Lovable vs Bolt
Lovable and Bolt side by side: what each one is, verified plan pricing and install commands where we have them, and the full review of each.
Lovable
68K viewsAI app builder - describe what you want, get a deployed full-stack app with React, Supabase, and auth. No coding required. Free tier available.
Bolt
StackBlitz's in-browser AI app builder. Full-stack apps from a prompt - runs Node.js, installs packages, and deploys. No local setup needed.
At a glance
| Field | | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | AI Coding | AI Coding |
| Website | lovable.dev | bolt.new |
| Pricing | Free - $0: daily grant of 5 build credits (up to 30/mo) plus 20 monthly Cloud credits; Pro - $25/mo: 100 monthly credits plus daily build grants, credit rollover, custom domains, unlimited users; Business - $50/mo: 100 monthly credits, team workspace, SSO, workspace publish, role-based access; Enterprise - platform fee with volume-based pricing; Yearly billing gives 2 months free; students get up to 50% off Pro | Free - $0: 300K tokens daily, 1M tokens per month, Standard agent only, Bolt branding; Pro - $25/mo billed monthly: from 10M tokens per month, no daily limit, Standard and Max agents, custom domains, token rollover; Teams - $30/member/mo billed monthly: centralized billing, admin controls, private NPM registries; Enterprise - custom: SSO, audit logs, dedicated account manager, SLAs; Yearly billing saves up to 28% |
| Models | Lovable's docs say the models offered to your app are not the models the Lovable agent uses to write, edit, or reason about your code. AI features inside your app use the built-in AI connector, which starts with GPT-6 Astra for chat and also offers GPT-6 Luna, Gemini, and Claude models when you ask Lovable to switch. | Bolt offers two agents, Standard and Max, and handles model selection itself. The free plan gets Standard only. Users with access to Bolt Forge also see it in the agent picker: an experimental agent on open models (GLM 5.3 Flash and GLM 5.3, with Kimi K3 and DeepSeek v4 Pro as experimental options at its September 2026 launch), whose up-to-50X usage offer on individual Pro plans ran through October 14, 2026. Switch agents from the picker in the chatbox, or set a default in account settings. |
| Last verified | October 25, 2026 | November 3, 2026 |
In Depth
Lovable
Lovable generates complete full-stack applications from natural language descriptions. It creates React frontends, connects Supabase for backend/database, adds authentication, and deploys instantly. You iterate by chatting - 'add a dark mode toggle' or 'connect Stripe payments.' It's the fastest path from idea to working MVP I've tested. My Lovable video hit 68,000 views. It's genuinely impressive for prototyping - I've seen people ship real products with it in hours.
Bolt
Bolt is StackBlitz's AI-powered web app builder. It runs entirely in the browser using WebContainers - no local environment needed. Describe what you want and Bolt generates a full-stack application, installs npm packages, runs the dev server, and lets you iterate by chatting. It supports React, Next.js, Vue, and other frameworks. Unlike Lovable, Bolt gives you full access to the code and terminal in-browser. It competes directly with Lovable and v0 in the 'prompt-to-app' category. The main advantage is zero setup - everything runs in your browser tab.
FAQ
Answers taken from each tool's verified fact sheet, with the date it was last checked.
How much does Lovable cost?
As of October 25, 2026: Free - $0: daily grant of 5 build credits (up to 30/mo) plus 20 monthly Cloud credits; Pro - $25/mo: 100 monthly credits plus daily build grants, credit rollover, custom domains, unlimited users; Business - $50/mo: 100 monthly credits, team workspace, SSO, workspace publish, role-based access; Enterprise - platform fee with volume-based pricing; Yearly billing gives 2 months free; students get up to 50% off Pro. Source: Lovable pricing, Lovable changelog, Built-in AI connector models, Lovable desktop app.
Which models does Lovable use?
As of October 25, 2026: Lovable's docs say the models offered to your app are not the models the Lovable agent uses to write, edit, or reason about your code. AI features inside your app use the built-in AI connector, which starts with GPT-6 Astra for chat and also offers GPT-6 Luna, Gemini, and Claude models when you ask Lovable to switch.
How much does Bolt cost?
As of November 3, 2026: Free - $0: 300K tokens daily, 1M tokens per month, Standard agent only, Bolt branding; Pro - $25/mo billed monthly: from 10M tokens per month, no daily limit, Standard and Max agents, custom domains, token rollover; Teams - $30/member/mo billed monthly: centralized billing, admin controls, private NPM registries; Enterprise - custom: SSO, audit logs, dedicated account manager, SLAs; Yearly billing saves up to 28%. Source: Bolt pricing, Bolt Help Center: Choose an agent, Bolt release notes, What is Bolt Forge?, Bolt.new acquires Dokai.
Which models does Bolt use?
As of November 3, 2026: Bolt offers two agents, Standard and Max, and handles model selection itself. The free plan gets Standard only. Users with access to Bolt Forge also see it in the agent picker: an experimental agent on open models (GLM 5.3 Flash and GLM 5.3, with Kimi K3 and DeepSeek v4 Pro as experimental options at its September 2026 launch), whose up-to-50X usage offer on individual Pro plans ran through October 14, 2026. Switch agents from the picker in the chatbox, or set a default in account settings.
