How Lovable’s scores are calculated
The full audit trail, recomputed from the verdict data at build time through the same code that produced the leaderboard: verdict × quality × story weight per cell, cells sum to dimension scores, dimensions blend into the PA Score. Every number on the product page is reproducible from this page alone; for why the formula looks like this, see the methodology.
verdict factors: full ×1.0 · partial ×0.6 · disputed ×0.3 · none ×0.0 · n/a excluded from both sides · cell points = weight × quality × factor · cell max = weight × 10
PA Score27/100
Agent-ready 46.9 × 0.30 = 14.07
API quality 4.8 × 0.20 = 0.96
Openness 21.0 × 0.20 = 4.20
Built-in AI 46.7 × 0.15 = 7.00
Automation 6.0 × 0.15 = 0.90
(14.07 + 0.96 + 4.20 + 7.00 + 0.90) ÷ (0.30 + 0.20 + 0.20 + 0.15 + 0.15) = 27.13 ÷ 1.00 = 27.1
Scores are stored to 1 decimal; the product page’s pills round to whole numbers for display. Each dimension below shows the stories, verdicts, and cited evidence behind its number.
Agent-ready46.9/100×0.30 of the PA blend
Outside-in: can YOUR agent reach and drive this product — API, MCP, CLI, headless runs, agent docs.
Point an agent at llms.txt or agent-oriented docsweight 2
2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.lovable.dev/llms.txt“PROBE llms.txt: HTTP 200 at https://docs.lovable.dev/llms.txt # Lovable Documentation > Lovable Documentation — Build full-stack websites with AI using natural language. Explore Lov”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/lovable-mcp-server.md“your AI agent can create projects, send messages to Lovable, inspect code, deploy apps, and more, all without leaving the client you're already working in”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/custom-mcp.md“Lovable can read from it as live context while you build: internal CRMs, private APIs, company knowledge bases, or niche third-party tools.”
Run the product headlessly / in CI for automationweight 2
2 (weight) × 3 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.6 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/lovable-mcp-server.md“your AI agent can create projects, send messages to Lovable, inspect code, deploy apps, and more, all without leaving the client you're already working in”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/build-with-url.md“The Lovable API Build with URL feature lets you create links that open Lovable with a prompt already written, and optionally with reference images and web pages attached.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-integrations.md“Turn a published Lovable app into an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants. Configure tools, sign-in, permissions, and access.”
Plug MCP servers into this product so it can use their toolsweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/custom-mcp.md“Lovable can read from it as live context while you build: internal CRMs, private APIs, company knowledge bases, or niche third-party tools.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/mcp-registries.md“members then pick servers from it and connect them as chat connectors in a couple of clicks, instead of finding and pasting each server's URL by hand”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/clickhouse.md“the ClickHouse app + chat connector lets your Lovable app run SQL queries against your ClickHouse database over the HTTP interface”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/desktop-app.md“You get everything in the web app plus local MCP server support, multi-project tabs, and keyboard shortcuts.”
Connect an agent via an official MCP serverweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/lovable-mcp-server.md“your AI agent can create projects, send messages to Lovable, inspect code, deploy apps, and more, all without leaving the client you're already working in”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/desktop-app.md“You get everything in the web app plus local MCP server support, multi-project tabs, and keyboard shortcuts.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-integrations.md“Turn a published Lovable app into an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants. Configure tools, sign-in, permissions, and access.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-integrations.md“Turn a published Lovable app into an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants.”
Use an official CLIweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Drive the product through a documented public APIweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/lovable-mcp-server.md“your AI agent can create projects, send messages to Lovable, inspect code, deploy apps, and more, all without leaving the client you're already working in”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/build-with-url.md“The Lovable API Build with URL feature lets you create links that open Lovable with a prompt already written, and optionally with reference images and web pages attached.”
- [probe] https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/swagger.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/api/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Issue scoped/least-privilege API credentials for an agentweight 2
2 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 4.8 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-integrations.md“Turn a published Lovable app into an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants. Configure tools, sign-in, permissions, and access.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-integrations.md“Turn a published Lovable app into an MCP server for ChatGPT, Claude, and other AI assistants.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/lovable-for-enterprise.md“centralized identity, granular access controls, workspace-wide security oversight, scheduled Deep scans, audit logs, regional code hosting”
Build against official SDKsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/build-with-url.md“The Lovable API Build with URL feature lets you create links that open Lovable with a prompt already written, and optionally with reference images and web pages attached.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/lovable-mcp-server.md“your AI agent can create projects, send messages to Lovable, inspect code, deploy apps, and more, all without leaving the client you're already working in”
- [probe] https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/swagger.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/api/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Subscribe to events via webhooksweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Agent-ready = 98.4 ÷ 210 × 100 = 46.9
API quality4.8/100×0.20 of the PA blend
The programmable surface once an agent is there — machine-readable spec, interactive docs, sandbox, versioning discipline.
Explore an interactive API reference with runnable examplesweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
- [probe] https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/swagger.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/api/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Download a machine-readable API spec (OpenAPI or equivalent)weight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/swagger.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/api/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Test against a sandbox environment without touching production dataweight 1
1 (weight) × 4 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 2.4 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md“you can export and sync your project to GitHub: back up your code, review changes in pull requests, work locally in your IDE, test features on branches, and deploy outside Lovable”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md“back up your code, review changes in pull requests, work locally in your IDE, test features on branches, and deploy outside Lovable”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/collaboration.md“When several people build in the same project, each of you can work in your own draft: a separate copy of the project with its own chat and preview.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/cloud.md“Lovable hosts your app and includes a built-in backend (Cloud) with database, authentication, storage, edge functions, and AI, no infrastructure setup required.”
Rely on versioned APIs with a documented deprecation policyweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [probe] https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/swagger.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/api/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/.well-known/openapi.json)”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/build-with-url.md“The Lovable API Build with URL feature lets you create links that open Lovable with a prompt already written, and optionally with reference images and web pages attached.”
API quality = 2.4 ÷ 50 × 100 = 4.8
Openness21.0/100×0.20 of the PA blend
Can you leave, inspect, or self-host — data export, open source, portability.
Do everything through the API that I can do in the UIweight 2
2 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 6.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/lovable-mcp-server.md“your AI agent can create projects, send messages to Lovable, inspect code, deploy apps, and more, all without leaving the client you're already working in”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/build-with-url.md“The Lovable API Build with URL feature lets you create links that open Lovable with a prompt already written, and optionally with reference images and web pages attached.”
- [probe] https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json“PROBE openapi: all candidate paths 404 (https://docs.lovable.dev/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/swagger.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/api/openapi.json, https://docs.lovable.dev/.well-known/openapi.json)”
Export all of my data in open formats and leaveweight 3
3 (weight) × 6 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 10.8 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/git-sync-overview.md“Work locally in your IDE. Clone the repository, edit and commit locally, and push. Your changes sync back into Lovable.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md“If you only need a copy of your code, you can download your code directly from Lovable: use the Download codebase section in Project settings → Git”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md“you can export and sync your project to GitHub: back up your code, review changes in pull requests, work locally in your IDE, test features on branches, and deploy outside Lovable”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md“back up your code, review changes in pull requests, work locally in your IDE, test features on branches, and deploy outside Lovable”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/git-sync-overview.md“Git sync connects a Lovable project to a repository you own on GitHub or GitLab, and keeps the two in sync automatically”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/database.md“For direct database access, use the SQL editor at **Cloud tab → SQL editor**”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/cloud.md“The built-in backend utilizes Supabase's open-source foundation, which means you get a production-ready environment from day one, without needing to set up Supabase separately”
Read the product's source under an open licenseweight 2
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Self-host the core productweight 3
3 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/cloud.md“Lovable hosts your app and includes a built-in backend (Cloud) with database, authentication, storage, edge functions, and AI, no infrastructure setup required.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/cloud.md“Lovable hosts your app and includes a built-in backend (Cloud) with a database, storage, authentication, realtime, and functions.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/getting-started.md“Build your first app and put it live on the web with about ten minutes of hands-on time. There is nothing to install and nothing to configure.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/create-an-account.md“Anyone with an email address can sign up for free... Lovable automatically creates your first personal workspace on the free plan”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/lovable-for-enterprise.md“centralized identity, granular access controls, workspace-wide security oversight, scheduled Deep scans, audit logs, regional code hosting”
Openness = 16.8 ÷ 80 × 100 = 21.0
Built-in AI46.7/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Inside-out: how agentic the product itself is for its users — built-in assistants, autonomous features.
Get AI-generated insights and suggestions from my data inside the productweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/database.md“For direct database access, use the SQL editor at Cloud tab → SQL editor”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/database.md“For direct database access, use the SQL editor at **Cloud tab → SQL editor**”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/ai.md“Lovable's built-in AI connector handles that setup for you, so you can add AI features to your app by describing what you want to build.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/database.md“Describe the data your app needs in chat, and Lovable creates the tables and schema for you.”
Set up automations that run autonomously in the backgroundweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Build mode (previously Agent mode) is Lovable's autonomous execution mode, designed to implement changes directly in your project. When you give Lovable a task, it takes ownership of execution end to end.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Build mode (previously Agent mode) is Lovable’s autonomous execution mode, designed to implement changes directly in your project. When you give Lovable a task, it takes ownership of execution end to end.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Lovable working on a request doesn't block you. Send a follow-up, a correction, or a new idea at any time to steer the work”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/introduction/lovable-for-enterprise.md“centralized identity, granular access controls, workspace-wide security oversight, scheduled Deep scans, audit logs, regional code hosting”
Delegate tasks to a built-in AI assistant inside the productweight 3
3 (weight) × 8 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 24.0 of 30 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Build mode (previously Agent mode) is Lovable's autonomous execution mode, designed to implement changes directly in your project. When you give Lovable a task, it takes ownership of execution end to end.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Build mode (previously Agent mode) is Lovable's autonomous execution mode, designed to implement changes directly in your project.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Build mode (previously Agent mode) is Lovable’s autonomous execution mode, designed to implement changes directly in your project. When you give Lovable a task, it takes ownership of execution end to end.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Lovable working on a request doesn't block you. Send a follow-up, a correction, or a new idea at any time to steer the work”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Lovable applies changes directly to your project when using Build mode. All modifications are visible through file diffs and summaries.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/projects/editor.md“you describe what you want in the chat panel on the left, and you watch your app take shape in the preview on the right”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/projects/chat.md“you can also ask Lovable to run project actions from chat, for example publish my app, deploy this project, ship it, or find me a domain for my bakery”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/publish.md“Ask Lovable to publish, deploy, ship, or go live, and it handles the deploy for you while respecting all publish-related workspace settings and permissions.”
- [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44377495“"I'm using Lovable heavily for PM prototyping and it's great. I think, if anything, current subscription may be too cheap!"”
- [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44377495“Startup CTO uses Lovable heavily for internal dashboards/CRUD tools; saved the equivalent of two full-time developers, but generated code is only okay, lacks sane defaults, abuses the 'any' type.”
Operate the product with natural-language commandsweight 2
2 (weight) × 9 (quality) × 1.0 (full) = 18.0 of 20 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev“You describe what you want to build, and Lovable generates a working application that includes frontend, backend, database, authentication, and integrations, all backed by editable code.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Build mode (previously Agent mode) is Lovable's autonomous execution mode, designed to implement changes directly in your project. When you give Lovable a task, it takes ownership of execution end to end.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/agent-mode.md“Build mode (previously Agent mode) is Lovable’s autonomous execution mode, designed to implement changes directly in your project. When you give Lovable a task, it takes ownership of execution end to end.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/database.md“Describe the data your app needs in chat, and Lovable creates the tables and schema for you.”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/projects/editor.md“you describe what you want in the chat panel on the left, and you watch your app take shape in the preview on the right”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/projects/chat.md“you can also ask Lovable to run project actions from chat, for example publish my app, deploy this project, ship it, or find me a domain for my bakery”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/features/publish.md“Ask Lovable to publish, deploy, ship, or go live, and it handles the deploy for you while respecting all publish-related workspace settings and permissions.”
- [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44377495“"I'm using Lovable heavily for PM prototyping and it's great. I think, if anything, current subscription may be too cheap!"”
- [community] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44377495“Startup CTO uses Lovable heavily for internal dashboards/CRUD tools; saved the equivalent of two full-time developers, but generated code is only okay, lacks sane defaults, abuses the 'any' type.”
Built-in AI = 42.0 ÷ 90 × 100 = 46.7
Automation6.0/100×0.15 of the PA blend
Depth of automation primitives — rules, scheduling, bulk operations, webhooks.
Perform bulk operations across many items at onceweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Define rules that trigger actions automatically on eventsweight 3
n/a — not applicable to this product: excluded from numerator and denominator
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Schedule recurring jobs or workflowsweight 2
2 (weight) × 0 (quality) × 0.0 (none) = 0.0 of 20 max
no evidence cited — the verdict rests on absence of evidence, re-checked on refresh
Version, review, and roll back my automationsweight 1
1 (weight) × 5 (quality) × 0.6 (partial) = 3.0 of 10 max
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md“you can export and sync your project to GitHub: back up your code, review changes in pull requests, work locally in your IDE, test features on branches, and deploy outside Lovable”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md“back up your code, review changes in pull requests, work locally in your IDE, test features on branches, and deploy outside Lovable”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/git-sync-overview.md“Git sync connects a Lovable project to a repository you own on GitHub or GitLab, and keeps the two in sync automatically”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/tips-tricks/lovable-telegram-bot.md“Check edit history and review what changed... Query your project database with read-only queries”
- [claimed-docs] https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/git-sync-overview.md“Work locally in your IDE. Clone the repository, edit and commit locally, and push. Your changes sync back into Lovable.”
Automation = 3.0 ÷ 50 × 100 = 6.0