Is Base44 secure enough to launch a real app?

Base44 gets the fundamentals right for launching real apps. When you connect integrations, the credentials are proxied server-side, which means your API keys stay on the backend and are never shipped to the browser where they could be scraped. Apps you deploy on custom domains get automatic HTTPS, so traffic is encrypted by default. It also ships built-in auth with email, social login, and role-based access.

The managed architecture helps too. Your app runs on a managed NoSQL database, built-in auth, and serverless functions on the Deno runtime, all maintained by the platform. That reduces the class of mistakes that come from self-managing infrastructure, and Base44 is backed by Wix, a large public company, with no known breach on record.

That said, here is the honest caveat that applies to any AI-generated app, not just Base44: the AI can create permissive defaults. Before production, review who can read and write your data, confirm your role-based access rules actually restrict what they should, and test that a logged-out or wrong-role user cannot reach sensitive records. This diligence is on you regardless of which builder you use.

Practical steps to launch confidently: define your auth roles early, verify database access rules per collection, keep any external service keys in the server-side proxy rather than hardcoding them, and do a quick pass testing your app as an unauthenticated user. If you use your own external API keys, note they are proxied and do not consume integration credits.

Who this is right for: founders shipping MVPs, internal tools, customer portals, and simple SaaS who want secure defaults handled while retaining responsibility for their own access rules. The low-risk way to evaluate the security model firsthand is to build on the free plan first, then harden auth before you invite real users. Facts here are as of 2026.