Bolt vs Emergent
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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- Free access
- Bolt: Free access
- Emergent: Free access
- Paid from
- Bolt: USD 25 per month billed monthly
- Emergent: USD 20 per month; $17 per month on annual billing
- Plans listed
- Bolt: 4
- Emergent: 4
- Public API
- Bolt: Not confirmed
- Emergent: Not confirmed
Where Bolt and Emergent differ
On the listed facts these two look alike. The plans, limits and screenshots below show where the details part ways.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Bolt | Fact | Emergent |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableBolt Free · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 |
| USD 25 per month billed monthlyBolt Pro · $18 per month billed yearly | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 20 per month; $17 per month on annual billingStandard · $204 a year |
| Free $0; Pro $25 a month, or $18 billed yearly | Pricing model | Free ($0, 10 credits); paid plans from $20 a month |
| 4 | Plans listedSame | 4 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Open source | Not confirmed |
| What it is for | ||
| Founders and product teams turning a prompt into a hosted web app | Built for | Non-developers and small teams who want to turn a described idea into a working web or mobile app prototype |
| Website builders | CategorySame | Website builders |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 4, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Prices confirmed · Oct 17, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Bolt
Prices confirmed · Oct 4, 2026- Bolt FreeUSD 0
- Bolt ProUSD 25 per month billed monthlyUSD 18 per month billed yearly
- Bolt TeamsUSD 30 per member per month billed monthlyUSD 27 yearly
- Bolt EnterpriseCustom
Emergent
Prices confirmed · Oct 17, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- StandardUSD 20 per month; $17 per month on annual billingUSD 204 a year
- ProUSD 200 per month; $167 per month on annual billingUSD 2,004 a year
- Business and EnterpriseCustom
Strengths and limits
Bolt
Strengths
- Build and hosting in one account: Publishing to a bolt.host address, a database and authentication come with the project, so a prototype can be shared without setting up other services.
- Export path for the code: Projects download as a zip that runs locally with Node.js and can sync to GitHub, which keeps the code outside Bolt.
- Itemised limits: Token, request and bandwidth limits are published per plan, and Pro offers a spending cap for extra hosting traffic.
Limits to plan around
- Free sites can go offline: Free hosting has a hard monthly limit, and the site stays offline until usage resets.
- Token limits tighten with project size: Bolt says token use rises with project size, and the Free plan stops at 300K a day and 1M a month.
- Terms need a read: Output may not be copyrightable, subscriptions are non-refundable and eligible content may be used for model training unless you opt out.
Emergent
Strengths
- Free way to try it: The Free plan costs $0 and includes core platform features, so you can see how a described app turns out before paying.
- Cost guardrails: The help center describes a per-session budget that pauses the agent and a low-balance email alert at 20% of the monthly allowance.
- Credits you buy do not expire: The help center says one-time top-up credits never expire, while subscription credits refill each cycle.
Limits to plan around
- Free cannot publish: The help center says the Free tier cannot publish to production, and a published app needs at least 50 credits to start.
- Credit spend is hard to predict: The help center says a single prompt can cost from a handful of credits to hundreds, so the 100 credits on Standard can go in a few large requests.
- Content may be used for model training: The Terms say Emergent may use your content, including code, to train its AI models unless you opt out, which the Terms say is free on any plan.
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