Comparison
Replit vs Bolt
Replit Agent is a cloud workspace with an agent. Bolt.new is a browser builder metered in tokens. Both have a free publish path with a ceiling. Neither has a hands-on result here.
Answer
Replit Starter is free and includes one published app that expires after 30 days. Core is $20 a month, or $18 billed annually. Bolt Free includes hosting inside a token cap, and Pro starts at $25 a month for 10 million tokens. Replit is closer to a full cloud IDE. Bolt is closer to a prompt-to-site builder. This site has not shipped the same app on both.
Side by side
| Replit Agent | Bolt.new | |
|---|---|---|
| Shape | Cloud IDE plus Agent, with Free, Power, and Max modes. | Browser builder. Plans are Free, Pro, Teams, and Enterprise, plus a closed Lite signup. |
| Free publish | One app, taken down after 30 days, with a Made with Replit badge. | Hosting is listed on Free, with Bolt branding, 1 million tokens a month, and a 300,000 daily cap. |
| Entry paid price | Core at $20 a month, or $18 a month billed annually. | Pro at $25 a month for the 10 million token tier. |
| How extra AI is billed | Free Mode is inside the allowance. Power and Max are effort-based and require confirmation. | Tokens. Paid tokens roll over for one extra month. A larger project uses more tokens per message. |
| Collaborators on the entry paid plan | Up to 5 on Core. | Teams is a separate plan at $30 per member, and tokens are not shared. |
| Database | Publishing and databases draw on plan credits. Starter includes limited monthly cloud credits. | Unlimited Bolt databases on Free. The billing help says a Supabase database requires Pro or Teams. |
| Lab result | None. | None. |
Fit by use case
| Use case | Closer public fit | Why, from the docs |
|---|---|---|
| Stay in a browser and publish something today | either | Both free plans can put a project on a URL. Replit's free URL expires in 30 days. Bolt's free URL keeps Bolt branding and a token cap. |
| A cloud IDE you keep editing by hand | Replit Agent | Replit's docs describe a workspace, Lite build, and a full editor. Bolt's pricing page leads with the AI builder. |
| A token budget you can read on one pricing card | Bolt.new | Bolt prints 1 million and 10 million token allotments. Replit's Starter page describes daily credits without printing the count. |
| A measured winner | neither | No shared task has been run. |
Agent mode names on Replit changed. The help center says Economy is now Power, and the old Power mode is now Max. If a screenshot uses the old names, use the current help page before you compare a bill.
Questions
Which free URL lasts?
Replit's docs say the one free published app goes down after 30 days and can be republished. Bolt's pricing page lists website hosting on Free and does not describe a 30-day takedown on the text checked here.
Which one won a build test?
Neither. There is no hands-on log.