Unbase44 vs EscapeBase44: two Base44 migration tools compared

The short version

Unbase44 and EscapeBase44 are both migration tools built only for Base44 apps. Both move the whole app, not just the code Base44 lets you download, onto accounts you own, with the code in your own private GitHub repository. Both keep your users’ passwords by checking each user’s first sign-in against Base44 once. Both charge a one-time price per app, with the same discounts for a second app and the ones after it.

The differences, as of October 2026:

• The server. Unbase44’s backend is Deno and TypeScript; EscapeBase44 describes its backend as Python and FastAPI. Both run on MongoDB.
• Where it runs. Unbase44 deploys to your Railway account or any Linux server you reach over SSH, with Hetzner, MongoDB Atlas and AWS coming soon. EscapeBase44 lists Vercel, AWS or Hetzner for hosting, MongoDB Atlas for the database, and a custom server option.
• Before you switch. Unbase44’s copy starts in a test mode that holds outgoing emails, payments and other actions. EscapeBase44 says its migration only reads from your Base44 app, which stays live until you switch; its pages don’t describe a test mode for the copy.
• After the move. EscapeBase44 offers an AI builder and one-click App Store and Google Play builds today. At Unbase44 both are coming soon.
• Price. Unbase44 is free during its beta, then from $99 per app. EscapeBase44 shows a price for your app after you log in, and states a money-back guarantee.

We make Unbase44, so read this page with that in mind. Everything said about EscapeBase44 comes from its own public pages as we read them on 2 October 2026, and nothing here is a judgement of its quality.

How this comparison was made

For Unbase44, this page uses the product’s published facts. For EscapeBase44, it uses its home page, which includes its pricing explanation and its FAQ, its guides index and its self-hosting guide. Its sitemap lists no separate pricing or FAQ page. Where one side’s pages say nothing about a topic, the table says so rather than guessing. Products change; check both sites before you decide.

Side by side

Where they’re the same

On the questions most owners ask first, the two tools give the same answers. Both move the backend and the data, not just the code. Both put the result on accounts you own and the code in your private GitHub repository. Both keep your Base44 app live while the copy comes up, and leave the domain switch to you. Both keep passwords through a one-time check on each user’s first sign-in, which is why both tell you to leave the Base44 app published for a while. Both write the repository up for coding agents such as Claude Code and Cursor, and both deploy when you push to the main branch.

Where they differ

The server your app runs on

Base44’s own documentation describes its backend functions as TypeScript running on Deno. Unbase44’s server is written in the same language and runs on the same runtime, and its code is MIT-licensed. EscapeBase44 describes its server as Python with FastAPI, replicating Base44’s backend. Neither asks you to rewrite your app. The difference matters mostly to whoever extends the server later: a developer working on it will be in TypeScript with one, Python with the other.

Where it can be hosted

EscapeBase44 lists more hosts today: Vercel, AWS and Hetzner, with your database on MongoDB Atlas, plus any server of your own. Unbase44 currently offers Railway, where the app, the MongoDB database and file storage sit in one account, or any Linux server you can reach over SSH. Railway’s Hobby plan is $5 a month including $5 of usage (Railway’s pricing, as of October 2026). Hetzner, MongoDB Atlas and AWS are coming soon at Unbase44. If you need AWS, or a HIPAA-ready setup on it, now, EscapeBase44 says it offers that.

Testing before you switch

Both tools keep your Base44 app serving users while the copy is built, so neither forces a cutover. Unbase44 adds a test mode to the copy: until you switch, it runs no automations or workflows, and anything it would send (emails, texts, notifications, payments, changes to other services) is held and logged instead. That lets you check the copy against real data without customers getting duplicate emails. EscapeBase44’s pages don’t describe an equivalent.

One more difference here, stated plainly: EscapeBase44 says its migration only reads from your Base44 app. Unbase44 makes one small change, adding a temporary helper function to read your secrets and removing it right away, after telling you, and you can skip it by typing the values yourself.

Building after the move

EscapeBase44 has an AI builder for after the move, described as working like Base44’s editor on your own app, with $20 of starting credits and pay-as-you-go top-ups. Unbase44’s AI builder is coming soon. Today, after an Unbase44 move, you keep building in the repository with Claude Code, Cursor, a developer or any editor, using the AGENTS.md and CLAUDE.md files written for that.

Mobile apps

EscapeBase44 offers one-click App Store and Google Play builds with in-app purchases. At Unbase44, one-click Android and iPhone (TestFlight) builds are coming soon. If store builds are why you’re leaving Base44, that’s a reason to look at EscapeBase44 first. Our guide to Base44 and the App Store explains what Base44’s own mobile builds do.

Price

Unbase44’s migrations are free during the beta. The regular price starts at $99, one-time, per app, and the free analysis shows your price before you connect any account or pay. EscapeBase44 prices each app individually and shows the price after you log in; its site doesn’t publish a starting figure. It states a money-back guarantee and takes payment through PayPal. Both use the same discounts for further apps, and with both, hosting and other providers bill you directly.

Which one fits

Base it on what your app needs, not on either company’s marketing, ours included.

• You want an AI builder or App Store builds straight after the move: EscapeBase44 offers both today.
• You need Vercel, AWS, MongoDB Atlas or a HIPAA-ready AWS setup now: EscapeBase44 lists them; at Unbase44 they’re coming soon.
• You want to run the copy against real data without anything going out until you switch: Unbase44’s test mode does that.
• You want the whole app in one Railway account, a TypeScript server under the MIT licence, or a free migration during a beta: that’s Unbase44.
• You want a different stack altogether, such as Postgres: neither tool converts your app. See our guide to moving to Supabase for what a rebuild takes.

Whichever you choose, the order of a safe move is the same, and our guide to migrating from Base44 walks through it. To see what Unbase44 would move in your app and what it would cost, run the free analysis.