--- title: "Lovable Cloud vs while: the French alternative to Lovable" url: https://while.sh/en/comparisons/while-vs-lovable-cloud/ author: "Grégoire Mougeolle, co-founder of Nextmap" updated: 2026-11-02 --- # Lovable Cloud vs while: which one to choose when your AI agent deploys? Lovable Cloud deploys your app in one click, and that's perfect to get started. When your colleagues or your customers use it for real, while takes it over: your AI agent deploys it over MCP, in France, and you choose who opens it. ## What changes between Lovable Cloud and while | What matters | Lovable Cloud | while | |---|---|---| | Who it's for | People who create an app by chatting with Lovable (source 1) | People who build their apps with an AI agent, solo or as a team | | Your AI agent | The Lovable MCP server, on every plan | Connected over MCP, with OAuth: it deploys, creates the database, reads the logs and fixes things | | What protects production | The published site only changes when you click Publish, with an approval before publishing on the Enterprise plan (sources 1 and 6). The database, however, changes live | Sensitive actions, like deleting a production database, wait for a person | | The database | PostgreSQL, one backup per day kept for about 14 days (source 3) | PostgreSQL in while, backed up every day, with point-in-time recovery over 14 days (source 8) | | Who opens your app | Public, invite-only (ten people per project on Free and Pro), or the workspace and SSO on Business (sources 6 and 7) | Everyone, a password, or the company account with the Pro plan | | In France | No, a Europe region at best (source 2) | Yes, with Nextmap, a French company | | To get started | Free, then Pro at €25 per month (source 5) | A trial without an account. Then €0 to get started, and €13.75 per month for an app and its database | ## Lovable Cloud, the shortest path from idea to app You describe your app, Lovable builds it, and one click deploys it, database, sign-in and storage included (sources 1 and 2). The code stays yours: it syncs with GitHub on every plan (source 4). ## With while, your AI agent does the rest - **Your colleagues sign in with the company account.** Google Workspace or Microsoft 365, with no account to create and no ten-person limit. - **Your agent deploys, over MCP.** Claude Code, Cursor or Codex take your app's code and deploy it, database included. - **Nothing serious happens without you.** Deleting a production database waits for your approval, before it runs. - **Your data stays in France.** With Nextmap, a French company, backed up every day. - **A mistake is quickly undone.** In the 30 minutes after a deployment, the previous version comes back in a second, and your database goes back to a precise moment. ## Moving from Lovable Cloud to while ### Take over your Lovable app > You, to your agent: Take our Lovable app from GitHub and deploy it with while. Your agent fetches the code synced to GitHub, writes while.yaml and deploys the app: every path lands on the right page. ### Copy your database > You, to your agent: Copy our Lovable Cloud database to while. Your agent loads the Lovable Cloud export into a while PostgreSQL database. The accounts, the files and the functions are moved separately. ### Replace the sign-in > You, to your agent: Let our colleagues sign in with the company account. Your agent restricts the app to your company, and your colleagues sign in with the account they already have. ## Which one to choose - **Choose Lovable Cloud** to build and try out your app, solo or with a few people. - **Choose while** when your colleagues or your customers use it for real, with the company account, in France. ## Next steps - [Deploy a Lovable app outside Lovable](/en/guides/deploy-lovable-app/) ## Sources 1. [Lovable, hosting](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/hosting.md), 2026-11-02 2. [Lovable Cloud](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/cloud.md), 2026-11-02 3. [Lovable, database backups](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/database-backups.md), 2026-11-02 4. [Lovable, GitHub sync](https://docs.lovable.dev/integrations/github.md), 2026-11-02 5. [Lovable, pricing](https://lovable.dev/pricing), 2026-11-02 6. [Lovable, publishing and opening an app](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/publish.md), 2026-11-02 7. [Lovable, SSO (Business and Enterprise plans)](https://docs.lovable.dev/features/business/sso.md), 2026-11-02 8. [while, tested backups](https://while.sh/fr/docs/briques/sauvegardes/), 2026-11-03 ## Questions ### Can I get my Lovable app's code back? Yes, through GitHub sync, on every plan (source 4). ### Do my colleagues have to create an account? On Lovable, an invite-only app requires everyone to sign in, with ten people at most per project on Free and Pro, and SSO comes with the Business plan (sources 6 and 7). On while, your colleagues sign in with the company account, on the Pro plan. ### What about my Lovable Cloud database? Your app can keep it. To have everything in France, your agent loads the Lovable Cloud export into a while PostgreSQL database, and moves the accounts, the files and the functions separately.