Lovable vs Bolt.new: pricing, features, and hosting compared
Lovable and Bolt.new both turn a prompt into a working web app right in your browser, then host what you build. The comparison comes up often because the two tools look similar on the surface, yet they meter usage differently, price their paid seats differently, and target slightly different builders.
Here’s what each tool actually does, what it costs according to its own pricing page, and where Sticklight fits if you want production-ready output tied to an existing WordPress or Elementor workflow.
- Lovable is a chat-based AI tool that generates and hosts web applications, billed on a build-credit and Cloud-credit system.
- Bolt.new is a browser-based AI tool that generates, previews, and hosts sites and apps, billed on a token-based system with daily and monthly limits.
- Lovable’s Pro plan starts at $25 per month with a minimum of 100 credits; Bolt.new’s Pro plan also starts at $25 per month, beginning at 10 million tokens with no daily cap.
- Both tools offer a $0 free tier with usage caps, and both offer custom Enterprise pricing.
- Sticklight is a vibe-coding platform built by the Elementor team that turns a prompt into production-ready websites, apps, dashboards, CMS, and internal tools, and works alongside an existing WordPress or Elementor setup.
- Neither Lovable nor Bolt.new discloses its backend or data-storage architecture on its public pricing page.
What each tool does
Lovable is a web-based AI chat interface that generates and hosts web applications from natural-language prompts. It’s built for both non-technical and technical users, and its usage runs through build credits for day-to-day generation plus a separate Cloud-credit allotment on the free plan. You get a Plan Mode at a flat 1 credit per message alongside a Default Mode where cost varies by task complexity. Paid plans add custom domain support, and the Business plan adds SSO and other administrative controls.
Bolt.new is a browser-based AI tool that generates, previews, and hosts websites and applications from prompts, using a token-based model instead of a flat credit count. The free plan gives you 300,000 tokens per day and 1 million tokens per month, with Bolt branding attached and a 10MB file upload limit. Paid plans remove the branding, raise the file upload ceiling to 100MB on Pro, and let unused tokens roll over instead of resetting. The Teams plan adds centralized billing, private NPM registry support, and team-level access management, while Enterprise adds SSO and audit logs.
Pricing compared
Lovable’s published pricing runs Free at $0 per month (5 daily build credits capped at 30 per month, plus 20 monthly Cloud credits), Pro at $25 per month with a minimum of 100 credits per month, Business at $50 per month including SSO and advanced controls, and a custom Enterprise tier with volume-based credit pricing.
Bolt.new’s published pricing runs Free at $0 per month (300K tokens per day, 1M tokens per month), Pro at $25 per month starting at 10 million tokens with no daily limit, Teams at $30 per member per month, and a custom Enterprise tier available on request.
At the entry paid tier the two land on the same headline number, $25 per month, though the unit underneath differs: Lovable meters in credits per task, Bolt.new meters in tokens with a monthly allotment and rollover. If you’re comparing the two directly, check each vendor’s current pricing page, since credit and token costs per generation can change independently of the listed plan price.
Lovable vs Bolt.new at a glance
| Dimension | Lovable | Bolt.new | Sticklight |
|---|---|---|---|
| What it is | Chat-based AI interface for generating and hosting web apps | Browser-based AI tool for generating, previewing, and hosting sites and apps | Vibe-coding platform for professional web creators, built by the Elementor team |
| Output | Web applications and websites | Websites and applications, with in-browser preview | Production-ready websites, apps, dashboards, CMS, and internal tools |
| Usage metering | Build credits and Cloud credits | Daily and monthly token allotments, with rollover on paid plans | Prompt to build to publish, in one flow |
| Publish / hosting | Cloud hosting included; custom domains on paid plans | Hosting included; custom domains on Pro, branding removed on paid tiers | Publish included, additive to an existing WordPress or Elementor stack |
| Best for | Non-technical and technical users generating an app from a chat prompt | Users who want an in-browser preview and token-based scaling | Professional creators who want full-stack, production-ready output tied into WordPress or Elementor |
| Entry pricing | $25/month (Pro, minimum 100 credits/month) | $25/month (Pro, starts at 10M tokens/month) | Additive to your WordPress/Elementor stack |
Where Sticklight fits in
Lovable and Bolt.new both solve the same basic problem: turning a prompt into a hosted web app without a traditional development pipeline. Sticklight starts from the same place, a prompt, but it’s built specifically for professional web creators who already work inside the WordPress and Elementor ecosystem. The flow is prompt, build, publish: it generates real, production-ready output, covering websites, apps, dashboards, CMS setups, and internal tools, then publishes that output directly.
What matters for this comparison is fit. Lovable and Bolt.new are standalone platforms with their own hosting and their own credit or token economics. Sticklight is additive: it’s built by the Elementor team and designed to work alongside WordPress and Elementor rather than replace them, which matters if your client base, plugin stack, or existing sites already live in that ecosystem. If you’re evaluating Lovable vs Bolt.new for a one-off app, either platform is a reasonable standalone choice. If you want that same prompt-to-production speed without stepping outside your existing WordPress and Elementor workflow, Sticklight is the more logical fit.
AI agents are on Sticklight’s roadmap as a coming-soon capability, not a shipped feature today.
Frequently asked questions
Is Lovable or Bolt.new cheaper?
Neither is cheaper outright. Both list a $0 free tier and a $25 per month entry paid plan, so the headline prices match. The real cost difference comes down to usage: Lovable charges by credits per task, Bolt.new by tokens with daily and monthly caps, so your actual monthly cost depends on how much a given project consumes under each model.
Do Lovable and Bolt.new host the apps I build?
Yes. Both include cloud hosting as part of the product, with custom domain support available on their paid plans.
What’s the main difference between Lovable and Bolt.new?
Lovable meters usage in build credits and Cloud credits, while Bolt.new meters usage in tokens with daily and monthly limits and rollover on paid tiers. Bolt.new also shows an in-browser preview as part of its core workflow.
Where does Sticklight fit next to Lovable and Bolt.new?
Sticklight generates production-ready websites, apps, dashboards, CMS, and internal tools from a prompt and publishes them, and it’s built to work alongside your existing WordPress or Elementor setup rather than as a fully separate platform, which sets it apart from both Lovable and Bolt.new.
Does Sticklight publish a fixed dollar price like Lovable and Bolt.new?
No, Sticklight pricing isn’t listed here. Check its site for current details. What’s confirmed is that it’s additive to a WordPress or Elementor stack rather than a full replacement for it.
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