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Bolt.new vs Capacity

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

Entry price
The same for both — $25/mo
Free plan
Both have one
Higher Trust score
Bolt.new — 85 vs 71 for Capacity
Best fit
Bolt.new: Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon · Capacity: Non-technical founders validating an app idea end to end
Platforms
Bolt.new: Web · Capacity: Web, macOS

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

Bolt.newIn-browser agent that builds and runs web appsCapacityNo-code builder that turns a conversational app description into a deployed web app with logins and payments

Side by side

FactBolt.newCapacity
CategoryVibe Coding & App GeneratorsVibe Coding & App Generators
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$25/mo$25/mo
Trust score85 / 10071 / 100
PlatformsWebWeb, macOS
CompanyStackBlitz, Inc.Capacity
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

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

Capacity

A reasonable on-ramp for non-coders who want a working app with accounts and payments rather than a static prototype, and unused credits never expire. The catch is variable credit burn per AI message, which makes the real cost of iterating hard to predict, and code export is locked behind the $69 tier.

Pros

  • Generates deployed apps with auth, data and payments, not just mockups
  • First app is free to try without a credit card
  • Credits roll over indefinitely, including one-time packs
  • Full codebase export available on Growth and above

Cons

  • Credit consumption per request is variable and opaque
  • Cheapest tier cannot export code or use custom domains
  • Share of the no-code app market is crowded with better-funded rivals

Which one fits

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

Choose Capacity if you need

  • Non-technical founders validating an app idea end to end
  • Simple internal tools that need logins, stored data and payments
  • Builders who prefer paying for stored credits over a metered monthly quota

Bolt.new vs Capacity: the questions people ask

Is Bolt.new cheaper than Capacity?

Both publish the same entry price, $25/mo. The difference is what each plan includes, which the fact table above sets side by side.

Does Bolt.new or Capacity have a free tier?

Both: Bolt.new has a free tier, and Capacity has a free tier.

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