Bolt.new

About

Bolt.new (usually just called Bolt) is a browser-based AI builder: you describe a website, web app, prototype or slide deck in chat, and Bolt writes the code, runs it in a live preview and can publish it with hosting, databases and sign-in included. As of October 2026 it has a free plan, Pro at $25 a month (or $18 a month billed annually), Teams at $30 per member a month (or $27 billed annually) and custom-priced Enterprise. It is one of the main tools compared on our Bolt alternatives and Bolt vs v0 pages. What Bolt does • Chat to build: the start screen asks "What will you build today?" and offers Website, Slides, App and Prototype starting points. You can also start from a Figma file, a GitHub repository or a team template. • Plan or build: a Plan option sits next to Build now, so you can agree on an approach before code is written. • Bolt Agent: Bolt says it routes each task to a suitable model to balance quality and cost. The Standard agent is available to all users and the Max agent is listed as Pro only. • Bolt Cloud: built-in backend infrastructure that Bolt describes as hosting, databases, user management and authentication, SEO features and hosting with analytics and custom domains, without separate accounts. • Design systems: Bolt says you can build on your own design system so new projects stay on brand. Teams plans add design system knowledge with per-package prompts. • Connectors and MCPs: available from the Pro plan up, for linking apps and the agent to outside services. Pricing (as of October 2026) All prices are in US dollars and Bolt adds applicable taxes. Yearly billing saves up to 28% according to the pricing page. • Free: $0. 1M tokens a month with a 300K daily token limit, public and private projects, Bolt branding on websites, unlimited databases, website hosting, 10MB file uploads, 333K web requests a month and community support. No credit card needed. • Pro: $25 a month billed monthly, or $18 a month billed annually ($216 a year). Starts at 10M tokens a month, unused tokens roll over, no daily token limit, your own domain with no Bolt branding, expanded database capacity, a choice of database provider, the newest AI models, connectors and MCPs, SEO boosting for published sites, 100MB file uploads, 1M web requests a month and email support. • Teams: $30 per member a month billed monthly, or $27 per member a month billed annually ($324 a year per member). Everything in Pro plus centralized billing, team level access management, granular admin controls and user provisioning, sharing across your organization, team templates, private NPM registries, design system knowledge, single sign-on (SSO) and priority support. Tokens start at 10M per member. • Enterprise: custom annual contract, billed by consumption. Adds SOC 2 Type II, SSO and data governance, unlimited tokens priced by consumption, dedicated infrastructure and an account manager, audit logs, data retention policies, advanced security reviews, flexible procurement and MSA, and 24/7 support. How tokens work Bolt meters AI use in tokens. Its pricing FAQ says most token usage comes from syncing your project's file system to the AI, so the larger the project, the more tokens each message uses. Unused tokens roll over on paid plans; on the free plan they do not. Recent launches • Prompt queueing (27 August 2026): you can type your next prompt while a build is running and it runs in order when the current one finishes. Any queued prompt can be reordered, your own prompts can be edited or deleted, the whole queue can be paused, teammates on a project see the same queue, and each queued prompt remembers which agent you picked. Bolt says it is live in every project. • Bolt for Teams upgrade (18 February 2026): team templates, security scans that flag issues such as missing Row-Level Security policies with an "Ask Bolt to fix" button, connecting an existing database, admin deploy controls and model persistence. • New models (February 2026): Bolt announced Claude Opus 4.6 (3 February) and Claude Sonnet 4.6 (17 February) in the editor. • Figma frames into existing projects (30 January 2026): import Figma frames at any stage of a project, not just at the start. • Bolt v2 (October 2025): Bolt's blog says v2 was released on 1 October 2025, launching with Claude Agent and switching between leading AI agents, plus managed infrastructure for databases, hosting, authentication, payments and SEO. Bolt first went live in October 2024. Who it suits • Founders and small businesses who want a working site or app without hiring a developer, starting on the free plan. • Product managers and designers turning an idea or a Figma frame into a clickable prototype to share. • Marketers building campaign and landing pages with hosting and SEO included. • Agencies and teams that need shared templates, admin controls and SSO (Teams plan). • Developers who want to start from an existing GitHub repository and work in the browser rather than a local setup. Limitations to know • The free plan has a 300K daily token cap, 1M tokens a month, Bolt branding on published sites and no custom domain. • Token use grows with project size, so large projects use up a plan faster. • The Max agent, connectors and MCPs, and access to the newest models need Pro or above. • Audit logs, SOC 2 and ISO 27001 coverage, and dedicated infrastructure are Enterprise only. • "98% fewer errors" and handling projects "1,000 times larger than before" are Bolt's own marketing figures, not independent measurements. FAQs What is Bolt.new? Bolt.new is an AI builder for websites, apps, prototypes and slides. You chat with it in the browser, it writes and runs the code, and Bolt Cloud can host the result with a database and sign-in. How much does Bolt.new cost? As of October 2026: Free at $0, Pro at $25 a month (or $18 a month billed annually), Teams at $30 per member a month (or $27 billed annually) and Enterprise on a custom contract. Taxes are added. Is there a free version of Bolt.new? Yes. The free plan includes 1M tokens a month with a 300K daily limit, public and private projects, unlimited databases and website hosting, with Bolt branding on published sites. Do Bolt tokens roll over? On Pro, Teams and Enterprise, unused tokens roll over. On the free plan they do not. Can I use my own domain? Custom domains, removing Bolt branding and private sharing start on the Pro plan. Can teams use Bolt together? Yes. Prompt queues are shared live on a project, and the Teams plan adds centralized billing, access management, team templates, SSO and private NPM registries. What we could not verify • The pricing page lists "Starts at 10M" tokens for Pro and Teams but does not publish the larger token tiers. • Bolt's homepage lists customer logos; we did not find usage figures for those companies on the official site. How this listing was put together This listing is based on Bolt's own pricing page, homepage and product blog posts. Facts verified on 24 October 2026. Sources • Bolt.new homepage • Bolt.new pricing • Bolt changelog posts • Prompt queueing announcement • Bolt for Teams update, February 2026 • Introducing Bolt v2, October 2025