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The Base44 Zapier integration gives you 1 trigger, 1 action and 1 search to wire the apps you build on Base44 to the rest of your tools. Here is what each one does, what it costs on your plan, and the traps to know before you publish.

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Overview

What the Base44 Zapier integration actually does for you

Base44 lets people who do not code build their own apps with AI. Each app stores its data as entities, which are simply database records. The Zapier integration plugs those records into automations: a record that changes in Base44 can start a chain of steps elsewhere, and other tools can write or look up records in your Base44 app.

Three results people usually want from it. First, a live mirror of your app's activity: Entity Event starts a Zap the moment a record is created, updated or deleted, so a sales tracker or an intake app can feed the rest of the business without anyone copying rows by hand. Second, records that arrive from outside: Create Entity writes a new record into one of your Base44 apps, so a form, a CRM or a booking tool can drop its data straight into the app you built. Third, no duplicates: Find Entity Record checks whether the record is already there before anything gets written.

What Zapier does not do for Base44 matters just as much. It offers no update and no delete action, only creation. There is one trigger, so you pick the type of change you care about with a filter afterwards rather than with separate events. And nothing in the source documents a rate limit or a field list for this app, so test with real records before you trust it.

If you are still choosing a platform, the n8n vs Zapier and Make vs Zapier comparisons lay out the criteria side by side, and our Zapier review covers the tool as a whole.

Vocabulary

Zapier vocabulary in one minute

Seven words come back on every line of this page. Here they are in plain English.

Zap
An automation you build on Zapier: one starting event, then one or more steps that run every time that event happens.
Trigger
The event that starts the Zap. Once the Zap is switched on, Zapier sits and waits for it to happen in the app.
Action
What the Zap does after it starts: the step that writes, sends or moves something on your behalf, here a new Base44 record.
Task
The unit Zapier bills. One task equals one action that completes successfully, and your plan counts how many you use.
Polling vs instant
A polling trigger is checked on a timer. An instant trigger is reported by the app itself, the moment it happens. Entity Event is instant.
Filter
A step that lets the Zap carry on only when the incoming data meets your condition, and stops it quietly otherwise.
Search step
A step that looks up something that already exists in an app, so the steps after it can reuse what it found.
Cost

What a Base44 Zap really costs

Base44 is not a premium app, so it works from the free plan. What you pay for is tasks.

  • Free plan100 tasks per month, unlimited Zaps, two steps per Zap
  • Premium appNo, Base44 runs on the free plan
  • Trigger typeInstant, so no polling delay
  • Filter or searchMakes the Zap multi-step, paid plan required

The trigger never costs a task, and neither does waiting for new data. Each action that succeeds counts as one task, so a Zap with two actions burns twice as much as a Zap with one. A failed action is not counted. The free plan stops at two steps, one trigger and one action: add a filter or a search and the Zap becomes a multi-step Zap, which needs a paid plan. Since Entity Event is instant, the polling grid below does not slow it down, whatever your plan.

Connect

Connect your Base44 account to Zapier

  1. 01

    Open your connections

    In Zapier, go to the Apps page of your account and click + Add connection. A connection is your Base44 account linked once, then reused by every step that touches Base44.

  2. 02

    Find Base44

    Type Base44 in the search box of the dialog, pick it from the list, then click Add connection. A new browser tab opens on the Base44 side, where the rest of the setup happens.

  3. 03

    Sign in and grant access

    Log into Base44 in that tab and allow Zapier to reach your account. You need a Base44 account, plus read or write access on any app you do not own yourself but want the Zap to touch.

First Zap

Build your first Zap with Base44

GoalWhen a record is created in your intake app, check that it is not already in your client app, then create it there.

  1. 01

    Pick the trigger

    Create a Zap, choose Base44 as the starting app and Entity Event as the event. Select your connection and the app and entity you want to watch.

  2. 02

    Test the trigger

    Run the test. Zapier brings back the three most recent items of your account, so you map the next steps on a real record instead of guessing.

  3. 03

    Keep only new records

    Add a Filter from the plus icon and set the field, the rule and the value, so updates and deletions stop here. Text rules only work on text.

  4. 04

    Look before you write

    Add Find Entity Record to check the client app. Tick the create option if you want the record written only when nothing matches.

  5. 05

    Create the record and publish

    Add Create Entity, map the fields from the trigger, test the step once, read what came back, then click Publish to switch the Zap on.

Triggers

Base44 trigger

1 event starts a Zap when something happens in Base44, and one of them is instant: the app calls Zapier straight away, whatever your plan.

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Entity Event

Instant trigger

In Zapier“Triggers when an entity is created, updated, or deleted.”

Starts your Zap whenever a record in one of your Base44 apps is created, updated or deleted. From there the Zap can pass the change on to a CRM, a spreadsheet or a team chat.

How it fires
the app tells Zapier the moment it happens, so the Zap starts right away, whatever your plan.
When to use it
your Base44 app collects requests or orders and the rest of the team needs to hear about each one without opening the app.
Watch out
creations, updates and deletions all start the same trigger, so add a filter if only one kind should go through, and never let the Zap write back into the entity it watches, or it will set itself off again and again.
Actions

Base44 action

Base44 gives you 1 action. For each one: what it does for you, when to reach for it, and what to watch out for.

1

Create Entity

Action

In Zapier“Creates an entity (db record) in one of your apps”

Adds a new record to an entity of one of your Base44 apps, filled with data that comes from an earlier step of the Zap.

When to use it
a lead form, a payment tool or a calendar should feed the app you built, so nobody retypes the same details.
Watch out
there is no update action, so a second run creates a second record unless a search step checks first.
Searches

Base44 search

1 search step looks for data that already exists in Base44, so a later step can use it.

A search step sits at the bottom of the action list, under the SEARCH heading. Three settings decide what happens when it does not find exactly one match.

1

Find Entity Record

SearchFind or create

In Zapier“Find a matching entity record in the app”

Looks up a matching record in one of your Base44 apps and hands its data to the steps that follow.

When to use it
right before Create Entity, to avoid writing the same client or order twice.
Watch out
the editor also lists Find or Create entity. It is not an extra operation, just this same search with the create box ticked, and whether it wants an exact value is decided by Base44.

The three settings every search exposes

  1. Successful if no search results are found?
    Left on its default, a search that finds nothing stops the Zap and skips the steps that relied on it. Switch it on and the Zap carries on empty-handed.
  2. Create X if it doesn't exist yet?
    Ticking it turns the search into a find-or-create: the setting above disappears and the step asks for the fields needed to create the missing record.
  3. If multiple search results are found?
    Three ways out when several records match: keep the first one (the default), stop the Zap, or hand all of them to the next steps.
When it breaks

When a Base44 Zap breaks

Zapier links no help article to Base44, so the traps below are the general ones. They are also the ones that cost the most.

Most broken Base44 Zaps fail for reasons that have nothing to do with Base44 itself. If one of yours is stuck, our Zapier troubleshooting page walks through the usual fixes.

  • Old records never show up

    A Zap only reacts to what happens after it is switched on. Records already in your app are ignored, and moving that backlog needs its own job.

  • The Zap keeps firing itself

    If Create Entity writes into the entity that Entity Event watches, every new record starts the Zap again and your monthly tasks drain fast.

  • A bulk import gets held back

    Load hundreds of records at once and the trigger suddenly sends a huge batch. Zapier's flood protection can hold it back.

  • The filter never passes

    Filter rules are typed: a text rule only reads text, a number rule only numbers. Pick the wrong type and nothing ever gets through.
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FAQ

Base44 Zapier integration: your questions

01Is the Base44 Zapier integration free?
Yes, as long as your Zap stays at two steps. Base44 is not a premium app, so it runs on the free plan, which gives you 100 tasks per month and unlimited Zaps. The catch is the step count: the free plan only builds a trigger plus one action. The moment you add a filter, a search or a second action, the Zap becomes multi-step and needs a paid plan. For a Base44 setup that checks for duplicates before writing, plan for that from the start.
02How many tasks does a Base44 Zap use?
One task per action that completes successfully, and nothing for the trigger. A Zap that goes from Entity Event to Create Entity uses one task per record. Add a second action and each run costs two. Waiting for new events is free however often it happens, and a failed action is not counted against your plan. Since Entity Event fires on creations, updates and deletions alike, a filter placed early keeps you from spending tasks on changes you do not care about.
03Does Base44 trigger Zaps in real time?
Yes. Entity Event is an instant trigger: Base44 tells Zapier the moment a record changes, so the Zap starts right away. The polling grid, which goes from 15 minutes on the free plan to 1 minute on Team and Enterprise, does not apply here. That makes Base44 a good fit for a free plan where speed matters. In the editor, a Zap built on an instant trigger shows a lightning bolt, which is a quick way to check it.
04What does it take to connect a Base44 account to Zapier?
A Base44 account and a few clicks. From the Apps page of Zapier, click + Add connection, search for Base44, sign in on the tab that opens and allow access. If the Zap needs to read or write records in an app that someone else owns, you also need read or write access to it. The connection is made once and every Base44 step in every Zap reuses it, so you never sign in twice.
05Why does a Base44 Zap keep running again and again on its own?
Because it writes into the place its own trigger watches. Entity Event fires on every new record, so if Create Entity adds a record to that same entity, the new record starts the Zap again, which creates another record, and so on. Each loop costs a task, so the monthly count disappears quickly. Point the action at a different entity, or add a filter that stops records the Zap created itself.
06What if the Base44 operation you need is missing?
Then it is not in the integration today. Zapier offers one trigger, one create action and one search for Base44, with no update or delete step. You can often get close by combining them: a search plus a filter covers many checks, and a find-or-create avoids duplicates. Anything beyond that, such as editing an existing record, needs another route, for example a build handled by a Zapier agency. Check the action list in the editor first, since a search often settles the case.
07Zapier, Make or n8n for Base44?
It depends on your criteria, not on a winner. Zapier is the quickest to start with and Base44 works on its free plan, but filters and searches push you to a paid plan. That matters if each record needs several checks before anything gets written. Compare the operations each platform offers for Base44, the cost per run at your volume, and who will maintain the automation. On Zapier, Entity Event stays instant on every plan.
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