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Bolt.new vs Lovable: build your first app without coding

Bolt.new and Lovable both build a working web app from a plain-language description. You describe what you want, they write the code, and you keep refining by chatting.

Both run in the browser, and both meter AI use with a daily and a monthly allowance: Bolt counts tokens and Lovable counts credits.

As of Oct 25, 2026: the oldest check date among the prices and free plans on this page.

Bolt.new

Free plan
Free: 1M tokens/month with a 300K daily limit, Bolt branding, 10MB upload limit
Usage limits
Free: 1M tokens/mo (300K/day); Pro: from 10M tokens/mo with rollover; Teams: from 10M tokens per member; Enterprise: custom
Pricing
Free $0; Pro $25/mo billed monthly ($18/mo billed annually); Teams $30/member/mo billed monthly ($27 billed annually); Enterprise custom

Lovable

Free plan
Free $0, no card: 5 build credits per day (up to 30/month), 20 Cloud credits/month, up to 5 lovable.app domains
Usage limits
Free: 5 build credits/day (max 30/month); Pro: 100 monthly credits with rollover; Business: 100 monthly credits; Enterprise: volume-based
Pricing
Free $0; Pro $25/mo (100 monthly credits, rollover); Business $50/mo (100 monthly credits, SSO); Enterprise volume-based. Yearly billing gives 2 months free; students up to 50% off Pro

Who should pick which

  • Bolt.new: Pick this if you want to start from a Figma design or an existing GitHub project, not just a prompt.
  • Lovable: Pick this if you want a chat-first builder whose free plan tops up a few build credits every day.

What you hit first on the free plans

  • The daily and monthly allowances are the first wall. Every change you ask for draws on them, and Lovable charges more for bigger changes than for small, focused edits.
  • Bolt says the larger the project, the more tokens each message uses.
  • Connecting your own custom domain is a paid feature on both.

Questions

Do I need to know how to code?
Not to get started. Both build from a description you type in plain language.
Can I take my app elsewhere later?
Yes. Both can connect a project to GitHub, so the code sits in a repository you control.

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