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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium |
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| Category | AI Coding | AI App Builders |
| Description | AI-native code editor built on VS Code with deep codebase indexing and a credit-based pricing model. Reached 1M+ monthly active users in 2025 and added a Marketplace for extensions and JetBrains plugin support. The Composer agent can apply multi-file edits with a single instruction, making it the most popular dedicated AI IDE among developers surveyed in Stack Overflow 2025. | Lovable is an AI full-stack app builder that generates production-ready React applications with a Supabase backend from natural language prompts. It handles frontend, database schema, authentication, and deployment in a single workflow. Aimed at founders and product teams who want to ship working prototypes without writing boilerplate code. |
| Codebase indexing for whole-repository context in completions | Supported | Not supported |
| Composer: multi-file AI edit agent with diff review before applying | Supported | Not supported |
| Chat mode with @ references for files, docs, symbols, and web | Supported | Not supported |
| Credit-based pricing with premium models (Claude 4.6, GPT-4o, o3) | Supported | Not supported |
| Cursor Marketplace for extensions and community tools | Supported | Not supported |
| JetBrains plugin (IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm) as of 2025 | Supported | Not supported |
| Shadow workspace: preview AI changes before applying to active files | Supported | Not supported |
| Notepads for reusable context templates across sessions | Supported | Not supported |
| Full-stack generation: React + TypeScript frontend, Supabase backend | Not supported | Supported |
| Natural language prompt-to-app in minutes | Not supported | Supported |
| Database schema generation with Row Level Security policies | Not supported | Supported |
| Authentication setup (email, OAuth) included by default | Not supported | Supported |
| Live preview with instant hot reload as you describe changes | Not supported | Supported |
| GitHub sync: export generated code to a repository you own | Not supported | Supported |
| Custom domain deployment via Lovable hosting | Not supported | Supported |
| Component-level editing with natural language ("make this button blue") | Not supported | Supported |
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