---
title: "Alive vs Lovable"
description: "Alive vs Lovable, checked 8 October 2026: what starts the work, building apps, connected tools and price, and when Lovable is the better pick."
url: https://ali.ve/vs/lovable
language: en
---

# 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. |

A row is left out when we could not confirm both sides.

## 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.

- [Book a call with Lars](https://cal.com/larse/15min)
- [The box on the homepage](https://ali.ve/)
- [What Alive can and cannot do](https://ali.ve/security)
- [Plans and prices](https://ali.ve/products)

## 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](https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/welcome) opened 8 October 2026.
- [docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans](https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans) opened 8 October 2026.
- [docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode) opened 8 October 2026.
- [docs.lovable.dev/integrations/introduction](https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/introduction) opened 8 October 2026.
- [lovable.dev/pricing](https://lovable.dev/pricing) opened 8 October 2026.

Found something here that is out of date or wrong? Write to us and we will fix it. [founders at alive.site](mailto:founders@alive.site)

## Other comparisons

- [Alive vs Replit](https://ali.ve/vs/replit)
- [Alive vs Zapier](https://ali.ve/vs/zapier)
- [Alive vs Lindy](https://ali.ve/vs/lindy)
- [Alive vs n8n](https://ali.ve/vs/n8n)
- [Alive vs ChatGPT](https://ali.ve/vs/chatgpt)
- [All comparisons](https://ali.ve/vs)

[alive](https://ali.ve/)
- [manifesto](https://ali.ve/about)
- [products](https://ali.ve/products)
- [build](https://ali.ve/build)
- [check us](https://ali.ve/check)
- [What we did](https://ali.ve/roadmap)
- [contact](https://ali.ve/contact)

A small team in Amsterdam building agents that take on the work that would otherwise pile up.

[Security](https://ali.ve/security) [Compare](https://ali.ve/vs) [Privacy](https://ali.ve/privacy) [Terms](https://ali.ve/terms) [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/113256096)

Alive AI B.V. · KvK 42143386 · Amsterdam · 2026