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Fabricate vs Lovable

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. Both start at $25. Both have a free tier.

FabricatePrompt-to-app builder that ships a React app on Cloudflare Workers with database, auth and Stripe wired in.LovableDescribe an app and get a deployed full-stack project

Side by side

FactFabricateLovable
CategoryVibe Coding & App GeneratorsVibe Coding & App Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$25 month$25 month
Public APINoNo
PlatformsWebWeb
CompanyFabricate, LLCLovable
Launched20252023
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

Fabricate

Most prompt-to-app tools stop at generated code; Fabricate's pitch is that the boring parts - database, login, payments, hosting - are already connected when the app appears. Pinning it to Cloudflare Workers and D1 is what makes that possible and also what makes it awkward to leave. Sixty free credits a month is enough to see whether the generator understands your idea before paying.

Pros

  • Generated apps arrive deployed at a live URL with D1, authentication and Stripe already connected
  • Version history with one-click restore, so a bad generation is recoverable
  • Code exports to GitHub or a ZIP on paid plans, so you are not locked out of your own source
  • Free plan is 60 credits a month and one published project with no card required

Cons

  • Everything targets Cloudflare Workers and D1 - moving to another host means rewriting the runtime layer
  • Code export, private projects and custom domains are paid-only, so the free plan cannot ship a real product
  • Credits, not projects, are the unit, and a broad rewrite consumes them unpredictably
  • Company founded in 2025 with no track record to check

Lovable

The cleanest prompt-to-app experience for someone who cannot write React, and GitHub sync means you are not locked in — but 100 credits a month is less runway than it sounds once the app gets real.

Pros

  • Live preview after each change keeps iteration legible to non-developers
  • GitHub sync and Supabase mean the output is real, portable code
  • The free tier is enough to find out whether the idea works
  • Per-action credit costs are published, so estimating is possible

Cons

  • Free tier caps at 30 credits a month regardless of the daily grant
  • Debugging a bad generation can cost more credits than the original build
  • Opinionated stack — React front end, Supabase back end, little room to differ
  • No API for driving builds programmatically

Which one fits

Choose Fabricate if you need

  • Founders shipping a paid MVP without setting up auth and Stripe themselves
  • Internal tools that need a login and a database but not a team
  • Testing an idea end to end before committing engineering time

Choose Lovable if you need

  • Founders and designers shipping a working prototype without a developer
  • Anyone who wants generated code exported to GitHub rather than held hostage
  • Small internal tools needing authentication and a database on day one

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