The work is not only an app
A launch needs the site, the copy, the social image and the SEO pass. The same agent does them from one brief, rather than you juggling four separate tools.
A Base44 alternative that hands you the files, not a hosted app
Base44 turns a prompt into a working app on its own hosted stack, and since joining Wix it sits inside that ecosystem. CreonAI is a different shape: one agent that builds into real files you keep, then checks its own work before it tells you it is done.
No card needed. 500 credits is enough to build a real site and iterate on it.
The short version
Which one should you use
Pick Base44 if you want a hosted app with the backend, auth and database decided for you, and you are happy inside the Wix ecosystem. Pick CreonAI if the job is wider than an app, if you want the actual files and a terminal, or if the same brief needs to produce copy, images and an SEO check as well as code.
| CreonAI | Base44 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shape of the tool | One agent that builds and checks its own work, loading a specialist method for each part of the job | A single AI builder focused on producing a working app |
| What you get out | Real files in a workspace you own, plus a terminal | An app running on their hosted stack |
| Beyond code | Images, SEO checks, research and docs, all tools the same agent uses | Focused on app building |
| Backend decisions | Yours to make; the agent builds the backend and database to your choice | Opinionated and built in, which is faster until you want something else |
| Ecosystem | Standalone, plus a published VS Code extension | Part of Wix since 2025 |
| How you pay | Credits. Free plan, then £19.99 or £39.99 a month, top-ups optional | See their pricing page |
Compared on architecture rather than price. Base44 changes its plans from time to time, so we link to their own pricing page rather than quote a number that goes stale. Ours is on our pricing page, in full.
Choose CreonAI
Where CreonAI is the better fit
You want to keep the files
Everything lands in a workspace with a terminal. Read it, run it, take it elsewhere. Nothing is locked behind a hosted runtime.
You want to choose your own stack
The agent builds the backend and database to your decision. Nothing is preselected because it suited the platform.
Usage is uneven
Credit metering means a quiet month is nearly free instead of a seat you forgot to cancel.
Choose Base44
Where Base44 is the better fit
Genuinely. If you are in one of these positions, Base44 will serve you better, and we would rather you knew that now than after paying us.
You want infrastructure decided for you
If auth, database and hosting being chosen and wired up is exactly what you want, that is Base44's whole point and it removes real work.
You are already building on Wix
Being inside that ecosystem is a genuine advantage if the rest of your site, domain and billing already live there.
The difference
What actually makes CreonAI different
One agent does the whole job in a shared workspace, loading a specialist method for each part of it: frontend, backend, database, devops, security, testing, research and images. Before it tells you it is done, it takes a screenshot of each page it made and reads it as numbers, so a blank page or a blown-out image is caught first. Because everything lands in the same files, the backend is written against the real schema rather than a guess at it. For a bigger job you can switch on Multi mode, which splits the work across several agents.
It works on real files with a real terminal, so you get a project you keep rather than a transcript to copy out of. And it is metered in credits rather than seats, so a quiet month costs almost nothing.
FAQ
Common questions
Is CreonAI a drop-in Base44 replacement?
Not exactly, and it would be misleading to say so. Base44 hands you a hosted app with the infrastructure decided. CreonAI hands you real files, a terminal and an agent that also covers images and SEO. If what you want is specifically a hosted app with the backend chosen for you, Base44 is doing something we deliberately do not.
Can I move a project out of CreonAI?
Yes. It is ordinary files in a workspace. Download them, push them to your own git remote, host them wherever you like. There is no export step because there is nothing proprietary to export from.
What does 500 free credits actually get me?
You pay for the model's work by the token and one credit for each tool the agent runs successfully, like writing a file or running a command. A tool run that fails costs nothing. The full table is on the pricing page. The 500 arrive once you confirm your email, you can use up to 150 a day, and no card is required.
Does CreonAI do backends or only frontends?
Both. The agent loads a backend, database or security method when the job needs one, and it works in one shared workspace, so the backend is written against the schema it just created instead of a guessed one.
Try it on the thing you are actually stuck on
500 free credits, no card. Enough to build a real page and change your mind about it twice.