Bolt.new vs Emergent

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

Cheaper paid plan: Emergent — $20/mo vs $25/mo for Bolt.new
Free plan: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Bolt.new — 85 vs 75 for Emergent
Best fit: Bolt.new: Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon · Emergent: Founders and PMs shipping MVPs without an engineering team
Status: Both up at our last check (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

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

EmergentChat-driven agent that builds, hosts and deploys full-stack web and mobile apps from plain-English specs

Side by side

Fact	Bolt.new	Emergent
Category	Vibe Coding & App Generators	Vibe Coding & App Generators
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$25/mo	$20/mo
Trust score	85 / 100	75 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web
Company	StackBlitz, Inc.	Emergentlabs
Last verified	Sep 6, 2026	Sep 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

Emergent

One of the more complete prompt-to-app platforms because it handles hosting, integrations and mobile output, not just frontend scaffolds. Budget for credit burn: agentic builds are metered, and ambitious apps chew through monthly allowances fast.

Pros

Covers web, mobile and deployment in one conversational flow
Code export and GitHub integration on paid plans avoid hard lock-in
Clear tier ladder from free to enterprise with SSO and RBAC
YC-backed with visible momentum and documentation

Cons

Credits are opaque units, so cost per finished app is hard to predict
Young product surface that changes quickly
1M context window and custom agents are gated to the $200 Pro tier

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 Emergent if you need

Founders and PMs shipping MVPs without an engineering team
Quick internal tools and dashboards
Testing product ideas before committing developer time