Migrate Your Lovable App to Caspio
Move your data, rebuild with Caspi, and run your app on a production-ready platform built for compliance.
From Lovable to Caspio: Export, Rebuild, Import
To migrate a Lovable app to Caspio, export your data as CSV files, have Caspi rebuild the app from a description of what it does, then import your data into the new app’s tables. Your existing app serves as the blueprint for the rebuild, helping you describe its screens, workflows, and access needs. Users, roles, and integrations are set up in Caspio, with no codebase to maintain, and an app your team can keep editing visually as your needs change. Best for: Teams with a working Lovable app that now needs real users, record level security, and annually certified compliance or a signed BAA, without a codebase to maintain.
Why Teams Move a Lovable App to Caspio
Lovable is a fast way to go from a prompt to a working React app, with a Supabase-based backend and two-way Git sync to GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket. Those strengths come with limits a production app has to answer. Lovable's Data Processing Agreement (Section 3.8) has customers agree not to upload protected health information (PHI) under HIPAA. And its support team "responds within 24 hours, mainly on weekdays." For a broader comparison, see Lovable alternatives for regulated apps.
A Codebase Is a Maintenance Job
A generated codebase needs someone to review it, patch it, and keep it running long after the person who prompted it moves on. Caspi builds the app on the platform itself, and no code artifact is produced at any step, so your team edits the app visually or by conversation. See how Caspio compares with Lovable.
Production Apps Need Built-In Security
Real users need rules for who sees and changes which records, enforced every time. Caspio provides user roles and record level security at the platform level, with two-factor authentication, so access control is configured rather than coded.
Regulated Data Needs BAA and Compliance
Moving a Lovable app to a HIPAA-compliant platform requires a signed Business Associate Agreement (BAA) and verified controls. Caspio signs a BAA through its HIPAA Edition, with annual independent certification of its HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR controls. See Lovable's HIPAA compliance limitations.
What Moves and What Gets Rebuilt
When you move a Lovable app to production on Caspio, your data moves and the app is rebuilt natively: screens, logic, and access rules become platform configuration instead of code.
| In your Lovable app | In Caspio | How |
|---|---|---|
| Data in database tables | Caspio tables | Export each table as a CSV file, then import the records into the tables Caspi created |
| Table structure and relationships | Caspio tables and relationships | Recreated by Caspi from your description, not imported; review field types at import |
| Files in storage | File and attachment fields | Download files from Lovable’s Storage view and upload them to Caspio; check that each record points to the right file |
| User accounts | Caspio Directories | Added one at a time or in bulk from your exported user list |
| Passwords | Not carried over | Users get an activation email or set a new password |
| Row-level security policies | User roles and record level security | Rebuilt as platform-enforced rules; Caspi generates roles you review in step 3 |
| Screens and React interface | Forms, reports, and dashboards | Rebuilt by Caspi from your description, not converted |
| Business logic and edge functions | Triggered Actions and Scheduled Tasks | Rebuilt as configuration |
| Integrations and APIs | REST API, webhooks, Zapier, Make, n8n, and Keragon | Reconnected and tested |
| Code repository | Reference only | Its migration files show your exact tables and columns; no code is imported |
| Hosting | Managed by Caspio on AWS | Nothing to deploy or patch |
Your Lovable app isn’t wasted work; it’s the blueprint for rebuilding with Caspi. Use its screens, workflows, and access rules to describe what the new app needs to do, rather than define every requirement from scratch.
How to Migrate a Lovable App to Caspio, Step by Step
Six steps take your app from Lovable to Caspio, from inventory and data export to testing and launch.
1. Inventory the app and export your data.
List screens, tables, fields, user types, integrations, and record access rules. If the project syncs to Git, use its migration files for exact table and column names. Use this inventory to describe the app and review roles in step 2. Export each table as CSV from Lovable's Database view or your own Supabase dashboard. Download files from Lovable's Storage view and export users' names, emails, and roles. Export while the project is active: a paused backend cannot be exported.
2. Rebuild the app with Caspi.
Open Caspi and describe your app using the inventory's table and field names. Caspi creates the data model, interface, and roles. Review roles and record level security rules for viewing and editing records, then approve. Caspio provisions all components at once. Add the Chat AI Agent to let signed-in users ask about app data within their permissions. For patient data, add the HIPAA Edition and sign a BAA with Caspio before any PHI is loaded.
3. Import your data.
Delete the sample records Caspi adds, then import each CSV into its matching table using Append, or Update when a unique field matches existing records. Review suggested field types and mappings before each import, then confirm related records line up.
4. Add users and grant access.
Add users to Caspio Directories individually or in bulk from your exported list, and assign each a role. Passwords do not carry over; users receive an activation email or set a new password. SAML SSO is available on select plans, and Caspio can act as an identity provider for your other applications.
5. Connect integrations and test.
Reconnect outside systems through Caspio integrations, including the REST API, webhooks, Zapier, Make, n8n, and Keragon for healthcare. Rebuild backend logic, such as Lovable edge functions, as Triggered Actions and Scheduled Tasks. Test every workflow as each role before anyone switches over.
6. Go live.
Publish a fully hosted app or embed apps and components on your website or portal, then direct users to the new address. If Lovable stayed in use during the rebuild, run a final export and import just before cutover to retain recent records. Once everyone has moved off Lovable, retire the project on your schedule.
Prefer Not to Rebuild It Yourself?
Have us or one of our many certified partners build it for you. Caspio Professional Services takes the project through discovery, planning, implementation, and delivery, with a support and maintenance plan for the finished app. Prefer a partner? Find one in the Caspio partner directory.
A Platform Built for Production and Compliance
Caspio is an AI platform for building custom business applications, backed by more than two decades of platform engineering. As an AI application platform for regulated industries, it delivers a compliant app in a compliant environment: AI builds the app, and the platform supplies the security, hosting, and compliance proof around it.
- Independently certified annually: HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR
- AWS hosting: Managed infrastructure
- 24/7 human support: Live chat with a person, anytime
- Trusted worldwide: Used by thousands of organizations
Regulated industries are the emphasis, not the limit. Caspio fits any organization that values security, reliability, and scalability. See how AI app builders for regulated industries compare on these points.
Four AI Capabilities, One Security Model
Caspio's AI capabilities build the app and serve the people who use it. AI capabilities are available on every plan tier.
Caspi
Builds applications from a description, generating the data model, interface, and roles as a live app your team can edit.
MEET CASPI
Chat AI Agent
Answers your signed-in users' questions about your app data, within their existing permissions.
SEE HOW CHAT AI AGENT WORKS
AI Connector Extensions
Bring OpenAI GPT, Google Gemini, and Anthropic Claude into your apps and workflows, with more on the way.
DISCOVER AI EXTENSIONS
Caspio MCP Server
Connects your Caspio data to AI assistants and agents, with access you control.
LEARN ABOUT MCP SERVERCaspio’s HIPAA Edition BAA covers eligible use of Caspi, Chat AI Agent, and AI Connector Extensions; no separate provider agreements needed. MCP Server and customer-controlled AI connections are excluded. Confirm coverage before using PHI.
What Caspio Costs After You Migrate
Caspio pricing starts from $300/month, with unlimited app users in your Caspio apps on every plan. HIPAA compliance is a $500/month add-on on top of your plan rate (one-year term), so HIPAA-enabled plans run from $800/month total (TEAM + add-on). There is no free plan; every plan starts with a 14-day free trial.
Frequently Asked Questions
No. Caspio does not import Lovable code. Your data moves as CSV files, and Caspi rebuilds the app natively from a description of what it does. The result runs on the platform with roles, record-level security, and hosting built in, with no codebase left for anyone to maintain.
Export each table as a CSV file. If your app uses Lovable’s built-in backend, download each table from the Database view. If it runs on your own Supabase project, export each table from the Supabase dashboard. Download uploaded files separately from the Storage view, and export while the project is active, because a paused backend cannot be exported.
No. On the Caspio side, you describe the app to Caspi, review its proposal, and import CSV files through menus. The export is point-and-click in Lovable’s Database view or the Supabase dashboard, so comfort with a dashboard is enough.
Yes, users set new passwords because passwords do not carry over from Lovable. You recreate accounts in Caspio Directories, one at a time or in bulk from your exported user list, and each user receives an activation email or resets their password.
Yes. Add the HIPAA Edition, sign the BAA with Caspio, and load PHI only after the agreement is in place. That moves your Lovable app to a HIPAA-compliant platform whose HIPAA, SOC 2 Type II, and GDPR controls are independently certified annually.
No. Caspio does not offer a free plan. Every plan starts with a 14-day free trial, so you can rebuild and test your app before you buy. Plans start from $300/month.
Yes. Keep the Lovable app running while Caspi rebuilds it, then run a final export and import just before cutover, so no recent records are left behind. Keep the Lovable project active until then, because a paused backend cannot be exported.
Give Your Lovable App a Production Home
Your Lovable app proved the idea. Migrate it to Caspio and run it with real roles, certified compliance, and
human support at any hour.
