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How many Lovable apps take payments
17,810 of the 85,202 real apps built with Lovable in our index (21%) take payments. The share runs from 15% in Operations & internal tools to 30% in AI tools.
By category
| Category | Apps | Take payments | Publish an email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operations & internal tools | 13,456 | 15% | 33% |
| AI tools | 9,148 | 30% | 40% |
| Finance | 7,124 | 22% | 35% |
| Marketing & sales | 6,715 | 20% | 40% |
| Community & media | 5,320 | 22% | 36% |
| Education | 4,957 | 23% | 39% |
| Health & wellness | 4,587 | 25% | 39% |
| E-commerce | 2,948 | 24% | 40% |
| HR & recruiting | 2,916 | 21% | 44% |
| Booking & events | 2,605 | 20% | 38% |
| Logistics & auto | 2,071 | 18% | 39% |
| Food & hospitality | 1,664 | 25% | 38% |
| Real estate | 1,596 | 21% | 45% |
| Legal | 1,159 | 26% | 42% |
| Other products | 18,936 | 17% | 35% |
Which payment providers they use
The provider is visible in the page code of only part of the apps; the others run checkout through their own server function. One app can use more than one.
What “takes payments” means here
The app shows a checkout or loads a payment provider on its own domain. It says the founder has set up a way to charge. It says nothing about how much the app earns.
Why it matters if you sell to founders
An app that charges money has users to lose. Its founder feels every bug in the checkout and every slow page, and has income to pay for a fix. An app with a sign-up form and no price is often still an experiment. If your time for outreach is limited, start with the apps that take payments.
Numbers from the VibeCodedIndex, October 2026. They are recounted every few hours.