Bolt.new
AI web app builder that runs entirely in the browser: from a prompt to a running, deployed app in minutes.
Bolt.new is worth it if you want to test an idea right now, without even opening a terminal: the whole dev environment runs inside the browser, so there’s nothing to install or configure before you start. StackBlitz built it on top of its in-browser container technology (WebContainers), which is why the jump from “write a prompt” to “have the app running and deployed” is nearly instant.
The difference versus other AI builders is exactly that: there’s no intermediate step of setting up a local environment. You write the prompt, the app is built and runs right there, and from the same screen you can deploy it with a custom domain.
In practice
This shows up in cases like putting together a throwaway demo to test an idea before investing real time building it, iterating on a landing page’s design in minutes, or standing up a simple MVP to show a handful of users before deciding whether it’s worth building for real.
Plans and pricing (2026)
- Free — up to 300K tokens per day (1M per month), hosting included, up to 333K web requests and unlimited databases, with Bolt branding visible on the project.
- Pro (USD 25/mo) — no daily cap, starting at 10M tokens per month with rollover, no Bolt branding, custom domain and more database capacity.
- Teams (USD 30 per member/mo) — everything in Pro plus centralized billing, team-level access control and private NPM registry support.
- Enterprise (custom) — SSO, audit logs, priority support and data governance policies.
Annual billing offers up to 28% off versus paying monthly.
What to know before choosing
The point most flagged by regular users is token consumption: when Bolt has to fix its own bug, it tends to rewrite the whole file instead of applying a targeted change, which burns tokens much faster than the plan’s price suggests. In projects that grow past a simple prototype, it’s not unusual to run through the entire Pro token pool much sooner than expected.
Worth it for prototyping fast and validating ideas — that’s where it performs best, and probably where it has its best cost-to-value ratio. For a project headed to real production, it’s worth budgeting token usage with margin up front, rather than assuming the base plan will cover the whole build.
Pros
- From a prompt to an app running in the browser in minutes, without installing anything on your machine
- The code is downloadable/exportable: the project doesn't depend on staying on the platform to exist
- Deployment and hosting built into the same window where you build
Cons
- To fix its own bugs it tends to rewrite whole files instead of making a targeted change, which burns tokens much faster than expected
- In projects that grow in complexity it's easy to end up spending a lot more than the plan you signed up for