Know the cost before you run it
Lovable: No — Us: Yes, per turn
Looking for a Lovable alternative
Credits that expire daily are a deadline, not a plan.
Lovable Pro is $25 a month for 100 credits, and daily credits expire. That turns a tool into a thing you have to remember to use before midnight. Here there is nothing to use up: you pay for the work that ran, in dollars, at a rate you can read under the composer before you send.
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The short version
Lovable, in three questions.
Choose the model
Lovable: No — Us: 300+, each priced
Unused allowance
Lovable: Daily credits expire — Us: You pay for what ran
| Question | Lovable | Amelia’s Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Know the cost before you run it | No | Yes, per turn |
| Choose the model | No | 300+, each priced |
| Unused allowance | Daily credits expire | You pay for what ran |
| Your code, as a git repo | Export | From the first turn |
| Run it yourself for $0 | No | Yes, with your own keys |
The Lovable column is quoted from their own published pages on the dates given on the full comparison, not characterised. Where their page does not answer a question the cell says so — on a table whose headline is that nobody publishes the price, that is the answer. Check every cell against their site; that is the point of writing it this way.
Where they are better
Lovable makes a better first impression than almost anything.
The first five minutes are genuinely excellent and the output looks good with no effort at all. If what you need is a convincing prototype this afternoon, that matters more than the billing model. The difference shows up on the second month, when you are trying to work out what you spent and on what.
The question that decides it
A dollar is a unit you already understand.
Credits are a currency with no published exchange rate. Here the unit is a dollar: what the model provider charged us plus 20–30% — 30% on the trial, Amelia’s Chat AI and Pro, 28% on Pro Plus, 22% on Pro Max — with that rate under the composer before you send and what the answer cost printed on the answer. Free to start with no card, building plans from $10 a month billed annually, and a spending limit on from day one.
And if you want to know who is making these claims: a software company that has shipped for other businesses since 2005.
If you are still weighing it up
See the price before you spend it.
Type what you want on the home page — it estimates the cost before you sign in, and there is no card to start.
Questions
Asked, answered
Is there a Lovable alternative that shows the price before each build?
Amelia's Agent puts the model's rate under the composer before you send and prints what the answer actually cost on the answer. Lovable bills in credits priced after the work has happened.
Do unused credits roll over?
There are no credits here — you pay for the work that ran. Lovable's daily credits expire, as published on lovable.dev on 27 August 2026.
Can I choose the model?
Yes, 300+ of them, each with its published price. Lovable does not offer a choice.