Head-to-head · profiles checked Oct 1, 2026
Pick Lovable to get a working web app from a chat, starting on a free plan with 5 daily build credits. Pick Cursor to code in your own project with agents and code review, with Individual from $20/mo. Lovable's USD paid prices are not confirmed in our profile.
We wrote this from our own profiles of both tools, Lovable verified on October 1 and Cursor verified on September 29; we ran no benchmark on either, used no third-party benchmarks and took no vendor payments.
Pick Lovable if you want to describe a web app in plain language and get a deployed one, with a built-in backend, Git sync and desktop and mobile apps, and you can accept that its USD paid prices are not confirmed in our profile. Pick Cursor if you write code for a living and want an agent inside your own codebase, with cloud agents, Bugbot reviews and Individual from $20/mo. The two overlap less than the search suggests: Lovable ships an app from a prompt, Cursor helps you edit and review one you own. We have not run either on our benchmark task, so we make no speed or quality claim.
Based on our profiles of both tools: Lovable verified on October 1 and Cursor verified on September 29. We have not run either tool on our benchmark task yet.
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If you only want the answer, this is the table. Everything below is the evidence from the two documented profiles.
| You want to | Use | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Turn an idea into a working web app | Lovable | Lovable builds, edits and deploys web apps from chat; Cursor edits code you direct. |
| Add a feature to an existing codebase | Cursor | Cursor lists writing and refactoring code with diffs to review, plus repo context. |
| Get a database, login and hosting without setup | Lovable | Lovable Cloud provides database, auth, storage and hosting, or you can use Supabase. |
| Review pull requests automatically | Cursor | Cursor lists Bugbot for agentic PR review; Lovable lists no equivalent. |
| Run long tasks without your laptop | Cursor | Cursor cloud agents run on their own cloud computers in parallel. |
| Build from a phone | Lovable | Lovable has iOS and Android apps; Cursor's mobile availability is not stated. |
| Keep your code in Git | Either | Lovable syncs to Git (plan availability unverified); Cursor works with GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps and Bitbucket. |
| Connect your own tools through MCP | Cursor | Cursor lists MCPs, skills and hooks on Individual and above; MCP is not described in our Lovable profile. |
| Connect Stripe or other services to an app | Lovable | Lovable lists connectors to external APIs and services, including Stripe and Discord. |
| Roll out to a team with SSO | Cursor | Cursor lists SAML/OIDC SSO on Teams and SCIM and audit logs on Enterprise. |
| Plan | Tool | Price | Limits |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | Lovable | $0 | 5 daily build credits (up to 30 a month); 20 Cloud credits monthly |
| Pro | Lovable | Not confirmed (USD) | Monthly credit balance; amount not in our fetched text |
| Business | Lovable | Not confirmed (USD) | Credits priced higher than on Pro; team and organization features |
| Enterprise | Lovable | Custom | Volume-based credit pricing |
| Hobby | Cursor | $0 | Limited Agent requests; no credit card required |
| Individual (Pro) | Cursor | $20/mo, excluding taxes | Extended Agent limits; usage beyond included amount billed on demand |
| Individual (Pro+ / Ultra) | Cursor | Not confirmed | Pro+ for daily agent users, Ultra for power users |
| Teams | Cursor | $40/user/mo, excluding taxes | Included usage plus on-demand billing |
| Enterprise | Cursor | Custom | Pooled usage |
USD as published on each vendor's pricing page, checked Oct 1, 2026. Lovable pricing in full · Cursor pricing in full
| Lovable | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Messages / rate limits | Credit-based: 5 daily build credits (up to 30 a month) on Free; Pro monthly amount not stated; Plan Mode costs 1 credit per message | Limited Agent requests on Hobby; extended limits on Individual; on-demand billing after included usage |
| Context / file size | Not stated | Not stated |
| Seats / team | Unlimited workspace members; workspace credit limits per member | Teams priced per user; Enterprise has pooled usage and SCIM seat management |
| Feature | Lovable | Cursor |
|---|---|---|
| Image generation | Yes: images are listed among outputs | Not stated |
| Voice | Not stated | Not stated |
| File upload | Yes: images and files as inputs | Yes: attached docs and files, plus your codebase |
| Web search | Not stated | Not stated |
| Agents / tools | Chat agent builds and deploys apps; connectors to external services | Coding agent, cloud agents, automations, MCPs, skills and hooks |
| API | Listed among platforms; details not confirmed | API, SDK (TypeScript, Python) and CLI in docs; billing not verified |
| Mobile apps | Yes: iOS and Android | Not stated |
| IDE integration | No: it is a full app builder | Desktop editor; JetBrains and Xcode listed in docs |
| Lovable | Cursor | |
|---|---|---|
| Training on your data | Trains on Customer Content and Usage Data with an opt-out; not on Business and Enterprise content | Not used for training unless flagged for security review, reported as Feedback or agreed; privacy mode keeps code out of training |
| Retention | Not stated; Enterprise uses zero-data-retention models by default | Not confirmed |
| Business controls | Workspace credit limits, Enterprise privacy and security settings, extended-retention model toggle | Team-wide privacy mode, SAML/OIDC SSO, audit logs on Enterprise |
Taken from each vendor's published policy pages at the time of our check. Policies change; the source links are at the bottom.
AI app builder that turns natural-language prompts into working web apps, using a credit-based plan system.
Free stops at: 5 daily build credits (up to 30 a month), 20 Cloud credits monthly
Free plan available US price unconfirmed
AI code editor with agents, cloud agents and code review, offered with a free Hobby tier and paid plans.
Free stops at: Limited Agent requests
Free · paid from $20/mo US · checked Sep 29
We cannot rank them on price. Cursor lists Individual from $20/mo and Teams at $40/user/mo, excluding taxes. Lovable lists a $0 Free plan, but we could not confirm USD prices for Pro or Business, and it charges in credits rather than per seat.
Yes, both. Lovable Free gives 5 daily build credits (up to 30 a month). Cursor Hobby needs no credit card and has limited Agent requests.
Only for some work. Lovable builds and deploys a web app from chat, with a built-in backend and Git sync. Cursor is built around editing an existing codebase with agents, cloud agents and Bugbot reviews. A developer maintaining a large repo will likely want Cursor; a founder prototyping an MVP will likely want Lovable.
Lovable, going by what its profile documents: it is aimed at non-developers and founders, and you work through chat. Cursor lists professional developers and engineering teams as its audience.
It depends on the tool. Lovable trains on Customer Content and Usage Data with an opt-out, but not on Business and Enterprise content. Cursor says code data is not used for training with privacy mode on, and lists team-wide privacy mode on Teams.
Yes. Monthly plan credits expire two months after issue, annual plan credits one month after the period ends, top-ups after 12 months, and daily grants at day end.
Only official vendor pages. No third-party benchmarks, forum threads or press were used. How we review.
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