Lovable

Lovable (formerly GPT Engineer) is a chat-to-app builder. Rechecked 2026-08-17: docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans sells Free, Pro, and Business. The lowest paid Pro row is $25 / month for 100 monthly credits, or $250 / year. The lowest Business row is $50 / month for 100 monthly credits, or $500 / year. Higher Pro/Business tiers buy more credits (200, 400, 800, and up). Credits and usage still gives Free 5 daily build credits, capped at 30 / calendar month, plus a monthly Cloud grant and a monthly AI grant. Plan mode is 1 credit per message. This is not the old Free 20 generations / Pro $20 unlimited GPT-4 / Team $50 table.

Compare v0 if you wanted Vercel's UI generator, Bolt if you wanted another in-browser app builder, and Cursor if you wanted an IDE instead of a chat-to-app canvas.

Key Features

• Chat to a running app: Describe the product; Lovable edits the project and shows a preview. Treat the live editor as the catalog.
• Credit meter: Messages, builds, Cloud, and AI grants all land in credits. Free daily credits stop at 30 / month. Pro and Business daily credits are not monthly-capped on the page we opened.
• Exportable code: Docs still say you own the project. Recheck current export and GitHub sync in-app before you assume zero lock-in.
• Workspace controls: Business adds team features and a higher credit price. There is no public Team $50 row.

Use Cases

• Founders who will pay $25 to chat an MVP into a preview.
• Teams that need Business $50 for workspace-private projects and higher credit packs.
• People comparing Lovable vs v0 vs Bolt on public credit tables, not on "unlimited GPT-4."

Limitation: Credits scale with prompt length and task complexity. "80-90% cheaper than hiring" and named reviewer quotes are not first-party facts we rechecked. Native iOS/Android generation is still not the product.

Pricing

docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans on 2026-08-17. Entry rows first.

If a leftover blog still lists unlimited $20 Pro or Team $50, treat the subscription-plans tables as the source.

Getting Started

1. Open the subscription plans page and start on Free only long enough to hit the 30-credit monthly cap.
2. Sign up at lovable.dev and describe one small app before you buy Pro $25.
3. Recheck credits and usage before you assume Plan mode is free.
4. Compare v0 or Bolt if you already pay for another generator.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Pro still $20 unlimited?

No. The live entry Pro row is $25 / month for 100 credits, or $250 / year.

Is there a Team $50 plan?

Not on the page we opened. The paid families are Pro and Business.

Same as Cursor?

No. Lovable is a hosted chat-to-app builder. Cursor is an AI IDE you already write code in.

Alternatives

• v0: Better if you want Vercel-native UI generation.
• Bolt: Another in-browser builder if Lovable's credit math is the issue.
• Cursor: Better if you want to keep an editor.

Tips

1. Quote Pro from $25 / month (100 credits) and Business from $50 / month.
2. Do not paste "unlimited AI generations" into a deck.
3. Recheck daily vs monthly credit grants before a demo week.

Conclusion

Lovable is a credit-metered chat-to-app builder, not an unmetered $20 GPT-4 seat. Start at the subscription plans page, then decide whether v0 or Bolt already covers the prototype you need.