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Bubble vs Glide vs Lovable

Pick up to 4 tools and see their free plans, entry prices, platforms and limits in one table. Every fact comes from each vendor's own pages, checked 16 October 2026.

Compared on
Bubble

Free plan · from $29/mo

Glide

Free plan · from $25/mo

Lovable

Free plan · from $21/mo

What it isNo-code builder for web and native mobile apps, with AI promptingBuilds internal business apps from spreadsheets, prompts or filesAI app and website builder that creates apps from chat prompts
Free planDevelopment version only (no live app), 1 app editor, 50K workload units/month, 6 hours of server logsLimited credits, 2 team members, 10 projects, 0 published apps, 0 enabled workflows5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month), workspace-private projects, unlimited collaborators, 5 lovable.app domains; no custom domains, code editing or code download; no credit card needed
Cheapest paid plan$29/mo billed annually (Starter (Web))Bubble pricing$25/mo (Basic)Glide pricing$21/mo billed annually (Pro)Lovable pricing
What it covers175K workload units/month, live website and custom domain; the Web & Mobile Starter plan is $59/month billed annually.100 credits, 2 team members, 2 published apps, 1 enabled workflow; annual plans are 'coming soon'.100 monthly credits plus 5 daily credits; larger credit tiers cost more; unlimited users.
Free trialFree trial offered on Starter (length not stated on the pricing page)None statedNone stated
PlatformsWebWebWeb
Integrations (vendor's figure)8K pluginsNot statedNot stated
Open sourceNoNoNo
Good for
  • Building a customer portal or marketplace app without code
  • Launching a web app and a matching mobile app from one project
  • Building a first version of a product to test a business idea
  • Turning an operations spreadsheet into an internal app
  • Building inventory, field sales or work order tools for a team
  • Replacing a patchwork of ad-hoc spreadsheets with one shared app
  • Turning a product idea into a working prototype from written prompts
  • Building an internal tool or a simple website
  • Letting a small team work on one app without per-seat fees
Watch out for
  • Free plan is for development only: no live app or custom domain
  • Workload units are capped per plan; extra workload is bought as an add-on
  • The Free plan has 1 app editor; Growth allows 2 and Team 5
  • Free plan cannot publish apps or enable workflows
  • Annual billing is not yet offered ('coming soon')
  • GlideOS is separate from Glide Classic: it needs its own subscription, cannot share data with Classic apps and has no migration tool
  • Free plan: 5 daily credits, capped at 30 a month, with no code editing or download
  • Custom domains and removing the Lovable badge require Pro
  • SSO, internal publishing and personal projects require Business
Made byBubble Group, Inc.GlideLovable

Entry prices are the cheapest paid plan, as each vendor publishes it; “What it covers” says what that price is per (a user, a channel, a brand, a number of contacts). The sources are listed on each tool's page.

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