Lovable: Pricing, Credits & Comparison (2026)

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Lovable is a Swedish platform where you describe an app in plain language - including in Polish - and an AI agent writes the frontend, backend and database, then publishes everything at a web address. The Free plan gives 5 credits daily (maximum 30 per month), Pro starts at $25 for 100 credits. Below we’ve gathered everything about how Lovable works in October 2026, how many credits a typical app consumes, and how it compares to Bolt, v0, Replit and Base44.

What is Lovable

Lovable is a web application (plus versions for macOS, Windows, iOS and Android) where you chat with an agent on the left and see a working app on the right. The company was founded in Stockholm as the successor to the GPT Engineer project by Anton Osika and Fabian Hedin.

You work in three modes:

• Build - the agent changes code. You pay for work done, from a fraction of a credit for a small fix to dozens of credits for a large task.
• Plan - the agent analyzes and creates a plan, doesn’t touch code. Costs 1 credit per message plus any sub-agent research.
• Chat - conversation about an idea or existing app. Since September 21 covered by a daily free limit.

New projects since May 13, 2026 are built on TanStack Start with server-side rendering, so Google and AI search engines get ready HTML. What you can realistically build and where the limits are, we described in Lovable: app from text description.

How to get started

1. Create an account at lovable.dev (Google, GitHub or email). The Free plan doesn’t require a card.
2. In the “Ask Lovable to create…” field, leave Build mode and describe the app: who it’s for, what it does, what screens it has. Write in Polish - the documentation allows any language.
3. Check the preview after each change and ask for one thing at a time. Edit text in the preview using the in-place text editing option: accounts get 100 free edits, each returns after 24 hours.
4. When the app needs to store data or log in users, Lovable will enable Cloud (database, auth, files) automatically or ask for permission.
5. Click Publish. Remember that the published version is a snapshot: each subsequent change must be published again.

We laid out the full path with an example class booking app in the guide Lovable step by step.

Models and agent

Lovable has no model switcher. The company wrote explicitly in August that it considers user model selection a dead end, and routes parts of tasks to different models itself. From announcements, here’s the 2026 history:

Separate issue is models in your app, e.g. a customer chatbot. Here the choice is wide: default Gemini 3.8 Flash, plus GPT-6 Sol, Luna and Astra, Claude (Opus 5.5, Fable 5.1, Sonnet 5, Haiku 4.5), GPT Image 2.5 for images and since October 1 GPT Live for voice conversations. You don’t need your own API keys, usage comes from credits. We wrote about the model itself in Claude Opus 5.5.

Integrations: Cloud, Supabase, GitHub, Stripe

Lovable Cloud vs own Supabase

Cloud is built-in backend based on open-source Supabase: database, auth (email, Google, Apple, Microsoft), files, server functions, scheduled tasks and emails. You choose the region once (Americas, Europe, Asia-Pacific) and can’t change it later.

When credits drop to zero, Cloud backend pauses: data is safe but the app loses database and auth. How to set up Supabase yourself, we show in Supabase step by step, and ready use cases with Lovable in Supabase in practice.

Code, payments and the rest

• GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket - two-way sync on every plan, including Free. Downloading code as ZIP and editing code in Lovable require a paid plan.
• Payments - built-in Stripe and Paddle (Paddle as merchant of record takes 5% + $0.50 per transaction). Built-in payments require Pro plan, on Free you can connect your own Stripe account.
• Shopify - physical product store, including catalog editing from chat.
• Connectors - dozens ready-made (Slack, Notion, WhatsApp Business, Power BI, AWS, Cloudflare and others) plus custom for any REST API.
• MCP server - at mcp.lovable.dev you can build Lovable apps from other tools supporting MCP.
• Domains - since September 1 you can buy a domain from chat, billed separately from subscription.

How much does Lovable cost

We checked prices on October 3, 2026 in the pricing page and documentation. Amounts in USD, with annual payment you get 2 months free.

Pro and Business each have 11 tiers, up to 10,000 credits ($2,250 in Pro). Buying 50 additional credits costs $15 in Pro and $30 in Business. All tiers, credit expiration rules, App Store prices and hidden costs we laid out in a separate article Lovable pricing: plans, credits and what you’ll really pay.

How many credits does a typical app consume

Lovable publishes example costs for Build mode commands. We based our own calculator on them. Examples from documentation (checked October 3, 2026):

We broke down three typical projects into commands and assigned each the closest official example. For comparison we calculated the same in Base44, which as the only competitor also publishes per-command estimates (0.5 for small change, 1 for small feature, 2 for complex module, 0.3 for chat message).

What this means:

• On Free you’ll make the landing in 2 days, booking app in 4 days (5 credits daily). You won’t finish the client dashboard in a month because 37 credits exceeds the 30 limit.
• On Pro all three projects fit in just the free 5 daily credits (dashboard in about 8 days), and the 100 credits from subscription remain as reserve.
• Estimate is a lower bound. Each mistake means more commands. One command can work up to 10 hours, and Lovable by default only stops after 20 credits and asks whether to continue. The /goal command according to documentation costs “noticeably more”.
• Building plus maintenance. Hosting and database consume credits from the same pool. A small app needs the included 20 credits monthly, with traffic you pay more.

Same scenario in Bolt, v0 and Replit

Bolt, v0 and Replit don’t publish typical command costs, so we can’t convert the scenario to their units without creating an account. So we compare what can be checked in official pricing:

Conclusion: Lovable and Base44 are easiest to plan upfront. In Bolt and v0 message cost grows with the project, and in Replit it’s best to watch the counter in real time - we wrote about this in how much Replit costs.

Lovable in Polish

We tested it in Polish:

• Interface is available in 11 languages (including English, German, French, Spanish, Italian, Japanese). Polish is not on that list as of October 3, 2026.
• Commands you can write in Polish, documentation explicitly allows any language.
• App can be entirely in Polish: just write it in the first command, e.g. “all interface text in Polish, dates in DD.MM.YYYY format, prices in złoty“.
• Payments through Stripe and Paddle work in Poland. Paddle as merchant of record handles VAT from EU customers for you.

Security and privacy

Lovable had two loud incidents worth knowing before putting customer data in apps:

• 2025, CVE-2025-48757 - in many apps the Supabase database had no proper access rules (RLS). A researcher found exposed data in 170 of 1,645 checked apps.
• April 2026 - between February 3 and April 20, any logged-in user with a link could read code and chat history of public projects. Lovable patched the bug in 2 hours from public report and changed all old public projects to private. Some project code contained database keys.

Our checklist before publishing:

1. Run quick and deep scans in the Security tab (both are free) and read every finding.
2. Ask the agent to check RLS rules for every table with personal data.
3. Keep API keys in Secrets, never in frontend code. If the project was ever public, rotate all keys.
4. Disable training on your data: Account settings → AI model training (on Free and Pro enabled by default since September 9).
5. Set spending limit on automatic top-up so a bug in the app doesn’t eat credits.

We write more about the problem in AI-created apps have a serious security problem and in the Supabase guide.

Lovable vs Bolt vs v0 vs Replit vs Base44

If you can code or want to work on your own repository, agents in editor or terminal work better: Cursor and Claude Code. Full comparison is in the guide AI for programming, and we wrote about Base44 with the Base1 model.

Who is Lovable for

• For people without programming who want a prototype, internal tool, booking page or client dashboard. Start with vibe coding step by step.
• For product and marketing teams who want to show a working idea instead of a mockup. Business gives SSO and publishing only for team members.
• For developers as a quick start: code goes to GitHub, you develop it further in your editor.
• Not for projects with unusual logic, heavy traffic from day one, or sensitive data without security review by someone who knows RLS.

Frequently asked questions

Lovable - what is it?

Lovable is an AI platform that builds a complete web app from a description in plain language: interface, backend, database and auth, then hosts it. The company is from Sweden, and the agent today runs mainly on Claude models.

Is Lovable free?

Yes, the Free plan doesn’t require a card and gives 5 credits daily, maximum 30 per month, plus 20 credits for hosting. Enough for a simple site or small app. Custom domain, code editing and removing the Lovable badge require Pro plan.

How much does Lovable cost?

Pro costs from $25 monthly for 100 credits ($21 with annual payment), Business from $50. Additional 50 credits in Pro is $15. Details in the article about Lovable pricing.

Does Lovable work in Polish?

You can write commands in Polish and build the entire app in Polish version. The Lovable interface itself has no Polish translation, it’s available in 11 other languages.

Lovable or Bolt - which to choose?

Both start at $25. Lovable is easier to plan cost-wise and has more convenient backend with payments. Bolt counts tokens so a large project eats more per message, but gives more freedom with code.

Is Lovable secure?

The platform has free security scans and Wiz integration, but in 2025 and 2026 had incidents with exposed data. Before publishing an app with personal data, check RLS rules, keys in Secrets, and disable training on your data.

Can I take code from Lovable?

Yes. Code belongs to you, sync with GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket works on every plan, and on paid plans you download the project as ZIP. You export the Cloud database separately in advanced settings.

What happens when credits run out?

Building stops and work in progress pauses until top-up. Published site still works, but AI features in the app stop responding, and Cloud backend (database, auth) is paused.

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Sources and check date

We checked all data on October 3, 2026. Lovable changes features almost daily, and current free chat rules are valid until October 31, 2026.

• Lovable - pricing
• Lovable - credits and usage
• Lovable - plans and tiers
• Lovable - changelog
• Lovable - Opus 5.5 in Lovable
• Lovable - why there’s no model choice
• Lovable - Cloud
• Lovable - Supabase integration
• Lovable - Stripe and Paddle payments
• Lovable - FAQ
• Lovable - April 2026 incident
• Lovable - Microsoft partnership
• TechCrunch - Series C and $13.3B valuation
• Bolt - pricing
• v0 - pricing
• Replit - pricing
• Base44 - pricing
• Base44 - credits