Blink vs Bolt (2026): which should you pick?

Pick Blink if

• Fits if you want an app with database and sign-in without setting up servers
• Makes sense if you can live within 30 free credits a month

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you build a lot, as Free is 5 credits a day and 30 a month
• Pricey if you want more, since credits are sold from $40 for 100
• Watch out: a custom domain and code download cost 5 credits each on Starter and Pro
• Watch out: code editing and GitHub need Pro, and App Store publishing needs Max

Pick Bolt if

• Fits if you want to prototype a web app from a prompt with nothing to install
• Works for people who switch between prompting and editing the code themselves

Look elsewhere if

• Tight if you're staying free, at 300K tokens a day and 1M a month, with bigger projects spending more per message
• Watch out: free sites carry a Made in Bolt badge and go offline for the month past 10 GB or 333,333 requests
• Skip it if you want a desktop or phone app to build in, as Bolt lives in the browser
• Pricey if you're a team, since Teams is $30 a member and tokens aren't shared between you
• Not for you if you need custom domains or Supabase databases for free, as both need a paid plan

Blink

• Credits are spent on AI work and bigger requests use more; the Free plan stops at 30 credits a month.
• Production hosting is paid from credits (50 a month covers up to 10,000 visits), and a custom domain or code download costs 5 credits each on Starter and Pro.
• Code editing, advanced AI models and Git on your own GitHub repo need Pro; credit rollover and App Store publishing need Max.
• Extra credits are sold as top-ups from $40 for 100 credits, and top-up credits do not expire.

Bolt

• The free plan stops at 300K tokens a day and 1M a month, and larger projects use more tokens per message.
• Custom domains and Supabase databases need a paid plan, and free sites show a Made in Bolt badge.
• Free sites go offline for the rest of the month once they pass 10 GB of bandwidth or 333,333 requests.
• On Teams, tokens are allotted to each paid member and are not shared across the team.

Blink

Web apps, websites and mobile apps

Describe what you want and Blink builds full-stack web apps, sites on your own domain, or iOS and Android apps.

Built-in backend

Every app gets a database, sign-in, a live web address with SSL, and version history, with payments and AI features available to add.

Blink Claw agent

An always-on AI agent hosted by Blink that answers customers and runs tasks. Included from the Starter plan up.

Code editing and GitHub

Pro and Max allow editing code inside Blink and connecting a GitHub repository. Code download is available on paid plans.

Templates and unlimited members

Start from one of 40+ templates. Every plan, including Free, allows unlimited team members, and viewers never use credits.

Bolt

Prompt-to-app building

Describe an idea in chat and Bolt generates a full-stack project using JavaScript-based web frameworks. Plan Mode lets you discuss an approach before any code is written.

Bolt Cloud

Hosting, databases, user authentication and domains are built into each project. Paid plans raise the hosting allowance to 30 GB of bandwidth and 1 million requests a month.

Code view and GitHub

Project files can be read and edited directly in Code view, which uses no tokens, and a project can be connected to GitHub or started from an existing repository.

Design imports

Start a project from a Figma frame or a Google Stitch design, or add a design system so that generated screens follow existing components.

Mobile apps through Expo

Web apps are built natively in Bolt, while mobile apps for iOS and Android are built and shipped through its Expo integration.

Teams workspace

A shared workspace with centralized billing, member and integration controls, team prompts and private NPM registry support, priced per member.

Blink

• Free$0

  5 credits a day, capped at 30 a month. Public projects and community support.

• Starter$13

  per month, billed annually ($25 billed monthly)

  100 credits a month plus 5 a day. Adds production hosting, private projects, custom domains and code download.

• Pro$25

  per month, billed annually ($50 billed monthly)

  200 credits a month plus 5 a day. Adds in-app code editing, advanced AI models and priority support.

• Max$100

  per month, billed annually ($200 billed monthly)

  800 credits a month plus 5 a day. Adds credit rollover, App Store publishing and a bigger build machine.

• Business$20

  per month and up, billed annually ($40 billed monthly)

  One shared credit pool of 100 to 50,000 credits a month, restricted project access and VIP support.

Bolt

• Free$0

  300K tokens a day and 1M a month, public and private projects, hosting with up to 333K web requests, a 10MB upload limit and Bolt branding on sites.

• ProFrom $25

  per month, billed monthly; $216 a year billed yearly

  Starts at 10M tokens a month with no daily limit. Adds token rollover, custom domains, no Bolt branding, 100MB uploads and up to 1M web requests.

• Teams$30

  per member / month, billed monthly

  Everything in Pro, plus centralized billing, team-level access management, admin controls and private NPM registries. Tokens are per member, not pooled.

• EnterpriseCustom

  SSO, audit logs and compliance support, a dedicated account manager, 24/7 priority support, custom SLAs and data retention policies.

Blink

• Annual discount

  50% off with annual billing

  Paying yearly takes 50% off the monthly price on every paid plan, which the page describes as 6 months free. Starter is $13 a month yearly against $25 monthly.

Bolt

• Annual discount

  Save up to 28% with yearly billing

  The pricing page advertises up to 28% off with yearly billing. The help center gives $216 a year for the entry Pro tier against $25 a month, and says other annual plans save 10%.