Bolt.new vs Shipper.now

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: Bolt.new from $25/mo, Shipper.now from $25/seat/mo — different billing units, so no direct winner
Free plan: Both have one
Best fit: Bolt.new: Founders and designers who want a clickable prototype or landing page the same afternoon · Shipper.now: Non-developers who want a working app rather than a clickable prototype
Trust score: About even — Bolt.new 85, Shipper.now 84
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

Shipper.nowDescribe an app in chat and it builds, hosts and launches the web, mobile or storefront version

Side by side

Fact	Bolt.new	Shipper.now
Category	Vibe Coding & App Generators	Vibe Coding & App Generators
Pricing model	Freemium	Freemium
Starts at	$25/mo	$25/seat/mo
Trust score	85 / 100	84 / 100
Platforms	Web	Web
Company	StackBlitz, Inc.	CHGROUP - FZCO
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

Shipper.now

Shipper reaches wider than most chat-to-app builders — web, native mobile, storefronts and messaging bots from the same conversation, with hosting bundled and the output yours to keep. Credit allowances are generous for $25. Two things deserve a second look: the two paid tiers cost the same and differ only in credits, and the contracting entity is a Dubai free-zone company under UAE law, which matters if you are putting a business on it.

Pros

Builds web apps, iOS and Android apps, stores and messaging bots from the same chat
Hosting is included on paid plans rather than billed separately
You keep ownership of the projects you build
Free tier works without a card at 5 credits a day
Can convert an existing website into a mobile app project

Cons

Everything is metered in credits with no stated mapping to real work
Pro and Shipper MAX are both $25 per user and differ mainly in credit allowance
Free-tier projects are public
Registered in a Dubai free zone under UAE governing law
No public API and no self-hosting option

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 Shipper.now if you need

Non-developers who want a working app rather than a clickable prototype
Small businesses wanting a site and a mobile app from one place
Anyone building a WhatsApp or Telegram bot without standing up a backend