How much does Lovable cost in 2026?
Quick Answer: Lovable uses credit-metered pricing. As of July 2026: Free ($0, 5 build credits/day capped at 30/month), Pro $25/month ($21/month billed annually), Business $50/month ($42/month annually), and custom Enterprise. Pro rose from $20 to $25 and the model is now credits, not a flat message allowance — plans carry a base of 100 credits/month scaling to 10,000, and a build costs roughly 0.5-2 credits by complexity. Lovable provisions a Supabase backend in the user's own account.
Lovable uses credit-metered pricing (it moved off a flat message allowance). Each build draws credits by complexity. As of July 2026, the published tiers are:
Published tiers (verified July 2026)
- Free: $0 — 5 build credits/day (capped at 30/month), Lovable branding, public projects
- Pro: $25/month ($21/month billed annually) — unlimited workspace members, custom domains, private projects, no branding
- Business: $50/month ($42/month billed annually) — higher credit tier, team controls
- Enterprise: quote-based — SSO, SOC 2 attestation, audit logs, dedicated support
Two 2026 changes: Pro rose from $20 to $25, and pricing is now credit-metered rather than message-based. Paid plans carry a base of 100 credits/month scaling up to 10,000, and both Pro and Business bill per workspace with unlimited members rather than per seat. A build costs roughly 0.5 credits (a simple edit) to about 2 credits (a landing page); Cloud and AI usage are billed separately from build credits, and top-up credits cost $0.30 each on Pro or $0.60 on Business (valid 12 months; Free cannot buy top-ups).
Backend costs (Supabase, separate)
Lovable provisions Supabase in the user's own Supabase account. The Supabase free tier covers most prototypes, with paid Supabase from $25/month if the app exceeds the free database, auth, or storage limits. Lovable does not charge for backend infrastructure.
Comparison to alternatives
| Tool | Entry paid | Model |
|---|---|---|
| Lovable Pro | $25/mo | Credit-metered, per workspace (unlimited members) |
| Bolt.new Pro | $25/mo | Token-metered full-stack |
| v0 (Team) | $30/user/mo | Credit-metered UI generation |
| Cursor Pro | $20/mo | General-purpose IDE |
Lovable's per-workspace, unlimited-member billing is unusual in the category — for a small team it can be cheaper than per-seat competitors, provided the shared credit pool covers the group's build volume.
Editor's Note: We built an internal admin tool on Lovable and the lesson was the same one that bites everyone on these tools — the meter, not the sticker price, is the budget. Re-checked July 2026: Pro is now $25 (up from $20) and Lovable switched from "messages" to credits, which is actually clearer, because a landing-page generation visibly costs about 2 credits versus 0.5 for a small edit. For a two-person team the per-workspace, unlimited-member model on Pro was cheaper than buying per-seat elsewhere — but we watch the 100-credit base against build volume, because heavy iteration months need a top-up or the Business tier. — Rafal Fila, ShadowGen