Lovable vs Chakra UI
AI app builder with shared team workspace — unlimited users per plan
vs. Simple, modular, and accessible React component library
Pricing tiers
Lovable
Free
Limited features baseline. Try out and build small demos.
Free
Pro
$25/month (shared across unlimited users). 100 credits/mo + 5 daily (up to 150/mo). Custom domains, remove Lovable badge, user roles.
$25/mo
Business
$50/month (shared). Everything in Pro + Internal publish, SSO, Team workspace, personal projects, design templates, security center.
$50/mo
Enterprise
Custom (platform fee by company size). Covers all employees. Volume credits, dedicated support, onboarding, SCIM, audit logs.
Custom
Chakra UI
OSS (MIT)
$0. MIT license. All core components free forever.
$0 base (usage-based)
Chakra UI Pro
$149 one-time. 380+ pre-built Pro components (figma + code). For commercial projects.
$149/mo
Pro Team
$449 one-time. Pro components + team license (10 devs).
$449/mo
Free-tier quotas head-to-head
Comparing free on Lovable vs oss on Chakra UI.
| Metric | Lovable | Chakra UI |
|---|---|---|
| No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers. | ||
Features
Lovable · 16 features
- Connect External APIs — Chat: "connect OpenAI API" → done.
- Custom Domains — Publish at yourbrand.com.
- Design Templates — Pre-made design systems (Business tier).
- GitHub 2-way Sync — Commit from Lovable or edit in repo — reflects both ways.
- Image/Sketch to UI — Upload screenshot → get matching UI.
- Internal Publish — Deploy internally only (Business tier).
- Live Preview — See the app live while iterating.
- Prompt-to-App — Natural language → running React app.
- Remove Lovable Badge — White-label output — no Lovable branding.
- SCIM Provisioning (Ent) — Directory sync.
- Security Center — Audit + permissions console (Business+).
- Stripe Integration — Built-in Stripe payments setup.
- Supabase Native — First-class Supabase auth + DB integration.
- Team Workspace — Shared projects + roles.
- User Roles — Role-based access control.
- Visual Edit — Click element → describe change.
Chakra UI · 15 features
- 70+ Components — Button, Input, Modal, Menu, Table, etc.
- Accessibility — WAI-ARIA compliant.
- Animations — Framer Motion under the hood.
- Ark UI (v3) — Headless primitives layer.
- Chakra UI Pro — Paid premium components library.
- Dark Mode — Built-in color mode.
- Data Display — Table, Card, List, Stat, Tag.
- Figma Library — Matching design file (Pro).
- Form Components — Input, Select, Checkbox, Slider.
- Layout Components — Box, Flex, Grid, Stack, Wrap.
- Overlays — Modal, Drawer, Popover, Tooltip.
- Panda CSS (v3) — Build-time atomic CSS engine.
- Recipes (v3) — Variant-based component styling.
- Responsive Props — Object/array syntax.
- Theme Tokens — Colors, spacing, typography as tokens.
Developer interfaces
| Kind | Lovable | Chakra UI |
|---|---|---|
| CLI | — | @chakra-ui/cli |
| SDK | — | @chakra-ui/react |
| REST | Lovable API (preview) | — |
| OTHER | GitHub 2-way sync, Lovable Web App, Supabase Native | Chakra UI Docs, Chakra UI Figma, Chakra UI Pro |
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