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Appsmith vs. Bolt.new

At a glance

At a glance

Appsmith

Best for

Best for engineering teams that want self-hosted internal tools with the source under an open licence.

  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Bolt.new

Best for

Best for quickly validating an idea with a working full-stack prototype.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Appsmith Bolt.new
Starting price Free; Business $15 / user / month Business is billed monthly by credit card for up to 99 users. Enterprise starts at $2,500 per month from 100 users and is usually billed annually. The self-hosted community edition is free. Free tier; paid credits above The free limits are reached quickly.
Free trial Free plan for up to 5 users, plus a 15-day Business trial for new cloud signups Free tier
Commercial use Not stated Yes
Output Internal web apps: admin panels, dashboards and service tools Full-stack app in the browser, with automatic hosting
Hosting Appsmith cloud or self-hosted (Docker, Kubernetes, AWS AMI) Not stated
What it generates Internal tools: admin panels, dashboards, customer 360 views and IT or service-management apps, assembled from a widget library Full-stack app, built and run in the browser through StackBlitz WebContainers
Stack and frameworks Drag-and-drop widgets with JavaScript available in every binding; an in-product AI copilot helps write queries, JavaScript and interface changes rather than generating a whole app from a prompt Multi-framework
Auth and database 25+ databases (PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Redshift, DynamoDB, Databricks), REST and GraphQL, and 30+ SaaS connectors; Google SSO on the free plan, SAML and OIDC SSO with SCIM provisioning on Enterprise Not out of the box, needs external services
Hosting and deploy Appsmith cloud, or self-hosted with Docker, Kubernetes or an AWS AMI; an air-gapped edition on Enterprise Yes, automatic hosting, prompt to deploy
Payments No built-in payments; Stripe is one of the SaaS connectors an app can call Yes, Stripe for one-time payments and subscriptions, via Supabase or Bolt Database
Access to the code Apache 2.0 and self-hostable, with Git version control against GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or Azure: 3 repositories on the free plan, unlimited on Business Yes, download the project as a zip or push it to GitHub
Deployment more entries Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
Support Email helpdesk, Chat, Community forum Not stated
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base Not stated
Company size Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
Integrations PostgreSQL, MongoDB, MySQL, Microsoft SQL Server, Oracle, Snowflake, Redshift, DynamoDB, Elasticsearch, Redis, Firestore, Databricks, Amazon S3, Salesforce, HubSpot, Slack, Jira, Asana, Notion, Google Sheets, Airtable, Stripe, monday.com, Linear, OpenAI, Anthropic, Google AI Not stated

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Appsmith Free; Business $15 / user / month Bolt.new Free tier; paid credits above
  • Free trial Appsmith Free plan for up to 5 users, plus a 15-day Business trial for new cloud signups Bolt.new Free tier
  • Deployment Appsmith Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based, On-premise Bolt.new Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based
  • Company size Appsmith Small and mid-sized, Enterprise Bolt.new Freelancers, Small and mid-sized
  • Output Appsmith Internal web apps: admin panels, dashboards and service tools Bolt.new Full-stack app in the browser, with automatic hosting

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Appsmith

Strengths

  • Apache 2.0 licence with a free self-hosted community edition
  • Connects to 25+ databases plus REST, GraphQL and 30+ SaaS services
  • Git version control, including on the free plan

Limitations

  • AI assists the person building rather than generating a whole app from a prompt
  • Enterprise starts at $2,500 a month and 100 users
  • SAML and OIDC SSO and SCIM provisioning are Enterprise-only

Bolt.new

Strengths

  • No setup, seamless prompt to deploy
  • Multi-framework flexibility
  • Great for quick idea validation

Limitations

  • Database and auth are not out of the box, they need external services
  • Costs rise with larger codebases
  • Free limits are reached quickly

Plans

Pricing

Appsmith

  • Free $0 Cloud, up to 5 users: 5 workspaces, 3 Git repositories, Google SSO, community support.
  • Business $15 Per user per month, billed monthly, up to 99 users. Adds unlimited workspaces and Git repositories, workflows, premium integrations, custom roles and audit logs.
  • Enterprise $2,500 Per month from 100 users, typically billed annually. Adds SAML and OIDC SSO, SCIM, CI/CD, private app embedding, an air-gapped edition and support with SLAs.
  • Community (self-hosted) $0 Open source under Apache 2.0, self-hosted.
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Bolt.new

  • Free $0 Limits are reached quickly.
  • Credits Not stated
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What users say

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Appsmith

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Bolt.new

Ease of use
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User interface
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Appsmith https://www.appsmith.com · no check date recorded yet

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This table lists factual criteria taken from information the vendors publish themselves. For how we put it together, see the methodology.