Looking for information about Lovable? Chances are, one of the first things you’ll check is the pricing.
Lovable pricing starts at $0 on the Free plan, with paid plans at $25 per month for Pro and $50 per month for Business, which is roughly double the Pro plan. But for a storefront, the price tag only tells part of the story. Lovable charges in credits, and an online store burns through them very differently depending on what you’re building.
A product grid and a basic cart are cheap to generate. Wiring real inventory, order handling, payments, or a Shopify integration is where credit usage climbs fastest. In this guide, we break down Lovable’s plans, show what a storefront build actually costs, and give you realistic numbers to budget for a small test store and a store with real commerce logic.
Lovable’s Pricing Plans
Lovable uses a credit-based model: every message you send to the AI uses credits, and the cost depends on how complex the message is. Plans differ mainly in how many credits you get and which features they include.
| Plan | Price | Credits | What’s included |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 5 daily credits, capped at 30 per month | No custom domain, public projects |
| Business | $50/month | 100 monthly credits (priced higher per credit than Pro) | Everything in Pro, plus SSO and team governance features |
| Pro | $25/month | 100 monthly credits + 5 daily credits | Credit rollover while subscribed, custom domains, Lovable badge removal |
Two details are worth knowing before you pick a plan. First, the gap between Pro and Business isn’t about more credits; it’s about features like SSO, data training opt-out, team workspaces, and reusable design templates.
Second, daily credits reset at midnight UTC and do not roll over, so on the Free plan they work more like a daily pace limit than a bank you can build up.
What Burns Credits When Building a Storefront
Lovable doesn’t charge a flat fee per build. Every message you send draws on your credit balance, and, as we said, the cost depends on the task’s complexity. Lovable’s own example prices a landing page with 3 generated images, a theme, and 5 sections at 1.70 credits. A product grid or a basic cart UI sits in the same range, roughly 1 to 2 credits per prompt.
But wiring real backend logic (inventory sync, order state, payment webhooks) or setting up the official Shopify integration takes many more prompts, iteration cycles, and debugging passes when the AI gets something wrong. And each of those is a separate credit draw, since correction prompts cost credits just like the original generation they’re fixing.
| Task type | Example | Approx. credit range |
|---|---|---|
| Backend wiring | Inventory sync, order state, payment webhooks | 100+ credits in total (estimate) |
| UI generation | Product grid, landing page with images | ~1–2 credits per prompt |
| Small edits | Changing a style, removing a footer | Under 1 credit per prompt |
| Shopify integration | Connecting products, cart, and checkout | Dozens of credits in total (estimate) |
| Debugging a broken flow | Fixing a checkout that fails after the first attempt | Another credit draw for every extra pass |
Why Credit-Based Pricing Is Less Predictable Than Flat-Fee Tools
With some platforms, you know what your bill will be before you even start. With Lovable, your actual bill depends on how many iterations it takes to get something working. If the AI needs several passes to fix a broken checkout flow, that’s several more credit draws, not a fixed cost.
In fact, two people building the same storefront can end up with very different bills, depending on how many prompts each one needs to get a feature working.
This is a different kind of risk: with Lovable, you have to face the chance that the AI won’t get it right on the first try. And if you run out mid-project, Pro top-ups cost $15 per 50 credits, so a rough debugging stretch of 30 extra credits adds about $9 to your plan.
If what you really need is a Shopify store, not a custom app, it’s worth weighing that unpredictability against tools that start from a ready-made store, like BuildYourStore.
What to Expect to Pay for a Storefront Build
We don’t have a crystal ball, and a lot depends on your business idea, but you should expect to pay between $0 and $25 for a small test store, and more once you start wiring in real commerce logic.
A small test store with a basic product grid and cart UI can often be built on the Free plan or comfortably within Pro’s 100 monthly credits. Once you’re wiring real commerce logic (inventory, order state, payment webhooks) or adding the Shopify integration, credits burn faster.
In that case, plan on Pro at minimum, with top-ups a real possibility if iteration drags on. Pro top-ups cost $15 per 50 credits, so a month with one or two top-ups lands around $40 to $55. The other option is to step up to a higher Pro tier, where $50 buys 200 credits.
Frequently Asked Questions
How much does Lovable cost to build an online store?
A small test store with a basic product grid and cart UI typically costs between $0 and $25, since it can fit within the Free plan or inside Pro’s 100 monthly credits. A storefront with real commerce logic usually needs Pro at minimum, landing around $25 to $55 per month of active building once you factor in top-ups.
Does Lovable charge extra for ecommerce features like Shopify integration?
Lovable doesn’t list a separate fee for the Shopify integration. Setting it up draws from the same credit balance as any other prompt, so the cost shows up as extra prompts and debugging passes.
What’s included in Lovable’s free plan?
The Free plan includes a daily grant of 5 build credits, up to 30 a month, plus a monthly grant of 20 Cloud credits. It doesn’t include a custom domain, so it works best for testing an idea rather than running a live store.
Do unused Lovable credits roll over?
On Pro and Business plans, unused monthly credits roll over as long as you stay subscribed. Daily credits are different: they reset at midnight UTC and do not roll over. Credits you buy as top-ups last twelve months from purchase.
Is Lovable cheaper than hiring a developer for a storefront?
For a small test store, yes: you can get a working prototype for $0 to $55 instead of paying a developer’s rates. The trade-off is that credits cover only the building. Once you need reliable payments, inventory, and order handling, you’ll spend more of your own time debugging, and some projects will still need a developer’s help.
What plan do you need for a real, live storefront build on Lovable?
Pro at minimum. The Free plan has no custom domain, while Pro includes unlimited lovable.app domains and removes the Lovable badge, which a real storefront needs. If your build involves real commerce logic, Pro’s 100 credits may not last through the whole project, so keep top-ups in mind.
Conclusion
Lovable can be a good, affordable way to test a storefront idea. A basic product grid and cart won’t strain your credits, and the Free plan gives you room to experiment before you spend anything.
The part to watch is what happens after the prototype. Once you add real inventory, orders, and payments, every extra pass at a broken feature draws from the same balance, and that’s what makes the final bill hard to predict.
Set a budget before you start, use Plan Mode, which costs 1 credit per message, to think through a feature before generating it, and keep an eye on what each message costs as you go.
And if what you really want is a store that’s ready to sell, not a project to tune credit by credit, BuildYourStore is worth a look: it builds the pages, adds products, and populates your homepage, so you start from a working store.
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