Lovable Vs Claude for Complex UI Flows
I’m building a complex B2B SaaS product. I’ve been using Lovable to generate wireframes and prototypes, and honestly, it does a great job with UI. It handles reference screenshots well and gives me high-fidelity designs that actually look polished.
I want to switch more of my workflow over to Claude, using both Claude Code and Claude Design, but every time I try the same prompts, the results come out looking extremely boxy/basic. I’ve never really used Figma or the other design tools, so ideally I want something that works well from prompts + reference screenshots.
I know I’m probably doing something wrong, because I keep seeing people rave about Claude Design... But I don't know what I'm doing wrong :(
A few questions:
- Are there specific Claude skills, prompt formats, or workflows I should be using to get better UI output?
- Is Claude Design actually good for high-fidelity SaaS UI, or is Lovable still better for that?
- Would it make sense to build the first version of components/pages in Lovable, and then have Claude iterate on the code and convert it into my actual tech stack?
- Has anyone here used a hybrid workflow like Lovable for design generation + Claude for architecture/refactoring/productionizing?
Would love to hear what’s working for people building complex products!