G
GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
Free, from $10/mo
Cursor vs Lovable
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
C
Choose Cursor if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $25/mo)
- you work on macOS, Slack
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
L
Choose Lovable if…
- you need an API to build on
- you're in its core audience: startup founders, non-technical makers
Side by side
Feature Cursor Lovable
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$8/mo$25/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt outYes, unless you opt out
Data retentionKept only as long as necessary for operations and legitimate business needsKept while account is open, then deleted or de-identified after closure or verified deletion request
Security and complianceSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, ISO 42001GDPR
Updates, last 90 days5—
Agent mode—
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
MCP support—
PlatformsmacOS, Web, SlackWeb
CategoryCode AssistantsApp & Website Builders
CompanyAnysphere, Inc.Lovable Labs Incorporated
Based in——
Founded——
Part ofSpaceX—
Key features
C Cursor
- Agent mode that plans and builds features from prompts
- Cloud agents running tasks in parallel on own machines
- Command-line agent installable via curl
- Slack integration that opens pull requests
- AI code reviews on GitHub PRs via Bugbot
- Model choice across OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini, SpaceXAI, Cursor
- Cmd+K targeted inline edits
- Privacy mode excluding code from training
L Lovable
- Build apps by chatting with AI
- Built-in hosting and backend through Lovable Cloud
- AI features inside deployed apps
- Edit and download the code
- Custom domains and badge removal
- Design systems and templates
- User roles, permissions and SSO
- Unlimited workspace members
Plans and prices
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Cursor
Free$0/month
Plus$8/month
Premium$30/month
Super$100/month
Ultra$200/month
Teams$30+/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Lovable
FreeFree
Pro$25/mo ($21/mo billed yearly)
Business$50/mo ($42/mo billed yearly)
EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limitations
Cursor
- Free plan available
- Works in desktop, terminal, Slack and GitHub
- Supports models from several providers
- SOC 2, ISO27001 and ISO42001 certified
- Plus plan is limited to Grok models
- Third-party model usage is billed separately at API list price
- Cloud agents and code reviews require Premium ($30/month) or higher
- Prices exclude taxes
Lovable
- Free plan with 5 daily build credits
- Pricing is per credit, not per seat, with unlimited members
- Hosting and backend are included on the platform
- Code can be edited and downloaded on paid plans
- Annual billing gives two months free
- Free plan is capped at 30 build credits per month
- Monthly plan credits expire two months after they are issued
- Credits are non-refundable
- Business costs twice as much as Pro for the same number of credits
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