How is this different from the old Automations?

Workflows replaces single-step automations with branching, multi-step flows: durable waits, conditional logic, run history with credit cost, and in-chat debugging. It's a rebuild from the ground up, not an upgrade.

Can I move my existing Automations to Workflows?

Yes. If your app still uses Automations, you can move all of them to Workflows in one step - Base44 recreates each one as a Workflow, keeping its original trigger and schedule, so there's nothing to rebuild. Your run counts and stats carry over, the originals are kept as archived, and your automations keep running until the switch finishes.

Do I need to know how to code?

No. You build a workflow by describing it in chat. The steps can call backend functions you've written, so there's no ceiling on what a workflow can do - but you don't have to write code to get started.

What can trigger a workflow?

Four kinds of triggers: a schedule (cron or one-time, timezone-aware), a data change in your app (a record created, updated, or deleted), an in-app agent conversation, or a webhook from a connected service like Slack, Gmail, Google Calendar, Wix, or Outlook.

Which apps and services can Workflows connect to?

Workflows connect natively to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Outlook, One Drive, and Slack. You can extend to more services - like Discord, WhatsApp, HubSpot, and Stripe - via Backend Functions. Explore all Base44 connectors to see what you can plug in.

How is this different from Zapier, n8n or Make?

Those tools are middleware that sit outside your app. Workflows runs inside Base44 with the full context of your app - your data, users, and entities - so there's nothing to connect back to yourself, and you debug in the same place you build.

Which plan includes Workflows?

Workflows is available on Builder+ plans. Explore Base44's pricing plans to find the right fit.

Can a workflow wait for days?

Yes. Waits are durable - a workflow can pause for minutes, hours, or days and resume exactly on schedule, even if the server restarts in between.

Base44 Workflows

Build workflowsthat knowyour business

Base44 ships with a native workflow automation tool that runs inside your app - with full context of your data, users, and agents. No third-party glue.

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A Base44 workflow: a trigger connected to a series of automated steps and conditions.

From plain language to running workflows

Describe it, don't wire it

Tell Workflows what you want in plain language - the trigger, the steps, the conditions, the delays - and it assembles the flow for you.

Triggers from anywhere

Start a flow on a schedule, on a data change in your app, on an in-app agent conversation, or on a webhook from Slack, Gmail, Calendar and more.

Waits that actually hold

Pause a workflow for five minutes or seven days. Durable delays survive server restarts and resume exactly where they left off.

Branch on real data

Route every run with conditional logic. If this, then that - then the next thing, with an explicit fallback for when a step fails.

Every run in one place

The Activity tab shows every run - running, completed, or failed - with its credit cost and one-click drill-in on any failure.

Debug in chat, not log files

When a step breaks, fix it directly in the chat you build in. No log spelunking, no separate tab, no guessing.

Connect to the tools you already use

Workflows natively connects to Gmail, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Outlook and Slack. Extend to more services - like Discord, WhatsApp, HubSpot, and Stripe - via Backend Functions.

First-party context, not third-party glue

Base44's Workflows tool lives inside your app, with full context no external tool can have.

Stitched-on automation

Glue Zapier, n8n or Make onto your own app

Debug in a separate tab, away from your data

A separate bill that scales with usage

Zero awareness of your app's context

Base44 Workflows

Native to Base44 - no middleware, no glue

Build and debug in the same chat you build in

Runs on your plan, inside your app

Your data, users and entities baked in

Workflows that suggest themselves

Because Workflows lives inside your app, it already knows your data, users, and agents - and automatically suggests workflows tailored just for you.

Start building

New client onboarding

Welcome each sign-up, send the intake form, and book their first session.

Win back no‑shows

Spot clients who skipped a session and nudge them to rebook.

Membership renewals

Flag plans nearing expiry and send a one-tap renewal link.

Progress check‑ins

Every two weeks, ask clients how it's going and log it to their profile.

Workflows, answered

Workflows is Base44's native multi-step automation engine. You describe a process - a trigger, the steps, conditions, and time delays - and Workflows builds and runs it in the background, with no infrastructure for you to manage. You create and manage workflows using the AI chat in your app's dashboard.