Pick Bolt if
founders and front-end builders who want a first hosted app in the browser.
Read the Bolt pageBolt vs Lovable
Our take
Pick Bolt if founders and front-end builders who want a first hosted app in the browser. Pick Lovable if founders and PMs who want a first hosted app without hiring a sprint. Skip Bolt if teams that cannot send prompts to StackBlitz, or engineers who need a desktop agent (Cursor) or a local repo. Skip Lovable if teams that cannot send product specs to Lovable, or engineers who need a desktop agent (Cursor).
Bolt
StackBlitz prompt-to-app composer. Free
Best for
Bolt A hosted web app from a sentence
Lovable A web app from a sentence
Free plan
Bolt $0 · /month. 1M tokens/month, 300K daily token limit, public/private projects, Bolt branding on published sites, hosting. No card required
Lovable $0 · 5 build credits/day, capped at 30/month, plus monthly grants of 20 Cloud and 4 AI credits. After the cap, daily grants stop until 00:00 UTC on the 1st
Lowest paid
Bolt Pro $18/mo yearly
Lovable Top-ups $15
Next step up
Bolt
Lovable Pro from $25/mo
Runs where
Bolt Hosted
Lovable Hosted
Watch out
Bolt Free is capped
Lovable Free is a 30-credit monthly bucket
Last checked
Bolt 2026-10-20 · bolt.new/pricing
Lovable 2026-10-19 · docs.lovable.dev/introduction/subscription-plans
Which one, then?
Pick Lovable if
founders and PMs who want a first hosted app without hiring a sprint.
Read the Lovable page