Quick answer
- Free ($0): test a real project. Daily build credits stop after 30 in a calendar month.
- Pro ($25/mo for 100 credits): a custom domain, code access, or regular building beyond the free cap. Pro 200 is $50.
- Business ($50/mo for 100 credits): SSO, role-based access, internal publishing, or other team controls. The entry tier has the same 100 credits as Pro.
- If you only need more credits, compare a larger Pro tier or a top-up first: 50 credits cost $15 on Pro and $30 on Business.
Verified September 24, 2026 against Lovable’s official documentation. USD list prices, before tax.
If you are choosing a Lovable plan, the useful question is not just “how many prompts do I get?” The same workspace credits can pay for app edits, hosting, and AI features inside the app you publish. Pro starts at $25/month for 100 subscription credits. Business starts at $50/month for the same 100 credits. This guide shows where the money goes and when paying for a higher tier beats buying extra credits.
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Free, Pro, and Business prices at a glance
| Plan | Monthly | Annual (paid upfront) |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | — |
| Pro 100 | $25 | $250/year |
| Pro 200 | $50 | $500/year |
| Business 100 | $50 | $500/year |
| Business 200 | $100 | $1,000/year |
The number in each paid plan is its monthly general subscription credits. Pro 100 and Business 100 each grant 100 per month. The $25 Business premium at that tier buys controls and support, not an extra 100 credits. Lovable offers higher tiers too; the table focuses on the ones most people compare first.
Annual billing saves $50 on Pro 100 and $100 on Business 100 against paying the listed monthly rate for 12 months. It also commits you to the full $250 or $500 upfront. At a 200-credit tier the annual charges are $500 and $1,000, respectively. If your usage is still uncertain, a month on Free or Pro is a safer way to establish a baseline before taking a yearly commitment.
What a credit costs at each tier
On monthly billing, the subscription costs $0.25 per credit on Pro and $0.50 on Business from 100 through 800 monthly credits. The first volume discount appears at 1,200 credits: $294 on Pro, or $0.245 each, and $588 on Business, or $0.49 each. That is 2% below the entry-tier unit price. These are Toolvel calculations from Lovable’s published monthly tier prices, not rates Lovable separately bills per edit.
| Plan and monthly credits | Cost per credit | Monthly price |
|---|---|---|
| Pro, 100 credits | $0.25 | $25 |
| Business, 100 credits | $0.50 | $50 |
| Pro, 800 credits | $0.25 | $200 |
| Business, 800 credits | $0.50 | $400 |
| Pro, 1,200 credits | $0.245 | $294 |
| Business, 1,200 credits | $0.49 | $588 |
| Pro, 5,000 credits | $0.225 | $1,125 |
| Business, 5,000 credits | $0.45 | $2,250 |
| Pro, 10,000 credits | $0.225 | $2,250 |
| Business, 10,000 credits | $0.43 | $4,300 |
At the same credit tier, Business is exactly twice Pro’s price through 5,000 credits. At 7,500 and 10,000 the ratio drops below 2×; for example, 10,000 is $2,250 on Pro versus $4,300 on Business. That does not make Business a cheaper way to buy credits. On the published tiers, pay its premium for governance features, not credit volume. The highest listed monthly volume discount relative to the 100-credit unit price is about 10% on Pro and 14% on Business.
A 50-credit top-up costs $15 on Pro ($0.30 each) or $30 on Business ($0.60 each): 20% more per credit than a 100–800-credit subscription tier. Bundle size still matters to the monthly bill. Pro 100 plus one top-up is $40 for 150 general credits, cheaper than Pro 200 at $50 even if you need 150 every month. At 200 every month, Pro 200 at $50 beats Pro 100 plus two top-ups at $55. The equivalent Business figures are $80 versus $100 at 150 and $100 versus $110 at 200. Source: top-up prices and terms.
Why 100 credits is not 100 prompts
Lovable uses a single general credit balance across five kinds of activity: building, chat, Cloud hosting/backend, AI model calls made by your deployed app, and some managed connectors. Usage-specific grants are spent first. On Free, Pro, and Business, the current grants include 5 daily build credits, 20 monthly Cloud credits, and 4 monthly AI credits. The Free plan’s daily build grant stops after 30 credits in a calendar month; Pro and Business do not have that monthly cap. These grants are tied to their respective use and do not roll over. Chat has its own temporary pricing: Lovable’s terms describe a daily chat allowance and per-message chat pricing through October 31, 2026, with a larger allowance on paid plans than on Free. Chat draws on that allowance before daily build and general credits; Build, Plan, images, videos, Cloud and deployed-app AI are outside that offer. The end date has passed, and as of November 5, 2026, Lovable had not published the terms that follow. Chat terms, rechecked November 5, 2026.
Build mode is charged for the work Lovable actually does. The official examples list 0.50 credits to make a button gray, 0.90 to remove a footer, 1.20 to add authentication, and 2.00 for a landing page with generated images. These are examples, not a price list. Plan mode starts at 1 credit per message, with additional cost if Lovable runs subagent research while planning. Chats and Chat mode have a separate, temporary pricing model and a daily allowance. Lovable explains the charges and examples here.
A cost many buyers miss
Publishing an app can consume credits after you stop editing it. Cloud usage depends on database, storage, network, compute, and traffic; built-in AI features in the published app draw on an AI grant and then general credits. A 100-credit subscription is therefore not necessarily 100 credits exclusively available for app building. Check Settings → Plans & credit usage → Usage details and compare Build with Run before upgrading.
The daily and monthly grants are not extra cash to spend on anything: the Cloud grant cannot pay for edits, and the AI grant cannot pay for Cloud. When a particular grant runs out, the corresponding activity can use general credits. The monthly Cloud and AI grants are a temporary offering that Lovable says can change.
Top-up or a larger plan? The actual break point
On a paid plan, a 50-credit top-up is $15 on Pro or $30 on Business. Purchased top-up credits last 12 months. Below, “credits available” means the plan’s general credits plus the purchased amount; it excludes any daily grant and any balance already carried over. This is a Toolvel calculation from Lovable’s subscription prices and top-up prices.
| Plan and need this month | Cheapest route | Monthly cost |
|---|---|---|
| Pro, about 100 general credits | 100 tier | $25 |
| Pro, about 150 general credits | 100 tier + 50 top-up | $40 |
| Pro, about 200 general credits | 200 tier (vs $55 with two top-ups) | $50 |
| Business, about 100 general credits | 100 tier | $50 |
| Business, about 150 general credits | 100 tier + 50 top-up | $80 |
| Business, about 200 general credits | 200 tier (vs $110 with two top-ups) | $100 |
At a steady 150 general credits per month, the 100 tier plus one top-up saves $10 on Pro or $20 on Business against the 200 tier. At a steady 200, the 200 tier wins on the listed monthly prices. For an occasional burst, a top-up may still be easier than changing your subscription; it lasts for up to 12 months. Do not turn on auto top-up without checking its monthly spend limit. An app that gets more users can consume the balance through Run usage even while the team sends few build requests.
A subtle rollover point: unused monthly subscription credits on a monthly plan expire two months after issue. Top-ups last 12 months. On an annual plan, the monthly credits are still issued monthly and expire one month after the yearly billing period ends. Daily grants do not roll over. Look at the expiry dates under Credit balance before buying more.
Which plan fits the project?
Keep Free if you are still exploring
Free includes workspace-private projects and Git sync, which are easy to overlook. Its daily build credits add up to at most 30 per calendar month, so it is suitable for testing a small workflow or drafting a prototype, not for budgeting an ongoing team build. You cannot buy a top-up on Free. If you exhaust the monthly cap early, daily build grants resume at the next calendar-month reset (00:00 UTC).
Buy Pro for a site you intend to ship
Pro is the first tier with a custom domain, direct code editing and download, and the option to remove the “Edit with Lovable” badge. The 100-credit tier is $25 monthly. Move to Pro 200 only once the usage page shows you regularly need close to 200 general credits after grants. A custom domain alone is a Pro reason; more collaborators alone are not, because Lovable does not charge subscription seats separately.
Pay for Business when controls are the reason
Business adds SSO, role-based access, internal publishing, personal projects inside a workspace, design templates, the Lovable API, security features, and priority support. At 100 credits it is $50 monthly. If your only problem is exhausting Pro credits, compare Pro 200 at the same $50 first. Business makes sense when a company needs those controls, not because its entry tier builds more. Enterprise is the separate route for SCIM, audit logs, and contract-specific terms.
Workspace credits are shared, including with additional members. A three-person Pro 100 workspace has one shared 100-credit monthly subscription allocation, not 100 per person. Owners can check per-member Build usage and apply member credit limits on paid plans. More seats may speed up credit use, but do not multiply the subscription fee. See Lovable’s plan feature table.
A five-minute check before you subscribe
- Build or revise one real screen on Free. Open the menu on Lovable’s response to see Credits used; repeat for a small fix and a larger request. The two costs can be very different.
- In Settings → Plans & credit usage → Usage details, switch between Build credits and Run credits. If Run is growing, find out whether Cloud, AI calls, or a managed connector is responsible before buying a bigger build tier.
- Check what you actually need to ship: custom domain and code access (Pro), or SSO/internal publishing and governance (Business). Do not pay Business rates just for another 100 credits.
- Look at the Credit balance expiry dates, then compare the table above with your recent month. If your workload spikes irregularly, include the 12-month life of top-ups in the decision.
- Cancellation stops future renewal without refunding the current billing period. At the end of that period, unused subscription and rollover credits freeze on Free; purchased top-ups and bonus credits remain usable until expiry. Cancellation terms, checked October 12, 2026.
Common questions
Does Lovable charge per user?
The subscription is priced by the workspace credit tier, not editor seats. Lovable lists unlimited workspace members on Free, Pro, and Business. Everyone shares the workspace’s credit balance, so the effective cost depends on combined use.
Do credits reset every month?
Different credits have different schedules. Daily build credits reset at 00:00 UTC (with a 30-credit monthly cap on Free). Monthly Cloud and AI grants reset by calendar month on Free and at the subscription cycle on Pro/Business; they do not roll over. Monthly subscription credits can roll over until their expiry date, and bought top-ups last 12 months.
Can students get Lovable Pro cheaper?
Lovable lists 50% off the Pro 100 monthly plan for eligible students and teachers for up to 12 months. Verification requires an academic email and a Free workspace, with restrictions listed in its discount documentation. Check eligibility before upgrading to a paid workspace.
Try the workflow before committing to a yearly plan
Test a real edit, watch the credit cost, and decide based on what your project needs to publish.
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For a broader feature list and Enterprise context, see our Lovable pricing hub, where the credit calculator compares every tier with top-ups for your own monthly use. Weighing other app builders too? See Lovable vs Bolt vs Replit. Already subscribed and running out faster than expected? See Why Lovable credits run out. We use the vendor’s published prices and label our calculations; this article does not claim hands-on testing. How Toolvel checks prices.
Sources: Lovable pricing, subscription plans and feature comparison, credits, usage, rollover and top-ups. Pricing and temporary grants can change.
