Bolt.new vs Rork: comparing two AI app builders
Bolt.new vs Rork is a common comparison for anyone weighing AI tools that turn a text prompt into a working application. Bolt.new is built for browser-based web and app projects. Rork is built as a chat-driven mobile app generator. Both charge for usage past a free tier, but they differ in what they output, how they price access, and who they’re built for.
This comparison covers what each tool does, the verified pricing on record for each, and where a production-focused platform like Sticklight fits alongside them.
- Bolt.new is a browser-based AI tool that generates, previews, and hosts websites and applications from prompts, billed on a token-based usage model.
- Rork is a conversational, chat-driven platform for generating and publishing mobile and web apps, marketed to non-technical users and app founders, and it ships apps to the App Store.
- Bolt.new’s paid tiers start at $25 per month (Pro) and $30 per member per month (Teams). Rork’s paid tiers start at $20 per month for Rork Pro’s 100-credit level.
- Both tools offer a $0 free tier with usage limits. Bolt.new meters by tokens, Rork by credits.
- Sticklight is a vibe-coding platform built by the Elementor team, powered by Claude, that generates production-ready websites, apps, dashboards, CMS, and internal tools from a prompt and publishes them, additive to an existing WordPress or Elementor stack.
- Neither Bolt.new nor Rork publishes backend or data-model details on their official pricing pages.
What Bolt.new is
Bolt.new is a browser-based AI tool. You prompt it, and it generates, previews, and hosts websites and applications from that prompt, using a token-based usage model. The free tier runs on 300K tokens per day and 1M tokens per month, carries Bolt branding, and caps file uploads at 10MB. Paid access starts with the Pro plan at $25 per month, which includes 10M tokens per month, removes the daily token limit, and lets unused tokens roll over. A Teams plan runs $30 per member per month and adds centralized billing, team-level access management, and a private NPM registry. Enterprise pricing is custom and adds SSO and audit logs. Bolt.new doesn’t specify its backend or data model on its pricing page.
What Rork is
Rork is a conversational, AI-chat-driven platform for generating and publishing mobile and web apps, marketed to non-technical users and app founders. Its free plan is $0 per month. Rork Pro starts at $20 per month for 100 credits and scales up to $100 per month for 500 credits. Rork Max starts at $200 per month for 1,000 credits and scales up to $1,800 per month for 10,000 credits, with a higher-tier AI model option available at that level. Usage beyond 10,000 credits a month, or enterprise terms, moves to custom pricing. Rork ships generated apps to the App Store and offers a mobile app so you can build from a phone. Rork doesn’t detail its backend on its official pages; app generation is chat-driven and output ships to app stores.
Bolt.new vs Rork at a glance
| Dimension | Bolt.new | Rork | Sticklight |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Browser-based AI tool for generating, previewing, and hosting apps from prompts | Chat-driven platform for generating and publishing mobile and web apps | Vibe-coding platform for prompt-to-production websites, apps, dashboards, CMS, and internal tools |
| Output | Websites and applications, previewed in browser | Mobile and web apps, shipped to the App Store | Production-ready websites, apps, dashboards, CMS, and internal tools |
| Backend / data | Not specified on the pricing page | Not detailed on official pages | Not covered here; see Sticklight’s own documentation for backend specifics |
| Publish / hosting | In-browser preview and hosting; custom domain on Pro | Publishes to app stores; mobile app for on-the-go building | Publish included as part of the prompt-to-build-to-publish flow |
| Best for | Prompt-to-app web projects with usage metered by tokens | Non-technical users and app founders building mobile-first apps | Professional web creators who want full-stack production output additive to WordPress and Elementor |
| Entry pricing | Free ($0/month, 300K tokens/day); Pro $25/month | Free ($0/month); Rork Pro from $20/month (100 credits) | Additive to your WordPress/Elementor stack |
Where Sticklight fits alongside Bolt.new and Rork.
Bolt.new and Rork both start a project from a prompt, but they aim at different outcomes. Bolt.new targets browser-previewed web projects billed by token usage. Rork targets chat-driven mobile and web apps aimed at non-technical founders and billed by credits. If your work already lives on WordPress or Elementor, or you need to output more than a single web app, say a dashboard, an internal tool, or a CMS, Sticklight is built to generate that full-stack, production-ready output from one prompt and publish it as part of the same flow.
Sticklight is built by the Elementor team and powered by Claude, and it’s designed to work alongside WordPress and Elementor rather than replace them. It follows a prompt, build, publish flow, with publishing included rather than treated as a separate step. AI agents are coming soon on Sticklight’s roadmap, worth noting if you’re comparing agent-style capabilities across these tools today.
Choosing between Bolt.new, Rork, and Sticklight.
Weighing Bolt.new against Rork comes down to what each tool is built to produce: Bolt.new for previewable web apps under a token budget, Rork for app-store-bound mobile apps under a credit budget. Teams billing on Bolt.new runs per member per month, while Rork’s higher tiers scale by credit volume rather than seats. Neither publishes backend details publicly, so if you have specific data-architecture requirements, you’ll need to reach out directly for that information. If you want one prompt to produce a full-stack, production-ready result, and you already work within WordPress or Elementor, Sticklight is the more direct fit of the three, since it extends your existing stack instead of asking you to adopt a separate hosting and publishing system.
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Frequently asked questions
What’s the main difference between Bolt.new and Rork?
Bolt.new is a browser-based AI tool for generating, previewing, and hosting websites and applications, billed by token usage. Rork is a chat-driven platform focused on generating and publishing mobile and web apps, marketed to non-technical users and app founders, billed by credits.
How much do Bolt.new and Rork cost?
Bolt.new’s free tier is $0 per month with 300K tokens per day. Its Pro plan is $25 per month and its Teams plan is $30 per member per month. Rork’s free tier is $0 per month. Rork Pro starts at $20 per month for 100 credits, and Rork Max starts at $200 per month for 1,000 credits.
Does Rork publish apps to the App Store?
Yes. Rork ships generated apps to the App Store and also offers a mobile app so you can work on projects from a phone.
Does Bolt.new offer a team plan?
Yes. Bolt.new’s Teams plan is $30 per member per month and adds centralized billing, team-level access management, and a private NPM registry. An Enterprise plan with custom pricing adds SSO and audit logs.
Where does Sticklight fit next to Bolt.new and Rork?
Sticklight is a vibe-coding platform built by the Elementor team and powered by Claude. It generates production-ready websites, apps, dashboards, CMS, and internal tools from a prompt and publishes them, working alongside an existing WordPress or Elementor setup rather than replacing either tool.
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