No subsidy clock.
Lovable advertises free with a $25/mo asterisk that disappears 31 May 2026. Forge's free tier is £0/mo with no expiry on persistence. Build something today; it still works in October.
Forge vs Lovable
Lovable's $25/mo Cloud credit subsidy ends 31 May 2026. After that, every persistent app on their free tier needs a paid plan. Forge's free tier has always been £0/mo, no credit timer.
Comparison verified 2026-05-09. Lovable pricing and feature claims sourced from lovable.dev.
Most-damning rows first. Every claim sourced and dated.
| Feature | Forge | Lovable |
|---|---|---|
| Pro plan1 | £7/mo | $25/mo |
| Free tier (post-31 May 2026)1 | Persistent apps, real Supabase, no expiry | $25 Cloud credit subsidy ENDS — apps stop working without paid plan |
| Pricing model | Predictable rows + projects | Variable credits per message |
| Generated code | ZIP export of full React + Supabase source | Locked in Lovable runtime |
| Stripe2 | User-owned key, payment links from any row | Native (paid plans only) |
| Mailchimp2 | First-party integration | Not first-party (uses Resend instead) |
| Twilio SMS2 | First-party integration + agent action | First-party connector (Mar 2026) |
| Vertical templates | Restaurants, contractors, salons, property | Horizontal, no vertical templates |
| CSV-first onboarding | Upload spreadsheet → working app in one prompt | Prompt-only |
| Scheduled agents | Hourly cron, send_email/send_sms/update_row | Agent Mode (default since Jul 2025) |
| Custom domain | Pro tier, Vercel domains API | Pro tier, in-app purchasing |
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Lovable advertises free with a $25/mo asterisk that disappears 31 May 2026. Forge's free tier is £0/mo with no expiry on persistence. Build something today; it still works in October.
Forge generates real React + Supabase you can ZIP-export and host anywhere. Your customers pay your Stripe account directly — no platform tax, no walled-garden checkout. Lovable apps live inside Lovable.
Forge ships vertical templates for restaurants, contractors, and salons that match how those businesses actually run. Lovable is horizontal — you describe everything from scratch.
Forge Pro
£7/mo
Switching from Lovable? Free tier first, no card needed.
Start freeLovable's pricing page describes the $25/mo Cloud credit on Free as 'temporary through end of May 2026, subject to change.' After it ends, apps requiring persistence will need a paid plan ($25/mo and up). Existing builds may keep running but new persistence usage starts billing.
We're building a Lovable-export importer for the migration window. In the meantime, the fastest path is to upload your data as a CSV — Forge infers the schema in under a minute and rebuilds the UI around it.
£7/mo Pro is the price. 100 credits/month, unlimited projects, 500 rows/table, custom domain, permanent share links. No per-seat fees. Team plans add team-shared credits at £23/mo.
Forge: 1 credit = a new app, 0.25 credit = an edit. Predictable. Lovable: credits are per-message and per-action with variable cost; the same edit can cost 1–5+ credits depending on complexity.
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£7/mo Pro. Your code, your domain, your Stripe — built for the way you actually run your business.
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