v0 vs Lovable
These solve different halves of the problem. Choosing wrong means either a beautiful interface with nothing behind it, or a full stack you did not need. Here is which is which.
v0
Vercel's generator for React interfaces. It produces a polished frontend and stops there, by design.
What it leaves for productionLovable
A full-stack builder that ships a frontend and a Supabase backend together.
What it leaves for productionWhere they differ
| v0 | Lovable | |
|---|---|---|
| Scope | Frontend only. Components, layouts and interactions. | The whole app: UI, auth, database and storage. |
| Backend | None. You bring or build one, and connect it yourself. | Supabase, wired in from the start. |
| Where it leaves you | With a UI that needs data, auth and an API behind it before it is a product. | With a working app that needs its access rules and hosting hardened. |
| Best for | Teams that already own a backend and want the interface fast. | Founders who need the entire application, not just the screens. |
Which to choose
Choose v0
Pick v0 if you have an API and a database already, or a developer to build them, and you want the interface generated quickly.
Choose Lovable
Pick Lovable if you need the whole thing standing up at once, with data and auth included.
What both leave for production
v0 leaves you needing a real backend, wired and secured; Lovable leaves you needing that backend hardened and moved onto infrastructure you own. Both are the work we do. The free scan tells you which situation you are in.
Common questions
Not really. v0 is deliberately a frontend tool; it can scaffold API route stubs, but the database, the access rules, the auth and the business logic are yours to build and secure. That is the gap people hit a week after the UI looks finished.
Close enough as a mental model, but the trade-off is real: Lovable's integrated backend is what makes it fast and also what you have to harden and own later, while v0's smaller scope means less is done for you and less is left to undo.
Whichever you picked, we make it production-ready
Start with the free scan, or book the free Production Check.