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Lovable vs Clerk

AI app builder with shared team workspace — unlimited users per plan
vs. User management and authentication as a service

Lovable website ↗Clerk website ↗

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
Lovable website ↗

Clerk

Free
50k MAU included. No SSO/SAML. Perfect for side projects and early prototypes.
Free
Pro
$25/mo (or $20/mo annual). 50k MAU, $0.02 each after. 1 enterprise SSO connection per app. Webhooks, JWT templates, custom session duration.
$25/mo
Business
$300/mo (or $250/mo annual). Advanced organizations, enhanced support, additional enterprise features.
$300/mo
Enterprise
Custom. Volume MAU discounts, SLA, workspace-wide SAML SSO, dedicated support.
Custom
Clerk website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Lovable vs hobby on Clerk.

MetricLovableClerk
mao—100 orgs/month
mau—50000 users/month
sso connections—0 connections

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.

Clerk · 15 features

  • Account Portal — Hosted sign-in/user profile pages at accounts.yourapp.com — zero UI code, fully …
  • Bot Protection — Cloudflare Turnstile CAPTCHA integrated into sign-up.
  • Clerk Billing — Built-in Stripe-powered billing: subscriptions, plans, proration — ties directly…
  • Enterprise SSO (SAML/OIDC) — SAML and OIDC for enterprise customers. Per-domain connection. Pro+ (1 included)…
  • Impersonation — Act as a user from dashboard to debug. Logged.
  • JWT Templates — Custom JWT issuance for third-party backends (Supabase, Hasura, Firebase, Convex…
  • Machine Tokens (M2M) — API keys and machine tokens for service-to-service auth in addition to user sess…
  • Multi-Factor Auth — TOTP (authenticator apps), SMS OTP, backup codes. Forced or optional per user.
  • Organizations (B2B) — Multi-tenant orgs with roles, permissions, invitations, domain allowlist, and pe…
  • Passkeys (WebAuthn) — Passwordless passkey sign-in with per-device biometrics.
  • Prebuilt Components — Drop-in React components: <SignIn/>, <SignUp/>, <UserButton/>, <OrganizationSwit…
  • Sessions — Server-side session tokens. Sliding expiration by default; configurable absolute…
  • User Management — Full user CRUD, metadata (public/private/unsafe), email/phone verification, ban/…
  • Waitlist Mode — Collect sign-ups before opening the app. Approve waitlist entries to activate ac…
  • Webhooks — Events: user.created/updated/deleted, session.created, organization.* — delivere…

Developer interfaces

KindLovableClerk
SDK—@clerk/astro, @clerk/backend / @clerk/clerk-sdk-node, @clerk/chrome-extension, @clerk/clerk-expo, @clerk/clerk-js (vanilla), @clerk/clerk-react, @clerk/clerk-react-native, @clerk/nextjs, @clerk/nuxt, @clerk/remix, clerk-sdk-go, clerk-sdk-python, clerk-sdk-ruby, @clerk/tanstack-start, @clerk/vue
RESTLovable API (preview)Backend REST API, Frontend API
MCP—Clerk MCP
OTHERGitHub 2-way sync, Lovable Web App, Supabase NativeWebhooks (Svix)
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