Bolt.new - Tool details — Yiding Huiziyou

EDITOR NOTE · Editorial advice, based on public sources

Bolt.new turns a clearly scoped flow into a runnable, deployable web app through natural language. It connects code generation, databases, hosting, and domains, but tokens track project-file syncing, so larger projects cost more per iteration and a working prototype is not production safety.

Checked: 2026-10-12 · Official site material

Best for

MVPs, marketing sites, internal tools, early apps with auth and databases, and prototypes that need an immediate shareable URL.

Not for

Fine-grained refactoring of large mature repos, long-term work needing perfectly predictable cost, or critical data systems deployed without security review.

Key capabilities

Natural-language full-stack generation

Official material says Bolt can generate React, Vite, Tailwind, and Node.js apps with responsive UI, authentication, databases, backend functions, and version history.[4][2]

Integrated Bolt Cloud publishing

Bolt Cloud provides databases, hosting, domains, environment variables, and secrets. All plans can publish to a free bolt.host subdomain; paid plans can connect custom domains.[2][5]

Token-based iteration

Bolt says most tokens are used to sync the project's file system to the AI. Larger projects read and sync more per message, so prompt design and staged development directly affect spend.[1][3]

Pricing and free allowance

Free: USD 0/month; 300K tokens/day and 1M/month; 10MB uploads, bolt.host hosting, up to about 333K web requests, and Bolt branding.[1]

Pro: USD 25/month; annual page says up to 28% savings, with exact monthly equivalent at checkout; No daily token cap, starting at 10M/month; 100MB uploads, no branding, custom domains, SEO, up to 1M web requests, and one-month token rollover.[1][3]

Teams: USD 30/member/month; Enterprise custom; Adds centralized billing, member access, admin controls, organization sharing, private NPM registries, and Design System prompts. Each paid member has an individual token allotment, not a shared pool.[1]

Plan	Cost	Includes and terms
Free	USD 0/month	300K tokens/day and 1M/month; 10MB uploads, bolt.host hosting, up to about 333K web requests, and Bolt branding.[1]
Pro	USD 25/month; annual page says up to 28% savings, with exact monthly equivalent at checkout	No daily token cap, starting at 10M/month; 100MB uploads, no branding, custom domains, SEO, up to 1M web requests, and one-month token rollover.[1][3]
Teams	USD 30/member/month; Enterprise custom	Adds centralized billing, member access, admin controls, organization sharing, private NPM registries, and Design System prompts. Each paid member has an individual token allotment, not a shared pool.[1]

Limitations to watch

Larger projects consume faster

Each message may sync project files; putting every feature into one project materially increases token use.[1][3]

Allowances and rollover have conditions

Free usage has daily and monthly caps; paid tokens roll over for only one month while the subscription remains active, and free tokens do not roll over.[1][3]

Engineering review is still required

Bolt generates and hosts the app, but auth, database rules, secrets, dependencies, backups, and access still require human review.[2][6]

Editorial workflow: how to try it

Describe one user flow

Describe pages, inputs, outputs, and success criteria without asking for ten modules in the first prompt.

Lock structure in stages

Generate the static flow first, then data and auth, and finally payments or external APIs; preview and record tokens at each stage.

Run a prelaunch security checklist

Check environment variables, database permissions, error handling, mobile layout, domain, backups, and dependencies before sharing the public URL.

When is it worth paying?

Free is enough for a small landing page. Upgrade to Pro when daily limits, branding, custom domains, or database capacity block work; buy Teams only for real multi-user governance and design-system needs.

Alternatives in this library

Cursor

Choose Cursor for an existing repo with controlled diffs, tests, and a local IDE; choose Bolt.new for fast greenfield product validation.

ChatGPT

ChatGPT is lighter for requirements and code snippets without hosting; choose Bolt when a runnable site is the goal.

Sources

[1]Plans & pricing: Bolt's AI powered website and app builder2026-10-12
[2]Introduction to Bolt2026-10-12
[3]Tokens2026-10-12
[4]Build Your App with AI in Minutes2026-10-12
[5]Get started with Bolt2026-10-12
[6]Solutions2026-10-12

Research note: Read Bolt's pricing, help, Tokens, getting-started, and product pages. The current page shows Free $0, Pro $25, and Teams $30; older search snippets contain different tiers and free caps, so the current page is used and rollover/annual discount details remain checkout-dependent.