# Base44, what it is and how websites use it.

An AI platform (part of Wix since 2025) that builds an app from a prompt, including the database, login and hosting on a base44.app subdomain.

- **Status:** Modern. A young AI builder aimed at internal tools and small apps; the output is a single-page app that search engines only partly see without rendering.
- **Category:** [CMS and site builders](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms)
- **First release:** 2025
- **License:** Proprietary
- **Official website:** https://base44.com
- **Documentation:** https://docs.base44.com
- **Page:** https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/base44

## Base44 on audited websites

63 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Base44 (<1%). That ranks it #15 of the 21 technologies in CMS and site builders we have seen in audits.

### Websites running Base44 vs all websites

- **Web score:** 82 (all websites 72)
- **SEO:** 87 (all websites 79)
- **Security:** 74 (all websites 59)
- **Performance:** 80 (all websites 72)
- **AI Readiness:** 31 (all websites 31)

### Most used in CMS and site builders

1. [WordPress](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/wordpress): 8.4% (1,417)
2. [Lovable](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/lovable): 1.8% (310)
3. [Framer](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/framer): 1.6% (266)
4. [Webflow](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/webflow): 1.5% (260)
5. [Wix](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/wix): 1.4% (232)
6. [Sanity](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/sanity): 1.2% (197)
7. [Joomla](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/joomla): 1.2% (196)
8. [Squarespace](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/squarespace): 1.2% (196)
9. [Webnode](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/webnode): 1.0% (171)
10. [Drupal](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/drupal): 1.0% (170)

## Other technologies in CMS and site builders

- [TYPO3](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/typo3): <1% of websites
- [Contao](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/contao): <1% of websites
- [Storyblok](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/storyblok): <1% of websites
- [Contentful](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/contentful): <1% of websites
- [HubSpot CMS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/hubspot-cms): <1% of websites
- [Ghost](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/ghost): <1% of websites
- [Blogger](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/blogger): <1% of websites
- [Payload CMS](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/payload-cms): <1% of websites
- [Directus](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/directus): <1% of websites
- [Bolt](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/bolt): <1% of websites
- [Replit](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/replit): not seen yet
- [Strapi](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms/strapi)

[All 24 in CMS and site builders](https://be1st.ai/technologies/cms)

## Questions about Base44

### What is Base44?

An AI platform (part of Wix since 2025) that builds an app from a prompt, including the database, login and hosting on a base44.app subdomain. The be1st catalog lists Base44 under CMS and site builders. License of Base44: Proprietary.

### How many websites use Base44?

63 of the 16,845 websites audited by be1st run Base44 (<1%), as of 8 Nov 2026.

### When was Base44 first released?

Base44 was first released in 2025.

### Is Base44 still a modern choice?

Yes. Base44 counts as a modern technology. A young AI builder aimed at internal tools and small apps; the output is a single-page app that search engines only partly see without rendering.

### What are the alternatives to Base44?

Technologies that do the same job as Base44 include Lovable, Bolt, v0, and Replit.

Numbers: latest audit of each of 16,845 websites audited by be1st, as of 8 Nov 2026.
