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A Lovable alternative for when you are building a website, not an app

Describe the site to Siter AI and it lays the pages out on a design canvas. Then you move, resize and restyle anything by hand, with no code and no prompt for every tweak.

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Siter.io compared with Lovable · every figure checked

The short answer.

If it is pages people should find beautiful, Siter.io gives you the prompt and the canvas, free at name.getsiter.com or on your own domain from $7/mo billed yearly. If it has accounts, data and logic, it is software, and Lovable is built for that.

  • Switch if…

    You made a landing page, a portfolio or a company site, and every small design change has become another prompt and more credits.

  • Stay if…

    Stay on Lovable if what you are making is closer to an application than a website: if it has accounts, data and logic, and if you want the source code in your own Git repository at the end of it.

Feature by feature.

Both start from a description. The table is about what each one leaves you holding.

Feature Siter.io Lovable
What you are making A website: designed pages, published and hosted by Siter.io An application or a website, generated as code, with a built-in backend if it needs one
How a prompt turns into the result Siter AI lays the page out on a canvas, for desktop, tablet and phone, and every element stays editable by hand Lovable writes the code and shows a preview; you refine it with more prompts, selecting elements to point at them
Editing by hand Yes. Move, resize and restyle anything on each screen size, with no prompt Inline text edits in the preview, and a code editor on paid plans
Free plan publishes a public site Yes. 1 website at name.getsiter.com, with 3 pages, 1 form taking 10 submissions a month and the "Built with Siter.io" badge. No custom domain Yes, to 5 lovable.app domains, on a daily grant of 5 build credits up to 30 a month. No custom domain
Cheapest plan with a custom domain $7/mo billed yearly, $8 monthly $21/mo billed yearly on Pro, $25 monthly
How AI is metered Credits per plan: 100 once on Free, 600 a month on Solo, 800 on Plus, 2,000 on Pro. A failed run uses none Credits by complexity: 100 a month on the entry Pro tier, plus daily build credits. Lovable's examples run from 0.50 to 2.00 credits a change
Figma import Yes. First-party plugin on every plan, one-way, no re-sync Yes, through the Lovable Figma plugin, which needs a Figma Dev seat
Accounts, database and logic No. Forms are the only data a site collects Yes. Lovable Cloud adds a database, storage, authentication and functions
Taking the code with you HTML download on Pro only, one page at a time: a ZIP with the page's HTML and its images, CSS and JavaScript, not a full-site export Yes. Paid plans download the codebase; Git sync pushes to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket on every plan
Search engines Per-page title, description, slug and share image, and a generated sitemap.xml and robots.txt New apps render on the server (TanStack Start); a built-in SEO review and Google Search Console connection
Analytics Cookieless Siter Analytics built in, plus Google Analytics and Facebook Pixel Included on all plans once you publish
Seats 2 seats on Solo, 4 on Plus, 6 on Pro, counted per website; extras $4 to $8 a month Unlimited members on every plan; priced by credits, not seats

Siter.io and Lovable details checked on 2026-10-26 against lovable.dev, docs.lovable.dev. Prices change; tell us if a cell is out of date.

What it costs to publish.

Per-month prices billed yearly. Lovable’s were read off its own plan docs on 2026-10-26; its Pro and Business plans also come in larger credit tiers.

Siter.io

  • Free

    Free

    1 website on name.getsiter.com, 3 pages.

  • Solo Entry plan

    $7 /mo billed yearly · $8 monthly

    1 published website, 10 pages, custom domain included.

  • Plus

    $12 /mo billed yearly · $14 monthly

    3 published websites, 50 pages, custom domain included.

Full plan list on pricing. Checked 2026-10-08.

Lovable

  • Free

    Free

    A daily grant of 5 build credits, up to 30 a month, plus 20 Cloud credits a month. Unlimited collaborators, 5 lovable.app domains, publishing public or invite only. No custom domain, and the code editor is read-only.

  • Pro Entry plan

    $21 per month billed yearly, 100 credits · $25 monthly

    100 monthly credits with rollover and on-demand top-ups, custom domains, unlimited lovable.app domains, roles and permissions, code download, and the Lovable badge removed. Larger tiers go up to 10,000 credits.

  • Business, Enterprise

    $42 and custom per month billed yearly for Business, Enterprise volume based · $50 monthly

    Business adds a team workspace, role-based access, workspace publish, SSO, design templates and a security center. Enterprise adds SCIM, audit logs, GitHub Enterprise and a custom SLA.

From Lovable’s own pricing page. Checked 2026-10-26.

Where Lovable wins.

If any one of these matters to you, stay on Lovable.

  • You leave with the source

    Lovable says you own your code. Paid plans download the codebase, and Git sync pushes it to GitHub, GitLab or Bitbucket on every plan. Siter.io's HTML download is Pro only and works one page at a time, not a full-site export.

  • It builds applications, not pages

    Accounts, a database, storage and functions come with Lovable Cloud, its built-in backend. Siter.io publishes designed pages and has no back end of any kind.

  • Seats are not the meter

    Unlimited members on every plan including the free one, priced by credits rather than seats. Siter.io includes 2 editor seats on Solo and 6 on Pro, counted per website, and charges for more.

  • It publishes free

    Five lovable.app domains on the free plan, with a daily credit grant. Siter.io's Free plan publishes one website, at name.getsiter.com.

Why people look elsewhere.

Mostly when the thing they built turned out to be a website all along.

  • You are buying credits, not a site

    Every change costs credits by its complexity: Lovable's own examples run from 0.50 to make a button gray to 2.00 for a landing page with images. A site you keep adjusting keeps drawing on the balance.

    Source: docs.lovable.dev

  • A custom domain needs a paid plan

    The free plan publishes only to lovable.app addresses. Your own domain starts at Pro, $21 a month billed yearly or $25 monthly.

    Source: docs.lovable.dev

  • The design is a prompt result

    You describe what you want and refine what comes back, selecting elements in the preview to point at them. A Figma import exists, but it needs a Figma Dev seat, and layout stays something you ask for rather than place.

    Source: docs.lovable.dev

  • It is a codebase now

    Owning the source is the upside and the cost. What you publish is an application someone has to keep running and updating, which is a different commitment from a set of pages on managed hosting.

    Source: docs.lovable.dev

A prompt, then a canvas.

The difference shows up after the first result, not before.

What Siter AI makes

Siter AI builds and edits pages from a description, on the same canvas you design on: it lays a page out for desktop, tablet and phone, and everything it makes stays editable. Sections, text, buttons and images are the same elements you would place by hand.

What a change costs

On Siter.io, moving a button is a drag and costs nothing. On Lovable every change is charged by its complexity, from 0.50 credits in its own examples.

What you maintain

A Siter.io site is pages on managed hosting with nothing to update. A Lovable project is a codebase you own, which is the upside if you need it and a commitment if you do not.

Other alternatives

For an app, other AI development tools are the comparison, not us. For a designed site, Framer vs Lovable sets a design tool against Lovable, and the Figma Make comparison covers prompting inside Figma.

How switching goes.

There is no Lovable importer: a Lovable project is code, and Siter.io opens designs, not code. The pages are made again, which is quick when Siter AI does the first pass.

  1. Describe the page to Siter AI, or send the Figma frames.
  2. Adjust the layout on each screen size by hand.
  3. Set the SEO fields and the forms.
  4. Connect your domain and publish.

What does not come across

Logins, a database, functions and anything else the app does stay on Lovable: Siter.io has no back end. Keep those there, and move only the pages that are pages.

Prototype animations and interactions do not import when you send frames from Figma, and later Figma edits stay in Figma.

What you give up.

Siter.io makes websites and nothing else, and the gaps are real.

  • No back end. No accounts, database or logic; forms are the only data a site collects.
  • Limited code export. HTML download on Pro only, one page at a time: a ZIP with the page's HTML and its images, CSS and JavaScript, not a full-site export.
  • Seats, not unlimited members. Solo includes 2 seats, counted per website with the owner included, and extra seats cost from $4 a month.
  • No CMS or blog. Pages are designed, not generated from entries.
  • No e-commerce. It is listed as upcoming, with no date.
  • A small free plan. Free publishes one website at name.getsiter.com with 3 pages, 1 form and our badge.

In return: a canvas you can edit by hand on every screen size, the Figma import on every plan, hosting and SSL, a free custom domain on paid plans, built-in forms and analytics, and Siter AI. AI credits come with every plan: 100 once on the Free plan (Lite and Basic only), then 600 a month on Solo, 800 on Plus and 2,000 on Pro, and unused plan credits stay usable one more month.

Frequently asked.

More answers in the Help Center
What are some alternatives to Lovable?

For an app with accounts and data, other AI development tools. For a website, a builder you can edit by hand: Siter.io pairs a prompt with a design canvas, and Framer is the design-led option with a CMS.

What is the best alternative to Lovable?

It depends on whether you are making software: if you are, stay with an AI development tool. If the result is pages, a website builder with AI gives you the same start and more control afterwards, with nothing to maintain.

What is Lovable?

A tool that generates a working application or website from a written description, hosts it, and lets paid users download the code. It is closer to a development tool than to a website builder.

Is Lovable free?

Yes, the free plan publishes, with 5 build credits a day up to 30 a month, unlimited members and 5 lovable.app domains. A custom domain and the code download start on Pro, $21 a month billed yearly or $25 monthly.

Can I edit a Siter AI page by hand?

Yes. Everything Siter AI makes is the same elements you would place yourself, so you can move, resize and restyle them on each screen size, or ask it to change only the ones you select.

Can I move my Lovable site to Siter.io?

Not automatically: a Lovable project is code, and there is no importer. Describe the pages to Siter AI or send them from Figma, then adjust them on the canvas.

Also useful: Siter AI, the website builder and Siter.io pricing in full.

Describe the site and
see what comes back.

Siter AI lays it out on the canvas for desktop, tablet and phone, and you keep editing it by hand.

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