Bolt.new vs Replit

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: Replit — $20/mo vs $25/mo for Bolt.new
Free plan: Both have one
Higher Trust score: Replit — 93 vs 85 for Bolt.new
Best fit: Bolt.new: Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon · Replit: Non-engineers turning an idea into a deployed, hosted application
Platforms: Bolt.new: Web · Replit: Web, iOS, Android

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

ReplitBrowser workspace where an agent builds and ships apps

Side by side

Fact	Bolt.new	Replit
Category	Vibe Coding & App Generators	AI Code Editors & IDEs
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$25/mo	$20/mo
Trust score	85 / 100	93 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web, iOS, Android
Company	StackBlitz, Inc.	Replit, Inc.
Launched	—	2016
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

Replit

The most complete build-and-ship-from-a-browser setup available, but the pricing model shifted underneath it — you are buying a credit balance, and the agent decides how fast it drains.

Pros

Agent, database, hosting and deploy live in one account with no local install
The free Starter tier still allows a published project
Credits carry a stated dollar value, so overage arithmetic is at least legible
$20/month entry price is low for everything bundled in

Cons

Effort-based overage makes the bill unknowable in advance
The included $25 of credits on Core goes quickly on agent-heavy work
Monthly billing is priced above the annual rate on every tier
No public API for driving the agent programmatically

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 Replit if you need

Non-engineers turning an idea into a deployed, hosted application
Developers prototyping without touching any local setup
Classrooms and workshops where nothing can be installed