Built your app with Base44? Let’s make sure you own what you built.

Base44 hands you a working app with a database, sign-in and integrations already running, without touching a server. The trade-off is that the back end belongs to Base44, and so do the limits.

I’m a fractional CTO who builds back ends, auth and data migrations for a living. I audit your Base44 app in 48 hours and tell you what to fix now, how locked in you really are, and what a move would take.

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What Base44 gives you

Front end: A React app, generated and hosted by Base44. On the Builder plan and above, the code can be exported to GitHub.
Back end: Base44’s own: your data, user sign-in, backend functions and integrations, all reached through the Base44 SDK.
Hosting: Base44 runs both the app and its back end for you, with custom domains.
Left to you: Who can see which records, tests on the workflows that matter, regular exports of your data, and a way out if you outgrow the platform.

Where Base44 apps break

A back end you can’t take with you

Every data read, sign-in and backend call goes through the Base44 SDK to Base44’s servers. Exporting to GitHub gives you the front end; it doesn’t give you a back end you can run yourself.

Your security depends on theirs

In July 2025, Wiz researchers found that anyone with an app’s public ID could register on private Base44 apps, getting past SSO. Base44 fixed it within a day, but it shows how much rides on the platform.

Every user sees every record

Generated apps often let any signed-in user read everything in a data set. Each user should reach only their own records, and admin screens should check that the user really is an admin.

Workflows nobody can test

Logic spread across prompts, backend functions and integrations is hard to review. When a workflow breaks, there’s no test suite to tell you what changed or when.

Data you don’t control

Your records live in Base44’s database. Without regular exports and a map of how they fit together, moving them later becomes an emergency instead of a project.

Three ways forward

The audit tells you which one fits

Option 1
Harden it on Base44
Best for internal tools and early products where Base44 still fits.
Tighten who can see which records, review integrations and admin access, and document the workflows that matter. You keep building in Base44, with clear rules for what goes where.
Option 2
Plan the exit early
Best when the product is growing and the data matters.
Export the code to GitHub, map every data set, function and integration, and set up regular data exports, so a move later is a planned project, not a fire drill.
Option 3
Move to a production codebase
Best when you’re raising, hiring, or need to own the stack.
Keep the front end where it works, rebuild the back end on your own database and auth, such as Supabase, and migrate your data and users.

Questions

Can I export my Base44 app?

You can export the code to GitHub on Base44’s Builder plan or higher. That export is the front end, and it still calls Base44’s servers for data and sign-in, so running it anywhere else means rebuilding the back end.

Is Base44 secure enough for customer data?

Base44 fixes platform issues quickly, as it did in July 2025. What it can’t decide for you is who should see which records. That’s app-level work, and it’s where most of the audit goes on a Base44 app.

How long does a move off Base44 take?

It depends on how many data sets, workflows and integrations you have. The audit maps them and gives you a fixed quote. For a typical MVP, it’s usually 1 to 3 weeks.

Start with a 48-hour audit

Usually reply within a day

A fixed $1,500 review of your Base44 app: database rules, secrets, payments, reliability, performance and code. You get a ranked fix list within 48 hours of giving me access, and a clear call on which path fits. See everything the audit covers.

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