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Lovable vs. WeWeb

At a glance

At a glance

Lovable

Best for

Best for founders building a SaaS MVP end-to-end from a prompt.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized

WeWeb

Best for

Best for teams and agencies that want a visual front end on top of Supabase or Xano and the option to export the code and host it themselves.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Lovable WeWeb
Starting price Free tier; paid from ~$25 / month The free tier is limited by credits. Free plan; paid seat and hosting plans are priced separately Pricing is split in two. A seat plan (Free, Essential, Pro, Partner) controls editor access, AI tokens, code export and MCP access; a hosting plan (Free, Launch, Grow, Scale) covers WeWeb-hosted deployments, with limits on bandwidth, storage and app sessions. A seat plan is required before a hosting plan can be added, and self-hosted apps have no session limit.
Free trial Free tier with limited credits Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance
Commercial use Yes Not stated
Output Full-stack React and Supabase apps with auth, database and payments Vue.js single-page web apps, hosted by WeWeb or exported and self-hosted
Hosting Not stated WeWeb cloud on AWS, or self-hosted after code export
What it generates Full-stack React apps with Supabase Production web apps such as SaaS products, customer portals, internal tools, directories and MVPs, built visually or generated from a description by the WeWeb AI assistant
Stack and frameworks React and Supabase, with shadcn/ui components Vue.js single-page applications, editable visually or extended with coded components
Auth and database Yes, auth and database pre-wired Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite and any REST API, with internal databases connected without replication; auth through Supabase Auth, Xano Auth, Auth0, OpenID, custom tokens or WeWeb Auth
Hosting and deploy Yes, publish to a live URL from the platform, or sync to GitHub and deploy elsewhere WeWeb cloud hosting on AWS, or self-hosting anywhere after code export, with a documented Cloudflare route
Payments Yes, Stripe and Paddle Yes, a Stripe plugin among the documented extensions
Access to the code GitHub sync, the code stays portable Yes, full Vue.js code export and self-hosting from the Essential seat plan upwards
MCP-ready No stated Yes
Deployment Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
Support Not stated Chat, Community forum
Onboarding Not stated Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Freelancers, Small and mid-sized more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations Not stated Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite, Stripe

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Lovable Free tier; paid from ~$25 / month WeWeb Free plan; paid seat and hosting plans are priced separately
  • Free trial Lovable Free tier with limited credits WeWeb Free plan with the visual editor, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit and a monthly AI token allowance
  • Deployment Lovable Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based WeWeb Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise
  • Company size Lovable Freelancers, Small and mid-sized WeWeb Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • MCP-ready Lovable No WeWeb Yes

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Lovable

Strengths

  • Full-stack generation with auth, database and payments
  • GitHub sync keeps code portable
  • Polished professional components

Limitations

  • Lovable Cloud convenience can lead to vendor lock-in
  • Credit costs rise with larger builds
  • Exposes you to code, best for semi-technical users

WeWeb

Strengths

  • Exports the generated Vue.js source, so an app can be self-hosted and is not locked to the platform
  • Connects to Supabase, Xano, Airtable, Algolia, SmartSuite and any REST API, including internal databases without replication
  • Six documented authentication routes, from Supabase Auth and Auth0 to a custom token flow
  • Official MCP server, so outside agents such as Claude, Cursor or ChatGPT can build inside a project

Limitations

  • Seat plan and hosting plan are billed separately, so the cost of a project depends on both
  • Code export and self-hosting require at least the Essential seat plan
  • MCP access needs a Pro or Partner plan once the 14-day trial on a new workspace ends
  • The MCP server does not expose plugin actions, so an agent cannot build with the Xano or Supabase plugins
  • It builds the front end and expects a backend such as Supabase or Xano alongside it

Plans

Pricing

Lovable

  • Free $0 Limited credits.
  • Not stated From ~$25 Per month.
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WeWeb

  • Free (seat) $0 Visual editor, API integrations, WeWeb-hosted deployment with a session limit, and a monthly AI token allowance. No code export.
  • Essential (seat) Not stated Adds code export and self-hosting, and is the minimum seat plan required before a hosting plan can be added.
  • Pro (seat) Not stated Adds team seats and continued access to the WeWeb MCP server after the 14-day trial.
  • Partner (seat) Not stated For building in customer workspaces; MCP use there requires the customer workspace to be on at least Pro.
  • Hosting plans Not stated Free, Launch, Grow and Scale, added on top of a seat plan for WeWeb-hosted apps. They set deployment location, bandwidth, storage, compute and app sessions.
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What users say

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Lovable

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WeWeb

Ease of use
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Onboarding
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Support and service
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Lovable https://lovable.dev · no check date recorded yet

WeWeb https://www.weweb.io · checked against the official source on 2026-09-12

This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.