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A Lovable alternative built for business websites
Lovable is a full stack AI development platform: you chat to build websites and web apps with real code, a backend in its cloud, Git sync and shared workspaces, paid in credits. OneCraft Code mode also writes real code, but only for websites: a React Router site with a store, forms, data collections and publishing to your address.
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Nuwan Madhusanka · Co-founder
3 min read · Published
The short verdict
Lovable suits founders and teams building web applications, with authentication, a backend, Git sync and collaboration across a workspace. OneCraft suits a business whose project is a website: Code mode writes and checks the site, and the store, enquiry forms, data collections, custom domain and stats come with it, plus a Sections mode when code is more than you need.
| Feature | Lovable | OneCraft |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Plans and prices are published on Lovable's pricing page and are not restated here checked 2026-10-13 | Per account: Free $0, Starter $8, Pro $25 and Pro+ $125 a month; Code mode on paid plans |
| What it builds | Simply chat to instantly build websites and web apps, with no technical knowledge needed. checked 2026-10-13 | Websites only: React Router, Tailwind and shadcn/ui, static output |
| Platform | Lovable is a full-stack AI development platform for building, iterating on, and deploying web applications using natural language, with real code checked 2026-10-13 | No server code; data collections and the store tables are the only data |
| Code ownership | You own your code, which means the apps, websites, and other projects you build with Lovable checked 2026-10-13 | Zip download of the current version at any time |
| Billing | Credits let you build apps, run deployed apps, and power AI features from one balance. checked 2026-10-13 | 1 credit per US cent of model use plus 1 credit per build; measured generations averaged about 14 credits |
| Teams | Workspaces support unlimited members on all plans, and plans are priced by the credits they include, not by seats. checked 2026-10-13 | One owner account per site |
| Project history | Each project holds its project chat, preview, code, and version history checked 2026-10-13 | Every change is a git commit; preview and restore any version |
| Backend | hosting with Cloud, and offering AI features to users as part of your app checked 2026-10-13 | Published as static files on a CDN; data collections with public read or visitor submissions |
| User logins | Add authentication with sign up and login checked 2026-10-13 | No visitor accounts; a store with Stripe Checkout, variants, stock and shipping instead |
| Git and checks | Git sync and integrated into existing engineering workflows checked 2026-10-13 | Internal git history; every change is type checked, linted, built and layout tested at 3 widths |
Where Lovable is better
Real applications, not just sites
Lovable builds full stack web apps with authentication, a backend and AI features inside the app. OneCraft Code mode builds websites with static output: no logins, no server code.
Git sync and team workspaces
Lovable syncs projects with Git and shares credits across unlimited workspace members. OneCraft keeps a git history internally but offers a zip download rather than sync, and a site belongs to one owner.
Editing the code yourself
Lovable fits into engineering workflows. OneCraft files are read only in the builder; changes go through its AI chat.
Where OneCraft is different
Business parts included
The store, discount codes, shipping and pickup, enquiry forms into an inbox, visit stats, SEO settings, custom domains and an installable admin with push alerts are part of the product, not things you ask the AI to build.
Guard rails on every change
Each generation and chat turn must pass a type check, ESLint, the production build and a headless browser layout check at 375, 768 and 1280 pixels before it can finish; a failed turn is rolled back.
A no code mode beside it
For owners who do not need code, Sections mode builds the site from tested sections edited in panels, and a Sections site can be ejected to code later.
App builder or website builder
Lovable is a general AI software engineer for web apps. OneCraft Code mode is narrower on purpose: it writes websites, on a known starter, with rules for responsive layout, accessibility, meta tags and reduced motion. A narrower target lets it check more, and it ships the business features a website needs.
What the measured costs look like
In OneCraft, Code mode bills model use at 1 credit per US cent plus 1 credit per build. Ten recorded generations averaged about 14 credits, and chat turns about 4. Lovable bills in its own credits, described on its pricing page; compare by running the same brief in both.
Moving a site across
There is no import of an outside project, since you cannot upload code into OneCraft. Describe the site to the generator, paste the live address under Your existing pages, or give a design reference URL, and the AI writes the site on its own starter.
Who should stay with Lovable
Stay with Lovable if you are building an application with users, logins and a backend, or work in a team with Git. Move if your project is a business website and you want the store, forms, domain and stats ready made.
Questions people ask
Can OneCraft build a web app with logins?
No. Code mode produces static websites: there is no server code and no visitor accounts. Data collections can show public content and accept visitor submissions, and the store handles checkout through Stripe, but anything needing user logins belongs in an app platform such as Lovable.
Do I own the code OneCraft writes?
You can download a zip of the project at any time and run or host it elsewhere; check the terms for the details. The project depends on open source packages under their own licences, listed in its package file, as with any React project.
Is OneCraft cheaper than Lovable?
It depends on use. OneCraft measured Code mode generations at about 14 credits and chat turns at about 4, at 1 credit per US cent plus builds, on top of a plan from $8 a month. Lovable plans and credits are on its pricing page.
Can I edit the files myself in OneCraft?
Not in the builder; files are read only and changes go through the AI chat, which builds and checks each one. You can download the zip and work on it elsewhere, but those changes do not sync back, so pick one way of working for each project and stick to it.
Does OneCraft deploy to my domain?
Yes. Publishing puts a green build live at your onecraft.live address, and on a paid plan you can connect a custom domain with a TXT and a CNAME record and a managed certificate is issued for you. Each publish is kept as a version, so a bad change can be rolled back from the history.
Try the website side of OneCraft
The button opens the generator with a starting prompt already filled in. Change the wording to match your own work before you run it.
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What the module actually does, feature by feature: the websites maker page.
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