What country is your Base44 app stored in (and how to change it)?

Where Base44 stores a normal app

A normal Base44 workspace uses the US as its storage region. If you created your app without changing anything, its database records and user accounts are stored in the US. Files uploaded through the app are stored there too.

You can check the storage region Base44 shows for each app here:

For data residency, think of the app as six layers:

1. 1

   App hosting. The published frontend and the servers that deliver it to users.

2. 2

   Database records. The tables and records shown under Data.

3. 3

   User accounts. The stored accounts shown under Users.

4. 4

   Uploaded files. Images, documents and other media uploaded through the app.

5. 5

   Backend processing. Login requests, functions, automations, agents, connectors and API calls.

6. 6

   Outside services. AI models, email, analytics and other services that receive app data.

What Base44 Elite changes

Elite and Enterprise workspaces can choose EU or UK storage for new apps. The region must be selected before the app is created. Elite costs $200/month. Free, Starter, Builder and Pro do not include this option.

If you are on Elite or Enterprise, set the region before creating the app:

Select the EU or UK and save. Apps created after that use the selected region.

Base44 is still rolling the option out. Some Elite and Enterprise workspaces may not see the edit control yet.

Base44's Elite/Enterprise setting changes only 2Database records and 3User accounts:

• Those two storage layers move to the selected EU or UK cluster.
• 4Uploaded files remain stored in the US. Your Base44 account and billing information remain there too.
• Base44 keeps 1App hosting in the US with the American hosting company Render.
• 5Backend processing is not tied to the selected storage region. A login, function or automation may run outside the EU or UK even when the resulting record is stored there.
• 6Outside services keep their own storage and processing locations.
• The EU option is a regional cluster. You cannot choose Germany, France, Finland or another individual member country.

Elite is enough only when that is the promise you need to make: a new app's database records and user accounts are stored in the EU or UK, while files and processing may still leave that region.

An existing app cannot switch regions

Changing the workspace region affects apps you create afterward. It does not move an app you have already built.

Base44 introduced its EU and UK option on April 16, 2026. An app created before that date cannot use it in place. The same practical rule applies to any app that already exists when you change the workspace setting: its region stays where it was.

Base44's route is to change the workspace region, clone the app, export the entity records from the original and import them into the clone. User accounts do not copy or export, so every user has to sign up again. Your new clone is a separate app, not the existing live app relocated to another region.

Your Base44 app can remain in the US and still be GDPR-compliant

Even though your existing Base44 app remains in the US, it does not necessarily have to move into the EU to be GDPR-compliant. GDPR does not require every app to keep personal data in the EU. It allows data to move outside the EEA when the transfer has a valid legal mechanism and the required protection follows the data.

Base44 has a data-processing agreement, supports recognised transfer mechanisms, and has SOC 2 Type II and ISO 27001 controls. A Base44 app can therefore comply with GDPR while its data is stored in the US.

That does not make every Base44 app compliant automatically. You still decide why the app collects personal data, what it collects, how long it keeps it and which other services receive it.

Complete EU-only residency goes beyond GDPR, and Base44 cannot provide it

A customer contract, sector rule, public body or company policy can require every covered part of the app to stay inside the EU, including uploaded files and processing. Base44 cannot make that promise, even on Elite or Enterprise.

Elite and Enterprise move only 2Database records and 3User accounts into EU storage. 4Uploaded files and 1App hosting remain in the US, while 5Backend processing is not confined to the EU.

"Our app complies with GDPR" and "our complete app and its data stay inside the EU" are two different promises. A Base44 app can meet the first. Base44 cannot provide the second.

Base44 has no Canada, Australia, Israel or Switzerland option

Base44 lets an eligible workspace choose the US, EU or UK. It does not offer Canada, Australia, Israel, Switzerland or a specific EU country.

The general privacy laws in these countries regulate overseas transfers rather than banning them outright. Canada's PIPEDA permits overseas processing with comparable protection. Australia regulates overseas disclosure. Israel and Switzerland allow transfers when their conditions and safeguards are met. A sector rule, government contract, customer promise or internal no-overseas policy may still be stricter.

Legal compliance and domestic residency are different in these countries too. "Our Canadian customers' data is stored in Canada" is different from "we comply with PIPEDA." "The complete app stays in Switzerland" is different from "our provider uses recognised transfer safeguards." Base44 cannot make the first kind of promise for those countries.

Moving only the database does not move the app

Connecting a Canadian database moves only 2Database records. Putting the frontend on an EU server moves only 1App hosting. User accounts, uploaded files and backend processing can still handle data through Base44. Exported code also keeps calling that backend unless it is replaced.

If your requirement covers the complete app, the first five layers need the required location, and the outside services in layer 6 need to meet the same promise. An EU webpage connected to a US backend is not EU app residency. A Canadian database connected to Base44 is not a Canadian Base44 app.

For complete data residency in the country you choose, the app has to leave Base44

But moving your app to infrastructure that supports your data residency needs shouldn't mean weeks of rebuilding and quotes in the thousands. You already have the app you want. All you want is to move it to another country.

This is why I built EscapeBase44. It takes the Base44 app you already built and moves it wherever you want. You can pick normal infrastructure providers like AWS, Hetzner and MongoDB, or use a suitable local hosting provider. Those choices cover almost any data residency setup. The entire app runs on your own accounts. Nothing routes through Base44 anymore.

That solves the first five data-residency layers in one move: 1App hosting, 2Database records, 3User accounts, 4Uploaded files and 5Backend processing. You take control of 6Outside services too. Instead of relying on Base44's built-in AI and email services, you choose your own AI, email, analytics and other API providers that meet your residency requirement. You finally control your entire app's data residency.