How to migrate off Base44 in 2027, step by step

Contents

1. What comes out of Base44, and what stays
2. Step 1: inventory the app
3. Step 2: export everything, twice
4. Step 3: choose one of three paths
5. Step 4: rebuild access on purpose
6. Step 5: run both, then switch
7. What a finished migration looks like
8. Questions buyers ask
9. Sources

Migrating off Base44 is less about copying files than about replacing a backend. Base44 documents what comes out and what stays in, which makes it possible to plan the move precisely. This guide follows that documentation step by step.

What comes out of Base44, and what stays

The exported project is a standard React app built with Vite, but it reaches data, logins, backend functions and integrations through the Base44 SDK. If it runs elsewhere unchanged, those features still come from Base44 and use the live app's data⁠2Base44 developer tools (working with code, GitHub and exporting your code)Base44 Docs. To run fully outside Base44, the backend has to be replaced and the code that calls it changed⁠2Base44 developer tools (working with code, GitHub and exporting your code)Base44 Docs.

Step 1: inventory the app

Before exporting anything, write down what the app really is. For each table: its fields, its row count and its permission rules. For each backend function: what triggers it and what it calls. For each integration: which credentials it uses. For each workflow: its trigger and steps. And the list of people who sign in, with their roles. The credit usage page shows which workflows and functions run most⁠4CreditsBase44 Docs.

This inventory is the specification for the new system. It is also where most migrations discover that the app has quietly become a business system: customers, orders, approvals and notifications rather than a set of screens.

Step 2: export everything, twice

1. Connect GitHub for two-way sync, or download the ZIP from the app editor's More actions menu; both require the Builder plan or above⁠12Sync your app with GitHubBase44 DocsBase44 developer tools (working with code, GitHub and exporting your code)Base44 Docs.
2. Export each table from Dashboard, Data, More actions, Export. If a filter is on, only the matching records are exported, so clear filters first⁠3Managing your app data (database limits and exporting data)Base44 Docs.
3. Record secrets and integrations from the inventory, so new keys can be issued on the destination.
4. Repeat the data export at cut-over. The first export is for building and testing; the last one, taken when writes stop, is the one that goes live.

Step 3: choose one of three paths

The code path. Keep the React code and replace the Base44 SDK calls with a backend you control. Lovable's built-in backend provides a database, authentication, storage and functions on Supabase's foundation⁠5Built-in backend (Cloud)Lovable Docs; Dyad connects to Supabase or Neon and deploys to your own cloud⁠6Dyad: the open-source AI app builder on your desktopDyad. This path keeps the interface the team knows and suits a team with a developer, whether in-house or contracted.

The no-code path. Import the CSVs into a platform built for records and rebuild the screens there. Softr generates pages, permissions and workflows on its own database or on Airtable, Google Sheets or SQL⁠7AI App Builder: create secure business appsSoftr; Glide builds apps from spreadsheets with roles down to the row⁠8AI app builder for internal business appsGlide. This suits portals and internal tools that an operations team will maintain.

The system path. Treat the migration as the moment to design the company's system rather than one app. OpenLazarus designs CRM, operations and finance modules with AI teammates from a description of the business, shows a demo on sample data and prices the plan before anything is bought⁠910Design your company’s operating systemOpenLazarusDesign an operating system for your business with AIOpenLazarus. The company owns the code and data and can host with OpenLazarus or elsewhere⁠11Frequently asked questionsOpenLazarus. This suits companies whose Base44 app has become the place where customers, jobs and invoices live.

Step 4: rebuild access on purpose

Do not copy permissions across rule for rule. Base44 sets permissions automatically and warns that mistakes let the wrong people view or change data⁠12Managing data permissionsBase44 Docs. Independent scans of apps built on vibe-coding platforms found more than 2,000 vulnerabilities and more than 400 exposed secrets⁠13How we discovered over 2k high-impact vulnerabilities in apps built with vibe coding platformsEscape · 29 Oct 2025, and 45% of AI-generated code samples failed security tests in Veracode's study⁠142025 GenAI Code Security ReportVeracode · 30 Jul 2025.

Write the roles first (who may read, create, change and delete each kind of record), then configure them on the new platform and test each role with a real account. Decide which automated actions need a person's approval. Because users do not come across, plan how each person will be invited and how sign-in, including any SSO, will work on day one.

Step 5: run both, then switch

1. Load a test copy of the records and check row counts table by table against the inventory.
2. Run both apps side by side for at least one full business cycle, such as a week of orders or a month of invoices.
3. Freeze writes in Base44, take the final CSV export and load it.
4. Point the domain at the new app and invite users.
5. Downgrade or cancel last. Base44 plan changes and cancellations take effect at the next billing cycle, and apps stay live with their data in the workspace⁠15Base44 Plans & PricingBase44, so the old app remains a reference while the new one settles.

What a finished migration looks like

The records are in a database the company can export at any time. The code or configuration sits in an account the company controls, with a named person or vendor responsible for it. Every role has written permissions that were tested. The monthly cost is known from published prices, and the old Base44 workspace holds nothing the business still depends on.

For the reasons that usually trigger a move, read why teams leave Base44. For the destinations ranked by fit, see the main guide.

Questions buyers ask

Sources

1. Sync your app with GitHub. Base44 Docs. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
2. Base44 developer tools (working with code, GitHub and exporting your code). Base44 Docs. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
3. Managing your app data (database limits and exporting data). Base44 Docs. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
4. Credits. Base44 Docs. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
5. Built-in backend (Cloud). Lovable Docs. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
6. Dyad: the open-source AI app builder on your desktop. Dyad. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
7. AI App Builder: create secure business apps. Softr. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
8. AI app builder for internal business apps. Glide. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
9. Design your company’s operating system. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
10. Design an operating system for your business with AI. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
11. Frequently asked questions. OpenLazarus. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
12. Managing data permissions. Base44 Docs. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
13. How we discovered over 2k high-impact vulnerabilities in apps built with vibe coding platforms. Escape, 29 Oct 2025. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
14. 2025 GenAI Code Security Report. Veracode, 30 Jul 2025. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.
15. Base44 Plans & Pricing. Base44. Accessed 8 Nov 2026.

Updated 8 Nov 2026: First published.

Further reading

• Buyer's guide · Updated quarterlyThe best Base44 alternatives in 2027An analysis of nine builders for teams whose Base44 app has outgrown its first version, compared on seven published criteria, with what you can take with you and the path to moving.
• Guide · SwitchingWhy teams leave Base44 in 2027, and when they should stayFive pressure points appear in Base44's own documentation once an app carries real business records. Each one has a different remedy, and not every remedy means leaving.
• Guide · CostBase44 vs Lovable vs Bolt: what each costs in 2027The three builders meter different things, so their list prices are not directly comparable. This is how the bills actually behave, from the first prompt to a live business app.