Kilvin vs Lovable
Lovable is a strong tool for building a product and putting it in front of the public — a landing page, a SaaS front end, an MVP. Kilvin is for the software a business uses internally: trackers, dashboards, intake forms, approval workflows. The two overlap in how they build and differ in what they're for.
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Where the backend comes from
Lovable generates the front end and typically connects to Supabase for the database and authentication. That works well for a product team, but it means someone owns a separate database account, its schema, and its access rules.
Kilvin includes the databases. The agent creates tables inside your workspace, and every app can use them. There's no second service to configure or pay for, and your data stays in the same place as your apps and files.
Who the software is for
Lovable projects are meant to be published to the web. Collaborators can work on a project together, and the result is usually a public app.
Kilvin apps are private to your workspace. Your team logs in once and sees what they've been granted. Permissions are per app and per dataset, with user groups, and they're managed by whoever runs the workspace. The intended audience is your staff, not the public.
From prototype to daily use
Both tools build quickly and show you the result as it develops. The difference is the step after. A common Lovable workflow is to build most of an app, export the code to GitHub, and finish it in an IDE. In Kilvin, the workspace is the production environment: when you publish, your team can use the tool, and when you need a change, you describe it to the agent. There's no handoff to a code editor.
How Kilvin and Lovable compare
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Best for | Teams running internal tools on shared data | Founders and builders shipping public web apps |
Collaboration | One shared workspace; everyone sees the apps, files, and data they're permitted to | Collaborators invited per project |
Deployment | One-click publish to your private workspace; hosting, storage, and databases handled | One-click publish to the web; backend hosted separately (Supabase); export to GitHub |
AI-powered development | Agent builds from a description with the whole workspace as context | Agent builds from a description; context is the current project |
Prototyping | Live preview while the agent builds; iterate in plain English | Live preview; iterate in plain English; visual editor |
Security & access controls | Per-app and per-dataset permissions and user groups; HIPAA BAA on Enterprise | SSO and team roles on Business; app-level auth through Supabase |
Form factor | Desktop-style workspace, private to your team | Standalone web app per project |
Databases | Built in; shared across every app in the workspace | External (Supabase), configured per project |
Frequently asked questions
Is Kilvin a Lovable alternative?
For internal software, yes. Both build apps from a description using AI. Lovable is oriented toward public products with a Supabase backend. Kilvin is a private workspace for a team's internal tools, with databases, storage, and permissions included.
Do I need Supabase or a separate backend?
No. Kilvin creates and hosts databases inside your workspace.
Can my whole team use the apps?
es. Invite them to the workspace once and control what each group can see, down to individual apps and datasets.