Alive vs Lovable
Lovable is best at turning a description into a working web app. It calls itself a full-stack AI development platform for building, iterating on and deploying web applications using natural language, and it has a free plan. Alive starts from the other end. You describe a job once and an agent runs it on a schedule, a webhook or a GitHub event while you are gone, in tools such as Gmail, Google Drive, Stripe and Linear. When the job needs a site or an app, the same chat builds and publishes it.
Checked 8 October 2026, against Lovable's own pages.
Side by side
| Topic | Alive | Lovable |
|---|---|---|
| What starts the work | A schedule written in plain English, a one-time run, a webhook, or a GitHub event (15 kinds, such as pull requests, pushes and failing checks). Tasks on the board go to an agent now or at a set time. | A message you send in the chat. For build mode the docs say: describe what you want and send your message. |
| Building sites and apps | The chat builds and changes websites and web apps in a project in the cloud with a live preview. Publish to a subdomain as a static site, to a custom domain, or deploy to your own Fly.io account. Native iOS and Android apps are in beta. | Web applications and websites from a description, published to a live URL. Code syncs to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket. Custom domains are listed on the Pro plan. |
| Connected tools | Gmail, Outlook and IMAP, Google Calendar, Google Drive and Sheets, Search Console (read only), Linear, Stripe, Supabase and GitHub. | The connectors in its docs include Slack, Notion, HubSpot, Salesforce, Gmail, Google Sheets, Linear and Supabase. |
| Price | Solo €40 a month for one person. Team €200 a month for a team of up to ten. 20% off yearly. | A free plan with 5 build credits a day, up to 30 a month. Pro from $25 a month for 100 credits, and Business costs more than Pro. Plans are priced by credits, not by seats. |
| How you start | Book a 15 minute call with Lars, or leave your email in the box on the homepage. There is no free tier and no self-serve sign-up. | Start on the free plan. |
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When to choose Lovable
- You want a web app or a site built from a description, and building is the whole job. That is what Lovable is made for.
- You want to try it before you pay. Lovable has a free plan with 5 build credits a day, up to 30 a month. Alive has no free tier.
- You want your code in the Git host you already use. Lovable lists Git sync for GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket on its free plan.
- You need connectors Alive does not have. Lovable lists Slack, Notion, HubSpot and Salesforce. Alive does not connect to those.
- You want pricing by credits with no cost per person. Lovable says workspaces have unlimited members on all plans.
When Alive fits
- The work repeats and nobody should have to start it: a weekly report, a mailbox sorted into drafts, a check on every pull request.
- It has to happen in tools you already pay for, such as Gmail, Google Drive and Sheets, Stripe, Linear and GitHub.
- You want every run to read back as a summary or the full log, with its credits, and run limits and stop rules on each agent.
- You want mail to stay a draft until you send it.
Questions
Can Alive build what Lovable builds?
Alive's chat builds and changes websites and web apps in a project in the cloud with a live preview. You publish to a subdomain as a static site, add a custom domain, or deploy to your own Fly.io account, and you can export the source as a .zip. Native iOS and Android apps are in beta. Building is one part of Alive. If it is the whole job, try both on a real project.
Does Alive have a free plan like Lovable?
No. Alive has no free tier and no self-serve sign-up: access needs a code or an invite. Book 15 minutes with Lars, or leave your email in the box on the homepage. Lovable has a free plan.
Can I use both?
Yes, and they meet at GitHub. Lovable syncs its code to GitHub. Alive imports from GitHub, opens pull requests and can start an agent on a GitHub event.
Try it on your own work
There is no self-serve sign-up. The way in is a 15 minute call with Lars, or your email in the box on the homepage.
Where the facts about Lovable come from
Every claim about Lovable on this page was read on the pages below.
- docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome opened 8 October 2026.
- docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans opened 8 October 2026.
- docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode opened 8 October 2026.
- docs.lovable.dev/integrations/introduction opened 8 October 2026.
- lovable.dev/pricing opened 8 October 2026.
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