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Lovable Alternatives in 2026: AI App Builders, Priced and Compared
Lovable starts at $25 a month for 100 credits. Here are the alternatives, from Bolt and v0 to Replit and open-source picks, with prices and limits dated.
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Prices checked Oct 20, 2026 (Lovable and Bolt checked Oct 19, 2026; Cursor checked Oct 15, 2026) on each vendor’s official pricing page or docs, linked under Sources. No affiliate links on this page (how we work).
You built something on Lovable, it worked, and then the credits ran out mid-feature. Or you saw “download code: Pro and up” and wondered who owns your app. Here are seven alternatives, from a $0 open-source desktop app to full coding agents, with what each costs and how you get your code out.
We haven’t tested Lovable or any of the tools below. Everything here comes from each company’s own pricing pages and docs.
TL;DR: the best Lovable alternative by situation
- Cheapest paid plan: Replit Core at $20 a month, with $20 of model credit plus Free Mode Agent work. Base44 Starter is $16 a month, but only billed yearly.
- Biggest free allowance on paper: Bolt.new. 300K tokens a day and 1M a month on Free.
- Free and open source: Dyad. A local desktop app, no sign-up, bring your own API key.
- You want GitHub sync without paying: v0 lists “Sync with GitHub” on its Free plan. Lovable’s Git sync is on Free too, but downloading code isn’t.
- You can code: Cursor from $8 a month, or Claude Code with Claude Pro at $20. You stop paying per app build and start paying for an assistant.
- Mobile apps: our dated notes don’t cover native mobile builds for any of these tools, so we’re not naming a pick.
For the head-to-head with Lovable’s closest rival, see Lovable vs Bolt. For IDEs and coding agents, see AI coding tools compared.
What Lovable costs
From Lovable’s pricing page and subscription-plans docs, checked Oct 19, 2026:
- Free, $0: 5 build credits a day, capped at 30 a month, plus 20 Cloud and 4 AI credits a month.
- Pro, $25 a month for 100 credits: $250 a year (about $21 a month) on annual. Tiers go up to 10,000 credits. Five daily build credits with no monthly cap.
- Business, $50 a month for 100 credits: same credit ladder, plus SSO and governance extras. $500 a year on annual.
- Enterprise: contact sales.
Plans are per workspace, not per seat. Git sync (GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket) works on Free and up, but downloading or editing code needs Pro or higher. Full history on the Lovable price tracker.
Business costs twice as much as Pro and starts at the same 100 credits. The extra $25 buys SSO and governance, not more building. For a small team that just ran out of credits, that’s a gut punch dressed as an upgrade.
Lovable alternatives compared
All USD. “From” is the lowest paid plan.
| Tool | Free tier | From | Unit | Code export | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lovable (baseline) | 5 credits/day, 30/mo | $25 Pro | 100 credits | Git sync Free; download Pro+ | lovable.dev (Oct 19) |
| Bolt.new | 300K tokens/day, 1M/mo | $25 Pro | From 10M tokens | GitHub two-way sync | bolt.new (Oct 19) |
| v0 | 7 messages/day | $30/user Plus | $30 credit | GitHub sync on Free | v0.app (Oct 20) |
| Replit | Daily Agent credits | $20 Core | $20 credit + Free Mode | GitHub import to PR | replit.com (Oct 20) |
| Base44 | 25 message credits/mo | $16/mo yearly | 100 message credits | GitHub sync, Builder+ | base44.com (Oct 20) |
| Dyad | Free, bring your key | $20 Pro | 200 AI credits | Exports runnable code | dyad.sh (Oct 20) |
| Cursor | Limited requests | $8 Plus | Plus multiples | n/a (editor) | cursor.com (Oct 15) |
| Claude Code | No | $20 Pro | Shared pool | n/a (coding agent) | claude.com (Oct 19) |
Each vendor counts in its own unit, so compare what you’d build per month, not the sticker.
The 7 Lovable alternatives
Bolt.new
The closest swap. Bolt Pro is $25 a month and starts at 10M tokens a month, with no daily cap and unused tokens that roll over on paid plans. Free gives 300K tokens a day and 1M a month. Teams is $30 per member a month, and each member gets their own allotment that isn’t shared (Bolt pricing, checked Oct 19, 2026).
On code, Bolt documents GitHub two-way sync, and hosting is built in with a free bolt.host URL. Custom domains need a paid plan (Git docs, hosting docs, checked Oct 19, 2026). Our Lovable vs Bolt post goes deep on credits vs tokens.
v0
Vercel’s builder. Free is $0 with “Sync with GitHub”, deploys to Vercel and a “7 message/day limit”. Plus is $30 per user a month with $30 of monthly credits, $2 of free daily credits on login and access to all models. Business is $100 per user. New users get $5 in one-time credits (v0 pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026).
The appeal: GitHub sync on Free. The catch: per-user pricing adds up on a team. Plan history on the v0 price tracker.
Replit
The cheapest paid entry here. Core is $20 a month ($18 billed yearly) with up to 30 hours of chat and 60 projects on Free Mode, plus $20 toward more powerful models. Pro is $100 a month ($90 yearly) with $100 of model credit, 15 collaborators and unused credits that roll over for two months (Replit pricing, Pro docs, checked Oct 20, 2026). Starter is free with daily Agent credits.
Agent work past Free Mode is “effort-based”, with no published per-task price. On code, Replit documents importing a GitHub repo and letting Agent commit to a branch and open a pull request; you need write access to the repo (Replit GitHub docs, checked Oct 20, 2026). We didn’t find a ZIP download doc, so we won’t promise one. Details on the Replit price tracker.
Base44
The longest ladder here. Prices below are billed annually, and Base44 says annual “saves 20% on every paid plan”. Monthly-billing prices weren’t visible on the page we checked (Base44 pricing, checked Oct 20, 2026):
| Plan | Yearly price | Message credits |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 25/mo, up to 5 apps |
| Starter | $16/mo | 100 |
| Builder | $40/mo | 250 |
| Pro | $80/mo | 500 |
| Elite | $160/mo | 1,200 |
On code, Base44’s FAQ says “Two-way GitHub sync exports the full source code to your own repo at any time”, and GitHub integration is listed from Builder up. So if code ownership is why you’re leaving Lovable, budget for Builder, not Starter.
Dyad
The open-source pick. Dyad calls itself a “Free, Local, Open-Source AI App Builder”. Dyad Free needs no sign-up and runs on your own API key. Pro is $20 a month for 200 AI credits, and Max is $79 a month for 900 (dyad.sh, checked Oct 20, 2026).
It runs on macOS, Windows and Linux, works with OpenAI, Anthropic, Ollama, LM Studio and more, and promises “Export clean, runnable code. No lock-in, ever.” Deploys go to GitHub and Vercel. Got API keys already? Free skips the credit counting.
Cursor
If you can code, a full editor replaces the builder. Cursor Free has a limited allowance, Plus is $8 a month but limited to Grok models, and Premium is $30 for 4x Plus usage. Third-party models like Claude and GPT bill at API list price on Premium and up (Cursor pricing, checked Oct 15, 2026). The full ladder is in Cursor pricing.
There’s no export question here: you’re editing your own project from the start.
Claude Code
Anthropic’s coding agent comes with paid Claude plans: Pro at $20 a month ($17 a month billed yearly), or Max at $100 or $200. Claude Code and chat share one usage pool, and the Free plan doesn’t include Claude Code (Claude pricing, checked Oct 19, 2026). See Claude Code pricing for limits.
Like Cursor, it works in your own codebase, so lock-in isn’t the issue. The learning curve is.
Free and open-source options
Only what the vendors publish, as of Oct 19–20, 2026:
- Dyad Free: open source, local, no sign-up, bring your own API key (dyad.sh).
- Free tiers, not open source: Bolt (300K tokens a day), v0 (7 messages a day, GitHub sync), Replit Starter (one 30-day published app) and Base44 (25 message credits a month, 5 apps), as listed above.
- If you code: Cline is free and open source for individuals; you pay only for inference (cline.bot, checked Oct 19, 2026). OpenCode is open source and free to use with any provider (OpenCode docs, checked Oct 19, 2026).
Here’s what I’d do
Want the same experience: Bolt Free first. Bigger free pool on paper, same $25 Pro.
Want to own your code without paying: v0 Free (GitHub sync) or Dyad Free (local, open source). Lovable makes you pay Pro just to download.
Watching every dollar: Replit Core at $20, and live in Free Mode. Or Base44 Starter at $16 a month if you’re fine paying a year up front. Just remember GitHub sync there starts at Builder.
Already have API keys: Dyad. You pay your provider directly and skip the credit maze.
You can read code: Cursor or Claude Code. The app is yours from line one.
Not sure you need to switch? Is Lovable free? covers what the free plan’s credits build.
If v0 is on your list, Is v0 free? covers its free plan and limits.
Before you leave Lovable over plan limits, read Lovable Pro vs Business.
FAQ
Is there a free Lovable alternative? Yes: Dyad Free, Bolt Free (300K tokens a day), v0 Free (7 messages a day), Replit Starter and Base44 Free (25 message credits a month) all cost $0, per their pages on Oct 19–20, 2026.
Is there an open-source Lovable alternative? Yes, Dyad describes itself as a free, local, open-source AI app builder that runs on your own API key.
Lovable vs Bolt: which is cheaper? Both Pro plans are $25 a month, but Bolt Free’s 300K tokens a day is a bigger free allowance on paper than Lovable’s 30 credits a month; see our Lovable vs Bolt post.
Can I export my Lovable code? Yes, Lovable’s docs put Git sync on Free and up and code download or editing on Pro and up.
What’s the best Lovable alternative for mobile apps? None of the pricing pages we checked on Oct 19–20, 2026 prices native mobile app builds, so check each tool’s docs before you choose.
Sources
- Lovable pricing (Free, Pro, Business, credits): https://lovable.dev/pricing (verified 2026-10-19)
- Lovable subscription-plans docs (annual prices, Git sync, code download): https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans (verified 2026-10-19)
- Bolt.new pricing (Free, Pro, Teams, rollover): https://bolt.new/pricing (verified 2026-10-19)
- Bolt Git integration docs: https://support.bolt.new/integrations/git (verified 2026-10-19)
- Bolt hosting and publish docs: https://support.bolt.new/cloud/hosting/publish (verified 2026-10-19)
- v0 pricing (Free, Plus, Business, GitHub sync, credits): https://v0.app/pricing (verified 2026-10-20)
- Replit pricing (Core, Pro): https://replit.com/pricing (verified 2026-10-20)
- Replit Pro and Starter docs: https://docs.replit.com/billing/plans/replit-pro.md and https://docs.replit.com/billing/plans/starter-plan.md (verified 2026-10-20)
- Replit GitHub change docs: https://docs.replit.com/use-cases/ship-github-change.md (verified 2026-10-20)
- Base44 pricing (plans, annual billing, GitHub sync FAQ): https://base44.com/pricing (verified 2026-10-20)
- Dyad (Free, Pro, Max, platforms, export): https://www.dyad.sh/ (verified 2026-10-20)
- Cursor pricing: https://cursor.com/pricing (verified 2026-10-15)
- Claude pricing (Pro, Max, Claude Code): https://claude.com/pricing (verified 2026-10-19)
- Cline pricing: https://cline.bot/pricing (verified 2026-10-19)
- OpenCode Go docs: https://opencode.ai/v2/docs/console/go/ (verified 2026-10-19)