A Lovable alternative that shows you the bill.
Lovable is the best-known name in AI app building, and it earned that. Whether opix is the better fit comes down to three questions: what stack you want to own, how you want costs metered, and what happens when you leave. Here’s the honest version.
Free welcome credits · no card required · failed builds cost $0
What Lovable does well
Lovable made prompt-to-app mainstream for a reason: the flow is polished, results come fast, and an enormous community means templates, tutorials and answers for almost anything. Its free tier — five build credits a day, up to thirty a month — is a genuinely easy way in, and Pro at $25/month undercuts our Starter by four dollars.
It’s built around a React + Supabase stack with GitHub sync, top-ups and credit rollovers on paid plans, and a Business tier with role-based access. For quick prototypes and Supabase-centric products it’s a strong default — and, like opix, it’s a European company (Stockholm; we’re in Switzerland).
Side by side
Lovable details from lovable.dev/pricing, early July 2026. Check their page for current terms — this stuff changes.
| Lovable | ● opix | |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | Free tier (5 credits/day); Pro $25/mo with 100 credits | Free welcome credits, no card; Starter $29/mo with 120 credits |
| Cost visibility | Monthly credit allowance | Live per-build cost meter, plus hard spend caps you set |
| Failed builds | No public $0-failure policy documented | Failed builds, retries and auto-fixes are always free |
| Credit expiry | Monthly-plan credits expire two months after issuance | Plan credits refresh monthly; one-time packs never expire |
| Generated stack | React + Supabase-centric | Next.js App Router + TypeScript on a dedicated Neon Postgres you own |
| Leaving | GitHub sync | GitHub export + eject to any host — standard code, standard Postgres |
| Company base | Stockholm, Sweden (EU) | Switzerland — CH/EU data posture, DPA available |
Where opix stakes its difference
You see every cost
A live meter prices each build before and after it runs, and a hard cap per project bounds the total. No allowance arithmetic in your head.
$0 failure policy
If a build fails or needs auto-repair, you pay nothing. The vendor eating its own failures keeps the incentives pointed at quality.
Packs never expire
One-time packs from $10 sit in your account until used — no use-it-or-lose-it clock, no subscription required to spend them.
The exit is the product
Next.js plus your own Neon Postgres means ejecting is a deployment, not a rewrite. We’d rather keep you by being good.
How to choose
Choose Lovable if you want the biggest ecosystem, a free daily on-ramp, and you’re happy on React + Supabase. Nothing on this page argues it can’t ship real products — it demonstrably does.
Choose opix if you want the app on Next.js with a Postgres you own outright, costs you can watch per build and cap per project, and a paid model where failures are the vendor’s problem. Best test: run the same prompt on both and judge the code, not just the preview — that’s where the difference lives.
Asked before you asked.
Can I import my Lovable project into opix?+
Not automatically — there’s no importer that converts a React + Supabase project in place, and we won’t pretend otherwise. The honest path: paste screenshots of your Lovable app, describe the flows, and let opix rebuild it on Next.js + Postgres. For most apps that’s an afternoon, and you end up on a stack you own.
Is opix cheaper than Lovable?+
Not on the sticker: Lovable Pro is $25/month for 100 credits, opix Starter is $29/month for 120. The economics differ elsewhere — opix never charges for failed builds, packs never expire, and spend caps bound the downside. Which is cheaper depends on how much failure and expiry cost you at your usage.
Do both give me the code?+
Both offer GitHub access. The difference is what the code is and where it can go: opix generates standard Next.js on a dedicated Postgres you can take anywhere, with eject as a supported path rather than an escape hatch.
Is opix European like Lovable?+
Yes — Lovable is Swedish, opix is Swiss. If EU/CH data posture matters to you, both clear that bar; opix additionally ships a DPA you can countersign, and Switzerland’s data-protection regime is recognised as adequate by the EU.
Which is better for beginners?+
Both are approachable. Lovable’s community content is larger, which helps when you’re stuck. opix’s plan mode and free failures make experimenting less punishing — you approve the direction before credits are spent, and wrong turns cost nothing.
Run the same prompt on both.
Welcome credits are free and failures cost $0 — build your app on opix this afternoon and judge the code.
Lovable is a trademark of its owner; opix is not affiliated with or endorsed by Lovable. Competitor details reflect lovable.dev/pricing as read in early July 2026 and may have changed — verify current terms before deciding.