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Bolt.new

situationalBlueshift — gaining momentum

StackBlitz's in-browser AI app builder — prompt to a hosted full-stack site, billed in tokens.

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Fastest path from a sentence to a public URL, running in WebContainers. Token burn scales with project size because the filesystem is synced into context. Free is a demo with branding and a daily cap. Not a replacement for a real repo once the app outgrows the sandbox.

Strengths

  • Fastest path from a sentence to a public URL inside a browser.
  • Runs full-stack prototypes in WebContainers without local setup.
  • Free tier lets anyone demo the workflow before paying.

Known limitations

  • Token cost tracks project size; big codebases eat the monthly bucket fast.
  • Free sites carry Bolt branding and a 10MB upload cap.
  • Teams tokens are per member, not a shared pool.
  • Generated apps still need a human pass for auth, data, and production ops.

Use it when

  • Quick prototypes and demo sites that can stay in the sandbox.
  • First-time builders who want a deployed URL without tooling setup.

Skip it when

  • The project will outgrow a sandboxed filesystem.
  • Token burn on a large codebase would exceed the monthly bucket.
  • You need production-grade auth, data, or ops review.

Buy-check

  • ·Price — freemium, Free $0 (300k tokens/day, 1M/mo, Bolt branding); Pro $25/mo (from 10M tokens/mo, rollover); Teams $30/member/mo as of 2026-08-19. Open the pricing page, not a screenshot.
  • ·Free tier — Free tier exists — burn it first.
  • ·Cancel fallout — What happens to your data/projects on cancel — check the ToS, not the FAQ.
  • ·Seat math — Per-seat pricing multiplies quietly. Count seats before the annual plan.
  • ·Who skips it — Also skipped when: The project will outgrow a sandboxed filesystem.; Token burn on a large codebase would exceed the monthly bucket..

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pricing
freemium1
price note
Free $0 (300k tokens/day, 1M/mo, Bolt branding); Pro $25/mo (from 10M tokens/mo, rollover); Teams $30/member/mo
free tier
yes
open source
no
api
no
self-host
no
category
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Models
bundled

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