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RLovable vs OpenAI Codex
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose Lovable if…
- you're in its core audience: startup founders, non-technical makers
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Choose OpenAI Codex if…
- you want the lower entry price ($8/mo vs $25/mo)
- you work on iOS, Slack
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Lovable OpenAI Codex
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$25/mo$8/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Trains AI on your contentYes, unless you opt out—
Data retentionKept while account is open, then deleted or de-identified after closure or verified deletion request—
Security and complianceGDPRSOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, GDPR, HIPAA
Updates, last 90 days—5
Built-in hosting—
Backend & database—
PlatformsWebWeb, iOS, API, Slack
CategoryApp & Website BuildersCode Assistants
CompanyLovable Labs IncorporatedOpenAI OpCo, LLC
Based in—United States
Founded——
Part of——
Key features
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
O OpenAI Codex
- Desktop app for local coding chats
- Command-line interface (CLI)
- IDE extension
- Cloud tasks through Codex on the web
- Automatic GitHub code review
- Slack integration
- SDK for scriptable workflows
- Works with an API key and pay-per-use billing
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
Lovable
FreeFree
Pro$25/mo ($21/mo billed yearly)
Business$50/mo ($42/mo billed yearly)
EnterpriseCustom
OpenAI Codex
Free$0/month
Go$8/month
Plus$20/month
ProFrom $100/month
Business$20/user/month billed annually; $25 billed monthly
Enterprise & EduContact sales
API KeyPay per usage
Strengths and limitations
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
OpenAI Codex
- Free plan includes basic Codex use in the desktop app
- Available in the desktop app, CLI, IDE, web, iOS and SDK
- Enterprise controls such as SCIM, RBAC, EKM and data residency
- API key option for pay-per-use billing
- Free and Go plans have no published usage numbers
- Plus usage limits are given only as estimated ranges
- API key use doesn't include cloud features such as code review or Slack
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