Free
US$0
Five daily build credits, capped at 30/month; Git sync; workspace-private projects
AI app builder with prompt-led development, Git synchronization and shared workspace credits.
Choose it if
Founders, small product teams and agencies prototyping web apps or building narrowly scoped internal tools with technical review available
Skip it if
You require a fixed all-inclusive hosting budget, cannot review generated application behavior, or need offline deployment and infrastructure guarantees without further engineering
Starting price
Free plan; Pro 100 credits from US$25/month, or US$250/year
Free workspace with five daily build credits capped at 30 per calendar month; separate Cloud and AI grants
Decision checklist
Lovable turns natural-language instructions into web applications with an editable project and publishing workflow. Its AI app builder combines generated interfaces with backend and integration options. Git synchronization provides a route to inspect changes outside the builder. Evaluate a working application rather than treating an attractive first screen as proof that authentication, permissions and business rules are ready for customers.
Start with one user journey, such as a customer creating a request and an administrator reviewing it. Specify the roles, required fields and success conditions before generating screens. Compare the result with those conditions, then check permission boundaries with separate accounts. Connect Git sync early and review changes before publishing. Use the workspace usage dashboard to distinguish building from deployed-app consumption. This is a suggested evaluation process, not a hands-on test or security certification.
Write a clear brief before your first prompt: who the users are, what each can do, and what data the app stores. Build one complete journey first, test it with real accounts, and only then add features. Connect Git sync early so changes are tracked and a developer can review the code.
Searches for Lovable AI, prompt-to-app development and AI website builders overlap here, but a web application requires more evaluation than a static landing page. Plan an owner for maintenance and incident handling before collecting real customer data.
Starting price: Free plan; Pro 100 credits from US$25/month, or US$250/year. Model: Workspace subscription by monthly credit allocation, with usage-based consumption and optional top-ups; Enterprise custom.
Worked exampleA three-person team sharing Pro 100 pays US$25 for one monthly workspace subscription, not US$75 for three seats. If its activity stays within the included allocations, no top-ups are assumed: twelve monthly payments total US$300 before tax, compared with the published US$250 annual option. This does not guarantee a specific number of generated apps or hosted users.
US$0
Five daily build credits, capped at 30/month; Git sync; workspace-private projects
US$25/month
100 monthly subscription credits; code editing/download, custom domains and member limits
US$250/year
Same monthly credit tier issued monthly; annual commitment
US$50/month
100 monthly subscription credits; SSO, advanced roles and priority support
US$500/year
Annual billing for the entry Business tier
Contact sales
Contracted governance, volume and support
Pro and Business include five daily build credits without the Free monthly cap. Current documentation lists separate monthly Cloud and AI grants of 20 and four credits; these are credits, not dollar allowances. Credit consumption varies by activity. Annual credits are still issued monthly, not all at once. Confirm current grants, top-up prices and tax before buying.
Closest alternative: Bolt. Here is how the shortlist compares on price and fit.
| Compare | Lovable |
Bubble |
Google AppSheet |
Adalo |
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| Best for | Founders, small product teams and agencies prototyping web apps or building narrowly scoped internal tools with technical review available | Founders and agencies building custom portals, marketplaces or workflow apps that need a visual database and business logic | Operations teams building inventory, inspections, job tracking or approval apps around structured data, particularly in Google Workspace organisations | Founders and small teams building booking, membership, directory or marketplace-style apps with a visual interface and managed database |
| Starting price | Free plan; Pro 100 credits from US$25/month, or US$250/year | Free development plan; Web Starter US$32/month or US$29/month equivalent billed annually | Starter US$5/user/month; Core US$10/user/month; eligible Google Workspace users may already have Core | Free to build and test; Starter US$36/month equivalent, billed annually at US$432 |
| Free plan / trial | Free workspace with five daily build credits capped at 30 per calendar month; separate Cloud and AI grants | Free development version; eligible new apps can access a 14-day Starter trial subject to activation rules | Build and test with up to 10 users at no cost; free testing is not a general production licence | Free plan: unlimited test apps and screens, 500 records per app, 1 editor; no production publishing allowance |
| Biggest limitation | A subscription is not an unlimited app-operating budget: build activity and deployed Cloud or AI usage consume different allowances, while generated code still needs review. | Workload measures backend resources, not a predictable number of users; inefficient queries and repeated workflows can raise consumption without increasing customer value. | Per-user entitlement and sync design constrain deployment: sharing with external users can require additional licences, while offline use depends on cached data and supported content types. | No editable source-code export: moving the application logic to another platform requires a rebuild rather than a simple code handoff. |
Prices are taken from each vendor's own pricing page on the dates shown. Taxes and add-ons may apply; confirm before you buy.
No. Plans list unlimited workspace members and a shared credit allocation. Assign member limits if one collaborator could consume most of the budget.
No. Free grants stop after the calendar-month total reaches 30. Pro and Business list five daily build credits without that monthly cap.
The current plan comparison lists GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket sync on Free. Direct code download and in-builder code editing are paid features.
No. Its subscription credits continue to be issued monthly. The published annual charge is US$250, rather than twelve times the rounded US$21 display rate.
Custom domains and removal of the Lovable badge are paid-plan features. Confirm your publishing and domain requirements before choosing Free.
Unused subscription and rollover credits are frozen on Free, not refunded. They can become usable again if you return to a paid plan before their original expiry; purchased top-ups have separate rules.
We read pricing and plan limits from Lovable's own pages (listed above) on the dates above. Where a vendor does not publish a price we can verify, we say so rather than estimate. Spotted something out of date? Tell us.
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