Overview
Bolt.new, made by StackBlitz, is an AI builder that creates websites, apps and prototypes from chat prompts. Its Bolt Cloud backend includes hosting, databases, user authentication and custom domains, and projects can start from Figma designs or GitHub repositories. It is aimed at founders, designers and teams who want to build without setting up infrastructure.
Label: Vendor-described — Captured from the vendor's own materials. Not independently verified.
Best for
- Founders and marketers prototyping web apps, landing pages and MVPs from a prompt
- Small teams that want hosting, database and auth bundled with the AI builder
Key features
- Builds websites and apps from a text prompt in the browser
- Bolt Cloud hosting, database, auth and custom domains
- Import from Figma or GitHub
- Automatic model routing and self-checking of generated code
- Production-ready templates (dashboards, storefronts, portfolios)
What it does
- Build apps and websites from chat prompts
- Automatic error testing and fixing
- Built-in hosting, databases and authentication (Bolt Cloud)
- Custom domains and SEO settings on paid plans
- Import from Figma or GitHub
- Build with your own design system
Use cases
- Build a simple app, client portal or internal tool without coding — Builds apps from chat with automatic error fixing and built-in hosting, databases and auth.
Drawbacks & cautions
- Free plan limited to 300K tokens/day and 1M tokens/month
- Free plan sites show Bolt branding
- Usage is token-based, so heavy projects may need more tokens
What users say
Product Hunt and G2 reviewers rate Bolt.new well for quick prototypes and easy in-browser deployment. Trustpilot is much more negative, with heavy complaints about token costs, error loops on bigger projects, and support and billing problems.
What people like
- Very fast from prompt to a working prototype, landing page or demo app producthunt.com, uk.trustpilot.com
- Runs fully in the browser with nothing to install, and deploys in a couple of clicks producthunt.com
- Clean interface, and the generated front-end designs look polished producthunt.com, uk.trustpilot.com
Common complaints
- Token use is high and hard to predict; the agent can burn credits looping on its own errors uk.trustpilot.com, producthunt.com
- Bugs, crashes and error loops get worse as projects grow more complex uk.trustpilot.com, producthunt.com
- Support is slow or hard to reach, including on refunds and billing disputes uk.trustpilot.com, producthunt.com
- GitHub connection, code export and deployment issues come up repeatedly uk.trustpilot.com, producthunt.com
Scores are shown as each site published them on the date checked. They come from those sites' reviewers, not from us, and they never affect our rankings. Ratings based on fewer than 10 reviews are left out. The summaries are our own words, gathered Oct 22, 2026; follow the links to read the reviews.
Alternatives
- Lovable — Build full-stack web apps, sites and internal tools by describing them in plain language
- Replit — AI agent that builds, hosts and publishes apps and websites from plain-language prompts
- v0 — Generate web apps and UI from prompts and deploy them to Vercel
Evidence
| Fact | Label | Source | Observed |
|---|---|---|---|
| integrations | Vendor-described | support.bolt.new | Oct 17, 2026 |
| overview | Vendor-described | bolt.new | Oct 17, 2026 |
| pricing | Vendor-described | bolt.new | Oct 17, 2026 |
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