Lovable vs Bolt.new pricing
Both popular vibe-coding builders. Lovable meters in credits (Pro from $25 / 100 credits). Bolt meters in tokens (Pro from $25 / 10M tokens). Free tiers differ a lot.
Lovable
Pro (100 credits) · 100 credits/mo
credits
Free: 5 daily build credits (capped at 30/month), 20 Cloud credits/month, 4 AI credits/month, 1 connector credit/month, daily chat allowance
One unit: Illustrative Build mode examples from docs: simple style tweak ~0.5 credits; remove footer ~0.9; add auth ~1.2; landing page with images ~1.7 to 2.0. Plan mode: 1 credit per message (+ research). Exact cost shown per message in-product.
Bolt.new
Pro · 10M tokens/mo (starting)
tokens
Free: 1M tokens/month with 300K daily limit; hosting; Bolt branding; 10MB upload limit
One unit: unknown. No official published mapping of tokens → one typical prompt. Bolt docs say larger projects use more tokens per message.
How to read this
These products meter usage differently (credits vs tokens). A “credit” on one is not a “token” or “dollar credit” on the other. Use starter paid price and free-tier generosity as the fair first filter, then check each tool page for plan ladders.