Bolt vs Durable
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
AI website builder for small businesses with CRM, bookings and SEO tools.
- Free access
- Bolt: Free access
- Durable: Free access
- Paid from
- Bolt: USD 25 per month billed monthly
- Durable: USD 22 per month
- Plans listed
- Bolt: 4
- Durable: 3
- Public API
- Bolt: Not confirmed
- Durable: Not confirmed
Where Bolt and Durable differ
- Pricing checkPrices confirmed for Bolt; pricing review due for Durable.
- PlansBolt lists 4 plans and Durable lists 3.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Bolt | Fact | Durable |
|---|---|---|
| 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 22 per monthLaunch · billed yearly · USD 25 billed monthly |
| Free $0; Pro $25 a month, or $18 billed yearly | Pricing model | Free plan; paid Launch and Grow |
| 4 | Plans listedDiffers | 3 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not required |
| Not confirmed | Open source | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Founders and product teams turning a prompt into a hosted web app | Built for | All-in-one AI websites for small service businesses |
| 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
Durable
Pricing review due · Sep 24, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- LaunchUSD 22 per monthbilled yearly · USD 25 billed monthly
- GrowUSD 41 per monthbilled yearly · USD 49 billed monthly
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.
Durable
Strengths
- Free trial run: The Free plan costs $0 and lets you generate and preview a site, try SEO basics, a small CRM and limited AI images and chat before paying.
- Business tools in one place: Website, CRM, bookings, payments, reviews and SEO and GEO tracking are documented inside one dashboard.
- Domain included on paid plans: Launch and Grow can register a domain through Durable, shown as up to $20 and up to $40 in value.
Limits to plan around
- Tight Free allowances: Free is limited to 5 images and 10 AI chat messages per month and 10 customers, and keeps the Durable badge.
- Limited code access: The pricing FAQ says Durable does not offer extensive HTML customization, and no website export is documented in the help center reviewed.
- Domain transfer conditions: A domain bought through Durable needs three consecutive months of active subscription before it can be transferred out.
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