Lovable, Bolt and v0 or an AI agent: what to choose for a landing page
There are two kinds of AI tools that build websites from a description. One kind lives in the browser: Lovable, Bolt and v0. You type what you want, and an app appears on the screen, ready to share. The other kind works on your computer: coding agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Cursor, which write the site as files in a folder.
Both can produce a good landing page. They are built for different jobs.
Browser-based app builders
- Everything happens in the browser. No installation; the preview updates as you chat.
- They build web applications. The usual result is a JavaScript application, often React, and all three can connect a database and user accounts for you.
- Hosting is part of the platform. The site lives on their infrastructure, with their plans and limits. All three let you download the code or sync it with GitHub.
- You work within their credits or usage limits, which matters when you iterate a lot.
They shine when you need an application: logins, a database, a dashboard, a prototype of a product.
Coding agents on your computer
- The result is ordinary files in a folder you own: for a landing page, plain HTML, CSS and a little JavaScript is enough, and you can ask for exactly that.
- Hosting is a separate step, and that is what aiput.site is for: the agent publishes the folder itself, and you get a link.
- They can use your own files: your photos, your texts, a spreadsheet with prices.
- The agent needs an account, often a paid one, plus installing and connecting it once. Agents have usage limits too.
They shine when you want a website rather than an app: a landing page, portfolio, menu, event page, something light, fast and fully yours.
A landing page is not an app
A one-page site does not need a framework, a build step or a database. Plain HTML loads faster, has fewer moving parts and can be opened and edited by any tool, now and in five years. When an app builder generates a React application for a landing page, it works — but you carry more than you need.
Can I combine them?
Yes. You can prototype an idea in an app builder, then ask a coding agent to rebuild the result as a static site. If a project from an app builder has no server part, it can often be built into static files and published like any other site; see what a static website is. Check first, though: new Lovable projects, for example, run code on a server.
How to choose
- You need accounts, a database or a working product: an app builder.
- You need a landing page, and you want the files: a coding agent plus aiput.site.
- You are not sure yet: describe the site to both kinds of tool for an hour. You will quickly feel which way of working suits you.
Choosing between the coding agents? Claude Code, Codex or Cursor compares them.