Lovable

Lovable is an AI app builder. You describe the web app you want in plain language, and it generates a working full-stack app that you can keep refining through a chat. It is aimed at founders, makers, designers and product managers who want a prototype or a first version without writing code from scratch.

Quick facts

• Made by: Lovable, a company based in Stockholm, Sweden, founded in 2023
• Free plan: Yes, with 5 build credits a day up to about 30 a month
• Paid plans: Pro and Business, each starting at 100 monthly credits, plus a custom Enterprise plan
• Works on: Web. Your apps are web apps, published to a lovable.app address or, on paid plans, your own domain.
• Pricing last checked: October 2026, using several recent published sources. Credit rules and tiers change, so confirm on Lovable’s official pricing page.

What Lovable is best at

• Going from idea to working app quickly: prototypes, internal tools and small products built from a conversation.
• No per-seat pricing: team members share one pool of credits instead of paying per user.
• Full-stack basics in one place: interface, database, user login and hosting through its built-in cloud.
• Iterating by chat: ask for changes in plain English and watch the app update.
• Team controls on higher plans: roles, permissions and single sign-on.

Plans and pricing

Credits are one shared balance that pays for building, for the backend and hosting, and for AI features inside the apps you deploy. That means the real cost depends on how much you build and how much traffic your app gets. A simple prototype may need little, but one source estimates a production-style app with login, payments and in-app AI can use hundreds of credits in its first month. Extra credits cost more than those included in a plan, and some credits expire. Students have been reported to get roughly half off Pro, so check whether you qualify. Confirm all figures on Lovable’s official page.

Best for

• Founders and makers who want a working prototype fast.
• Non-developers building internal tools or simple customer-facing apps.
• Teams that want to share one credit budget instead of paying per seat.

Less suited to

• Large, complex production systems that need custom infrastructure and strict engineering control.
• Anyone who needs a fixed monthly cost, because credit use varies with each request.
• Developers who prefer to write and review code themselves in an editor, where GitHub Copilot or Cursor fit better.

How to get started

1. Create a free account and write a short description of the app you want, including who uses it and what they do.
2. Let Lovable generate a first version, then click through it as a user would.
3. Ask for changes one at a time, and keep an eye on how many credits each request uses.
4. Before you share the app, test the login, forms and any data that should be private.
5. Upgrade only when you need a custom domain, more credits or team controls.

Prompt ideas to copy

Build a simple booking app for a dog groomer. Customers choose a service and a time slot, I see all bookings in a dashboard, and customers get an email confirmation.

Create a landing page for [product] with a hero section, three feature blocks, a pricing table and a waitlist form that saves email addresses to a database.

Add user login and make sure each user can only see their own data. Explain what you changed so I can check it.

Review this app for obvious security and usability problems. List them in order of importance and fix the top three.

Limitations and things to watch

• Credit use is hard to predict, and a busy deployed app keeps drawing on your balance.
• Generated apps still need testing, especially login, payments and anything involving private data.
• Check how you can export or sync your code before you build something important on any app builder.
• Plan names, credit rules and prices change often.

Alternatives

Compare GitHub Copilot and Cursor for AI help while you write code, and Claude or ChatGPT for generating and explaining code in chat.