Bubble vs Lovable
| Bubble | Lovable | |
|---|---|---|
| What it says it does | Build with AI when you want speed, edit visually when you want precision — design, database, logic, and privacy rules. Go from idea to launched app fast. | Lovable is an AI software engineer, which enables anyone to build for the web. Simply chat to instantly build websites and web apps, with no technical knowledge needed. |
| Pricing | Free plan (build and test; apps cannot go live); Starter web $32/mo billed annually or $39 monthly; Growth web $119/mo annually or $134 monthly; Team web $349/mo annually or $399 monthly; mobile and web+mobile plans cost more; 14-day Starter trial; workload overages extra (official) | Free plan: 5 daily build credits (up to 30/month) plus 20 Cloud credits/month; paid Pro and Business plans are priced by monthly credits, not seats (Pro from about $25/mo; confirm current figures on the pricing page) (official) |
| Website | https://bubble.io/ | https://lovable.dev/ |
Which to use
Bubble wins when you are building an app business and want visual control over the database, logic and privacy rules after AI generates the first version. Lovable wins when the bottleneck is building the product or site from a prompt, not designing in Figma first.
- Choose Bubble if you want to build a real web or mobile app product with AI and a visual editor, no code.
- Choose Lovable if you want to chat a website or web app into existence and host it without assembling a stack.
This is an editorial fit note from each vendor's public site and docs, not a sponsored ranking and not a price quote. Descriptions in the table come from those sites. Confirm current prices there. How we review tools.
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