Checked 16 October 2026
Lovable vs Bolt
Both build full apps from a chat box in your browser. Both have a Pro plan at $25 a month. The real difference is how they count usage: Lovable charges credits per message, Bolt counts tokens. That changes which one runs out first.
This page compares what they publish. Build results, where I give both the same spec and time it, aren't done yet.
| Lovable | Bolt | |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | 5 credits/day, max 30/month | 300K tokens/day, 1M/month |
| Cheapest paid | Pro, $25/mo for 100 credits + 5/day | Pro, $25/mo from 10M tokens |
| How usage is counted | Credits per message, based on how complex the change is | Tokens. Most go to syncing your project files, so bigger projects cost more per message |
| Unused allowance | Monthly credits expire 2 months after they're issued | Paid tokens roll over for one extra month |
| Extra usage | $15 per 50 credits on Pro | Buy more tokens |
| Hosting on free | lovable.app address, 20 Cloud credits/month | Hosting up to 333K web requests, Bolt branding |
| Custom domain | Pro | Pro |
| Database | Lovable Cloud (Supabase underneath) | Unlimited databases, choice of provider on Pro |
| Teams | Unlimited members, shared credits | $30/user/mo, tokens per member, not shared |
What I'd pick today
For a small app you want to finish without paying, try Bolt's free plan first. 1M tokens a month is more room than 30 credits, as long as the project stays small. Once a project gets big, each Bolt message costs more tokens, and Lovable's per-message credits get easier to predict.
That's a reading of the pricing pages, not a test result. I'll update this when the habit tracker build is done.
The catch
Lovable: 30 credits a month. Lovable's own examples put a small edit at 0.5 credits and adding login at 1.2, so that's a small app, not a big one.
Bolt: Bolt says most tokens go to syncing your project files to the AI, so the bigger the project, the faster 1M runs out. Free sites carry Bolt branding.
The Bolt link is an affiliate link. The Lovable one isn't. Disclosure
More: all six free plans · every paid plan
Sources
Checked 16 October 2026. Vendors change these often. If something's out of date, tell me.
- Lovable: lovable.dev/pricing and docs.lovable.dev
- Bolt: bolt.new/pricing