Can I deploy a Lovable app on Ploy?

Yes. Lovable projects sync to a GitHub repository. Connect that repository to Ploy, add a ploy.yaml with the Vite build command and output directory, and every push deploys. Keep editing in Lovable; each change lands on a preview URL.

Does Ploy generate apps like Lovable?

No. Ploy runs apps; it does not write them. It does ship agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and other assistants so an AI tool can scaffold a Ploy project with databases, queues, and workflows correctly, and an Agent SDK for building your own agents on the platform.

What happens to the Supabase backend?

You can keep it and deploy only the frontend to Ploy, or move server-side logic into a worker with a Ploy SQLite database, auth, queues, and cron so the whole app lives on one platform. Which one makes sense depends on how much backend the app has.

Ploy vs Lovable

Lovable generates an app from a prompt. Ploy is where that app runs in production: a serverless backend with its own SQLite database, queues, cron, auth, and sandboxes, deployed from git, on infrastructure you can own. They are different tools, and they work well together.

Open sourceSelf-hostableReal backendYour own data

Deploy for free

Read the docs

Different jobs, one workflow

Lovable is an AI builder: you describe an app and it writes the React frontend, wires up a backend, and publishes a preview. Ploy is a serverless cloud: it takes code from a git repository, builds it, and runs it with databases, queues, workflows, cron, auth, and model access attached.

Lovable projects sync to GitHub. Connect that repository to Ploy, or push it to Ploy Git, and every change Lovable makes deploys to a preview URL, while production runs on a platform you can inspect, extend, and self-host. The generated frontend keeps working; the backend gets a real runtime.

Compare platforms

Side by side

Compare Ploy and Lovable feature by feature

Ploy

Open source · Batteries included

From $0

Self-host free forever

Lovable

AI app builder

From $0

Credit-based plans

What each one does

Generates your app

Write the code from a prompt

Bring your own code, from any tool

Yes, chat-driven

Runs your app

Production hosting

Serverless runtime, scales to zero

Lovable hosting

Deploys from git

Push to deploy with previews

GitHub or Ploy Git, preview per branch

GitHub sync

Custom domains

Use your own domain names

Pro plan

Paid plans

AI coding support

Help for assistants building on the platform

Agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and others

Built-in agent

Backend

Database

Where application data lives

SQLite per project, migrations from git

Supabase (Postgres)

Server-side code

APIs, webhooks, and jobs

Workers and full-stack frameworks

Supabase Edge Functions

Queues and workflows

Background work that survives failures

Included

Not built in

Cron

Run code on a schedule

Included

Not built in

Authentication

User sign-up, sign-in, and sessions

Included, stored in your database

Supabase Auth

Sandboxes

Run generated code in isolation

Included

AI gateway

Model access from your own backend

Included, OpenAI-compatible

Via integrations

Ownership

Open source

Full access to the platform's source

AGPLv3

Self-hosting

Run the platform on your own infrastructure

Run the full platform yourself

Code ownership

Your repository, your history

Your git repository

Exportable to GitHub

Pricing model

How you pay

Free tier, Pro at $10/month, self-host free

Credits per message

Why choose Ploy?

A real backend for generated apps: Give a Lovable app its own database, queues, cron, and auth without adding a second vendor for each.

Keep using your builder: Sync to GitHub, connect the repository, and every change deploys to a preview URL.

Own the result: The platform is open source and self-hostable, so the app you shipped is never trapped in a tool.

Grows with the app: Durable workflows, sandboxes, and model access are there when a prototype turns into a product.

Choose Ploy if

You have an app, generated or hand-written, and need to run it with a database and background jobs.
You want the backend on infrastructure you control, with the option to self-host.
You are building agents and need sandboxes, workflows, and model access alongside the app.
You want to deploy from git, with previews and rollbacks, rather than from a builder's publish button.

Choose Lovable if

You want to go from an idea to a working prototype without writing code.
You are iterating on the UI by chatting and do not need a custom backend yet.
Supabase already hosts your data and you are happy with its hosting.

Frequently asked questions

Can I deploy a Lovable app on Ploy?: Yes. Lovable projects sync to a GitHub repository. Connect that repository to Ploy, add a ploy.yaml with the Vite build command and output directory, and every push deploys. Keep editing in Lovable; each change lands on a preview URL.
Does Ploy generate apps like Lovable?: No. Ploy runs apps; it does not write them. It does ship agent skills for Claude Code, Cursor, and other assistants so an AI tool can scaffold a Ploy project with databases, queues, and workflows correctly, and an Agent SDK for building your own agents on the platform.
What happens to the Supabase backend?: You can keep it and deploy only the frontend to Ploy, or move server-side logic into a worker with a Ploy SQLite database, auth, queues, and cron so the whole app lives on one platform. Which one makes sense depends on how much backend the app has.

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