Decagon
Small (~210)
Lovable
Medium (~300)
Best For
Decagon
Best for: Builders who want to ship AI customer support agents directly to F500 customers with technical founders deeply involved
Lovable
Best for: Engineers who want to build AI-first developer tools with extreme ownership at a fast-growing startup
Ratings
DecagonLovable
3.9
3.5
Overall
3.7
3.0
Work-Life Balance
3.8
3.6
Culture & Values
3.2
3.5
Comp & Benefits
3.7
3.3
Senior Mgmt
3.7
3.3
Career Opps
👍 75% Recommend
👤 85% CEO Approval (Jesse Zhang)
👍 70% Recommend
👤 74% CEO Approval (Anton Osika)
Culture Values
Decagon only
💎 Strong Comp & Equity
Lovable only
🌱 Learning & Growth
Shared
⚙️ Engineering-Driven🚀 Ship Fast & Iterate🎯 Direct Product Impact
Pros & Cons
Decagon
- Strong engineering-driven culture with technical founders still deeply involved
- Ship meaningful AI features to enterprise customers every week
- Intense workload and high expectations — not a typical 40-hour week
- SF-centric; most roles expect in-office presence
Lovable
- High autonomy and fast-shipping culture
- Massive product impact at scale
- Intense pace with long working hours
- Benefits still maturing
Bottom Line
Decagon
Choose Decagon if you want intense builder energy at a $4.5B Series D AI agents startup with real enterprise revenue — but expect SF office-centric culture and cash comp that trails top AI labs.
Lovable
Choose Lovable if you want to shape the AI-first software creation movement with high autonomy and massive product impact — but expect intense pace and early-stage growing pains with benefits still maturing.
Open Roles
Decagon — 95 jobs
💼 Sales / GTM
32
💻 Engineering
25
📋 Product
7
🧠 ML / AI
6
⚙️ Operations
3
⚖️ Legal
2
📣 Marketing
2
📊 Data
1
🎨 Design
1
👤 HR / People
1
Lovable — 81 jobs
💻 Engineering
17
💼 Sales / GTM
12
📊 Data
7
📣 Marketing
7
🎨 Design
5
📋 Product
4
💰 Finance
2
⚙️ Operations
2
⚖️ Legal
1
Summary
Decagon scores 3.9/5.0 on Glassdoor with a 3.7 work-life balance rating. Lovable scores 3.5/5.0 overall with a 3.0 WLB. That’s a 0.4-point gap on overall satisfaction.
Both companies share these culture values: Engineering-Driven, Ship Fast & Iterate, Direct Product Impact. Decagon also emphasizes Strong Comp & Equity. Lovable also emphasizes Learning & Growth.
On the hiring front, Decagon has 95 open roles and Lovable has 81 open roles.