lists blogs and content sites among the sites you can build, and its pricing page lists a responsive visual editor in every plan, but no page on its site describes a content editor or CMS separate from those data tables.[5][3][2]

If editors will publish and maintain lots of structured content, Netiva’s collections are made for that, with page binding and bulk AI edits. Base44 keeps content in the same spreadsheet-style tables as the rest of your app data.

Commerce

A store with shipping versus payments for your app

Depends on your project

Netiva

Netiva’s store is part of the workspace. Products carry sizes, colors, SKUs and their own price and stock per variant. Each one sits in categories and merchandised collections and stays in Draft until you mark it Active. Customers pay by card on a hosted one-page checkout with automatic tax and multi-currency. Orders then move through a pipeline for fulfillment, refunds and customer notes, while shipping routes each order to the nearest warehouse that can send it, quotes real carrier rates and prints labels with tracking. Checkout runs on Stripe, with PayPal alongside it from the Pro plan.

Base44

Base44 says it builds payments into the apps it generates. Base44 Payments, powered by Wix, is a built-in provider for one-time payments or recurring subscriptions, and Stripe can be set up through the AI chat. Its docs put both behind the Builder plan or higher. Base44’s website guide lists online stores and product catalogs among the sites you can build, but its docs don’t describe a built-in store module with a catalog, inventory or shipping.[2][7][8][3]

To sell and ship physical products, Netiva has stock, tax, carrier rates and labels in one place. To charge users for access to an app, including recurring subscriptions, Base44’s payments cover that.

Code ownership

Code export and what stays behind

Depends on your project

Netiva

Netiva writes clean, framework-standard code that belongs to you. You can read and change it in the editor and export a copy whenever you like. There’s no proprietary runtime behind it and no lock-in. Netiva’s site doesn’t describe a GitHub sync, so exporting is the documented way to take your code elsewhere.

Base44

On the Builder plan or higher, Base44 lets you export an app’s code to GitHub or download it as a ZIP file, and its pricing page says two-way GitHub sync exports the full source code to your own repo at any time. The export covers client-side code and backend functions, and your database collections download as CSV files. Base44’s docs also say what can’t be exported: its managed hosting, authentication system and database infrastructure. If you export the frontend and your data, you can host the frontend elsewhere and connect it to a backend of your own.[2][9]

If your developers work in GitHub, Base44’s two-way sync suits them. Netiva documents export instead, with no proprietary runtime, while Base44 keeps its hosting, sign-in and database infrastructure on its side.

Hosting and domains

Hosting is included; custom domains need a paid plan

About even

Netiva

Hosting comes with Netiva: global hosting, automatic SSL and preview URLs are set up for you, and publishing takes one click. To go live on your own address, add the DNS records Netiva lists at your registrar; custom domain connection is available from the Starter plan. Basic SEO tools and analytics are also listed from Starter.

Base44

Base44 hosts every app, and each one is live on a free base44.app address from the moment you create it. Custom domains are available on the Starter, Builder, Pro and Elite plans, not on Free, and Base44 issues and renews the SSL certificate automatically once a domain is connected. On yearly billing, the Builder, Pro and Elite plans also include a domain free for the first year; Starter can connect a domain but doesn’t include that voucher, and it isn’t offered on monthly billing.[10][12]

Both include hosting and SSL and put custom domains on paid plans, starting with a plan each company calls Starter, so neither asks you to arrange certificates yourself. Base44 adds a first-year domain on yearly Builder, Pro and Elite plans.

Collaboration

Working on the same app as a team

Depends on your project

Netiva

Invite teammates into your Netiva workspace and you build the same project together in real time. You can see where each person’s cursor is and leave comments right on the preview, so feedback sits next to the part of the page it’s about. Role-based access for team members is listed from the Pro plan, and the number of seats depends on your plan.

Base44

In Base44, each workspace has its own plan and a pool of credits that all its members share. Members don’t need a paid plan of their own to use what you give them access to in the workspace, and Base44’s pricing page lists multi-user editing and collaboration among the features in every plan, including Free. Seat or member limits per plan aren’t stated on Base44’s site.[11][2]

Both let a team work on one app together. Base44 adds members to a shared plan and credit pool with no paid plan of their own; Netiva’s plan sets the seat count and adds roles from Pro, with cursors and comments on the live preview.

Versioning and rollback

History, branches and rollbacks

About even

Netiva

Netiva saves a checkpoint for every change. You can branch off to try an idea, compare versions and roll back to any earlier moment without losing the work in between. That makes it safe to ask the agent for a larger redesign and back out if the result isn’t what you wanted.

Base44

Base44’s Version History lets you preview earlier versions, publish an older version without changing your current draft or revert the editor to a past version. Branches let you try new ideas, features or redesigns without affecting your app, and you can merge them in later.[4][13]

The two cover the same ground: a version history, branches for experiments and a way back. Base44’s option to publish an older version while you keep editing the current draft is a handy extra.

Mobile

App store packaging versus browser-based web apps

Edge: Base44

Netiva

Netiva builds web apps that open in the phone’s browser, so there’s nothing for your users to install, and those web apps can scan barcodes with the phone’s camera. Netiva doesn’t produce native iOS or Android apps and can’t submit anything to the Apple App Store or Google Play.

Base44

Base44 can package your app for the Apple App Store and Google Play. The packaged app is a native wrapper that runs your published Base44 app inside a secure web view, so the app in the stores is the same one you publish on the web. Downloading the files you need for app store submission requires the Builder plan or higher.[14]

If you need a listing in the App Store or Google Play, Base44 offers a path and Netiva doesn’t. If a web app your users open in the browser is enough, both work on phones.

Pricing

Netiva vs Base44 pricing

Prices change often. Confirm the current numbers on each vendor’s pricing page before you decide.

Netiva

  • Free$0/mo
    5 seats, 1 workspace, up to 4 products in the online store
  • Starter$19/mo
    $16/mo billed yearly
    Up to 10 products in the online store, custom domain connection, up to 10 pages
  • Pro$49/mo
    $42/mo billed yearly
    Everything in Starter, up to 100 products in the online store, advanced SEO tools
  • Business$129/mo
    $110/mo billed yearly
    Everything in Pro, 250 products in the store, advanced analytics dashboard
  • EnterpriseCustom
    Everything in Business, 500 products in the store, single sign-on and two-factor authentication

USD per month. Yearly prices are per month, billed annually. Checked Sep 17, 2026. Current Netiva pricing

Base44

  • Free$0/mo[2]
    25 message and 100 integration credits a month; core features with authentication, database and analytics; up to 5 apps; a base44.app address
  • Starter$20/mo[2]
    $16/mo billed yearly
    100 message and 2,000 integration credits a month; unlimited apps, in-app code edits and custom domain connection
  • Builder$50/mo[2]
    $40/mo billed yearly
    250 message and 10,000 integration credits a month; Starter plus AI model choice and GitHub integration; yearly billing adds a domain free for the first year and 25 credits to share
  • Pro$100/mo[2]
    $80/mo billed yearly
    500 message and 20,000 integration credits a month; everything in Builder plus early access to beta features; yearly billing adds a domain free for the first year and 25 credits to share
  • Elite$200/mo[2]
    $160/mo billed yearly
    1,200 message and 50,000 integration credits a month; everything in Pro plus premium support; yearly billing adds a domain free for the first year and 25 credits to share
  • EnterpriseCustom[2]
    Custom credits and pricing, quoted by sales

USD. Monthly prices are for monthly billing; yearly prices are shown per month and charged once a year, 20% less than paying monthly. Checked Sep 20, 2026.

Base44 plans are sized by monthly credits, and a workspace’s members share one pool; per-seat pricing isn’t stated. Message credits pay for building with the AI chat, and integration credits pay for the built-in services your app uses. Base44’s credits doc caps the Free plan at 5 credits a day, up to 25 a month, and says unused monthly credits expire at the end of the cycle. Prices for credit top-ups aren’t stated.

Decision

Which should you choose?

Choose Netiva if…

  • You want structured content — posts, listings, products — managed in collections that bind to list and detail pages automatically
  • You sell physical products and want variants, stock, one-page checkout, tax, warehouses, carrier rates and labels in one workspace, without a separate inventory or shipping app
  • You want your site, web app and store in one workspace, with live co-editing and comments on the preview
  • You want code you can export at any time, with no proprietary runtime behind it
  • Your team will bulk-edit content with AI help, translating, reformatting or filling fields across many rows at once

Choose Base44 if…

  • You want your app in the Apple App Store and Google Play, packaged as a native wrapper around your published app
  • Your developers want the code in GitHub with two-way sync, available from the Builder plan
  • Your app should connect to tools your team already uses, such as Google Workspace, Slack, Salesforce or Snowflake, with managed connectors from the Builder plan
  • You’re building an AI agent or a back-office tool and want the backend, database and sign-in generated for you
  • You want to charge users for app access, with Base44 Payments or Stripe, both from the Builder plan

Where Base44 is stronger

  • App store packaging: Base44 wraps your published app for the Apple App Store and Google Play, with submission files on the Builder plan and up[14]
  • Two-way GitHub sync that exports the full source to your own repo, and code export as a ZIP file or to GitHub — both from the Builder plan[2][9]
  • Managed connectors to tools such as Google Workspace, Slack, Salesforce, GitHub, Snowflake and Databricks from the Builder plan; an integrated backend and database on every plan; a first-year domain on yearly Builder and up[2][6][12]
  • Built-in payments for one-time charges or recurring subscriptions through Base44 Payments (powered by Wix), or Stripe — both from the Builder plan[7][8]

What Netiva doesn’t do

  • No App Store or Google Play packaging and no native iOS or Android builds: Netiva makes web apps that open in the phone’s browser.
  • No importer: nothing brings a Base44 app, its code or its data tables into Netiva automatically.
  • GitHub sync isn’t described on Netiva’s site; exporting is the documented way to take your code elsewhere.
  • No built-in AI inside the apps you build and no ready-made connectors to named tools; for either, you call a provider’s REST API with your own key, stored securely.
Switching

Moving from Base44 to Netiva

There’s no importer, so moving from Base44 means rebuilding with Netiva’s agent rather than copying the app across. Most of the effort goes into describing what your Base44 app does and recreating its data in collections. Start by saving what Base44 lets you take with you: on the Builder plan or higher you can export the code as a ZIP file or to GitHub and download your collections as CSV. On Free or Starter you’ll need to upgrade first, or work from what you can still see in the editor. Base44’s managed hosting, authentication system and database infrastructure stay behind.

  1. Export what Base44 lets you keep

    On the Builder plan or higher, export the code as a ZIP or to GitHub and download your collections as CSV; on Free or Starter, upgrade first or copy the details by hand. Then list the pages, tables, sign-ins and payments it relies on.

  2. Describe the app to Netiva’s agent

    Explain what the app does, who signs in and which screens it needs. Annotate the live preview or @mention files until it behaves like your Base44 version.

  3. Rebuild your tables as collections

    Model each Base44 table as a collection with matching fields and relations. Nothing imports the rows for you, but the collection assistant can draft records from a description and tidy them in bulk.

  4. Recreate sign-in, emails and API calls

    Ask the agent for user sign-in, email confirmations or reminders and calls to the REST APIs your connectors used, with keys stored securely. Move product sales to Netiva’s store.

  5. Point your domain at Netiva

    Custom domains are available from Netiva’s Starter plan. Add the DNS records Netiva lists at your registrar, then publish; hosting and SSL are handled for you.

  • Exported Base44 code and data are references for the rebuild; Netiva doesn’t import them, and the agent recreates the app from your description.

  • Features that relied on Base44’s connectors or AI agents need another approach in Netiva: calling the provider’s REST API with your own key.

  • Leave your Base44 app running until the rebuild is live on your domain, and check where that domain’s DNS is managed before you point it at Netiva.

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Netiva vs Base44: common questions

Is Netiva a good Base44 alternative?

For many projects, yes — especially content-heavy sites and stores. Netiva gives you collections for structured content and a store that handles variants, stock, tax, carrier rates and labels. Its code is yours to export, with no proprietary runtime. Base44 suits you better if you need an App Store or Google Play listing, two-way GitHub sync or connections to tools like Slack and Salesforce. Both start from a plain-language description and include hosting, so weigh those differences against your project.

How does Base44 pricing compare with Netiva?

Both let you start free. Base44 sizes its plans by monthly credits. Base44’s Starter plan costs $20 a month for 100 message credits, its Builder plan $50 for 250 and its Pro plan $100 for 500, and paying yearly takes 20% off. Unused Base44 credits expire at the end of the credit cycle. On Netiva, upgrading brings more seats, workspaces and store products, plus features such as custom domain connection from Netiva’s Starter plan and advanced SEO tools from Netiva’s Pro plan. Compare the two cards in the pricing section, and confirm current prices on each vendor’s site.

Can I export my code from Base44 and Netiva?

Yes, with different limits. On the Builder plan or higher, Base44 lets you export an app’s code to GitHub or download it as a ZIP file, and it offers two-way GitHub sync; its managed hosting, authentication system and database infrastructure can’t be exported. Netiva writes framework-standard code you own and can export whenever you want, with no proprietary runtime. Netiva can’t import exported Base44 code, so treat it as a reference while the agent rebuilds your app.

Can Base44 or Netiva put an app in the App Store and Google Play?

Base44 can. It packages your published app in a native wrapper that runs it inside a secure web view, and you download the files you need for the store submission. Netiva can’t: it builds web apps that open in the phone’s browser with nothing to install, and those web apps can scan barcodes with the camera. If a store listing matters for your project, that’s a clear reason to choose Base44.

How do I move an app from Base44 to Netiva?

Begin by exporting what Base44 allows. On the Builder plan or higher you can export the code as a ZIP or to GitHub and download your collections as CSV; on Free or Starter you have to upgrade first or copy the details out by hand. Then describe the app to Netiva’s agent and refine it in the live preview. Rebuild each data table as a Netiva collection. Nothing imports it for you, though the collection assistant can draft records and tidy them in bulk. When the app is ready, point your own domain at it (custom domains start with Netiva’s Starter plan) and publish.

Which is better for an online store, Netiva or Base44?

For a store that sells physical products, Netiva has more built in: variants with their own stock, a hosted one-page checkout, automatic tax, multi-currency, warehouses, carrier rates and shipping labels. Base44’s docs list online stores and product catalogs among the sites you can build and offer Base44 Payments or Stripe, but they don’t describe built-in inventory or shipping. For charging users for access to an app, Base44’s one-time and recurring payments are a good fit.

Sources

  1. Build apps, websites, and AI agents — Base44, accessed
  2. Base44 Plans & Pricing — Base44, accessed
  3. Building a website — Base44, accessed
  4. Using the AI Chat in Base44 — Base44, accessed
  5. Managing your app data — Base44, accessed
  6. Connectors overview — Base44, accessed
  7. Setting up Base44 Payments powered by Wix — Base44, accessed
  8. Setting up Stripe — Base44, accessed
  9. Creating and using your app on mobile (export FAQ) — Base44, accessed
  10. Connecting a domain to your app — Base44, accessed
  11. About workspaces — Base44, accessed
  12. Billing and plans — Base44, accessed
  13. Working with branches — Base44, accessed
  14. Submitting your app to app stores — Base44, accessed
  15. Credits — Base44, accessed

Written by Netiva, so we’re not neutral. Base44 details come only from Base44’s public pages listed above, checked on the dates shown; prices and features change, so confirm them on Base44’s website. Base44 is a trademark of its owner, and Netiva isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Base44.

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