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A Base44 alternative: sites and apps with their own database
Base44 is an AI app builder with an integrated backend and database, authentication, built in hosting and payments powered by Wix, from $16 a month billed annually. OneCraft Sites has an AI agent write websites and Expo phone apps whose database is a Postgres schema of their own or your own Supabase project, with access rules tested on every table.
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Indunil Asanka · Co-founder
3 min read · Published
The short verdict
Base44 is the better pick for quickly building internal tools, dashboards and general apps with AI, editing the code in the app, syncing it both ways with GitHub and running a security scan before sharing. OneCraft suits a small business that wants a public website or a phone app: the agent builds business features from 65 guides, tests access rules on every new table, and takes payments through Stripe on the owner's own account.
| Feature | Base44 | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free $0; Starter $16, Builder $40, Pro $80, Elite $160 a month billed annually checked 2026-10-20 | Free $0 with 100 credits a month (build and preview, no publishing), Starter $8 with 500, Pro $25 with 1,500, Pro+ $125 with 7,500 |
| Usage allowance | 25 message credits/mo on Free, 100 on Starter, 250 on Builder, 500 on Pro, 1,200 on Elite checked 2026-10-20 | Credits by model use: 1 per US cent plus 1 per build; a chat turn needs 2 credits available |
| Database | Integrated backend and database system on every plan checked 2026-10-20 | A Postgres schema of its own in OneCraft's pool with a login role that reaches no other site, or a project on your own Supabase account |
| Authentication | Authentication and user management on every plan checked 2026-10-20 | Email and password with reset through Supabase Auth, and Google sign in through OneCraft's broker |
| Access rules | Data access rules per data type; Base44 recommends the right rules as you build. Customize them any time. checked 2026-10-20 | Row level security required on every table |
| Testing the rules | A security scan Checks your app for common security problems before you share it with others. checked 2026-10-20 | The agent runs check_access on each new table as an anonymous visitor, a signed in person and an admin before a step can finish |
| Payments | Base44 Payments powered by Wix is Base44's built-in payment provider; You need a Builder plan or higher. checked 2026-10-20 | Stripe Checkout as a direct charge on your own Stripe account; platform fee Starter 2%, Pro 1%, Pro+ 0.5% |
| Code export | Two-way GitHub sync exports the full source code to your own repo at any time; Github integration on Builder and up checked 2026-10-20 | A zip of the project at any time; no Git sync and no edits in the builder |
| Custom domain | Connect a domain and Free domain for 1 year on paid plans checked 2026-10-20 | Free 0, Starter 1, Pro 5, Pro+ no cap; you buy the domain from a registrar |
| Phone apps | Mobile app is listed as a build option on the home page checked 2026-10-20 | Expo apps with phone and tablet preview frames; test or store builds 5 credits each on paid plans |
Where Base44 is better
Edit the code and sync with GitHub
Base44 lists in app code edits and two way GitHub sync on Builder and up. OneCraft offers a zip download only; its files are read only and change through the chat.
Internal tools and dashboards
Base44 is a general app builder for tools, dashboards and agents. OneCraft is aimed at public websites and phone apps for small businesses, and has no agent builder.
Security scanning of code
Base44 documents a security scan and, from Builder, code vulnerability analysis for issues such as missing access checks. OneCraft tests table access rules but does not run a separate code vulnerability scan.
A domain included for a year
Base44 paid plans include a free domain for 1 year. OneCraft connects a domain you buy elsewhere.
Where OneCraft is different
Your own Supabase, if you want it
Connect your own Supabase account and the agent creates the site's project there, so the data sits in an account you control and pay for directly. On every plan it can use a schema in OneCraft's pool instead.
Stripe on your own account
Payments are a direct charge on the Stripe account you connect, so the customer relationship, payouts and refunds stay in your Stripe dashboard. Prices are read from the site's database, never from the browser.
Built for small business features
Menu and table ordering, bookings with no double booking, deposits, class passes, rentals, donations and a client portal come from guides written for those businesses, with an industries map that suggests features for 28 kinds of business.
Two answers to where the data lives
Base44 includes an integrated backend and database on every plan, and you work with it through Base44. OneCraft gives each site a Postgres schema of its own in its pool project with a login role that can reach no other site, or a project on your own Supabase account. Migrations and a schema file are written into the site's repository, so the database design travels with the code when you download it.
What testing access rules means
An access rule that looks right can still let the wrong person read a row. OneCraft's agent calls check_access on every new table before a generation step can finish: as an anonymous visitor, as a signed in person and, where there is one, as an admin. A bookings table must refuse an anonymous read and show a signed in person only their own rows. Base44 recommends rules and offers a security scan; check what each covers for your data.
Price at a glance
Base44 starts at $16 a month billed annually with 100 message credits. OneCraft Starter is $8 a month with 500 credits, Pro is $25 and Pro+ is $125, and every plan includes a hosted site database. Payments add a platform fee of 2%, 1% or 0.5% by plan on top of Stripe's fees. Both meter AI use, so a project with many rounds of changes costs more than its plan price on either.
Who should stay with Base44
Stay with Base44 if you build internal tools or general apps, want to edit code yourself and sync with GitHub, or are happy with Wix powered payments. Move if your project is a public business website or phone app, you want Stripe on your own account, and you want the database on your own Supabase account or in a schema of its own.
Questions people ask
Can I connect my own Supabase project?
Yes. Connect your Supabase account and the agent creates the site's project on it, so you own and pay for the database directly. It is optional, since every plan includes a hosted site database in OneCraft's pool.
Does OneCraft use Wix Payments?
No. OneCraft payments run through Stripe only: Stripe Checkout as a direct charge on the Stripe account you connect in Settings, Payments. There is no PayPal and no cash on delivery flow. The free plan cannot take payments; paid plans add a platform fee of 2%, 1% or 0.5%.
Can I edit the code by hand in OneCraft?
Not in the builder. The files are read only and every change goes through the AI chat, which builds and checks it. You can download the project as a zip and work on it elsewhere, but those edits do not come back into OneCraft.
Can OneCraft build an internal dashboard?
It can build an admin area inside a site, shown only to the site's admins, with tables to manage, CSV import and export and an analytics dashboard over the site's own data. A standalone internal tool that pulls from many business systems is a better fit for a general app builder.
What happens if a change breaks the build?
A chat change whose build fails is rolled back to where the turn started, and Let AI fix it sends the error back to the agent. Every change is a commit, the newest 50 are listed in Versions, and you can preview or restore any of them, which creates a new commit and a build.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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