Bolt vs Trickle

Bolt

• Prototyping a web app or site from a prompt without a local setup
• Developers who want to switch between prompting and editing code
• Marketers and founders who need hosting and a custom domain in one place

Trickle

• Landing pages, forms and small web apps built without code
• People who prefer arranging context on a canvas to a long chat thread
• Light projects that fit a free daily credit allowance

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.

Trickle

• Free projects carry a Built with Trickle badge and cannot use a custom domain.
• The Free plan is capped at 3 projects, 100 database rows and 70 credits a day, up to 350 a month.
• The $17 and $42 prices are annual plans ($200 and $500 a year) shown per month; monthly billing is $20 and $50.
• Exported code does not include database data or the AI functions tied to a project.

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.

Trickle

Magic Canvas

Projects sit on a visual canvas instead of a chat-and-preview layout. Rules, references and assets placed on it give the AI its context, and pages and versions are laid out side by side.

Direct Edit

Styles can be changed and elements moved by hand on generated pages, without writing a prompt or spending credits.

Built-in database

Form submissions and other content are stored in collections created by prompt, with no backend code. Row limits are 100 on Free, 1,000 on Pro and 10,000 on Premium.

Hosting and domains

Projects publish to a trickle.host address with hosting included. Custom domains need Pro, which allows 1, or Premium, which allows 3.

Image Mode and visual references

An AI workspace generates and edits images for a project, and a screenshot of a Figma design, a sketch or an existing page can be pasted in for Trickle to build from.

Integrations and code export

Help guides cover connecting Supabase and Stripe. Code files can be downloaded, though the export leaves out database data and a project's AI functions.

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.

Trickle

• Free$0

  70 daily credits (up to 350 a month), a built-in database with 100 rows, website hosting and up to 3 projects.

• Pro$17

  per month, billed annually ($200); $20 billed monthly

  1,500 monthly credits plus 350 free credits with no daily limit, unlimited and private projects, 1 custom domain, 1,000 database rows and no Trickle badge.

• Premium$42

  per month, billed annually ($500); $50 billed monthly

  3,750 monthly credits, 10 trickle.host domains, 3 custom domains and 10,000 database rows.

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%.

Trickle

• Annual discount

  Two months free with annual billing

  The pricing page labels its Annually option as 2 months free: Pro is $200 a year instead of $20 a month, and Premium is $500 a year instead of $50 a month.