Side-by-side comparison · Website & App Builders
Bubble vs Lovable vs Shopify
Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.
Comparing 3 tools, the maximum.
At a glance
Pick it if: Founders and small businesses building a serious app or software product without a developer, who are happy to spend time learning a visual editor.
Pick it if: Founders, marketers and small teams who want to launch a product or internal tool without hiring a developer.
Pick it if: Anyone selling physical or digital products online, from first-time sellers to established brands.
Overview
| Attribute | Bubble | Lovable | Shopify |
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| In one line | Build real web and mobile apps without code, starting from a prompt. | Chat your way to a full web app with a database and logins. No code needed. | Online store platform with an AI assistant, Sidekick, that helps you build and run it. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Paid |
| Starting price | $0 | $25/mo | $29/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | No |
| Works with Claude Code | Yes | No | Yes |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Bubble | Lovable | Shopify |
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| Overall rating | 3.6 | 4.2 | 4.4Winner |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 3.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.5 | 4.5 | 5.0 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.0 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Bubble | Lovable | Shopify |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | No |
| Mobile app | Yes | – | Yes |
| Desktop app | No | No | – |
| Browser extension | No | No | – |
| API access | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Teams & business | |||
| Team workspace | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Enterprise plan or SSO | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Connects to other apps | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Open source or self-hosted | No | No | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Makes images | Yes | No | Yes |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | No | Yes | Yes |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | No | No | Yes |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 11/ 17 | 10/ 17 | 12/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Bubble | Lovable | Shopify |
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| Plans | Free $0 Building and testing before launch. | Free Free Testing an idea over a weekend. | BasicOur pick $29/mo billed yearly, or $39 monthly New and solo sellers. |
StarterOur pick $32/mo billed yearly Launching your first app. | ProOur pick $25/mo, or $250/yr billed yearly Anyone building something they plan to launch. | Grow $79/mo billed yearly, or $105 monthly Small teams with steady sales. | |
Growth $119/mo billed yearly Apps with paying users and a second editor. | Business $50/mo, or $500/yr billed yearly Teams that need logins, roles and security controls. | Advanced $299/mo billed yearly, or $399 monthly Bigger stores selling internationally. | |
Team $349/mo billed yearly Teams shipping a bigger product together. | Enterprise Custom Large organisations rolling it out company-wide. | Plus From $2,300/mo High-volume and complex businesses. | |
Enterprise Custom Companies needing dedicated servers and SSO. | |||
| Which plan to pick | Build on Free until your app works, then move to Starter to launch. Paying monthly costs up to 20% more than yearly. Watch your workload units in the first few months, and only move to Growth when you need a second editor or more capacity. | Start on Free to see whether the chat-to-build approach suits you. Move to Pro the moment you are building something real, and buy a higher credit tier rather than topping up if you run out most months. Business only makes sense once several people need to log in and manage the apps. | Start on Basic; Sidekick and the core store are the same on every plan. Move to Grow when you add staff or your monthly sales are high enough that its lower card rates cover the price difference. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Bubble, Lovable or Shopify?
Shopify scores highest overall in our ratings (Bubble 3.6/5, Lovable 4.2/5 and Shopify 4.4/5). Bubble is best for launching a software product without a developer and Marketplaces, booking systems and client portals. Lovable is best for first versions of a product (MVPs) and internal tools. Shopify is best for launching an online store and running products, orders and stock in one place.
Which is cheaper, Bubble, Lovable or Shopify?
Bubble: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $0. Lovable: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $25/mo. Shopify: There's no free plan. Paid plans start at $29/mo.
How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability.
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