Bolt.new vs Lovable (2026)

Bolt.new

by StackBlitz

Lovable

by Lovable

Pros

• ✓Builds, runs, tests and fixes full-stack web apps in the browser from a chat, with no local environment to set up.
• ✓Design system agents bring a team's own tokens, components and repositories into Bolt, and admins can set a default design system for every app.
• ✓Connectors run on MCP, with Notion, Linear, GitHub, Miro, Sentry, Context7, Granola and Jira built in and any remote MCP server addable.
• ✓Hosting, databases, user management, authentication and custom domains are built in, and Bolt holds SOC 2 Type 2.

Limitations

• –Apps run in a browser WebContainer, so work that needs native dependencies, GPU access or long-running background jobs has to move to other hosting.
• –Usage is metered in tokens that vary with the size of each build, with daily limits on Free and a monthly allowance on Pro.
• –From October 7, 2026, content on individual plans outside the EEA, UK and Switzerland can be used for model training and licensed datasets unless the user opts out.
• –SSO, audit logs and compliance support are on the quote-based Enterprise plan.

Pros

• ✓Native Supabase and Lovable Cloud integration generates production-ready backends automatically: database schema, row-level security policies, authentication, and edge functions are provisioned without developer configuration, materially closer to shippable than Bolt.new's in-browser WebContainer execution.
• ✓Per-workspace pricing at $25/month shared across unlimited collaborators: Pro is dramatically cheaper than per-seat tools for small teams where multiple people need simultaneous access, and credits are shared rather than divided, unlike individual-seat subscription models.
• ✓MCP server support, Google connectors, Figma import, Stripe, Shopify, Perplexity, ElevenLabs, Wiz security scanning, and subagents for parallel execution all native: the integration surface is the broadest of any vibe-coding platform and continues expanding monthly.

Limitations

• –Credit-based pricing creates cost unpredictability: Pro's 100 monthly credits and Business's 100 monthly credits exhaust quickly on iterative multi-cycle builds, and teams running Agent Mode on complex projects need to track credit burn carefully or face mid-month interruptions before the billing cycle resets.
• –Platform reliability has had notable incidents: publicly disclosed reliability issues in April and June 2026 indicate that Lovable's rapid growth has at times outpaced infrastructure stability, a consideration for teams deploying customer-facing production applications.
• –Generated code optimized for Lovable's deployment layer: migrating generated applications to AWS, GCP, Vercel, or self-managed infrastructure requires manual rework of Lovable-specific backend configurations, database connections, and deployment settings, limiting exit flexibility for teams with infrastructure requirements.