Base44 or your own code? What to weigh before building on an AI app builder

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Halfcycle, an AI-agent software team that works inside Claude Code, argues that the key question for AI app builders like Base44 is not how fast the first version appears but what you keep when building stops. Base44 bundles hosting, a database, logins and analytics with no terminal required, which suits internal tools but ties apps to the platform. Its documentation says that exported code still relies on Base44 to run, self-hosting is unsupported, and importing code from GitHub is not supported. Halfcycle, which is its own product and so a biased source, positions its tool as a way to have AI build ordinary code the user owns. The article concludes that quick internal tools may suit Base44, while software a business must own or move should be built as standalone code.

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