Lovable generates a web app from a description, but you walk away with code to deploy, connect and maintain. Vivlab also generates with AI, and delivers a hosted site that's ready to sell, with no code to touch.
The comparison in detail
The criteria that really matter when you want to launch and sell online, with no blind spots. Lovable has its strengths, and we point those out too.
| Criterion | Lovable AI app generator | |
|---|---|---|
| Costs & commissions | ||
| Commission on sales | ✓0%. You keep 100% of every sale. | ~Not applicable: Lovable doesn't handle selling, so you build payments into your own code. |
| Starting price | ✓Fixed prices, announced upfront: store, analytics and SEO included from the start. | ~Limited free plan, then ~$25 |
| Transaction / payment fees | ✓No Vivlab fees. Payments through Stripe (card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, PayPal, Klarna, SEPA): only their fees apply. | ~Depends on the payment integration you code yourself. |
| Extra costs | ✓Everything is included: e-commerce, analytics, translation, SEO and blog, with no apps or add-ons to buy. | ✕Back-end (Supabase), hosting and domain are on you, with limited AI credits. |
| Setup & technical | ||
| No-code building | ✓Visual block editor or AI page generation: mobile and desktop preview, publishing history. | ~No-code generation, but fixes often call for some technical know-how. |
| Hosting, HTTPS & backups | ✓Hosting and backups included; SSL certificate (HTTPS) generated and renewed automatically. | ~Publishing is included, but the back-end and domain still need setup. |
| Maintenance & updates | ✓Automatic. You have nothing to update. | ✕It's your app: code and dependencies are yours to maintain. |
| E-commerce store | ✓Included: physical and digital products, events and subscriptions, with variants, cross-sells and Click & Collect or Mondial Relay pickup. | ✕No native store, you code and wire it up yourself. |
| Day to day | ||
| Multilingual | ✓AI translation of all your content (pages, products, blog, emails), with a dedicated URL per language. | ✕No built-in multilingual support. |
| Analytics | ✓Sales, average basket, conversion rate, sources and countries, no cookie banner, GDPR-compliant. | ✕No built-in analytics. |
| Search ranking (SEO) | ✓Fast pages, sitemap and robots.txt generated automatically, social previews for every page. | ✕Generated apps (SPA) aren't well suited to SEO. |
| Support in French | ✓Real people supporting you in French: tracked support requests, email and video tutorials. | ✕Technical community, in English. |
| Data hosting & GDPR | ✓French editor, data hosted in the EU. | ~US company, and it relies on the back-end you set up. |
Lovable and Vivlab both use AI: what's the difference?
Lovable generates the code for an app that you then have to deploy, host and grow. Vivlab generates a site that's already hosted and maintained, ready to publish and sell, without ever touching the code.
Do I need to know how to code with Lovable?
The first build comes from a simple description, but fixing a detail, connecting the database or putting the app online quickly calls for developer skills. With Vivlab, everything happens in the visual editor, no code.
Can I sell directly with Lovable?
No: Lovable doesn't include a store. You'd have to code and connect payments, the cart and inventory yourself. Vivlab includes a full store, with no commission.
Who hosts and maintains my site?
With Lovable, you do: hosting, back-end and updates are all on you. With Vivlab, hosting, HTTPS, backups and updates are included and automatic.
Get started for free in just a few minutes. Online store, statistics, translation and SEO are included in every plan, with no commission and a fixed price.