Choose how you’ll change the app after it exists. We used Bubble’s visual editor and asked Lovable to generate a coffee-subscription page. Bubble keeps the app on Bubble’s platform. Lovable gives you the code.
We configured a button in Bubble and asked Lovable for a coffee-subscription landing page.
Bubble31s clip
You place the button and choose its action.
We drew a button and set it to open a URL. Bubble’s issue counter changed from one to zero when the action was complete.
Lovable23s clip
Lovable generated the page and the design.
One sentence produced a styled landing page in about 2½ minutes in our session. Lovable added imagery, an offer and a brewing-style picker.
Limit of this test. The tasks differ. These clips show two ways of working, not a comparison of build speed.
Choose a template to start from. Matches your answers
We opened a template page in each gallery.
Bubble15s clip
The listing shows ratings and install counts.
Bubble’s gallery listed more than 1,600 templates. The template we opened showed a rating, an install count and a Get template button.
Lovable8s clip
A community project becomes your own copy.
Lovable’s gallery listed more than 200 community templates. The project page showed 22.4k remixes, a preview and a Create your own button.
Limit of this test. Gallery counts describe those recorded sessions. We didn’t test every template.
Check what you can take with you. Matches your answers
We opened Bubble’s AI Agent and Lovable’s code view.
What you own after: Bubble — the app stays hosted with Bubble, no source to take. Lovable — the React + Supabase repo is yours, synced to GitHub.
Bubble10s clip
The agent creates elements you edit in Bubble.
Bubble’s agent presented a plan for approval, built a hero section and listed two unfinished properties. The editor also offered Undo.
Lovable17s clip
The app’s source appears in a repository.
The code view showed TypeScript files, a Supabase connection and a Download button. The free plan marked editing read-only.
Limit of this test. The Bubble clip shows editing. Bubble’s export limit comes from the published comparison. We didn’t move and run either app on another host.
Store customer data and prepare payments. Matches your answers
We opened the data tools, then checked how each app approached Stripe.
Part AStore real customer data
Bubble50s clip
Data: fields and privacy rules share the editor.
We created a Customer type with Full name and Signup date. Bubble warned that the new table was public and showed per-field privacy settings.
Lovable24s clip
Data: a prompt connected the form to a database.
Lovable enabled Lovable Cloud, created a customers table and connected the signup form. We didn’t test access from separate customer accounts.
Part BTake payments
Bubble21s clip
Payments: Stripe installs from the plugin marketplace.
We installed the official Stripe plugin. It opened a configuration page asking for API keys.
Lovable23s clip
Payments: Stripe appeared as a suggested next step.
The finished app suggested implementing Stripe checkout. This clip doesn’t show a checkout built or a payment processed.
Limit of this test. We didn’t complete a payment in these clips. Opening privacy settings doesn’t establish that customer records are private.
Tick what’s true for your idea and we’ll point you to the demo that decides it
Our reading of the evidence
Choose how you want to run the app.
Bubble
For teams that want to keep editing visually.
Bubble keeps the design, workflows and database privacy rules in its visual editor.
The team can keep changing the app without taking over a codebase.
The catch: Bubble won’t export a runnable copy of the app.
Choose Lovable instead when engineers need the repository.
What each pitch leaves out: Bubble’s lock-in, and how much Lovable actually builds.
Bubble
A visual app builder. You draw the web or mobile app, set up its logic and manage it from there, and you write no code.
Sold as: no-code app developmentBuilt for: founders and operators who want zero ops
What the pitch leaves out
You never get the code out. Your app lasts as long as you keep paying, and as long as Bubble stays in business.
For a side project that's fine. For something mission-critical it's the whole risk, and it's the exact thing Lovable lets you avoid.
What Bubble leads with
API integration, single sign-on and Figma-to-app import. Bubble says you can “integrate with any enterprise system or AI model,” Anthropic and OpenAI included.
What Bubble doesn’t lead with
Server-side workflows, a plugin directory you can extend or sell into, deployment branches, and SOC 2 Type II control over the editor, the database and the activity logs.
Lovable
Describe the app to Lovable. Or give Lovable a spec you already wrote in Jira, Linear or Notion. Lovable returns a working app. The code is yours to keep.
Sold as: an internal-tool builderBuilt for: teams with engineers who want to own the code
What the pitch leaves out
Lovable also builds customer-facing apps. Lovable’s pages use the narrower label “internal-tool builder.”
A founder shopping for an MVP can read that label, assume Lovable isn’t for them, and go to Bubble by default.
What Lovable leads with
Spec import straight from Jira, Confluence, Notion and Linear, turned into a working prototype. The whole codebase exported to GitHub — React, Supabase and Tailwind on Cloudflare Workers. A real backend from the first prompt: Supabase auth, database, storage and realtime. And Lovable’s build tools over MCP, so Claude Desktop can drive Lovable directly.
What Lovable doesn’t lead with
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001:2022, SCIM provisioning, and stated data residency in the EU, US and Australia.
Lovable Pro supports Stripe or Paddle web checkout. Native Apple and Google mobile billing need separate work. On Pro, Lovable has MCP chat connectors for outside context but no marketplace of installable builder plugins.
Question: Can a Lovable Pro builder offer purchases to users inside a customer-created mobile app made from their Lovable project?
Summary: On Pro, a builder can add web checkout to their Lovable web app via built-in Paddle or Stripe payments. That checkout works on mobile browsers and in PWAs. There is no native app store distribution from Lovable, and no native Apple IAP or Google Play Billing - those are unavailable through the platform.
Commercial signals for Bubble and Lovable, from the scan of June 16, 2026.
Commercial signal
bubble.io
lovable.dev
Same for Bubble and Lovable
Pricing modelSubscription
Free tier✓
Billing cyclesMonthly & annual
Purchase optionsSelf-serve
Public API✓
Public status page✓
Entry paid price
$59/mo (Starter)
$25/mo (Pro)
Full price list
Free $0 → Starter $59 → Growth $209 → Team $549
Free $0 → Pro $25 → Business $50 → Enterprise (sales)
Generated output you own
— hosted on Bubble (proprietary)
React + Supabase repo (via GitHub)
Security posture (stated)
SOC 2 + GDPR
SOC 2 + ISO 27001 + GDPR
Named integrations found
Anthropic, OpenAI, Figma, Cloudflare
GitHub, Jira, Slack, Stripe, Okta + 50 more
Mobile app output
iOS & Android + native device access
iOS & Android (cross-platform)
Stated data residency
— not surfaced
EU, US, Australia
Bubble and Lovable charge a subscription, offer free plans and publish a public API. That’s where the matching stops.
Only one of them lets you leave with what you built.
Data use. Checked 4 September 2026. Bubble’s terms permit training on what you enter. We found no opt-out in the cited terms. Lovable documents a free opt-out for Free and Pro in account settings. Bubble’s terms ↗ · Lovable’s policy applies to Free and Pro work from 9 September 2026. If you opt out later, your work is excluded from that day. Lovable’s instructions ↗
What raises the price on each plan, what each free tier holds back, and what you can take with you if you leave.
Question
Bubble
Lovable
What makes the price go up
Your app getting used. Workload units, app editors and live traffic.
You building. The paid tiers meter the AI usage that does the work.
What the free tier holds back
Going live. Build and preview as long as you like. Publishing needs a paid plan.
How much you build. Five AI credits a day, and editing the code is paid. You can publish.
What you can take with you
Your data. The API moves it in and out. The source stays on Bubble.
All of it. The React and Supabase codebase, through GitHub.
What will it actually cost you?
Bubble and Lovable start free. After that Bubble gets more expensive as your
app gets used (workload units), Lovable as you keep building (Build credits). Lovable’s backend activity and in-app AI use Run credits. These are starting plan prices. Usage and outside services can add charges.
AWhere are you right now?
BHow much will you rely on AI to build & change it?
BubbleMatches your answers
$0/mo
Free — build & preview
✓Build & preview free, with no time limit
✓50K workload units/mo · 1 app editor
—Can’t publish live or use a custom domain yet
Going live needs the Starter plan. The free tier is for building, not launching.
LovableMatches your answers
$0/mo
Free — 5 credits/day
✓5 AI credits a day (~30/month) to build with
✓Publish a live project free to a lovable.app URL
—Editing the source code is a paid feature
Credits are weighted by complexity (~0.5–2 per request). One big build can use up a day’s credits fast.
Bubble$209Lovable$25
ExploreBuildLiveGrowing
On these answers Lovable is the cheaper or equal option at every stage, and the gap widens as you grow. Switch AI usage to heavily and they cross at launched instead.
At this stage Bubble and Lovable cost you nothing. You can try the idea before paying.
Plan prices as listed June 2026 (Bubble’s shown at the annually-billed rate, and month-to-month runs a
little higher). Bubble and Lovable reset usage allowances monthly and sell top-ups or higher tiers for heavy months. Check the live pages before you buy:
bubble.io/pricing ·
lovable.dev/pricing.
The capability comparison
2 key difference between Bubble and Lovable.
2 differences16 unconfirmed23 no recorded differences
From our June 16, 2026 scan. A ✗ means the product won’t do it for you, not that it can’t be done.
1 of 41 product capabilities have a sourced difference. 21 include an unconfirmed answer. 19 have no recorded difference.
Capability matrix for Bubble and Lovable, from the scan of June 16, 2026.
Capability
Bubble
Lovable
App & website creation
Visual app & website builder
Lay out screens and pages by eye and build the whole thing visually.▶ watch demo 1Matches your answers
✓
Use Bubble’s visual editor to lay out screens, add data and connect actions. The app runs on Bubble’s hosting.
Click through a working prototype before you commit.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, open Preview to run the development version and test screens and workflows before deployment. Previewing doesn't publish changes to the live app.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Previewing does not publish changes to the live app.
Use the running preview to click through the app before publishing, then ask Lovable to test browser flows. Preview and browser checks still need review against the app’s actual requirements.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Preview and browser checks still need review against the app’s actual requirements.
Set the SEO tags and publish so people can actually find it.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, set titles, descriptions and sharing images in SEO / metatags, then publish the reviewed app. Public pages can use canonical URLs and a sitemap. Live publishing needs a paid app plan.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Custom-domain publishing and removing Bubble branding depend on the project plan.
In Lovable, publish the app, configure its title, description and social image, and connect an owned domain with HTTPS. Custom domains require a paid plan and DNS verification. Branding controls depend on plan.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Custom domains require a paid plan and DNS verification; branding controls depend on plan.
In Lovable, attach a design system for reusable React components and shared styling. Design systems need a paid plan. Npm-packaged design systems require Enterprise.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Design systems are on paid plans; npm-wrapped design systems require Enterprise.
White-label branding(Bubble's is delivered via the paid CoAlias plugin, not a native feature)
Ship it under your own brand and domain.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, use a paid app plan to connect your own domain and remove the Bubble footer in General settings. Domain ownership and DNS setup are required.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Custom-domain publishing and removing Bubble branding depend on the project plan.
In Lovable, publish the app, configure its title, description and social image, and connect an owned domain with HTTPS. Custom domains require a paid plan and DNS verification. Branding controls depend on plan.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Custom domains require a paid plan and DNS verification; branding controls depend on plan.
Resize and optimise images so pages stay fast.Matches your answers
Unconfirmed
✓
Upload images to Bubble storage; Bubble creates optimized versions at display time while retaining the original. Automatic transformation applies to eligible public images in Bubble storage. File types and display conditions matter.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Automatic transformation applies to eligible public images in Bubble storage; file types and display conditions matter.
Flexible app navigation & routing(Bubble lays navigation out visually in the editor. Lovable’s routes are files in the code Lovable hands you, with the rendering mode set per route)
Control screens, routes and navigation down to the details.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, use page navigation actions, URL parameters and page slugs to control app routes and screens.
Describe an app or a change to Bubble AI Agent. Review its proposed plan before it edits the app’s design, data, logic and integrations. App edit permissions and AI credits apply.
Describe the app or change in project chat; Lovable generates and edits the app code, with a running preview for review. Builds consume credits and generated output needs testing.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Builds consume credits and generated output needs testing.
Describe the app or change in project chat; Lovable generates and edits the app code, with a running preview for review. Builds consume credits and generated output needs testing.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Builds consume credits and generated output needs testing.
Connect models like GPT or Claude and use them in your app's features.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, connect a provider such as OpenAI or Claude through API Connector and use its requests in the app’s workflows. The provider’s credentials, model limits and charges apply.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
The provider’s credentials, model limits and charges apply.
In Lovable, connect an AI provider through its API and store credentials in server-side secrets. Use an edge function to call it. External provider accounts, API keys and charges may be required.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
External provider accounts, API keys and charges may be required.
Enable Cloud and describe the required data; Lovable creates a managed Postgres schema that can be inspected and edited in the Database view. Database usage and Cloud credits apply. Review security policies.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Database usage and Cloud credits apply; review security policies.
Workflow automation & business logic(Lovable generates the code for automatic actions and conditions. Lovable has no native visual workflow editor. On Pro with Cloud, delays and approvals need code linking functions, saved state and Jobs.)
Ask Lovable for the action and schedule; Cloud jobs call the server-side code and show execution history. This is generated backend logic, not a visual trigger-and-action editor.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
This is generated backend logic, not a visual trigger-and-action editor.
Enable Lovable Cloud for managed database, authentication, storage and edge functions. Write backend tasks through prompts. Cloud and AI usage are metered separately from building.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Cloud and AI usage are metered separately from building.
Source-code export & engineering handoff(Lovable hands you a GitHub repo; Bubble has no source or JSON export)
Download the app's real source code and own it outright.▶ watch demo 3Matches your answers
Different availability
✗
Bubble exports app data, but its documentation says apps can't be exported as runnable source code. Leaving requires rebuilding the app’s logic. A CSV export doesn't provide a working app.
✗
Not supported · Checked 2026-10-15
Exporting CSV data or an application JSON definition does not provide an independently runnable app.
In Lovable, download app code or sync GitHub to host it elsewhere. Moving the whole app also requires migrating its database, authentication, stored files, secrets and service settings.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Moving the complete app includes database, authentication, storage, secrets and service configuration; a repository export alone is not a backend migration.
Use Publish to deploy the reviewed app to Lovable hosting and publish again when later edits are ready. Published access, Cloud usage and plan settings apply.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Published access, Cloud usage and plan settings apply.
Put it on your own domain, not a sub-domain of the builder.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, a paid app plan lets you connect your domain in Settings → Domain/email. Set the supplied DNS records. Bubble issues and renews HTTPS certificates automatically.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Custom-domain publishing and removing Bubble branding depend on the project plan.
In Lovable, publish the app, configure its title, description and social image, and connect an owned domain with HTTPS. Custom domains require a paid plan and DNS verification. Branding controls depend on plan.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Custom domains require a paid plan and DNS verification; branding controls depend on plan.
Save versions and roll back when something breaks.Matches your answers
✓
Use Bubble’s version control to branch, save changes and return to earlier app versions. Database backups are a separate feature. Branch and backup availability depend on plan. Code changes and data changes are separate.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Branch and backup availability depend on plan; code changes and data changes are separate.
In Lovable, review saved versions, restore earlier code when needed, and publish the version ready for release. Code rollback doesn't roll back database data. Very old versions and versions before a remix may not be restorable.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Code rollback does not roll back database data; very old versions and versions before a remix may not be restorable.
Operational monitoring & dashboards(Published Lovable Cloud apps show visits and page views. On Pro, beta checks look at code and recent visitor errors. Scheduled checks use credits. These checks don’t establish full uptime or latency monitoring.)
Track performance and usage in built-in dashboards.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, use Logs and App Metrics to inspect server activity and the workload consumed by app operations. History and available diagnostics vary by plan.
In Lovable, use Cloud logs, function metrics and project monitoring to inspect failures and schedule app checks. Project monitoring is beta on Pro, Business and Enterprise and uses credits.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Project monitoring is beta on Pro, Business and Enterprise and uses credits.
In Lovable, review saved versions, restore earlier code when needed, and publish the version ready for release. Code rollback doesn't roll back database data. Very old versions and versions before a remix may not be restorable.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Code rollback does not roll back database data; very old versions and versions before a remix may not be restorable.
Connect Stripe, email and the other tools you already use.▶ watch demo 4Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, install a relevant plugin or configure an external service in API Connector, then use the call in the app’s workflow. Provider accounts, credentials and paid plugins may be required.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Provider accounts, credentials and paid plugins may be required.
In Lovable, authorize an app connector or connect a custom API. Published-app connectors and builder-chat MCP tools have different uses. Provider permissions and charges apply.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
App connectors and builder-chat MCP connectors have different runtime scope; external service permissions and charges apply.
Expose and consume APIs, and build custom connectors.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, enable selected data types in the Data API for incoming requests. Use Workflow API endpoints for actions and API Connector for outbound calls. Only expose the required types and apply privacy rules and authentication.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Only expose the required types and apply privacy rules and authentication.
Enterprise security & compliance controlsEarlier published note: (Lovable Pro with Cloud has no native field-level read or change rule. Field restrictions require custom SQL. This reply does not settle enterprise SSO or compliance controls.)
Field-level access, SSO and compliance controls.▶ watch demo 4Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, apply server-side privacy rules and use Enterprise identity, hosting and security options where required. Enterprise SSO and dedicated infrastructure require Enterprise arrangements.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Enterprise SSO and dedicated infrastructure require Enterprise arrangements.
Lovable provides enterprise identity and governance controls and app data policies. Built-in field-level app-data permissions remain unconfirmed for this combined requirement.
Evidence and history
Not confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Lovable provides enterprise identity and governance controls and app data policies. Built-in field-level app-data permissions remain unconfirmed for this combined requirement.
Use workspace SSO for the team’s Lovable access and SCIM to provision members through the identity provider. SSO requires Business or Enterprise; SCIM requires Enterprise, a verified domain and active SSO.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
SSO requires Business or Enterprise; SCIM requires Enterprise, a verified domain and active SSO.
Unlimited end usersEarlier published note: (Bubble's plans cap app editors, not end users. Bubble’s pricing meters usage as workload units, so the bill tracks what the app does rather than how many people use it)
No fixed cap on end users. Usage can still raise the bill.Matches your answers
✓
Bubble's plans cap app editors, not end users. Bubble’s pricing meters usage as workload units, so the bill tracks what the app does rather than how many people use it
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-06-16
Bubble's plans cap app editors, not end users. Bubble’s pricing meters usage as workload units, so the bill tracks what the app does rather than how many people use it
Invite teammates and control who can change what.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, invite collaborators and set their permissions for the editor, data and deployment access. Collaborator availability and limits depend on the project plan.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Collaborator availability and limits depend on the project plan.
In Lovable, invite teammates to a workspace or project, assign roles and work together with changes visible in real time. Workspace roles, project visibility and published-app access are separate controls.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Workspace roles, project visibility and published-app access are separate controls.
Searchable runbooks & SOP publishingEarlier published note: (Bubble's own guide builds an employee portal around a knowledge base of articles and SOPs, searched in plain questions rather than keywords)
Internal runbooks, SOPs and knowledge hubs for the team.Matches your answers
✓
Bubble's own guide builds an employee portal around a knowledge base of articles and SOPs, searched in plain questions rather than keywords
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-06-16
Bubble's own guide builds an employee portal around a knowledge base of articles and SOPs, searched in plain questions rather than keywords
Open a public Lovable template or shared project and remix it into an independent copy, then customize it. Remixing is available on any plan. External services and data need their own setup.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Remixing is available on any plan; external services and data need their own setup.
In Lovable, use growth tools to plan customer acquisition and prepare social or advertising content for the app. Review generated claims. Connected advertising accounts and ad spend are separate.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Review generated claims; connected advertising accounts and ad spend are separate.
Prompt Lovable to build a signup or lead form, then store submissions in Cloud tables and configure any desired email follow-up. This is an app feature built through prompts. Check permissions and consent before publishing.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
This is an app feature built through prompts; check permissions and consent before publishing.
Manage subscriptions and run listings or a marketplace.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, configure subscriptions and marketplace listings with the database, workflows and payment integration. Provider setup, transaction charges and the marketplace’s business rules still apply.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Payment provider setup and transaction charges apply; marketplaces still need their business rules configured.
Lovable supports subscriptions and one-time payments. A complete marketplace with listings and seller rules remains unconfirmed. Payments alone don't establish it.
Evidence and history
Not confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Lovable supports subscriptions and one-time payments. A complete marketplace with listings and seller rules remains unconfirmed. Payments alone don't establish it.
Ship a mobile app, not just a website.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, build native iOS and Android views and prepare App Store and Google Play releases. The relevant mobile plan, developer accounts, device permissions and store review are required.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
The applicable mobile plan, developer accounts and store review are required; hardware permissions must be configured.
Native device feature access(Bubble's native apps reach the hardware directly. Lovable builds for the web and Lovable’s guide says Lovable doesn’t generate React Native projects, so the hardware comes through a wrapper you add)
Use the phone's camera, GPS and other hardware.Matches your answers
Different availability
✓
In Bubble, build native iOS and Android views and prepare App Store and Google Play releases. The relevant mobile plan, developer accounts, device permissions and store review are required.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
The applicable mobile plan, developer accounts and store review are required; hardware permissions must be configured.
Bubble's native apps reach the hardware directly. Lovable builds for the web and Lovable’s guide says Lovable doesn’t generate React Native projects, so the hardware comes through a wrapper you add
✗
Not supported · Checked 2026-06-16
Bubble's native apps reach the hardware directly. Lovable builds for the web and Lovable’s guide says Lovable doesn’t generate React Native projects, so the hardware comes through a wrapper you add
Offer multiple languages and automatic time zones.Matches your answers
Unconfirmed
✓
Use App texts for translated static strings and Bubble’s date/time tools to display dates in the required time zone. Translations need to be supplied and reviewed. Date/time formatting must be configured.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Translations need to be supplied and reviewed; date/time formatting must be configured.
Plugin & extension marketplaceEarlier published note: (On Pro, Lovable has no marketplace of installable builder plugins. MCP chat connectors bring context from outside services.)
A marketplace of plugins and extensions.Matches your answers
✓
In Bubble, browse and install plugins through the editor. Plugins can add interface elements, actions and API connections. Third-party plugins may require payment and their own service accounts.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Third-party plugins may require payment and their own service accounts.
Developer training & certification(Lovable's certification is usage-based, not a formally assessed exam)
Training and a certification program.Matches your answers
✓
Use Bubble Academy courses and register for Bubble’s official Developer Certification exam. Certification is a separate examination and may require payment.
✓
Confirmed · Checked 2026-10-15
Certification is a separate examination and may require payment.
We placed a button and set its action in Bubble. Lovable generated a coffee-subscription page from our request. We also opened templates, code and data tools. The payment clips show Stripe setup and a suggested next step.
What we didn’t establish
The button in Bubble and landing page in Lovable are different tasks. They don’t establish which builder is faster. We didn’t complete a payment or test customer access from separate accounts.
Recordings and vendor documentation
The Stripe recording shows a Bubble plugin installation. Lovable’s payment clip shows a suggested next step. Capabilities not demonstrated in those clips use linked sources. A matching checkmark doesn’t mean Bubble and Lovable implement the capability the same way.
Each one has a hard limit. Everything else is about when you pay.
Bubble's
You can't leave with the code.
Bubble cannot export an independently runnable app as source code. Its app-definition JSON import/export remains unconfirmed. Moving the app elsewhere means rebuilding its logic, and version control tops out at 10 branches.
fine if you plan to stay. Bubble runs the hosting and scaling for you, so most builders never need to move. If owning the code is non-negotiable, that's your signal for Lovable.
Lovable's
Native device features and localization need more work.
Bubble documents native camera and GPS access, image optimization and localization. Lovable’s current native-device access remains unconfirmed; check the exact device feature and packaging route.
Bubble has documented routes for these features. Confirm Lovable’s exact device and language requirements before choosing.
The other four are about when you pay
Bubble Free builds. Bubble Free doesn’t launch. 1 app editor, 50K workload units a month, password-protected, no custom domain. Prove the build to yourself, then pay for real users.
Lovable free is read-only code. Lovable Free still builds and previews for you. Upgrade when you want to hand-edit.
Bubble's $59→$209 step. Hits once you need production traffic or more editors. Stay on Starter until real usage pushes you up.
Every request you send costs credits. A set number of credits a day free, 100 a month on Pro. Iterating daily with AI? Watch the meter.
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