Lovable vs Bolt.new: Full Comparison (2026)

Lovable vs Bolt at a glance (October 2026)

Prices and limits come from each company's official pricing page and help docs, checked on October 24, 2026. Prices are in US dollars before tax.

What Lovable is now

Lovable calls itself an AI software engineer that lets anyone build web apps by chatting. Several things have changed since most comparisons were written.

• →Built-in backend: new projects get Lovable's own backend, called Cloud, with a database, user accounts, file storage, edge functions, scheduled jobs and logs. Lovable says it is built on Supabase's open-source foundation, so you no longer need a separate Supabase account. You can still connect your own Supabase project, and since October 20, 2026, in workspaces where the built-in backend is turned off, Lovable can create one for you.
• →Stack: apps created from May 13, 2026 use TanStack Start, which renders pages on the server so search engines and link previews can read them.
• →Code and Git: two-way Git sync with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket works on every plan, including Free. Editing code inside Lovable and downloading the codebase need a paid plan. Lovable's pricing FAQ says you own your code.
• →Hosting: publishing to a lovable.app address is free on all plans. Custom domains and removing the "Edit with Lovable" badge need a paid plan.
• →Mobile: Lovable has native iOS and Android apps for building from your phone, added to account settings on September 2, 2026. The apps you build are web apps: Lovable has no built-in App Store or Google Play flow and does not generate React Native.
• →Recent launches from the changelog: Claude models for your app's AI features (September 23, 2026), OIDC sign-in for apps on Cloud and automatic tests when you change a rule such as a price or permission (October 16, 2026), and new connectors such as n8n (October 20, 2026).

What Bolt.new is now

Bolt.new is made by StackBlitz. It builds websites, web apps and mobile apps, and runs your project's code in the browser while it builds.

• →Bolt Cloud: hosting, domains and a built-in database live inside Bolt. Bolt creates a database when your project needs one, with no limit on how many, and adds sign-in, file storage and server functions when you ask. So the old claim that Bolt needs manual backend setup is out of date.
• →Supabase: Pro and Teams users can pick Supabase instead of a Bolt database when they start a project, or connect an existing one.
• →Code view: you can open, edit, create and delete files and use a terminal, in Chrome or another Chromium browser. In Safari, Code view is read-only and the terminal is not available.
• →Stack: Bolt supports JavaScript-based web technologies, with Node.js for the backend. Python and PHP backends are not supported.
• →Mobile apps: say "mobile app" in your first prompt and Bolt builds with Expo, so you can preview on your phone with Expo Go and publish to TestFlight, the App Store and Google Play.
• →Agents: Standard is the default and the only agent on Free. Max, for larger and more complex work, needs a paid plan.
• →Recent launches from the release notes: visual edits in the preview (late August to early September 2026), comments you can send to Bolt as a prompt (October 5 to 11, 2026), and more of the workflow on mobile, such as previewing, publishing and restoring versions (October 12 to 18, 2026).

Lovable vs Bolt pricing, explained with a worked example

Both tools start at $25 a month, but they count usage differently, so the same $25 buys different things. All figures are as of October 2026.

• →Lovable credits: a message costs what the task needs. Lovable's own examples are 0.50 credits to make a button gray, 0.90 to remove a footer, 1.20 to add sign-up and login, and 1.70 to build a landing page with three generated images. Plan Mode costs 1 credit per message.
• →Lovable on Pro: you get 100 monthly credits plus 5 daily build credits, which have no monthly cap on Pro (Lovable notes some regional plans cap them at 30 a month). Small apps' hosting is normally covered by the 20 Cloud credits included each month.
• →Worked example, Lovable at $25: in a 30-day month that is up to about 250 credits (100 plus 30 days of 5). At Lovable's example sizes, that is roughly 147 messages if every one is as large as the landing page, or 500 if every one is a small style change.
• →Bolt tokens: Bolt says most token use comes from syncing your project's files to the AI, so a message in a large project costs more than the same message in a small one. Bolt does not publish a per-message figure, so we cannot convert 10M tokens into a message count.
• →Worked example, Bolt at $25: Pro gives 10M tokens a month with no daily cap, and unused tokens roll over for two months. Code you edit by hand in Code view uses no tokens, and visual edits use tokens only when you save them.
• →Worked example, a team of three: on Lovable, one Pro workspace at $25 a month covers all three people, who share its credits. On Bolt, Teams is $27 per member a month billed annually, so $81 a month ($972 a year), and each member gets their own tokens, which are not shared.
• →Going up a tier: Lovable Pro with 200 credits is $50 a month. Bolt's help center lists a $50 monthly Pro plan with 26M tokens and a $100 plan with 55M tokens.
• →Discounts and extras: Lovable gives verified students and teachers 50% off Pro (100 credits, monthly billing) for up to 12 months. Bolt token reloads bought on eligible plans do not expire; Lovable top-up credits last 12 months.

Pick Lovable if

• →You do not code and want a chat-first builder that adds a database, logins and storage without you choosing a provider.
• →Several people will build together and you want one bill: Lovable workspaces allow unlimited members on every plan.
• →Your developers use GitLab or Bitbucket, or want two-way Git sync on a free plan.
• →You want to keep building from your phone in a native iOS or Android app.
• →You want predictable small edits: Lovable shows each message's credit cost, and small changes cost under 1 credit in its examples.

Pick Bolt.new if

• →You want to read and edit the files yourself, with a terminal, in the browser while the AI works.
• →You need a real mobile app in the App Store or Google Play: Bolt builds with Expo; Lovable builds web apps.
• →You want the lowest annual price for one person: as of October 2026, Bolt Pro is $18 a month billed annually, against $21 for Lovable Pro.
• →Your project is JavaScript end to end and you are happy with a Node.js backend.
• →You want to start with a design system: Teams adds design system knowledge, and Bolt says it can build with your existing components.

Pros and cons

How to choose

• →Start on both free plans with the same small idea. Lovable's free plan gives 5 credits a day (up to 30 a month), Bolt's up to 300K tokens a day (1M a month), so one evening shows you how each feels.
• →Decide web or native first. If the app must be in the App Store, that points to Bolt; Lovable projects publish to the web.
• →Count the people. One builder: compare $21 against $18 a month billed annually (October 2026 prices). A team: Lovable's price does not grow with head count, while Bolt Teams costs $27 per member a month billed annually.
• →Check where the code must end up. Both sync to GitHub; only Lovable lists GitLab and Bitbucket.

If neither one fits

If you want the agent, database and hosting in one workspace, read our Replit vs Lovable comparison. If your stack is Next.js on Vercel, see Bolt vs v0 or v0 vs Lovable. For full lists, see Lovable alternatives and Bolt alternatives, or browse our pages on Lovable and the Bolt.new guide. New to all of this? Start with vibe coding tools for beginners compared.

What changed recently, and what we don't know

• →Bolt Forge, an agent that runs on open-source models, ran as a research preview from September 14 to October 14, 2026, included with individual Pro plans. Bolt also announced Bolt Lite, a $9 a month Forge-only plan, with a waitlist. Bolt's Forge help page says Pro plans include Forge only until the preview ends and Lite subscribers keep it afterwards, but that page still described the preview as current on October 24, 2026, so we could not confirm Forge's status now.
• →From November 1, 2026, Link, a payment service built by Stripe, will handle billing for Bolt plans. Bolt says plans and token allowances stay the same.
• →Bolt added a model training setting. It is on by default except for accounts in the EU, UK and Switzerland, and applies to content from October 7, 2026.
• →Bolt's pricing page shows annual prices by default. Its help center confirms the $25 monthly Pro 10M plan; we could not see the monthly Teams price in the page's served HTML, so we list Teams with annual billing only.
• →Bolt does not say which plans include GitHub sync, and neither tool publishes how many messages a typical app takes. Treat our worked examples as ranges, not quotes.
• →Lovable's pricing page says the value of a credit can differ between plans, and Business credits are priced higher than Pro credits.

How this page was put together

We compared Lovable's and Bolt's official pricing pages, help centers, changelogs and release notes on October 24, 2026, and read each company's own comparison page, which we treat as marketing. We also checked what the top-ranking Lovable vs Bolt pages and Google's People Also Ask box cover. We did not build test projects in either tool. Prices change often, so check the linked pricing pages before you pay. Vibe Code Apps is an independent directory.

The two tools compared

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LovableVerified

Pick Lovable for a chat-first builder with a built-in backend, Git sync on every plan and unlimited team members. Free tier; Pro $25 a month (October 2026).

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Bolt.newVerified

Pick Bolt.new to edit code in the browser and build native mobile apps with Expo. Free tier with 1M tokens a month; Pro $25 a month (October 2026).

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