
Lovable
Describe an app or website in plain English and Lovable builds and hosts it.
Price
Nonprofit offer
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Suits
Lovable lists a nonprofit partner programme with special pricing on Business or Enterprise plans; its help content reportedly offers 20% off for a year to verified nonprofits. The exact terms were not confirmed on a fetched page.
Email support@lovable.dev with proof of nonprofit status (for example 501(c)(3) paperwork or your national charity registration) and ask about the nonprofit discount. The programme page says full application details are coming soon.
Great for
- Small teams who want a prototype or simple internal tool built from a plain-English description
- Nonprofits without a developer who need a basic website, landing page or volunteer sign-up app
- Staff who can spend time testing and checking what the AI produces
- Fast route from idea to a working prototype
- Free plan to try an idea
- Regional data hosting options (EU, US, Asia Pacific)
Watch out for
- Apps that store sensitive client, health or donor data unless someone technical reviews security
- Organisations that cannot take on long-term maintenance of an app nobody wrote by hand
- Teams that need predictable monthly costs, as hosting and AI features draw on the same credits
- Apps built with AI tools have often gone live with missing database access rules; 170+ Lovable-built apps were reported exposed in 2025, so have someone check before storing personal data
- Credits are shared between building, hosting and AI features, so costs are hard to predict
- Nobody on your team may understand the code, which makes fixes and long-term maintenance hard
Problems it solves
About Lovable+
Lovable is an AI app and website builder. You describe what you want in a chat, and it generates a working web app or site, with sign-in, a database and hosting available through its built-in cloud. It suits staff who want a simple volunteer sign-up app, internal tracker or website without a developer. It uses a credit system, so heavy tweaking can cost more than the headline price, and anything that holds personal data needs a careful check before it goes live.
Pricing: Free plan gives 5 build credits a day (up to about 30 a month). Pro is US$25 a month (about US$21 a month billed annually) with 100 monthly credits and custom domains. Business is US$50 a month (about US$42 annually) and adds single sign-on, role-based access and training opt-out. Top-up credits cost US$0.30 each on Pro and US$0.60 on Business. The same credits pay for building and for keeping the app running.
Key features+
AI features+
The product is AI: it writes the code, can add AI features inside your app, and offers chat and planning modes.
Data & privacy+
Lovable says it supports SOC 2 and GDPR requirements and offers data residency in the EU, US and Asia Pacific. Business and Enterprise customers are excluded from model training; Free and Pro users can opt out in settings. Built-in security scans run before publishing, but they do not make the app safe by themselves. Responsibility for the data your app collects stays with your organisation.
How sure are we?+
Partly confirmed on the vendor's pages; some details from reputable secondary sources. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with Lovable before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.
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