Lovable AI Pricing Explained: Free vs Pro, Credits, and What It Really Costs

Lovable AI has a genuinely usable free plan: a daily allowance of AI messages, full builder access, and real exportable code. Paid plans add unlimited messages, private projects, and one-click publishing to a custom domain. Billing is per message rather than per website, so precise prompts directly reduce your cost.

The free workaround for custom domains

Custom-domain publishing from inside Lovable needs a paid plan, but you can export to GitHub, connect Netlify's free tier, and point your own domain there — HTTPS, CDN, and automatic deploys at no monthly cost. That brings a complete professional site to roughly $25 a year, the price of the domain alone.

See the full cost picture in hosting a small business website for $25 a year, then start building with the Lovable beginner tutorial or the complete Learn Lovable guide.