Bolt vs Framer
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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Price the build tokens and the live hosting separately
Design, build and host websites on a visual canvas with an AI design agent.
- Free access
- Bolt: Free access
- Framer: Free access
- Paid from
- Bolt: USD 25 per month billed monthly
- Framer: EUR 10 per month
- Plans listed
- Bolt: 4
- Framer: 4
- Public API
- Bolt: Not confirmed
- Framer: Yes
Where Bolt and Framer differ
- Pricing checkPrices confirmed for Bolt; pricing review due for Framer.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Bolt | Fact | Framer |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableBolt Free · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · EUR 0 |
| USD 25 per month billed monthlyBolt Pro · $18 per month billed yearly | Lowest listed paid plan | EUR 10 per monthBasic · billed yearly · EUR 15 on monthly billing |
| Free $0; Pro $25 a month, or $18 billed yearly | Pricing model | Free plan; paid Basic and Pro site plans |
| 4 | Plans listedSame | 4 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Yes |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Open source | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Founders and product teams turning a prompt into a hosted web app | Built for | Designer-led marketing sites and portfolios |
| Website builders | CategorySame | Website builders |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 4, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | Pricing review due · Sep 24, 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
Framer
Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026- FreeEUR 0
- BasicEUR 10 per monthbilled yearly · EUR 15 on monthly billing
- ProEUR 30 per monthbilled yearly · EUR 45 on monthly billing
- EnterpriseContact provider
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.
Framer
Strengths
- Roomy free sandbox: Free includes 500 AI credits to try and a Framer domain, and the pricing FAQ gives free projects more page and CMS room than Basic for design work and templates.
- Editable agent output: Agent results land on the canvas as editable design, and prompts can be scoped to a single selected section.
- Warnings before cutoff: Workspace admins get in-product and email warnings at 80% of the monthly AI credit allowance.
Limits to plan around
- No credit rollover: Unused AI credits do not carry into the next billing cycle, and top-up credits expire at the end of the month.
- No documented self-hosting: Framer's FAQ rules out HTML export for self-hosting, though one help article describes downloadable site files; confirm with Framer before relying on either.
- Branding on free sites: Sites on Free show a Made in Framer badge until the site is upgraded or a custom domain is connected.
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