OhMyUnicorn is an AI app builder that turns a plain-language description into a finished, deployed, full-stack web app — database, accounts, and Stripe payments included — hosted on its own URL from the first build. Lovable and Bolt are AI coding tools: both chat-build a working app inside an editor and can publish it with one click, but the default output is a project you keep developing, not a business you hand off. This page compares what each one actually gives you, priced and sourced from each company's own site as of September 2026.
Side by side
| Lovable | Bolt | OhMyUnicorn | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier; paid plans add monthly credits (exact USD tier price not published on a page that could be verified for this comparison) | Free ($0); Pro $25/mo; Teams $30/mo per member; Enterprise custom | Free (€0); Pro €20/mo; Max €80/mo; Ultra €150/mo |
| What you get | A live editor + a working app you keep editing | A live editor + a working app you keep editing | A finished, deployed app — no editor exposed to the user |
| Deployment | One click (“Publish”) to a Lovable-hosted URL | One click to a free .bolt.host URL, or Netlify | Automatic — app is deployed and hosted as part of the build |
| Default subdomain | [project].lovable.app | [project].bolt.host | app's own OhMyUnicorn subdomain |
| Custom domain | Paid plans only; buy through Lovable or connect your own (DNS + auto SSL) | Paid plans only; buy through Bolt or connect your own | Pro: 1 domain · Max: 3 · Ultra: 5; HTTPS auto-provisioned |
| Auth | Included via Lovable Cloud (built on Supabase), auto-enabled when needed | “User Management & Authentication” listed as a homepage feature | Included, built in from the first build |
| Database | Included via Lovable Cloud (Supabase-based), or bring your own Supabase project | “Unlimited databases” on every tier including Free | Included, built in from the first build |
| Payments (Stripe) | Not stated as a built-in app feature on any page checked | Not stated as a built-in app feature; only mention of Stripe is Bolt's own billing portal | “Stripe-ready from day one — subscriptions and one-off payments are built in” |
| Free tier limits | 5 build credits/day (up to 30/mo), 20 Cloud credits/mo | 300K tokens/day, 1M tokens/mo, 10MB uploads, Bolt branding | 8,000 credits to start, 2GB storage, no custom domain |
| Code access | “You own your code” | Not addressed on pages checked | Not addressed on ohmyunicorn.com — no code-export feature is claimed |
| Best for | Developers and teams who want to keep coding and own the repo | Fast prototypes and non-developers who still want an editable project | Non-technical people who want a real, running, chargeable app with nothing left to configure |
Lovable
Lovable is a chat-driven app builder built around an in-browser editor: you describe changes, it writes code, and a Publish button deploys a snapshot to a lovable.app subdomain with HTTPS included, free. Custom domains are a paid-plan feature, purchasable through Lovable or connectable via DNS with automatic SSL.
Backend is handled by Lovable Cloud, which Lovable's docs describe as providing “a database, storage, authentication, realtime, and functions” with “no infrastructure setup required” — built on Supabase's open-source foundation, so you get a production-ready backend without configuring Supabase yourself. If you'd rather manage your own backend, you can connect an external Supabase project instead.
Pricing runs on a credit system: the free plan gives 5 build credits a day (capped at 30 a month) plus 20 monthly Cloud credits. Paid plans add a monthly credit balance on top of the same daily grants. Lovable's own pricing page is a client-rendered app that did not expose the exact dollar figure for each paid tier to any fetch method tried for this page, so no specific price is stated here — check lovable.dev/pricing directly for the current number.
Where Lovable is genuinely better: you get the actual codebase and keep editing it forever — “you own your code” is stated plainly on their pricing page. If the plan is to keep building, hire a developer later, or self-host eventually, that's a real advantage OhMyUnicorn does not offer, since OhMyUnicorn does not expose a code editor or export path to the end user.
Bolt
Bolt (from StackBlitz) is also a chat-to-code editor, built on WebContainers technology, and markets itself directly at non-developers: “Custom apps for your business, built in an afternoon — no code, no developer, no $100K project.” The homepage claims “98% less errors” from automatic testing and the ability to “handle projects 1,000 times larger than before.”
Publishing is one click to a free .bolt.host subdomain — no third-party account needed — with Netlify available as an alternate host. Every tier, including Free, includes “Unlimited databases,” and the homepage lists “User Management & Authentication” as a built-in feature. Custom domains require a paid plan.
Pricing is token-based: Free gives 300K tokens/day and 1M tokens/month with a 10MB upload cap and Bolt branding on the published app. Pro is $25/month for no daily cap, 10M tokens/month, 100MB uploads, custom domain support, and branding removed. Teams is $30/month per member with centralized billing and access controls; Enterprise is custom-priced with SSO and audit logs.
Where Bolt is genuinely better: the free tier is generous and immediately usable — a real .bolt.host URL, unlimited databases, auth, no credit card — and Pro at $25/month is a transparent flat price rather than a credit meter. If the goal is a scrappy internal tool or a prototype you'll hand to a developer, Bolt gets you a working, hosted starting point fast, cheap, and with the code in hand the whole time.
OhMyUnicorn
OhMyUnicorn skips the editor entirely. Per its own FAQ: “You describe an app in plain language and it builds, deploys, and hosts a real full-stack web app — with a database, accounts, and payments — that you own and can charge for.” There's no in-browser IDE to learn and no source code shown to the user — the output is the running app, not a project.
Hosting, database, and SSL are handled as part of the build: “Each app is deployed to its own live URL on OhMyUnicorn's managed infrastructure.” Custom domains scale with plan (one on Pro, three on Max, five on Ultra), with HTTPS provisioned automatically — SyntheticPic.com is given as a live example of an app running on its own custom domain. Every app ships “Stripe-ready from day one — subscriptions and one-off payments are built in,” which neither Lovable nor Bolt states as a feature of the apps you build with them. Median time from prompt to live link is 16 minutes.
Pricing is in EUR: free to start (8,000 credits, 2GB storage, no custom domain), then €20/month (Pro: 25,000 credits, 10GB, 1 domain), €80/month (Max: 100,000 credits, 30GB, 3 domains), and €150/month (Ultra: 200,000 credits, 100GB, 5 domains) — all excluding VAT where applicable.
Where OhMyUnicorn is genuinely worse — or just different: there's no code editor and no stated way to export the source, so it isn't the right tool if the plan is to keep hand-coding, hire a developer later, or migrate the app to your own infrastructure. It's built for people who want the finished business, not the codebase.
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FAQ
Is there a free Lovable alternative?
Yes — OhMyUnicorn has a free tier (8,000 credits, 2GB storage). So does Bolt (300K tokens/day) and Lovable itself (5 build credits/day, 20 Cloud credits/month). The difference is what the free tier gets you: Lovable and Bolt give you a free editable project; OhMyUnicorn gives you a deployed app with no custom domain until you upgrade.
What's the difference between Lovable and Bolt?
Both are chat-driven code editors that publish to a free hosted subdomain (lovable.app vs bolt.host) and include a database and auth out of the box. Lovable's backend is Supabase-based via “Lovable Cloud” and states plainly that you own your code. Bolt is built on StackBlitz's WebContainers, gives every tier — including Free — “Unlimited databases,” and prices paid plans as a flat monthly token allowance ($25/month for Pro) rather than a rolling credit system.
Do Lovable or Bolt include payment processing (Stripe) in the app you build?
Neither company's own site states this as a built-in feature. Bolt's only mention of Stripe is its own subscription billing portal. If built-in Stripe checkout for the app itself matters, verify directly with each vendor before assuming it's included — OhMyUnicorn states outright that “every app is Stripe-ready from day one.”
Can I get a custom domain on the free plan with any of these?
No. Lovable, Bolt, and OhMyUnicorn all gate custom domains behind a paid plan. All three auto-provision SSL/HTTPS once the domain is connected.
Do I need to know how to code to use these?
All three are marketed as no-code-friendly for the initial build. The difference shows up after: Lovable and Bolt hand you a codebase in an editor that assumes you (or a developer) will keep touching it. OhMyUnicorn does not expose an editor or source code — there's nothing to hand a developer, by design.
Which one should I use to launch a small paid product without touching code?
If the goal is a live app that can already charge customers — with hosting, a database, and Stripe wired in — without opening a code editor, that's what OhMyUnicorn is built for. If the goal is a project you or a developer will keep iterating on in code, Lovable (code ownership, Supabase-based backend) or Bolt (generous free tier, flat $25/month Pro price) are both editor-first tools designed for that.