Side-by-side comparison · Website & App Builders
Lovable vs Framer 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.
Framer
4.1Pick it if: Founders, designers and marketers who want a great-looking marketing site without 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.
Lovable scores highest overall, but Framer gives you more for your money. Which one is right comes down to what you value most.
Overview
| Attribute | Lovable | Framer | 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. | Design a stylish marketing site on a canvas and publish it, with AI doing the grunt work. | Turn an Airtable base or Google Sheet into a client portal or internal tool. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Starting price | $25/mo | $10/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 | Framer | Softr |
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| Overall rating | 4.2Winner | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 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 | 4.5 | 3.5 |
| Value for moneyWhat you get for the price, including the free plan. | 3.5 | 4.0 | 3.0 |
| Speed & reliabilityHow fast it is and how often it falls over. | 4.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Lovable | Framer | Softr |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Mobile app | – | No | No |
| Desktop app | No | Yes | No |
| Browser extension | No | 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 | – | – |
| Makes images | 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 | Yes | No |
| Works in many languages | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Capabilities score | 10/ 17 | 11/ 17 | 8/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Lovable | Framer | Softr |
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| Plans | Free Free Testing an idea over a weekend. | Free Free Learning the tool and building a draft. | Free Free Learning Softr and tiny internal tools. |
ProOur pick $25/mo, or $250/yr billed yearly Anyone building something they plan to launch. | BasicOur pick $10/mo A small business or portfolio site on your own domain. | 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. | Pro $30/mo Growing sites with a real blog and more traffic. | ProOur pick $99/mo Small teams running a real portal. | |
Enterprise Custom Large organisations rolling it out company-wide. | Enterprise Custom Large companies and multi-site teams. | 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. | Basic is enough for most small business sites, and the free custom domain on a yearly plan makes it good value. Move to Pro when you pass 30 pages or want more than two CMS collections. Budget for extra editor seats at $20 a month if more than one person will design. | 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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