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Side-by-side comparison · Website & App Builders

Durable vs Lovable

Everything that matters when choosing between them, in one place: our rating, what each can do, what they cost, and the trade-offs.

Durable

4.0

From $25/mo

Best overall

Lovable

4.2

From $25/mo

Comparing 2 tools. Add one more if you like.

At a glance

Best valueEasiest to use

Pick it if: Sole traders and small local service businesses that want a website and simple customer tools live the same day.

Best overall

Pick it if: Founders, marketers and small teams who want to launch a product or internal tool without hiring a developer.

Lovable scores highest overall, but Durable gives you more for your money. Which one is right comes down to what you value most.

Overview

AttributeDurableLovable
In one lineBuilds a small-business website in a minute, with a CRM, bookings and payments built in.Chat your way to a full web app with a database and logins. No code needed.
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$25/mo$25/mo
Free plan Yes Yes
Works with Claude Code No No

Rating breakdown

Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.

AttributeDurableLovable
Overall rating4.04.2Winner
Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it.
5.0
4.5
FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together.
3.5
4.5
Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them.
3.0
4.5
Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan.
4.0
3.5
Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over.
4.5
4.0

Feature comparison

A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.

AttributeDurableLovable
Access & platform
Free plan Yes Yes
Mobile app Yes–
Desktop app– No
Browser extension– No
API access– Yes
Teams & business
Team workspace– Yes
Enterprise plan or SSO– Yes
Connects to other apps– Yes
Open source or self-hosted No No
AI abilities
Works with your files– Yes
Understands images– Yes
Makes images Yes No
Makes video No No
Writes code No Yes
Runs agents or automations– Yes
Learns your brand or style Yes No
Works in many languages Yes Yes
Capabilities score5/ 1710/ 17

Pricing

Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.

AttributeDurableLovable
Plans

Free

Free

Seeing what your site would look like.

Free

Free

Testing an idea over a weekend.

LaunchOur pick

$25/mo, or about $22/mo billed yearly

Most small businesses going live.

ProOur pick

$25/mo, or $250/yr billed yearly

Anyone building something they plan to launch.

Grow

$49/mo, or about $41/mo billed yearly

Busier businesses using the AI tools a lot.

Business

$50/mo, or $500/yr billed yearly

Teams that need logins, roles and security controls.

Enterprise

Custom

Large organisations rolling it out company-wide.

Which plan to pickBuild on Free to see if you like the result, then move to Launch to go live on your own domain. Grow is only worth it if you have lots of customers or use the AI marketing tools heavily.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.

Key features

AttributeDurableLovable
Standout features
  • Instant website
  • Edit by chatting
  • CRM and bookings
  • Payments
  • Marketing helpers
  • Chat to build
  • Lovable Cloud
  • Lovable AI
  • Visual edits
  • GitHub sync
  • Publish and custom domains

Pros and cons

AttributeDurableLovable
Pros
  • The fastest route from nothing to a live small-business website
  • No design or technical skill needed
  • CRM, bookings and payments included
  • Free plan to try before paying
  • Finished-looking apps with the least prompting of any builder here
  • Database, logins and storage are built in from the first prompt
  • Code syncs to GitHub, so you are never locked in
  • Visual edits for small tweaks save credits
  • Large community and plenty of tutorials
Cons
  • Sites look alike and follow a fixed single-page style
  • Limited design control compared with Wix or Framer
  • AI-written copy is generic until you rewrite it
  • CRM and booking tools are basic for growing teams
  • Credits run out faster than you expect, and fixing its own mistakes costs credits too
  • Hosting and AI usage inside your app draw from the same allowance as building
  • Complex logic or unusual integrations often need a developer to finish
  • The free plan is too tight to ship anything

Who each one is for

AttributeDurableLovable
Best for
  • A website for a local service business in minutes
  • Online bookings from your site
  • Tracking leads and customers simply
  • AI-written website copy and blog posts
  • MVPs and prototypes
  • Internal tools
  • Landing pages with forms and logins
  • Giving a developer a head start
You'll find it used by
  • Sole traders
  • Tradies
  • Consultants and coaches
  • Local service businesses
  • Solo founders
  • Marketers
  • Small teams
  • Agencies

Questions people ask

Which is better, Durable or Lovable?

Lovable scores highest overall in our ratings (Durable 4.0/5 and Lovable 4.2/5). Durable is best for A website for a local service business in minutes and online bookings from your site. Lovable is best for MVPs and prototypes and internal tools.

Which is cheaper, Durable or Lovable?

Durable: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $25/mo. Lovable: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $25/mo.

Which is easier to use, Durable or Lovable?

Durable rates highest for ease of use in our scores. Sole traders and small local service businesses that want a website and simple customer tools live the same day.

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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