Lovable: Build Credits Now Split Out Media Generation

LovableSep 10, 2026View original changelog

Lovable's Usage details page now breaks Build credits into two categories: Build, covering messages, plans, and editor edits, and Media generation, covering the images and videos Lovable creates while building a project. Users can select Build credits in the usage chart to see the new split and its legend. The change gives builders clearer visibility into how much of their spend goes toward AI-generated media versus core building activity.

Key Takeaways

Lovable's Usage details page now splits Build credits into Build and Media generation categories instead of one combined total.
Build credits cover messages, plans, and edits made in the Lovable editor.
Media generation credits cover the images and videos Lovable creates while building a project.
The split appears when selecting Build credits in the usage chart, along with a legend.
The change gives workspace admins clearer visibility into where credit spend is actually going.
It follows a broader Lovable pattern of separating cost categories, alongside the existing separation of Build credits from Run credits for published-app AI usage.

A Clearer Usage Breakdown

Lovable's Usage details page now splits Build credits into two distinct categories instead of reporting a single combined total. Build credits cover the cost of messages, plans, and edits made inside the editor, while Media generation credits cover the images and videos Lovable generates while building a project. Selecting Build credits in the usage chart now shows this split directly, along with a legend distinguishing the two.

Why It Matters

Media generation, the images and video assets Lovable creates as part of building an app, can be a meaningfully different cost driver than core chat-and-code activity, and until now that spend was folded into a single number. Separating the two gives builders and workspace admins a clearer picture of where their credits are actually going, which matters for teams trying to budget usage across multiple projects or decide whether to have Lovable generate fewer AI images and videos to conserve credits.