Bolt.new Pricing (2026): Plans, Tokens and Real Costs

Prices exclude applicable taxes, as the official page notes.

How Bolt.new pricing actually works

Bolt's billing unit is the AI token. A token is a small chunk of text, roughly part of a word. You spend tokens on what you send to the model and on what it writes back. The detail most people miss is in Bolt's own FAQ: most token usage comes from syncing your project's file system to the AI. Your short prompt is a tiny part of each request. The whole project context travels with it.

That gives you one rule to remember: the larger the project, the more tokens each message costs. A fresh landing page might burn very little per change. A 60-file app with a database layer can burn many times more for the same one-line request, because Bolt has to show the model far more code.

What eats tokens fastest

• Growing codebases. Every new file and dependency adds to the context sent with each message.
• Retry loops. "Fix the error" with no detail often leads to several failed attempts, each one paying the full context cost again.
• Vague, broad prompts. "Make it look better" invites rewrites across many files.
• Large file uploads. Pro raises the upload limit to 100MB , which is useful, but big assets still add to the work.

What happens when you hit the cap

On Free, a daily token limit applies on top of the monthly allowance, so you can be paused for the day even with monthly tokens left. On paid plans the official comparison lists no daily limit , and unused tokens roll over to the next month. When paid tokens run out you can upgrade to a larger token tier or wait for the reset. Check the official page for current top-up options and whether rolled-over tokens expire, since those rules change.

What a real project costs

These are illustrative estimates based on published plan limits, not measured averages. Your token burn depends on project size and prompt style.

Scenario A: weekend landing page. A one-page marketing site with a form and a few sections is small, so per-message token cost stays low. Use the Free plan's 1M monthly tokens to test whether this workload fits; completion is not guaranteed. The catch: Free sites carry Bolt branding and no custom domain. If you need your own domain, the cost is one month of Pro, $25 , with paid features subject to the subscription remaining active.

Scenario B: MVP with auth and a database over a month. Sign-up, login, a dashboard and a few data tables push the project past the "small" stage quickly, and every later message gets more expensive. Plan on Pro at $25/month with its 10M starting allowance . If you burn through it in week three, the choice is a larger Pro token tier or a pause. Budget for one tier up as a safety margin rather than assuming the base allowance covers a full MVP.

Scenario C: three-person internal tools team. Three members on Teams cost 3 × $30 = $90/month . You get centralized billing, team access controls and private NPM registry support. If your team mostly prototypes and does not need admin controls, three separate Pro accounts at 3 × $25 = $75/month is cheaper but harder to manage.

Free plan: what you get and the real limits

Bolt's Free plan is "free forever, no card required" and includes, per the official page :

• 1M tokens per month with a 300K daily cap
• Public and private projects
• Unlimited databases and website hosting
• Bolt branding on published websites
• 10MB file upload limit

The real limits are the daily cap and the branding. The daily cap means a long Saturday session can stop mid-feature. Branding and the lack of custom domains make Free fine for testing and poor for anything client-facing. Free also lacks access to the newest models, connectors and MCPs .

Hidden or extra costs

• Token tier upgrades. The Pro price is a starting point. Heavy projects can push you to a higher token tier, which costs more per month.
• Custom domain registration. Pro lets you connect your own domain, but buying the domain itself is a separate cost from a registrar.
• Database growth. Pro adds "expanded database capacity" and a choice of database provider. If you pick an outside provider, its billing is separate from Bolt.
• Extra seats. Teams is per member, so each new teammate adds a full seat cost.
• Taxes. Listed prices exclude tax, so your invoice can be higher depending on where you live.

Is Bolt.new worth it? Who should pay, who should not

Pay for Bolt Pro if you want an in-browser full-stack builder, you are comfortable reading the code it writes, and you plan to ship something with your own domain. Paid token rollover can help with bursts of work, but lasts only one additional month and requires an active subscription.

Skip it or stay on Free if you only need a static page once, or if your project is already large and you iterate constantly. Large projects make every message expensive, and token math gets harder to predict than a per-message credit model.

Consider Teams only if you need shared billing and access controls. For two people just experimenting, two Pro accounts are simpler.

Bolt.new vs alternatives on price

On sticker price, Bolt Pro and Lovable Pro sit at the same entry point , while v0 charges per user and Replit starts lower. The real difference is the billing unit. Bolt's cost per message rises as your project grows. Lovable publishes example credit costs per message type, which makes simple edits easier to predict.

For features, speed and code quality rather than price, read our full Lovable vs Bolt vs v0 comparison or browse the wider list of Lovable alternatives.

How to save money on Bolt.new

1. Use annual billing once you are sure. The official page advertises savings of up to 28% on yearly plans . Commit only after a month on monthly billing proves you will keep using it.
2. Keep projects lean. Delete unused components, sample data and abandoned pages. Smaller file trees mean cheaper messages.
3. Split big apps. Prototype risky features in a separate small project, then port the working code. You pay small-project rates while experimenting.
4. Prototype on Free, launch on Pro. Build the rough version under the free allowance and upgrade only when you need a domain or more capacity.
5. Downgrade between projects. Rollover helps, but if you have nothing planned for two months, Free costs nothing.

Prompts that cut Bolt token burn

Better prompts mean fewer retries, and every avoided retry saves a full context sync. Try these:

1. Scope lock prompt

Only edit src/components/PricingCard.tsx. Do not touch any other file.
Change the button color to #1F6FEB and make the plan name bold.
Reply with a one-line summary of what changed.

2. Error fix with evidence

The build fails with this exact error: [paste error].
It started after the last change to src/lib/auth.ts.
Find the cause in that file only and propose the smallest fix.
Do not refactor anything else.

3. Plan before build

Before writing code, list the files you would create or change to add
a password reset flow, with one sentence per file. Wait for my OK.

The third prompt creates a review point before implementation. Planning can still use tokens; its cost is not a fixed cheap-message rate. For more ready-made builder prompts, see our Lovable AI prompts library, most of which adapt directly to Bolt.

FAQ

How much does Bolt.new cost?

Bolt.new is free to start. Pro costs $25/month billed monthly, Teams costs $30 per member per month , and Enterprise is a custom annual contract. Yearly billing is cheaper. Taxes are extra.

Is Bolt.new free?

Yes. The Free plan needs no credit card and includes 1M tokens a month with a 300K daily limit , hosting, and unlimited databases. Published sites show Bolt branding and cannot use a custom domain.

How many tokens do you get on Bolt Pro?

Pro starts at 10M tokens per month , with higher token tiers available at higher prices. There is no daily token limit on Pro .

What happens when you run out of Bolt tokens?

On Free you wait for the daily or monthly reset. On paid plans you can move to a larger token tier or wait for your monthly refill. Check the official page for current top-up options.

Do unused Bolt tokens roll over?

On paid plans, yes. The official comparison lists token rollover as included for Pro, Teams and Enterprise, and not included for Free . Subscription tokens carry forward for one additional month, with an active paid subscription required.

Why does Bolt use so many tokens on a small change?

Because Bolt sends your project's files to the AI with each message. A tiny edit in a large project still carries the whole context. Scoped prompts and lean projects reduce this.

Ready to compare?

Want a builder with predictable pricing? Try Lovable and see how its per-message credits compare with Bolt tokens on your own project. Prefer Bolt's in-browser workflow? Start on the official Bolt pricing page.