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# Buildful vs Bolt

Bolt is an AI app builder in the browser: describe a site or app and its agent builds it, with a database and hosting included. Buildful works on the code in your own GitHub repo and hands you a tested pull request.

1,000 tasks for $10 a month. About a cent a task. 

[Start building ](https://buildful.ai/signup) 

Works on your GitHub repo · Your first 3 tasks are free. No card needed.

Stay 

## Stay with Bolt if

- You want a site or app running from a prompt, in one browser tab.
- You want hosting and a database included.
- You like editing in a live preview as it builds.

Switch 

## Switch to Buildful if

- You want each change reviewed as a pull request, not committed as you go.
- You want your tests run on every change, and every UI change tried in a real browser and recorded.
- You want a set monthly price: 1,000 tasks for $10.

[Try it on your repo ](https://buildful.ai/signup) First 3 tasks free 

At a glance

## How Bolt and Buildful compare

__Bolt and Buildful, side by side__
| Compared on       | Bolt                                                                               | Buildful                                                                                                                                                                |
| ----------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Price             | Pro $25 a month for 10 million tokens. Free has a daily token limit.               | Pro is $10 a month for 1,000 tasks. Team is $40 for 3,000\. Free to try with 3 tasks.                                                                                   |
| Where it runs     | In Bolt's web app.                                                                 | In a private cloud sandbox, one per task, deleted when the task ends. Nothing runs on your computer.                                                                    |
| To get started    | Sign up and describe your app.                                                     | Sign up and connect a GitHub repo.                                                                                                                                      |
| Models            | Bolt's agents choose the model for you. An open-source agent is in preview on Pro. | Buildful picks the right open-weight model for each task. On Pro and Team, pick a frontier model yourself, like Claude or GPT, with prepaid credit or your own API key. |
| What you get back | A running app, hosted on Bolt. It can sync each change to GitHub as a commit.      | A pull request on your GitHub repo, ready to review and merge.                                                                                                          |
| Testing           | A live preview of the app as it builds.                                            | Runs your repo's checks, then tests UI changes in a real browser and records it.                                                                                        |
|                   |                                                                                    | [Try it on your repo ](https://buildful.ai/signup) Your first 3 tasks are free. No card needed.                                                                         |

### Compare Buildful with other tools

[vs Claude Code →](https://buildful.ai/compare/claude-code) [vs Cursor →](https://buildful.ai/compare/cursor) [vs Lovable →](https://buildful.ai/compare/lovable) [vs Replit →](https://buildful.ai/compare/replit) [vs Emergent →](https://buildful.ai/compare/emergent) [vs Base44 →](https://buildful.ai/compare/base44) [vs GitHub Copilot →](https://buildful.ai/compare/github-copilot) [vs OpenAI Codex →](https://buildful.ai/compare/codex) [vs v0 →](https://buildful.ai/compare/v0) [vs Windsurf →](https://buildful.ai/compare/windsurf) [vs Devin →](https://buildful.ai/compare/devin) [All comparisons](https://buildful.ai/compare) 

Why we built Buildful

## Great software shouldn't depend on who can afford a $200 subscription.

- A model chosen for each task Buildful picks the right open-weight model for each one. Frontier models, whenever you choose.
- Your repos, your pull requests Every change is a pull request on your GitHub. One task can change several repos, one PR each. Nothing reaches main without you.
- Tested before you merge Your checks run, and every UI change is tested in a real browser and recorded.

Tasks can also start from Slack or Linear 

Switching from Bolt

## Frequently asked questions

Can Buildful work on my Bolt project? 

If your project syncs to a GitHub repo, Buildful can work on that repo and open pull requests against it. We haven't tested the round trip back into Bolt yet, so start with a small change and make sure it shows up in Bolt.

Does Buildful host my app? 

No. Buildful changes the code in your repo and tests it in a sandbox. Your app keeps running wherever you host it today.

Do I need to install anything? 

No. Buildful runs every task in a private cloud sandbox. You need a browser and a GitHub repo.

What happens to my repo? 

Buildful works on a new branch and opens a pull request. Nothing reaches your main branch until you review the change and merge it.

[Start building ](https://buildful.ai/signup) 

Your first 3 tasks are free. No card needed.

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