Bolt.new vs Lovable
Our verdict
Pricing is identical at the Pro tier ($25/mo each). Lovable charges by credits, Bolt by tokens — for typical apps they shake out roughly even. Pick Lovable for ambitious non-developers; pick Bolt if you want code you can audit.
Bolt.new vs Lovable side by side
| Feature | Bolt.new | Lovable |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Freemium · Free (1M tokens/mo) / Pro $25/mo / Pro+ $50/mo (26M tokens) / Teams $30/user/mo | Freemium · Free (5 credits/day, 150/mo) / Pro $25/mo (100 credits) / Business $50/mo / Enterprise custom |
| Best for | Engineers and indie hackers who want to inspect and edit code, not just prompts. | Non-engineers shipping production apps with auth + payments + database needs. |
| Target audience | Developers and indie hackers who want a real Node.js/Vite environment in the browser plus an AI agent that can actually run the code it writes. | Founders, PMs, and designers shipping real apps without writing every line — plus engineers using it for fast prototyping. Enterprise users include Klarna, Uber, Zendesk. |
| Primary category | Low-Code/No-Code | Low-Code/No-Code |
Where Bolt.new wins
- Bolt.new is the developer-facing option: real Node.js + Vite environment in the browser, transparent file tree, in-tab terminal.
- Best for: Engineers and indie hackers who want to inspect and edit code, not just prompts.
Where Lovable wins
- Lovable is the designer/PM-facing option: visual edit clicks, deeper Supabase + Stripe integration out of the box, and Agent Mode that proactively debugs across files.
- Best for: Non-engineers shipping production apps with auth + payments + database needs.
Which one should you pick?
These two define the modern vibe-coding category but optimize for different users. Bolt.new feels like StackBlitz with an agent — you can drop down to bash, install any npm package, and edit any file directly. Lovable feels like a design tool — Visual Edits let you click an element to restyle it without writing a prompt.
Lovable's Agent Mode is the most mature in the category for autonomous multi-file changes; if you give it a vague-but-coherent task it actually executes it. Bolt's v2 agent is close, especially after the Opus 4.6 upgrade.