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AskCodi vs Lovable
Lovable is the one people name. It is further ahead than we are on payments and it has the bigger gallery, and it keeps your code on its own platform.
- Lovable’s free tier is five build credits a day and thirty a month. Ours is a million tokens a month with no daily cap.
- Lovable takes payments for you, with no API keys to handle. We do not. You connect your own Stripe.
- Lovable’s own documentation says your project code is stored and managed inside Lovable. Ours goes to a GitHub repository you own.
Sources read: 11 November 2026
Side by side
Row by row.
- What the free tier is
- AskCodi1,000,000 tokens a month. No card, and no daily cap.
- LovableFive build credits a day, capped at thirty a month on the free plan. Daily grants refresh at midnight UTC and do not roll over.
docs.lovable.dev ↗ - What happens when it runs out
- AskCodiBuilding stops and waits for the next month or a top-up. A site that is already published keeps serving, because hosting is its own subscription rather than part of the allowance.
- LovableBuilding stops, AI features in deployed apps stop, and apps using Cloud pause. Free users cannot buy top-ups at all.
docs.lovable.dev ↗ - Taking payments
- AskCodiNot wired into the builder. You connect your own Stripe and the money arrives in your account, in your name.
- LovableBuilt in since April 2026, through Paddle or Stripe. "Lovable handles the infrastructure, including creating accounts, connecting everything, and managing the technical setup." This is the thing they have and we do not.
docs.lovable.dev ↗ - Where the code lives
- AskCodiConnect a repository you own. Work arrives in it as pull requests you merge.
- Lovable"Your project code is stored and managed inside the Lovable platform." GitHub is a mirror of it, and downloading the codebase needs a paid plan.
docs.lovable.dev ↗ - What you can see while it builds
- AskCodiDev mode opens the scope, the design documents, the task board, the model behind each step and the repository.
- LovableVersion history you can preview and revert, and a private preview surface that pauses when idle. Audit logs are Enterprise only.
docs.lovable.dev ↗ - Security certification
- AskCodiNone claimed. We would rather say that than hedge.
- Lovable"Lovable supports SOC 2 and GDPR requirements." That is a hedge rather than a certification, and it is still more than we claim. Regional hosting in the EU, US and Asia Pacific.
lovable.dev ↗ - Unused credit
- AskCodiNot published yet.
- LovableMonthly plan credits roll over and then expire two months after they are issued. Daily build credits expire nightly.
docs.lovable.dev ↗ - Phone apps
- AskCodiNot yet. The tab says Soon and it means it.
- LovableNo native pipeline. Lovable tells you to export the project and wrap it with Median.co or Capacitor.
lovable.dev ↗
Where they are better
What Lovable does better.
Written by us, about them. A comparison where one side wins every row is a comparison nobody should believe, including this one.
- Payments. Theirs is in the product and ours is not. If the thing you are building has to take money this month, that is a real reason to pick them.
- The gallery. Around 250 template pages against our nine. Ours are all live and openable, which matters less than it sounds when you are browsing for an idea.
- Compliance paperwork. A hedged SOC 2 line and documented EU, US and Asia Pacific data residency beat our nothing.
- Teams. Unlimited workspace members on every plan, with per-member credit limits.
Pick one
Which one to use.
Pick AskCodi if
You want the repository in your own GitHub account, a million tokens a month to find out whether this works, and no daily throttle while you do it.
Pick Lovable if
You need to charge customers from inside the product in the next few weeks and you would rather not touch Stripe yourself.
Or skip the reading
Describe the thing and see what comes back.
A million tokens a month, no card, and nine templates you can open right now without an account.