Bolt.new Pricing: What You'll Actually Pay Beyond the Sticker Price
Bolt.new starts at $0 for Free and $25 for Pro. But token-based billing means real costs scale with every prompt. See what users actually pay and why Ship's flat-fee hosting eliminates the math.
How Bolt.new Pricing Actually Works
Bolt.new charges based on token consumption, not by seat or fixed plan tier. Each prompt you run costs tokens. Prompt complexity, codebase size, and how often you iterate all drive the bill up.
The Tiers
Free: $0/month. Includes 1M tokens/month with a 300K daily limit. You hit the daily cap in hours during active development.
Pro: $25/month (billed monthly). Includes 10M tokens/month with no daily limit and token rollover (up to 2 months valid).
Teams: $30/member/month. Each team member gets 10M tokens/month; tokens don't pool across the team.
Enterprise: Custom pricing. No public details.
What's missing: Bolt.new does not publish overage rates. When you burn through your monthly tokens, the pricing page goes silent about what happens next.
Real Token Burn
From Banani's 2026 research:
- Small projects: 50K-150K tokens per prompt
- Medium projects: 150K-500K tokens per prompt
- Full SaaS app: ~3M tokens total from start to finish
- Real developer report (CheckThat.ai): 10M tokens consumed in 3 days during normal development
That last figure is the one that matters. A user on active development burns through the entire Pro monthly allotment in a long weekend. The $25/month sticker price masks the real cost of working fast.
Tokens consumed in 3 days during normal development
Real users report burning 10M tokens (Bolt's entire Pro monthly allowance) in 72 hours of active prototyping. That's 3x the monthly tier in a weekend.
Bolt.new vs Ship: Pricing Model Comparison
Token-based billing vs flat-fee hosting: the difference for your budget.
Bolt.new pricing current as of August 2026. Ship hosting via Opsily. Real bill estimates from Banani research (May 2026) and developer reports.
Why Ship Eliminates Bolt.new's Cost Uncertainty
Bolt.new is fast for prototyping. Ship is predictable for shipping to production.
Fixed monthly fee, no token surprises
Ship charges one flat rate per month based on server size. Not on how fast you iterate, how complex your prompts are, or how much AI context you include. A EUR 30 Small plan stays EUR 30 all month, every month.
Export from Bolt.new without lock-in
Bolt.new generates standard code (React, Node, Python). Export the repository and deploy it on Ship via Git or Docker. No proprietary builder. No platform vendor lock-in. You own the bits.
EU hosting and GDPR by default
Ship runs on German ISO-certified data centers. 100% EU-based. Automatic daily encrypted backups. Bolt.new doesn't state its data residency. Ship makes GDPR compliance default, not optional.
Built for teams who need reliability
Ship's Transparent Pricing
One flat rate per month. Includes hosting, backups, support, and GDPR-compliant EU infrastructure. Scale your server as your app grows, not your bill as you iterate.
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Bolt.new Pricing Questions & Ship Answers
Bolt.new's Pro plan was reported to have increased from $20/month to $50/month in 2026, according to r/boltnewbuilders discussions. Token-based platforms adjust pricing upward as users hit limits faster than expected. Ship avoids this: your flat fee stays the same. A EUR 30 Small plan is EUR 30 next year, not EUR 60.
Stop paying per prompt. Deploy with predictable pricing.
Your Bolt.new project exports as standard code. Deploy it on Ship in minutes and start paying one flat monthly fee. No token math. No daily limits. No billing surprises.