Base44 Credit Burn Ceiling

Base44 bills on credits, not seats: Pro at $80/mo carries 500 message credits and 20,000 integration credits, while Elite at $160/mo raises that to 1,200 message credits and 50,000 integration credits. Every client revision request, schema change, and AI agent tweak spends from the same pool, so an agency that scopes a fixed-fee build without tracking credit consumption can watch a $3,500 Starter App Launch engagement erode once a client starts iterating daily. The framework: before quoting, estimate message credits per build cycle (initial scaffold, two revision rounds, handoff training), then pick the plan tier that covers peak month plus 30 percent headroom. Agencies running three concurrent client builds should model whether two Pro workspaces beat one Elite workspace on cost per credit. Treat credit exhaustion as a delivery risk item in the statement of work, and cap client-initiated revision rounds in the retainer terms.