v0 vs Bolt.new in 2026: v0 Plus costs $30 a user with $30 of credits spent at model token rates; Bolt Pro costs $25 for 10 million tokens with hosting included.
v0 and Bolt.new both turn a prompt into a working web app, and both started with a specific strength. v0, from Vercel, began as a generator for polished React interfaces and grew into an app builder that deploys to Vercel. Bolt, from StackBlitz, began by running a complete development environment in the browser and building full-stack apps inside it. In 2026 their feature lists overlap, but the pricing models and the kinds of projects they handle best still differ.
How we compared: v0's and Bolt's pricing pages checked on September 29, 2026. We have not built the same project on both.
Choose v0 if your project is interface-first, you work in React and Next.js, or your team already deploys on Vercel. Its components look finished, and Design Mode adjusts them visually.
Choose Bolt if you want a full-stack app with hosting and a database included, prefer to see and edit the code as it is written, or want the most usage for $25.
For teams with confidential code, compare v0 Business at $100 per user, which turns off training on your data by default, with Bolt's Enterprise plan.
| v0 | Bolt.new | |
|---|---|---|
| Free | $5 of credits a month, 7 messages a day, deploy to Vercel, GitHub sync | 300,000 tokens a day, 1 million a month, hosting with Bolt branding |
| Individual paid | Plus: $30 per user a month, $30 of credits plus $2 a day on login | Pro: $25 a month, from 10 million tokens, no daily limit |
| Team | Plus and Business share purchased credits and billing | Teams: $30 per member a month, admin controls |
| Higher tier | Business: $100 per user, training opt-out by default | Enterprise: SSO, audit logs, compliance support |
| Enterprise | SAML SSO, role-based access, data never used for training | Dedicated support, custom SLAs and data retention |
v0 prices are in US dollars and exclude taxes. Bolt offers up to 28% off on yearly billing.
The two meter usage differently. v0 gives you dollar credits and charges them at the published token rates of the model you pick. Per million tokens, v0 Mini costs $0.20 for input and $1.20 for output, v0 Pro $2 and $10, v0 Max $5 and $25, and v0 Max Fast, 2.5 times quicker, $10 and $50. Plus's $30 therefore stretches far on Mini and much less on Max, and every message resends project context as input tokens, which is why v0's own FAQ addresses the question of why short prompts use so many tokens.
Bolt sells a token allowance instead: Pro starts at 10 million tokens a month, with no daily cap and a one-month rollover. Its FAQ explains that most tokens go to syncing the project's files to the AI, so usage per message grows with the project. In both tools, a large codebase costs more to work on than a small one; the difference is that v0 shows the cost in dollars per model while Bolt shows it as a share of a monthly allowance.
For one builder, Bolt's $25 allowance is usually the better deal for sustained work. v0's per-model pricing rewards people who use the cheap Mini model for routine changes and save Max for hard problems.
v0's strength is the front end. It generates React and Next.js interfaces built on widely used components, which look finished and are easy for a developer to maintain, and Design Mode lets you adjust spacing, layout and styling by hand. For landing pages, dashboards and product interfaces that will live on Vercel, it is hard to beat.
Bolt runs a full development environment in the browser, so it builds and runs the backend, installs packages and shows the terminal. Pro adds custom domains, SEO boosting, AI image editing, expanded database capacity and a choice of database provider. For apps with real data, user accounts and several moving parts, Bolt's all-in-one environment requires fewer outside services.
v0 deploys to Vercel, which suits teams already there and brings Vercel's hosting, domains and scaling; heavier production use means paying for Vercel itself as well as v0. It syncs projects with GitHub on every plan, including Free, so developers can take over in their own editor.
Bolt hosts apps itself, with up to 333,000 web requests a month on Free and up to 1 million on Pro, unlimited databases and custom domains on paid plans. Everything runs in one account, which is simpler for a solo builder or small business, and the code stays visible for export.
Data handling separates the plans more than features do. v0's Business plan, at $100 per user, turns the training opt-out on by default, and Enterprise states that your data is never used for training and adds SAML single sign-on and role-based access. Teams on Free or Plus should check their data settings before putting confidential code into v0.
For collaboration, v0 Plus and Business share chats and pool purchased credits across the team with billing on vercel.com. Bolt Teams costs $30 per member with centralized billing, access management, private npm registries and design-system instructions per package, and its Enterprise plan adds SSO, audit logs and data retention policies.
Bolt takes the verdict for most people choosing between the two: its $25 Pro plan gives the larger working allowance, hosting and databases are built in, and it handles full-stack apps without extra services. It is the better choice for solo builders, small businesses and developers who want to see the code.
v0 is the better choice for interface-heavy work, React and Next.js teams, and anyone deploying on Vercel, where its polished components and Design Mode save real time. For people who want an app without touching code at all, Lovable is worth comparing too, covered in Lovable vs Bolt.
For a single builder, Bolt usually is. Bolt Pro costs $25 a month and starts at 10 million tokens, with hosting and databases included. v0 Plus costs $30 per user a month for $30 of credits, spent at the token rates of whichever v0 model you choose, plus $2 of free credits each day you log in. For teams, both charge about $30 per member, but v0's Business plan is $100 per user.
Yes. v0 started as a generator for React components styled with Tailwind and shadcn/ui, and now builds full Next.js apps that deploy to Vercel, with visual editing in Design Mode and sync to GitHub. Bolt was full-stack from the start, running a complete development environment in the browser with hosting and databases built in.
It depends on the plan. v0's Business plan turns the training opt-out on by default, and Enterprise states that your data is never used for training. On Free and Plus, check the data settings in your account if you do not want your prompts used. Companies with confidential code should budget for Business or Enterprise.
v0 charges credits at per-token rates for its own models. Per million tokens, v0 Mini costs $0.20 for input and $1.20 for output, v0 Pro $2 and $10, v0 Max $5 and $25, and v0 Max Fast, which responds 2.5 times faster, $10 and $50. Long conversations about large projects use many input tokens, because each message resends context.
v0, for interfaces. Its output is polished React code built on popular component libraries, and Design Mode lets you adjust layouts visually rather than by prompt. Bolt suits designers who want a working product end to end, with hosting, databases and AI image editing on Pro, and design-system instructions for teams.
Bolt's paid tokens roll over for one extra month, so they last up to two months while the subscription is active. v0's included credits renew each month with the plan, and credits you buy on top of the plan have their own expiry, shared across the team on Plus and Business.