The work is not only an app
A launch needs the site, the copy, the OG image, a promo video and the SEO pass. Those are separate specialists here, working from one brief, rather than four separate tools.
A Base44 alternative built around specialists, not a single builder
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: an orchestrator that picks from 21 specialist agents and runs them over real files you keep.
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 prompt needs to produce copy, images and video as well as code.
| CreonAI | Base44 | |
|---|---|---|
| Shape of the tool | Orchestrator that selects from 21 specialist agents per task | 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, video, SEO audits, research and docs are first-class agents | Focused on app building |
| Backend decisions | Yours to make; a database agent and backend agent build to your choice | Opinionated and built in, which is faster until you want something else |
| Ecosystem | Standalone, plus a published VS Code extension and a public API | Part of Wix since 2025 |
| How you pay | Credits. Free tier, then £9.99 or £19.99 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 database and backend agents build 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
Most AI builders are one model in a loop. CreonAI runs an orchestrator that reads the task, decides which specialists it needs, and runs them together: frontend, backend, database, security, testing, SEO, and agents for image and video. 21 in total. Because they share one workspace, the backend agent writes against the schema the database agent just created rather than guessing at it.
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 21 specialists that also cover images, video 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?
Enough to build a real multi-page site and iterate on it several times. A file write costs one credit, an agent reasoning step costs two. No card is required to start.
Does CreonAI do backends or only frontends?
Both. There are separate backend, database, API and security specialists, and they share a workspace, so the backend agent writes against the schema the database agent just created instead of guessing at it.
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.