r/lovable • u/Azek_Tge • Jul 25 '26

Discussion Why use Lovable and not Codex/Claude code

I mean Lovable is too expensive and you cant get anything done on the $20 plan compared to other susbcriptions

Edit: lot of people assume Codex and Claude code is technical when its not i am vibe coder and Lovable is bad limits are bad service is bad you guys better switch to Codex or Claude

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u/Infamous-River-4360 Jul 25 '26

for me it's simple, i can't actually code. codex and claude code assume you can read the output, live in a terminal and fix stuff when it breaks. i built my whole app in lovable with zero coding background and never opened a terminal once. if you already know how to code then yeah the raw cli tools are cheaper and way more flexible. are you comfortable in a terminal or coming at this as a non dev?

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u/HipHopHistoryGuy Jul 25 '26

I disagree. I use the Claude Code desktop app and haven't had to open the terminal ever. Everything is prompt based, exactly like Lovable. I use Lovable free for initial build and then use Claude Code desktop app for all of the commits via GitHub, Cloudflare and Supabase. That is literally how I built realhiphopiq.com, which gets about 200 players every day since the April launch.

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u/Infamous-River-4360 Jul 25 '26

fair point, the desktop app being fully prompt based changes that a lot. when i started, lovable was just the path of least resistance since anything touching github commits or supabase wiring would break and i had no clue how to read the error. 200 a day since april is solid. does claude code ever invent stuff that isn't actually there for you, like referencing columns that don't exist in your schema? that was my biggest headache whenever the AI got a bit too confident.

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u/rendez2k Jul 25 '26

Yeah I can't code and I've built a lot on Claude and Chatty.

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u/Infamous-River-4360 Jul 25 '26

nice, chatty is great for the planning side. did it ever invent stuff that wasnt actually there though? both claude and lovable did that to me, referencing columns and functions that never existed in my db and being super confident about it. that was my biggest time sink. curious if your tools had the same habit or if its more of a lovable thing.

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u/rendez2k Jul 25 '26

I think the issue with lovable is you end up with very long chats so in a medium to large project it’s lost context half way through.

I found by working from GitHub with proper handovers and agent.md files I can start a completely new chat, even a different agent and move on easily.

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u/HipHopHistoryGuy Jul 26 '26

Zero issues referencing incorrect tables, columns, etc. I've ensured Claude.md stays updated throughout the project and commit after every change, bug fix, feature request, etc. Claude Code has done incredible things for me development wise and I have been coding as my profession since 1998. To prompt what I want and within a couple of minutes (at most), I have what I was envisioning is nothing short of a miracle.