Lovable vs Macaly

Lovable

• Founders and product teams turning an idea into a working web app
• Teams building internal tools from one shared credit pool, with no per-seat fee
• Developers who want generated code synced to their own Git repository

Macaly

• Small businesses that want a site with bookings, forms or logins
• Marketing teams shipping landing pages and campaign sites
• Agencies running client projects in separate workspaces

Lovable

• Usage is metered in credits, and a Build mode message costs a variable amount depending on the task.
• Free workspaces get 30 build credits a month at most and cannot use custom domains, edit code or remove the Lovable badge.
• SSO, role-based access and internal publishing start on Business, which costs twice as much as Pro for the same credits.
• Lovable builds web apps: publishing deploys to a web URL, not to the App Store or Google Play.

Macaly

• The Free plan covers 1 published project on a macaly.app address, with no custom domain, code download or analytics.
• Unused credits on Free and Pro expire at the end of each billing period; only Agency credits roll over, for up to 60 days.
• Macaly's FAQ says it works only with Next.js and Convex and is not meant for native iOS or Android apps.
• Canceling Pro takes a custom-domain site offline unless the account moves to the $5 Hosting plan.

Lovable

Prompt-to-app building

Describe an app in chat and Lovable generates working code. Plan mode costs 1 credit per message, while Build mode charges by the complexity of the task.

Lovable Cloud backend

A built-in backend covers database, storage, compute and realtime usage for deployed apps, paid from the same credits. Every plan includes a monthly grant of 20 Cloud credits.

Git sync and code ownership

Each project is a codebase that can sync with GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket on every plan. Editing and downloading code inside Lovable starts on Pro.

Publishing and custom domains

Apps publish to a lovable.app address: 5 domains on Free, unlimited from Pro. Custom domains and removing the Lovable badge need a paid plan.

Connectors and MCP servers

A connector catalog links apps and chats to services such as Slack, HubSpot and Notion, and custom MCP servers can be added for extra context while building.

Shared workspaces

Unlimited members build from one shared credit pool on every plan. Owners can set per-member monthly credit limits on paid plans.

Macaly

Agent that builds full-stack projects

The agent plans, asks questions and builds websites and web apps from a prompt, on Next.js with a Convex database. Pro adds debugging and browser testing.

Several ways to start

A project can start from a screenshot or link, a Word, Excel or PDF file, or a YouTube video. Website tools turn a Google Maps listing, an Airbnb page or a PDF into a site.

Visual edits

Text, images and other elements can be changed by clicking them in the preview. These edits use no credits, except Ask AI, which shows its price before it runs.

Hosting, database and logins

Every plan includes hosting, a database and authentication. Sites publish to a macaly.app address, and Pro allows unlimited custom domains.

SEO audit and analytics

From Pro, an SEO audit runs after each publish with fixes the agent can apply, and cookieless analytics report page views, visitors, countries and UTM sources.

Chat apps and AI assistants

The agent can be reached over WhatsApp and Telegram, and the Macaly Cloud MCP server lets Claude, ChatGPT or Cursor write code that Macaly then builds and hosts.

Lovable

• Free$0

  5 daily build credits (30 a month at most), 20 Cloud credits a month, workspace-private projects, unlimited collaborators and 5 lovable.app domains.

• ProFrom $25

  per month, billed monthly; $250 billed annually

  100 credits a month at the entry tier, with tiers up to 10,000. Adds credit rollovers, top-ups, custom domains, code editing and badge removal.

• BusinessFrom $50

  per month, billed monthly; $500 billed annually

  100 credits a month at the entry tier. Adds SSO, role-based access, internal publish, personal projects, a security center and the Lovable API.

• EnterpriseCustom

  A platform fee plus volume-based credit pricing, with SCIM, audit logs, publishing controls, scheduled security scans and a named CSM.

Macaly

• Free$0

  3M credits a month, 1 published project on a macaly.app address, 1GB of traffic, 1GB of database usage and 10,000 backend API calls.

• ProFrom $25

  per month

  10M credits a month at $25, with tiers up to 450M at $1,000. Adds unlimited custom domains, AI image generation, analytics, SEO tools, GitHub and Stripe.

• AgencyFrom $350

  per month

  150M credits and 5 client workspaces at $350, with steps up to 2B credits. Adds centralized billing, 60-day credit rollover and Macaly API access.

• Hosting$5

  per month

  Keeps a published Pro site live on 1 custom domain with no AI credits. Offered only as a downgrade from Pro.

Lovable

• Annual discount

  Two months free with yearly billing

  The pricing page's Yearly toggle is labeled 2 months free. Pro with 100 credits is $250 a year instead of $25 a month, and Business is $500 instead of $50 a month.

• Education

  50% off Pro for students and teachers

  Verified students and teachers pay $12.50 a month for the Pro plan with 100 credits, billed monthly, for up to 12 months. Each person can use the discount once.

Macaly

No public discounts listed.