Best for
Best for quickly validating an idea with a working full-stack prototype.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
AI App Builders Comparison
Bolt.new vs. v0
At a glance
At a glance
Best for
Best for teams on Next.js who want polished UI components inside an existing project.
- Freelancers
- Small and mid-sized
- Enterprise
Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.
Full Comparison
| Criterion | Bolt.new | v0 |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free tier; paid credits above The free limits are reached quickly. | Free tier; Plus $30 / user / month Every plan carries a monthly credit allowance: $5 on Free, $30 per user on Plus and Business. |
| Free trial | Free tier | Free tier |
| Commercial use | Yes | Yes |
| Output | Full-stack app in the browser, with automatic hosting | High-quality React and Next.js UI code |
| API | Not stated | Yes, the v0 Platform API |
| What it generates | Full-stack app, built and run in the browser through StackBlitz WebContainers | UI components through to full, data-driven applications |
| Stack and frameworks | Multi-framework | React, Next.js, Tailwind and shadcn/ui, plus Python and SQL for data work |
| Auth and database | Not out of the box, needs external services | One-click database integrations with Upstash, Neon, Supabase and Vercel Blob, plus Snowflake for data work, wired in as environment variables. No managed auth of its own |
| Hosting and deploy | Yes, automatic hosting, prompt to deploy | Yes, one-click deploy to Vercel, or open a pull request instead |
| Payments | Yes, Stripe for one-time payments and subscriptions, via Supabase or Bolt Database | No payment processing of its own. The Shopify integration builds checkout links that open the store's own checkout, and other providers are called as external APIs with keys held as environment variables |
| Access to the code | Yes, download the project as a zip or push it to GitHub | Components and full projects paste into an existing codebase |
| Deployment | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based | Cloud (SaaS), Browser-based |
| Onboarding | Not stated | Documentation and knowledge base |
| Company size | Freelancers, Small and mid-sized | more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise |
| Integrations | Not stated | GitHub, Figma, Shopify, Slack, Notion, Salesforce, Snowflake, Supabase, Neon, Upstash, Vercel Blob |
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The short version
Key Differences
- Starting price Bolt.new Free tier; paid credits above v0 Free tier; Plus $30 / user / month
- Company size Bolt.new Freelancers, Small and mid-sized v0 Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
- Output Bolt.new Full-stack app in the browser, with automatic hosting v0 High-quality React and Next.js UI code
- What it generates Bolt.new Full-stack app, built and run in the browser through StackBlitz WebContainers v0 UI components through to full, data-driven applications
- Stack and frameworks Bolt.new Multi-framework v0 React, Next.js, Tailwind and shadcn/ui, plus Python and SQL for data work
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The trade-offs
Strengths and Limitations
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
v0
Strengths
- High-quality React and Next.js UI code
- Integrates into an existing codebase with no new platform
- Great for Next.js teams
Limitations
- Leans toward the frontend, with no managed auth or payments built in
- Best value inside the Vercel ecosystem
Plans
Pricing
Bolt.new
- Free $0 Limits are reached quickly.
- Credits Not stated
v0
- Free $0 For exploring, with $5 of monthly credits.
- Plus $30 / user / month For teams, with $30 of monthly credits per user and centralised billing on vercel.com.
- Business $100 / user / month For privacy-conscious teams, with $30 of monthly credits per user.
- Enterprise Not stated Custom. For large companies needing additional security, with priority access.
What users say
Review Scores · opens after launch
Bolt.new
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
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v0
- Ease of use
- Not rated yet
- User interface
- Not rated yet
- Onboarding
- Not rated yet
- Support and service
- Not rated yet
- Value for money
- Not rated yet
- Features
- Not rated yet
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Where this comes from
Where this comes from
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