Lovable vs Replit

What each one costs

Lovable

Free: $0 a month. 5 build credits a day, capped at 30 a calendar month, plus 20 Cloud credits and 4 AI credits. No code download, no code editing, no custom domain.
Pro: From $25 a month for 100 credits a month. Adds code editing, code download, custom domains and badge removal.
Business: From $50 a month for the same 100 credits. Adds role-based access, SSO, a security centre, personal projects and the Lovable API.
Enterprise: Priced by Lovable's sales team. Adds SCIM, audit logs and scheduled security scans.

Every figure here comes from Lovable's own pages, read on 2026-09-20. Prices and limits move — check the sources before you decide.

Sources: lovable.dev/pricing, Lovable docs — Subscription plans, Lovable docs — Credits and limits, Lovable docs — Deploy, Lovable docs — FAQ

Replit

Starter: $0. Daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap, 2GB of workspace storage and 1 published app, which expires after 30 days and can be published again. No Full build, no Plan Mode, no third-party connectors, and the Made with Replit badge stays.
Core: $20 a month, or $18 a month billed annually. $20 of credit towards the most capable models, Plan mode, unlimited workspaces, and up to 30 hours of chat and 60 projects on Free Mode.
Pro: $100 a month, or $90 a month billed annually. $100 of model credit, 10 parallel agents, up to 15 collaborators and 50 viewers, and database rollback up to 28 days.
Enterprise: Priced on request. Adds SAML SSO, SCIM, audit logs, custom seat limits, advanced privacy controls, single-tenant environments and static outbound IPs.

Every figure here comes from Replit's own pages, read on 2026-09-23. Prices and limits move — check the sources before you decide.

Sources: replit.com/pricing, Replit docs — Starter Plan, Replit docs — Build with Agent, Replit docs — Version control, Replit docs — Projects and files, Replit docs — Custom domains, Replit docs — Publishing costs, Replit docs — Submit to the App Store, Replit — AI coding tools for software engineers

Feature comparison

Feature	Lovable	Replit	Buildra
AI code generation	Yes	Agent	Yes
Live preview	Yes	Yes	Yes
One-click deploy	Yes	Yes	Yes
GitHub sync	Yes	Two-way	Yes
Full-stack (frontend + backend + DB)	Built-in Cloud	Yes	Yes
Custom domains	Paid plans	On a published app	On paid plans
Multi-language UI	No	Not documented	4 languages
Export / download code	Pro and above	Yes	Yes
Conversation history	Yes	Yes	Yes
Phone app, built and uploaded to the stores	Not documented	Built; you submit to the stores	On a paid plan

Which is better for someone who doesn't write code?

Both start from a prompt box, so neither asks you to write code to get a first version. Lovable is the narrower of the two, and that is its advantage for a non-developer: it builds web apps, hosts the backend on its own Cloud, and publishes to a lovable.app address from the free plan, so there are few decisions to make. Replit gives you more to hold — a workspace, a terminal, 50+ languages, several kinds of deployment — which pays off the moment you want to look underneath, and is more surface than you need if you never will.

Which one lets you leave with the code?

Both sync with GitHub in both directions, and they differ on the download. Lovable syncs to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket on every plan including free, but downloading the code as an archive, and editing it inside Lovable, start at Pro ($25 a month). Replit imports from GitHub and pushes back, and downloads any project as a zip from its file tree with no plan named. One more difference points the other way round: Lovable cannot start from a repository you already have — it exports to GitHub only — while Replit imports one.

How far does each free plan go?

Lovable Free grants 5 build credits a day, capped at 30 in a calendar month, plus 20 Cloud credits and 4 AI credits, and it publishes. Replit's free Starter plan grants daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap and 2GB of workspace storage, but publishes 1 app, which expires after 30 days and has to be published again; it also leaves out Plan Mode and third-party connectors and keeps the Made with Replit badge. For a site that has to stay up, Lovable's free plan goes further.

Which one builds phone apps?

Replit. Its docs walk through building a mobile app and taking it all the way to the App Store: an Apple Developer account, the upload to App Store Connect, TestFlight, and a final review you submit yourself. Lovable builds web apps; its publishing always goes to a web address. Lovable's own FAQ covers the stores only by exporting the code and wrapping the published web app in a third-party tool; Replit is the one of the two that builds the mobile app itself.

When is neither the right answer?

When what you want is a signed phone build uploaded to App Store Connect and Google Play for you, or a dashboard in Arabic, Spanish or French — and, against Lovable, the source downloadable on a free plan and a start from a repository you already have. That is the gap Buildra was built for: every commit its agent makes can be mirrored to a GitHub repository you own, the source downloads on the free tier — 5 credits a day, up to 25 a month, across up to 3 projects — and on a paid plan Buildra uploads signed phone builds to App Store Connect and Google Play for you, from your own developer accounts. It is the smallest of the three: the mirror runs one direction only, there are no roles, SSO or audit logs, and Lovable's free monthly allowance is larger.

Bottom line — Lovable or Replit?

Pick Lovable if you want a web app with the backend hosted for you and a free plan that keeps it published. Pick Replit if you want a workspace behind the chat, a language other than JavaScript, a team editing together, or a phone app headed for the App Store. The two overlap more than their reputations suggest — both are prompt-first now, and both sync GitHub both ways. If the deciding question is owning the source from the first commit on a free plan, look at a third option; if you need a team workspace or SSO, don't.

Frequently asked questions

Is Lovable or Replit better?+

For different people. Lovable is the more contained product — web apps, a hosted backend and a free plan that publishes — which suits someone who wants the app and not the machinery. Replit is the broader one — 50+ languages, a workspace and terminal, collaboration, and phone apps — which suits someone who expects to go underneath.

Which is cheaper, Lovable or Replit?+

Lovable Pro is $25 a month, or $21 a month billed annually. Replit Core is $20 a month, or $18 a month billed annually, and Replit Pro is $100. They meter differently — Lovable in build credits, Replit in a monthly credit balance that also pays for publishing — so the cheaper one depends on how much you build and how much traffic your app serves.

Can you move a project from Lovable to Replit, or back?+

Through GitHub. Lovable syncs every project to a Git repository on any plan, and Replit imports from GitHub, so a Lovable project can be opened in Replit. The other direction is harder: Lovable cannot start from a repository you already have. Neither carries the conversation or a hosted database across.

Is there an alternative to both?+

Several. Buildra differs from both in that, on a paid plan, it uploads signed phone builds to App Store Connect and Google Play for you, and its dashboard is in four languages; it differs from Lovable in that the source downloads on its free tier and a project can start from a repository you already have. It is smaller in others — its GitHub mirror runs one way, there are no roles or SSO, and Lovable's free monthly allowance is larger.