Lovable vs Replit
Lovable: AI app and website builder that creates apps from chat prompts. Replit: Online app builder with an AI agent, hosting and databases in one place. Here is how they compare on price, free plan, platforms and the jobs each does best, from each vendor's own pages.
| Lovable | Replit | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | AI app and website builder that creates apps from chat prompts | Online app builder with an AI agent, hosting and databases in one place |
| Pricing | Free plan | Paid |
| Free plan | Yes | No |
| Cheapest paid plan | $21/mo billed annually (Pro)Lovable pricing | $18/mo billed annually (Core)Replit pricing |
| Free trial | None stated | None stated |
| Platforms | Web | Web |
| Integrations (vendor's figure) | Not stated | Not stated |
| Open source | No | No |
| Made by | Lovable | Replit, Inc. |
Choose Lovable if…
- You want a free plan: Replit does not have one.
- The job is turning a product idea into a working prototype from written prompts.
- The job is building an internal tool or a simple website.
Choose Replit if…
- Price matters: its cheapest paid plan is $18/mo against $21/mo.
- The job is building a personal or internal web app by describing it.
- The job is hosting a small app or automation on the platform where it was built.
What Lovable does
- Builds web apps and websites from chat prompts
- Built-in hosting on lovable.app domains, free on every plan; custom domains on Pro
- Unlimited users on all plans, priced by credits rather than seats
- Credit rollovers and on-demand top-ups on paid plans ($15 per 50 credits on Pro)
- SSO, role-based access and internal-only publishing on Business
Watch out for
- 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
What Replit does
- Replit Agent builds apps from natural-language descriptions
- Publishing (hosting), databases and Connectors on the same platform
- Monthly credits: $20 on Core, from $100 on Pro
- Pro: up to 15 collaborators, 50 viewers, 10 parallel agents and 28-day database rollback
- Enterprise: SSO/SAML, single-tenant environments and static outbound IPs
Watch out for
- No free plan is listed on the pricing page
- Usage beyond the monthly credits is charged pay-as-you-go (Effort-Based Pricing)
- Core allows 5 collaborators; Pro allows up to 15
Questions
Is Lovable or Replit cheaper?
On published entry prices, Replit is cheaper: $21/mo billed annually (Pro) for Lovable against $18/mo billed annually (Core) for Replit. What each plan includes differs, so compare the limits too.
Do Lovable and Replit have free plans?
Lovable does; Replit does not.