Side-by-side comparison · Website & App Builders
Lovable vs Bolt.new vs Softr
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
Lovable
4.2Pick it if: Founders, marketers and small teams who want to launch a product or internal tool without hiring a developer.
Bolt.new
3.6Pick it if: Builders who like a chat interface but still want to see and touch the code.
Softr
3.6Pick it if: Operators and agencies who run their business on spreadsheets and want a proper front door for clients or staff.
Overview
| Attribute | Lovable | Bolt.new | Softr |
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| In one line | Chat your way to a full web app, with a database and user logins built in. No code needed. | Describe a web or mobile app and get a working version to edit and publish in minutes. | Turn an Airtable base or Google Sheet into a client portal or internal tool. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $25/mo | $18/mo | $19/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | No | No | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Lovable | Bolt.new | Softr |
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| Overall rating | 4.2Winner | 3.6 | 3.6 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.5 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
| FeaturesHow much it can do, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 3.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.5 | 3.5 | 3.5 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 4.0 | 3.5 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Lovable | Bolt.new | Softr |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | – | No | No |
| Desktop app | No | No | No |
| Browser extension | No | No | No |
| API access | Yes | No | 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 | Yes | No |
| AI abilities | |||
| Works with your files | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Understands images | Yes | Yes | – |
| Makes images | No | No | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | Yes | Yes | No |
| Runs agents or automations | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Learns your brand or style | No | No | No |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 10/ 17 | 8/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Lovable | Bolt.new | Softr |
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| Plans | Free Free Testing an idea over a weekend. | Free Free Kicking the tyres. | Free Free Learning Softr and tiny internal tools. |
ProOur pick $25/mo, or $250/yr billed yearly Anyone building something they plan to launch. | ProOur pick $18/mo billed yearly Anyone building a real project. | Basic $19/mo A solo operator with a handful of clients. | |
Business $50/mo, or $500/yr billed yearly Teams that need logins, roles and security controls. | Teams $27/member/mo billed yearly Small teams sharing projects. | ProOur pick $99/mo Small teams running a real portal. | |
Enterprise Custom Large organisations rolling it out company-wide. | Enterprise Custom Large companies with security requirements. | Business $329/mo Companies with hundreds of users and security needs. | |
Enterprise Custom Large organisations. | |||
| Which plan to pick | 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. | Try Free for an afternoon to see whether you like watching the code get written. Pro is the plan for almost everyone else; the page only shows the yearly rate, so check the monthly price before you commit. Higher token tiers exist if you build daily. | Pro is where Softr starts to feel like a proper product: you can remove the branding, give clients Google sign-in and add more users as you grow. Basic is fine for a solo consultant with five clients. The pricing page has a monthly and yearly toggle that we could not read, so confirm whether the prices shown are the yearly rate before you budget. |
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How we compare
Ratings are our own, from using each tool, across ease of use, features, output quality, value for money, speed & reliability. The "Visit" buttons may use affiliate links, which never affect a score.
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