AppIsUp vs Bolt.new

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors.

The short answer

Free plan: Bolt.new has one; AppIsUp prices on request
Higher Trust score: Bolt.new — 85 vs 71 for AppIsUp
Best fit: AppIsUp: Freelance developers who don't want to manage their own hosting · Bolt.new: Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon
Status: Both up at our last check — AppIsUp Sep 1, 2026, Bolt.new Sep 6, 2026

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

AppIsUpCloud coding workspace with Claude Code built in, so a project stays online without server setup.

Bolt.newIn-browser agent that builds and runs web apps

Side by side

Fact	AppIsUp	Bolt.new
Category	Vibe Coding & App Generators	Vibe Coding & App Generators
Pricing model	Contact	Freemium
Starts at	—	$25/mo
Trust score	71 / 100	85 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web
Company	AppIsUp	StackBlitz, Inc.
Launched	2025	—
Last verified	Sep 1, 2026	Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

AppIsUp

AppIsUp's pitch is removing the server-setup step from AI-assisted coding: Claude Code sits inside an always-on cloud workspace that deploys automatically with SSL already configured. The site itself renders almost nothing without JavaScript and publishes no pricing, so most of what's verifiable here comes from third-party write-ups rather than the vendor directly.

Pros

Claude Code is built into the workspace rather than a separate install
Deployment, including SSL setup, happens automatically
Marketed toward several concrete audiences: freelancers, startups, and education

Cons

No pricing information published anywhere, even after multiple attempts to load the site
No founder names or company location disclosed
The site is a JavaScript-heavy app that returns almost no content without running scripts, which limited direct verification

Bolt.new

Bolt is the quickest way to get from a sentence to a running web app you can click, and Bolt Cloud now removes the usual 'where does this deploy' problem for small projects. Treat the token meter as the real price: a complex app burns through the entry allowance fast, and the free tier is for trying the product, not shipping from it.

Pros

Whole toolchain runs in the browser, so there is no environment to set up or keep alive
Starts from a prompt, Figma design, GitHub repo or template, and exports back to GitHub
Bolt Cloud bundles hosting, databases and auth, which most prompt-to-app tools leave to you
Unused Pro tokens roll over, unlike most rivals' monthly allowances

Cons

Token-based pricing is hard to forecast; one long debugging session can eat days of allowance
Free tier is throttled daily (300K tokens) and carries Bolt branding
Yearly discount is advertised without the actual yearly prices on the page
No public API found, so Bolt cannot be driven from a script or CI

Which one fits

Choose AppIsUp if you need

Freelance developers who don't want to manage their own hosting
Small teams building an MVP with an AI coding assistant
Anyone using Claude Code who wants deployment handled automatically

Choose Bolt.new if you need

Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon
Developers scaffolding a front end or internal tool before taking it into their own editor
Teams turning a Figma mock into a working front end without hand-coding the first pass