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Lovable vs shadcn/ui

AI app builder with shared team workspace — unlimited users per plan
vs. Beautifully designed React components you copy-paste into your app

Lovable website ↗shadcn/ui (OSS) ↗

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 ↗

shadcn/ui

OSS (MIT)
$0. MIT license. Free forever. No signup. Components copy-pasted into your repo and owned by you.
$0 base (usage-based)
shadcn/ui (OSS) ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Lovable vs oss on shadcn/ui.

MetricLovableshadcn/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.

shadcn/ui · 12 features

  • 50+ Components — Button, dialog, dropdown, form, table, etc.
  • Accessibility — WAI-ARIA compliant.
  • Blocks — Full-page layouts ready to use.
  • Charts — Composable Recharts wrappers.
  • CSS Variables — Themeable via --primary, --background, etc.
  • Custom Registries — Publish your own components via registry spec.
  • Dark Mode — Built-in toggleable theme.
  • Form Components (react-hook-form) — Integrated with react-hook-form + Zod.
  • MCP Server — Query component catalog from AI agents.
  • Radix UI Primitives — Headless accessibility foundation.
  • shadcn CLI — Scaffold + add components.
  • Themes + Theme Editor — CSS vars-based color system.

Developer interfaces

KindLovableshadcn/ui
CLI—shadcn CLI
RESTLovable API (preview)Component Registry
MCP—shadcn MCP Server
OTHERGitHub 2-way sync, Lovable Web App, Supabase NativeDocs + Component Browser, Theme Customizer
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