"How much will it cost to fix my Lovable app?" is the first question almost every founder asks us, usually followed by "it's nearly done, it just needs a few things". Sometimes that is true. Sometimes "a few things" means the database is open to the internet.
There is no honest single number, but there is an honest way to think about it. This article explains what drives the price, what the typical scopes look like and how to avoid paying twice.
Why quotes for the same app vary so much
Founders often get one quote for $200 and another for $5,000 for what looks like the same request. Both can be sincere. The difference is usually in what each developer assumes is underneath the visible problem.
A cheap quote typically covers exactly the bug you described. An expensive one assumes the developer will have to understand the whole codebase first, because AI-generated code tends to repeat the same logic in several places, and fixing one copy breaks another. Neither quote means much until someone has actually looked at the code.
The five things that drive the price
1. Size and structure of the codebase
A ten-screen app with clear components is a different job from a fifty-screen app where every page fetches data its own way. Lovable projects that grew through hundreds of prompts often contain duplicated components, unused files and several half-finished approaches to the same feature.
2. Security state of the database
If Row Level Security is configured properly, reviewing it is quick. If RLS is off, or policies allow everything, the fix involves redesigning access rules table by table and testing them — and it is not optional if you store personal data.
3. Integrations
Every external service adds work: Stripe subscriptions and webhooks, email providers, Google or Apple sign-in, maps, AI APIs, CRMs. Each one has keys, environments and failure cases that must be set up correctly in production.
4. Where it needs to run
Deploying to the Lovable domain is one thing. Moving to Vercel or Netlify with a custom domain, separate staging and production environments, monitoring and backups is another.
5. What you want afterwards
Keeping the app in Lovable and fixing specific problems costs less than moving it to your own stack. Migration is closer to rebuilding the frontend on a stronger foundation while keeping your data, design and logic.
Three typical scopes
Targeted fixes
A defined list of problems: deploy errors, broken auth redirects, a payment flow that does not update the account, a form that fails on mobile. The codebase is reasonably healthy and you plan to keep using Lovable. This is the most common scope and usually takes a few days.
Full rescue
The app mostly works, but you would not trust it with paying customers: a security review of Supabase, fixing the critical bugs, cleaning up the structure enough that new features stop breaking old ones, and a proper production deployment. This is what most projects need before a real launch.
Migration off Lovable
The project has outgrown the tool: you need server-side rendering for SEO, complex business logic, background jobs or a codebase a technical team will own long term. The scope depends heavily on the app, which is why it should only be priced after an audit.
Our pricing, plainly
We work on fixed prices agreed before work starts, not open-ended hourly billing:
- Targeted fixes: from $300.
- Full rescue: from $1,000.
- Migration off Lovable: priced after the audit, because it depends entirely on the app.
The first code review is free. You get a written list of what we found and a fixed quote. If you decide not to continue, you keep the findings.
Hidden costs to watch out for
Prompt credits spent in a loop
If you have been pasting the same error into Lovable for a week, those credits are a real cost — and the changes made along the way may have created new problems that also need fixing.
Fixing symptoms twice
A developer who fixes only the visible bug without checking why it happened often leaves the cause in place. You pay again next month when it appears on another page.
Rewriting everything when you did not need to
The opposite mistake: some agencies recommend a full rebuild by default. Many Lovable apps only need targeted fixes and a security pass. A rebuild should be a decision based on the code, not a default.
Ignoring security until it is a crisis
Fixing RLS before launch takes days. Dealing with a data exposure after launch costs far more, in money and in trust.
How to get an accurate quote quickly
You can speed up the process and get a much more precise estimate by preparing four things:
- Access to the GitHub repository (connect Lovable's GitHub sync if you have not yet).
- A list of what is broken or missing, in plain words, with screenshots or a short screen recording.
- Which integrations you use: Supabase, Stripe, email, others.
- What you want next: keep building in Lovable, or move to your own stack.
With that, a developer can look at the real code instead of guessing.
The bottom line
Fixing a Lovable app is usually much cheaper than building the same product from scratch — the AI has already done a large part of the work. The goal is to pay only for what your app actually needs, and to get a price you can rely on before the work starts.
Get a free code review for your Lovable app. Before you send it over, it is worth checking our production checklist for Lovable apps — some items you can fix yourself today.
