Side-by-side comparison · Website & App Builders
Lovable vs Shopify vs v0
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, 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.
Pick it if: Marketers and founders who need good-looking pages fast, and developers who want a head start on the front end.
Overview
| Attribute | Lovable | Shopify | v0 |
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| In one line | 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. | Turn a sentence, screenshot or Figma file into a polished web page you can publish. |
| Pricing model | Freemium | Paid | Freemium |
| Starting price | $25/mo | $29/mo | $30/user/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | No | Yes |
| Works with Claude Code | No | Yes | No |
Rating breakdown
Our scores out of 5. The higher bar in each row is highlighted.
| Attribute | Lovable | Shopify | v0 |
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| Overall rating | 4.2 | 4.4Winner | 3.8 |
| Ease of useHow quickly someone non-technical gets value from it. | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
| FeaturesHow completely it covers its own job, and how well the pieces fit together. | 4.5 | 5.0 | 3.5 |
| Output qualityHow good the results are before you fix them. | 4.5 | 4.0 | 4.5 |
| 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 | 4.5 | 4.0 |
Feature comparison
A tick means it does this today. A dash means we haven't checked.
| Attribute | Lovable | Shopify | v0 |
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| Access & platform | |||
| Free plan | Yes | No | Yes |
| Mobile app | – | Yes | No |
| 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 | No | Yes | No |
| Makes video | No | No | No |
| Writes code | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| 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 | 12/ 17 | 10/ 17 |
Pricing
Plans as listed on each vendor's site when we last checked. Confirm before you buy.
| Attribute | Lovable | Shopify | v0 |
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| Plans | Free Free Testing an idea over a weekend. | BasicOur pick $29/mo billed yearly, or $39 monthly New and solo sellers. | Free Free Trying it and small one-off pages. |
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. | PlusOur pick $30/user/mo Marketers and founders making pages most weeks. | |
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. | Business $100/user/mo Companies that need their data kept out of training. | |
Enterprise Custom Large organisations rolling it out company-wide. | Plus From $2,300/mo High-volume and complex businesses. | 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. | 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. | Stay on Free if you make the odd page. Plus is the sensible paid plan; the credit allowance matches what you pay, so treat it as pay-as-you-go with a monthly minimum. Business costs over three times as much for the same credits, so only pick it for the data protections. |
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Questions people ask
Which is better, Lovable, Shopify or v0?
Shopify scores highest overall in our ratings (Lovable 4.2/5, Shopify 4.4/5 and v0 3.8/5). Lovable is best for MVPs and prototypes and internal tools. Shopify is best for launching an online store and running products, orders and stock in one place. v0 is best for landing pages and marketing sites and turning a screenshot into a real page.
Which is cheaper, Lovable, Shopify or v0?
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. v0: There's a free plan, and paid plans start at $30/user/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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