# Cloche vs Base44

Base44 builds and hosts your app, and its AI writes the rules for who sees what. With Cloche, your own AI builds the app, and Cloche decides who sees what.

Checked 2026-10-04. https://cloche.dev/vs/base44/

## Choose Cloche if

- You build in Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor and want that AI to make the app [9].
- You want a private app with invited people without paying for a plan [8].
- You never want rules an AI wrote to be the only thing between a person and someone else's data [9].

## Choose Base44 if

- You want one product that builds your app and puts it online [1] [2].
- Your app needs built-in email, image generation or AI calls [5].
- Your app needs sign-in through Okta, Google Workspace or Microsoft [6].

## Compared

| | Cloche | Base44 |
|---|---|---|
| Where you build | Your own AI: Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini or Cursor [9] | Base44's builder, or your AI through Base44's connector on Builder and up [1] |
| Who can open the app | You choose, on every plan [8] | Public or workspace on every plan. Private apps need a paid plan [2] |
| What each person sees | Cloche enforces it. Your app's code never decides [9] | Permission rules Base44's AI sets up for each table [3] |
| Sharing outside your team | A link that needs no account, or invites by name [8] | Email invites to a private app. Each person signs in [2] |
| Keep building elsewhere | Pick it up again in any AI connected to Cloche [9] | Code download and GitHub on Builder and up [4] |
| Pricing | Free for 3 apps with unlimited users. Team is $29 a month [8] | Free to start. Builder is $40 a month, billed yearly [7] |

## The platform decides who sees what

On Cloche, a list is either shared or each person's own, and the platform enforces it. The code your AI wrote never decides who sees a row [9].

On Base44, its AI sets up a permission rule when it creates each table. One of the rule types lets anyone read, even without signing in. Base44 suggests a security scan before you publish to check the rules look right [3].

## Safe sharing on every plan

Cloche's Free plan lets you choose who opens each app. Users are unlimited [8].

On Base44's Free plan, an app is open to anyone or to your workspace. An app only invited people can open needs a paid plan [2].

## Your AI does the building

With Cloche, the AI you already use writes the app and publishes it [9].

Base44's connector lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor create and edit a Base44 app. It needs the Builder plan or higher [1].

## When Base44 is the better choice

Pick Base44 if you want one product that builds your app and puts it online, with email, image generation and AI calls built in [1] [2] [5]. If your app needs sign-in through your company's identity provider, Base44 has it on Elite [6].

## Questions

### Can I build a Base44 app from Claude or ChatGPT?

Yes, on the Builder plan or higher. Your AI creates and edits the app through Base44's connector [1].

### Can I make a Base44 app private?

Yes, on a paid plan. Only people you invite can open it, and each one signs in [2].

### Can I download my Base44 app's code?

On Builder and up, as a ZIP file or through GitHub [4].

### Who decides what each user of a Base44 app can see?

Base44's AI sets up a permission rule for each table as it builds. You can change the rules, and Base44 suggests a security scan before you publish [3].

## Sources

1. [Base44 MCP server](https://docs.base44.com/developers/backend/overview/mcp-server.md) - seen 2026-10-04
2. [Base44: Choosing who can access your app](https://docs.base44.com/Setting-up-your-app/Managing-access.md) - seen 2026-10-04
3. [Base44: Managing data permissions](https://docs.base44.com/Setting-up-your-app/Managing-security-settings.md) - seen 2026-10-04
4. [Base44: Developer tools](https://docs.base44.com/documentation/building-your-app/developer-tools) - seen 2026-10-04
5. [Base44: Credits](https://docs.base44.com/Account-and-billing/Credits.md) - seen 2026-10-04
6. [Base44: Setting up SSO for your app](https://docs.base44.com/Setting-up-your-app/Setting-up-SSO.md) - seen 2026-10-04
7. [Base44 pricing](https://base44.com/pricing) - seen 2026-10-04
8. [Cloche pricing](https://cloche.dev/pricing/) - seen 2026-10-04
9. [Cloche for AI agents](https://cloche.dev/llms.txt) - seen 2026-10-04