Bolt vs Polymet (2026): which should you pick?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bolt grades higher than Polymet: 2.6 against 2.4 out of 4.0.
Checked Oct 5, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 · graded Oct 10, 2026 and Nov 13, 2026 by ToolGPA
Bolt grades higher on ease of use. They get the same grade on value for money, the free plan, features and platforms.
Price, platforms and features side by side. The table says where each price was read and when.
Bolt
Browser-based AI builder for websites, web apps and mobile apps
Polymet
AI product designer that builds screens as editable React code
Which one is for you
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
Pick Polymet if
- Fits if you want working React screens from a prompt, to hand to developers
- Works for teams that already keep a design system or Figma files
Look elsewhere if
- Skip it if you want a finished app with logins and payments built for you, as it is aimed at design and front end
- Tight if you stay free: 500 credits a month, 250 a day, and a Polymet badge on anything you publish
- Pricey if you need code download, GitHub export or a custom domain, all Pro at $25 a month for 1,000 credits
- Watch out: Team is $50 for the same 1,000 credits, and there is no phone or desktop app
How we grade them
| 2.6GPABoltGood | 2.4GPAPolymetFair | |
|---|---|---|
| Value for money | CPro is $25 a month, or $216 for the year, which works out at $18. That's mid-table for builders here, where the middle is $19 and the dearest quarter starts at $25. You get 10M tokens a month with no daily cap, rollover and custom domains. Teams is $30 a member, and those tokens aren't pooled. | C$25 a month for 1,000 credits sits at the top of the $15 to $25 range this category charges, and Team costs $50 for the same credits. The paid plan is what unlocks code download and custom domains. |
| Free plan and trial | CFree for good: 300K tokens a day, 1M a month, private projects, databases and hosting. The caps bite. Bigger projects spend more tokens per message, your site wears a Made in Bolt badge, and it goes dark for the rest of the month past 333,333 requests. | CFree gives 500 credits every 30 days, capped at 250 a day, with unlimited projects. Published apps carry a Built with Polymet badge, and unused free credits do not carry over. |
| Features | BIt covers the whole job. Chat builds a full-stack project and Plan Mode talks the approach through first; Bolt Cloud brings hosting, databases, login and domains; Code view edits files without spending tokens; and you can start from a Figma frame or ship phone apps through Expo. Replit does the same, so no A. | BCanvas, visual and code editors, Figma and GitHub in and out, a design system, a backend and publishing. Nothing in the listing is missing from the job of building front-end screens, though credits run out faster on big builds. |
| Ease of use | BNo rating on record, but there's nothing to install and nothing to set up: open a browser tab, type a prompt and it builds. Code view is there if you want it. Supabase databases do need a paid plan. | CA browser app where the work is describing and shaping the thing you are building. No store rating is on record, so there is nothing to lift it higher. |
| Platforms and integrations | BWeb only, with no desktop or phone app to build in. It connects to Supabase, Stripe, GitHub, Figma, Netlify and Google Stitch, and to Expo for shipping iOS and Android apps. | BWeb only, but it links to Figma, GitHub, Storybook, npm and Claude Code through its MCP server. |
| Best for | building in a browser tab with the code in view | turning a prompt into front-end screens and prototypes |
The GPA is the average of the five grades: an A is 4 points, an F is none. The full reasons are on each tool's page: Bolt and Polymet. How we grade
Price against what you get
Bolt starts at $18 a month and scores 3.0 out of 4 on features, ease of use and platforms. Polymet starts at $20.83 a month when paid by the year and scores 2.7.
Bolt scores higher and starts $2.83 a month lower. Of the other AI app builders on the chart, 1 scores higher than Bolt for less, and 7 score higher than Polymet for less.
Features, ease of use and platforms, averaged
What paid plans start at, a month (each step along is roughly double) →
- The best score at each price
- Has a free plan
- No free plan
Where they differ
- Bolt also covers no-code.
- Polymet also covers AI agents.
At a glance
| Bolt | Polymet | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | Free plan | Free plan |
| Starts at | $18 per month, billed yearly ($216); $25 billed monthly (Pro) | $25 per month for 1,000 credits (Pro), or $250 billed yearly |
| Free plan | 300K tokens a day and 1M a month, public and private projects, unlimited databases, and hosting with up to 333K web requests a month. Published sites carry Bolt branding. | 500 credits every 30 days, up to 250 a day, with unlimited projects and collaborators. Published apps carry a "Built with Polymet" badge. |
| Free trial | None listed | None listed |
| Web | ||
| Made by | StackBlitz, Inc. | Polymet |
| Price read from | bolt.new | docs.polymet.ai |
| Checked | Oct 5, 2026 | Nov 13, 2026 |
Worth knowing
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.
Polymet
- Credits are spent by AI model usage per message, so large builds use more than short edits; nothing is billed past zero and generations stop when credits run out.
- Custom domains, code download, GitHub export, removal of the Polymet badge and premium models are Pro-plan features.
- A Keep Alive option at $8 a month keeps a finished project online after a paid plan is cancelled, with 300 credits a month on top of the free 500.
- Unused free credits do not carry over; paid plan credits roll over for 30 days after each renewal. The product is a browser app only.
Key features
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.
Polymet
- Prompt-built canvas
- The Polymet agent turns a prompt into pages and components on a canvas, as a React and Tailwind app you can click through.
- Visual and code editors
- Tweak layout, spacing and colors visually, select an element and edit it with AI, or open the code editor for direct control.
- Design systems and Figma
- Bring your own design system, import Figma files into a project and export designs back to Figma.
- GitHub and coding agents
- Import from GitHub or a ZIP with two-way sync, export code to a repository, and build in Polymet from Claude Code and other coding agents through its MCP server.
- Backend and publishing
- Projects can add a backend with managed data and secrets, publish to a polymet.app link, and use custom domains on paid plans.
- Team collaboration
- Invite members with Admin and Member roles, work live in the same project, and keep versions and branches.
Plans
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.
Polymet
Free$0
500 credits every 30 days (up to 250 a day), unlimited projects and collaborators, canvas, visual and code editors, Figma and GitHub import. Published apps show a Polymet badge.
Pro$25
per month for 1,000 credits ($250 billed yearly)
Adds credit rollover, custom domains, code download, GitHub export, no badge and premium models. Sizes run from 1,000 to 50,000 credits a month ($1,000).
Team$50
per month for 1,000 credits ($500 billed yearly)
Everything in Pro at twice the price for the same credits, in the same 12 sizes up to $2,000 a month.
EnterpriseCustom
For teams over 10 people: volume pricing, SSO and SAML, audit logs, SOC 2 and dedicated support. Arranged by contract.
Ways to pay less
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%.
Polymet
- Annual discount
2 months free on yearly billing
A yearly Pro or Team plan costs 10 times the monthly price, paid at once, with credits arriving in 12 monthly batches.
Common questions
Which is cheaper, Bolt or Polymet?
As of Nov 13, 2026, Bolt is cheaper to start with: $18 a month, against $20.83 a month when paid by the year for Polymet. Bolt starts at $18 per month, billed yearly ($216); $25 billed monthly (Pro), and Polymet starts at $25 per month for 1,000 credits (Pro), or $250 billed yearly.
Which has a free plan, Bolt or Polymet?
As of Nov 13, 2026, both Bolt and Polymet have a free plan.
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How this page was made
- The verdict at the top follows a fixed rule. When both tools are in the same category and either is in our top three for it, the verdict follows that ranking: the higher-placed tool is our pick. The top three weigh who each tool suits as well as its grades, so a pick can go against the GPA. Otherwise the page does not pick one and says which grades higher: the higher GPA first; on a tie, the one with a free plan, then the one that starts cheaper in dollars a month, counted the same way for both; if they are still level, what the choice depends on.
- The grades are our own, from each tool’s review or report card. The GPA is their average.
- Prices, plans and platforms come from each tool’s listing. The table above says where each price was read and when.
- The differences and the answers to the questions are worked out from those listings.