Lovable Pricing 2026: Free Credits, Pro Plans, and Where Startups Actually Save

How Lovable's credit system works, what the Free plan really gives you, what Pro and Business cost, and why the biggest savings for a startup are underneath Lovable rather than in it.

Free 5/day Build credits, up to 30 a month

Cloud 20/mo Cloud credits on every plan

Seats Unlimited Priced in credits, not seats

Startups Stack Supabase, Claude and OpenAI credits underneath

Lovable plans and prices (September 2026)

From lovable.dev/pricing. Lovable does not charge per seat: every plan allows unlimited workspace members and the plan buys a monthly pool of credits shared across the workspace. Pro is sold in several credit tiers; the entry tier is shown.

Plan	Price	Monthly credits	Daily grant	What you get
Free	$0	20 Cloud credits	5 build credits / day (up to 30 / month)	Full builder, public projects, 4 credits for AI features in your own apps, Lovable Cloud. Enough to prototype, not to ship.
Pro (entry tier)	About $25 / month	100 build credits plus Cloud and AI credits	5 build credits / day	Private projects, custom domains, remove Lovable badge, higher Cloud limits, credit rollover on paid balance. Higher Pro tiers add more credits at rising prices.
Business	About $50 / month and up	Larger credit pool	5 build credits / day	Everything in Pro plus SSO, personal projects for members, opt-out of data training, design templates, priority support.
Enterprise	Custom	Volume-based credit pricing	—	Dedicated support, custom integrations, group-based access, volume credit pricing for large organizations and universities.

Pro and Business dollar figures are from our latest check and Lovable adjusts credit tiers regularly. Confirm the exact tier prices on the pricing page before you subscribe. The daily grant (5 build credits, capped at 30 a month in some regions) applies to every plan including paid ones, on top of the monthly pool.

How Lovable credits are actually spent

Lovable moved from a flat "messages" model to variable credit costs, so one prompt no longer equals one credit. The cost of a change scales with how much work the AI does: how many files it touches, how much code it generates, and whether it needs to call out to the cloud or an AI model inside your app.

Lovable's published examples give a good feel for the scale:

Simple update (change a colour, fix copy): about 0.50 credits
Remove a component: about 0.90 credits
Implement authentication: about 1.20 credits
Landing page with images: about 1.70 credits

Three separate pools matter:

Build credits pay for the AI editing your project. This is the number people mean when they say "Lovable credits".
Cloud credits pay for Lovable Cloud, the hosted backend (database, auth, storage, edge functions) that Lovable provisions on Supabase. Every plan gets 20 a month; usage above that draws from your balance.
AI credits pay for AI features inside the apps you build, when your app itself calls a model. The Free plan includes 4.

The practical rule: plan in small, specific prompts. "Change the button colour to violet" costs half a credit; "redesign the dashboard" costs several and often needs a follow-up. Use the chat mode to plan before you ask for an edit.

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Which Lovable plan should you pick?

Free if…

You are testing an idea. Thirty build credits a month is fifteen to thirty small changes, enough to get a working prototype in front of a few people. Projects are public and carry the Lovable badge.

Pro if…

You are building something you intend to launch. Private projects, your own domain, and a credit pool that lets you work most days. Pick the tier by how many changes you make a week rather than the cheapest one; running out of credits mid-sprint is more expensive than the next tier.

Business if…

You have a team, want SSO, and need the training opt-out for anything touching customer data. The unlimited-members policy means Business is priced for the workspace, not per person, which is unusually favourable for a small team.

Enterprise if…

You are a large organisation or a university buying campus-wide access. Everyone else stays on Business.

For founders

Where startups actually save on Lovable

Lovable does not run a public startup credit program and there is no Lovable listing in our directory that hands you free credits. Lovable has occasionally given credits to accelerator or VC portfolio companies, but it is not something you can apply for. Treat the Pro or Business plan as a fixed cost.

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The fine print

What you can get free is the infrastructure Lovable builds on:

The pattern is the same as with every AI builder: the editor is a modest subscription, the backend and the models are where costs compound, and both have programs that give startups a year or more of runway.

Supabase Startup Program

Up to $3,000

Up to $3,000 in platform credits valid for 12 months
Managed Postgres with authentication, storage, and edge functions
Access via partners like Y Combinator, AWS, Stripe, Vercel, and Mercury

Step by step: stretching Lovable credits as a startup

In order of impact. The first two are free and take an afternoon.

1

Connect your own Supabase project

Apply for the Supabase Startup Program, create a project, and connect it in Lovable's integrations panel. Database, auth and storage now run on Supabase credits instead of Lovable Cloud credits.
2

Put AI features on your own API key

Apply for Claude or OpenAI startup credits and call the model from an edge function with your key. Lovable AI credits stay untouched.
3

Plan in chat mode, edit in small prompts

Use chat mode to agree on the approach before asking for an edit, then make one specific change per prompt. This roughly halves credit spend on most projects.
4

Check the student discount if anyone on the team qualifies

Verified students get 50% off the Pro 100-credit plan for 12 months through lovable.dev/students. Non-transferable and only for accounts currently on Free.
5

Export to GitHub before you scale

Lovable syncs to a GitHub repo. Once the product is real, deploy from that repo on Vercel or your cloud of choice on startup credits and keep Lovable for iteration.

Free vs Pro vs the startup stack: the math

For a two-founder startup building and launching an app with a chat feature over six months.

Route	Six-month cost	What it covers	Where it breaks
Free	$0	Prototype, public project	30 credits a month runs out in the first week of real building. Badge on the app.
Pro (entry tier)	About $150	Private project, custom domain, 100 credits a month	Cloud and AI credits drain as users arrive; you pay for backend and model usage in credits.
Pro + Lovable Cloud and AI overage	About $150 plus usage	Same plus backend and model usage at Lovable's rates	Model and database usage is the part that grows with customers.
Pro + Supabase and Claude/OpenAI startup credits	About $150, backend and models on credits	Editor on Pro, backend on Supabase credits, AI on Claude or OpenAI credits	Credits expire. Some Lovable Cloud conveniences are lost when you bring your own Supabase.

The last row is the right answer for most startups: pay Lovable for the builder, and put everything that scales with users on a startup credit program.

Questions founders ask

How much does Lovable cost?

Lovable has a Free plan with 5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month) and 20 Cloud credits a month. Pro starts at about $25 a month for 100 monthly credits and scales up in tiers. Business is about $50 a month and up with SSO and a training opt-out. Enterprise is custom with volume credit pricing.

Is Lovable free?

Yes, with a daily allowance. The Free plan gives 5 build credits a day, capped at 30 a month in some regions, plus 20 Cloud credits and 4 AI credits a month. Projects are public and carry the Lovable badge. It is enough to prototype but not to run a launched app.

What is a Lovable credit?

A credit is the unit Lovable charges for AI work on your project. Costs vary by task: a simple update is about 0.5 credits, removing a component about 0.9, adding authentication about 1.2, and a landing page with images about 1.7. Cloud credits and AI credits are separate pools for the backend and for models called inside your app.

Does Lovable charge per seat?

No. Every plan allows unlimited workspace members. You pay for the plan's monthly credit pool, which the whole workspace shares.

Does Lovable have a student discount?

Yes. Verified students at accredited universities get 50% off the Pro 100-credit monthly plan for up to 12 months through lovable.dev/students, and teachers with academic emails also qualify. It is only available to accounts currently on the Free plan and cannot be reactivated after cancelling.

Does Lovable have a startup program?

No public one. Lovable has occasionally given credits to accelerator and VC portfolio companies, but there is no program to apply to. Startups save instead by connecting their own Supabase project on the Supabase Startup Program and calling AI models with their own key on Claude for Startups or OpenAI for Startups credits.

Can I use my own Supabase with Lovable?

Yes. Lovable Cloud is built on Supabase, and any project can connect to your own Supabase project through the integrations panel. That moves database, auth and storage usage off Lovable Cloud credits and onto your Supabase account, which can run on Supabase startup credits.