LOJIK or Lovable?
Short answer
Choose Lovable to build a first version yourself, fast and cheaply, if you enjoy iterating and can own security and hosting. Choose LOJIK when you want the system finished, connected to your tools, secured and kept running for one written price.1
- Lovable
- LOJIK
Lovable is good at what it promises. You describe an app and get a working first version quickly, and starting is free. More than 60 million projects have been created on it. Owners come to LOJIK at the next step: when the app has to handle real customers, connect to the tools the business already uses, keep its data safe and keep working without them babysitting it.12
Side by side
What you get, what you pay
Plans, prices and who does the work, row by row. Numbers link to the page they came from.
| Lovable | LOJIK | |
|---|---|---|
| Who builds it | You do, by chatting with an AI agent. | LOJIK does. You review and approve each version. |
| How you pay | Monthly credits, and each message costs credits by how complex it is. In Lovable’s illustrative examples, adding authentication costs 1.20 credits and a Plan Mode message costs 1. Pro top-ups are $15 per 50 credits.3 | One written price for the scope, set before we start. Sprints from USD 5,000. No credits or tokens. |
| When a fix doesn’t work | It costs more credits. Monthly plan credits expire 2 months after they are issued, and top-up credits last 12 months.3 | The scope and its acceptance checks are written down, and you approve each version before it counts. |
| Who protects your app’s data | You do, in Lovable’s position on CVE-2025-48757, a record Lovable disputes: each customer “accepts a responsibility over protecting the data of their application.”4 | Part of the build: access rules are checked and keys stay out of the browser before launch, and the checks are written into the scope. |
| Connecting your real tools | Possible through connectors and code. You do the setup and the debugging.3 | Part of the scope: your CRM, accounting, WhatsApp and payments, with a log you can review. |
| After launch | Hosting is available through Lovable Cloud. Keeping the app updated and fixed is yours.3 | Operate keeps it online, watched and up to date as a monthly plan per live workflow. Cancel any month. Or your team runs it with a documented handoff. |
| A simple prototype | Free to start, then a monthly plan.1 | Overkill. Use Lovable. |
LOJIK’s Sprint price is a starting price. Your price is set in writing for your scope before work begins, and you approve it.
Honest answer
When each one is the better choice
Each option wins somewhere. Two or more of these holding is a good sign it fits.
Lovable
Two or more of these hold:
- You want to try an idea this week for little money.
- You enjoy building and iterating yourself.
- It is a prototype, a demo or an internal tool with no sensitive data.
- Someone you trust can review its security and hosting.
LOJIK
Two or more of these hold:
- Real customers or money will touch it.
- It must connect to the tools your business already runs on.
- You have spent credits in a fix loop.
- You want one price and someone to answer to.
- You want it kept running after launch.
Already started
Built something on Lovable already?
Bring it. LOJIK starts from the app you have. Rescue looks for the two problems most often found in AI-built apps: secret keys left in the code and database tables a stranger can read. A Workflow Review then gives you a written plan to finish it, for USD 1,500, credited in full to the fix if you go ahead within 30 days.
Many apps are worth finishing rather than rebuilding, and the plan tells you which yours is.
Questions
Asked and answered.
Tell us about the job. We will say plainly whether a tool is enough.
Talk it throughIs LOJIK an alternative to Lovable?
It is the next step after Lovable more than a replacement. Lovable helps you build a first version yourself, paid in credits. LOJIK finishes the system for you at a written price, connects it to your tools, secures it and keeps it running.3
Can LOJIK finish an app I started on Lovable?
Yes. LOJIK starts from the app you have, looks for exposed keys and readable database tables, and writes a plan to finish it, with a price in writing, before any work starts.
Is a Lovable app secure enough for customers?
It depends on how the app was set up. Lovable’s position on CVE-2025-48757, which it disputes, is that each customer is responsible for protecting their app’s data. Superblocks, a security vendor, reports that a researcher’s scan found 303 endpoints across 170 Lovable projects without proper row-level security. Check access rules and keys before real customers use it.45
How much does it cost to hire someone to fix a Lovable app?
It depends on how far the app is from finished. LOJIK’s Workflow Review costs USD 1,500, gives a written plan for the whole app and is credited in full to the fix if you go ahead within 30 days.
Lovable or Claude Code?
Both are tools for building it yourself. If you would rather not be the developer, hand it to a studio like LOJIK.
Sources
Every figure, dated
Each number on this page links here. Prices change, so every source shows when we last read it.
- Lovable pricing checked Oct 18, 2026
- Let's Data Science on Lovable's funding checked Oct 18, 2026
- Lovable docs: plans and credits checked Oct 18, 2026
- CVE-2025-48757 record, with Lovable's dispute checked Oct 18, 2026
- Superblocks on Lovable vulnerabilities checked Oct 18, 2026
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