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Lovable vs Sentrely

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.

The short answer

Free plan
Lovable has one; Sentrely prices on request
Public API
Lovable has one; not confirmed by us for Sentrely
Higher Trust score
Lovable — 86 vs 71 for Sentrely
Best fit
Lovable: Founders and designers shipping a working prototype without a developer · Sentrely: non-technical founders who need production software but do not want to manage an AI coding tool themselves
Status
We could not check Lovable — its site turns automated checks away; Sentrely was up on Oct 15, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

Side by side

FactLovableSentrely
CategoryVibe Coding & App GeneratorsAgent Frameworks & Orchestration
Pricing modelFreemiumContact
Starts at$25/mo—
Public APIYesNot confirmed
Trust score86 / 10071 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb
CompanyLovableUnique Datasets LLC
Launched2023—
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Oct 15, 2026

What our research says

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
  • API access is reserved for the Business tier, which charges double Pro's price per credit

Sentrely

Sentrely is no longer an AI-agent control plane; it is now a managed build service where AI agents write the code and Sentrely's engineers review and sign off, with the software running in the client's own accounts. That ownership-plus-human-review model answers the main complaints about vibe-coding apps, but it is priced and sold like an agency, with nothing public to compare before a call. Teams that came for agent policy enforcement and audit logs need a different tool.

Pros

  • code, data and infrastructure stay in accounts the client owns
  • human engineers review and sign off on AI changes
  • every change is backed up and can be rewound
  • AI usage billed by the model provider rather than through a credit meter
  • named account manager in Slack plus on-call support

Cons

  • no public pricing; every project is scoped on a call
  • service model means delivery depends on the vendor's engineering capacity
  • comparison table against Base44, Replit and Lovable is the vendor's own
  • little public track record for the new service so far

Which one fits

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

Choose Sentrely if you need

  • non-technical founders who need production software but do not want to manage an AI coding tool themselves
  • small businesses that want custom internal tools running in cloud accounts they own

Lovable vs Sentrely: the questions people ask

Is Lovable cheaper than Sentrely?

Lovable starts at $25/mo; Sentrely prices on request, so a quote is the only way to compare.

Does Lovable or Sentrely have a free tier?

Lovable has a free tier; Sentrely prices on request.

Which has a public API, Lovable or Sentrely?

Lovable ships a public API, as of our last verification. A public API for Sentrely is not confirmed by us — check its developer docs before you plan an integration.

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