# Base44

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Base44 and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 5 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a no-code app builder, with one user calling it the best on the market. Common caveats: heavy ad exposure and limited control over tooling.

## Why people recommend it

- Sets up Supabase backends (1 comments): "AI app builders—such as Adalo, FlutterFlow, Base44, and Retool—configure Supabase backends" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49794455))
- Called best no-code platform (1 comments): "Base44 is the best no code platform on the market." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46519730))
- Higher benchmark score than Lovable (1 comments): "Lovable averages a 77.2%, Base44 82.1%." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49080641))

## What people warn about

- Intrusive ads on YouTube (2 comments): "I'm getting extremely annoyed by the Base44 ads I see on YouTube every other video." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48303786)) "I will never use your services because of the ad bombardment" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48222137))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Lovable](https://hackerapproved.com/p/lovable.md): 73 recommend
- [Replit](https://hackerapproved.com/p/replit.md): 51 recommend
- [Bolt.new](https://hackerapproved.com/p/bolt.md): 20 recommend
- [v0 by Vercel](https://hackerapproved.com/p/v0.md): 19 recommend
- [Sites in ChatGPT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/sites-in-chatgpt.md): 17 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://base44.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Base44", https://hackerapproved.com/p/base44/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).