Bolt.new vs Claude
Cheapest paid tier each vendor publishes. Free plans are listed above; tiers priced on request are not plotted because there is no figure to plot.
Where they differ
Only on Claude
- Lower entry price: $20/mo against $25/mo
- AI chat
- Generative writing
- Agentic coding
- Also on macOS, Windows, iOS, Android and API
From the pricing tiers and capability tags we track. A capability missing on one side means we have not recorded it there, not that the tool cannot do it.
At a glance
Bolt.new and Claude both appear in this directory's code listings. Prices below were read from the vendors' own pages, most recently on October 26, 2026. Paid plans start at $25/mo on Bolt.new and $20/mo on Claude. We track app generation on Bolt.new and ai chat on Claude; both cover ai agents. No score and no winner: the facts do the picking.
Capability tags are factual labels we assign when a tool is added; they describe what a tool does, not how well it does it.
Checked against the vendors. Written from each vendor's own site and last re-checked there: Bolt.new (under review since October 26, 2026) · Claude (under review since October 26, 2026). Vendors change pricing and features without notice, so confirm anything that decides your purchase on the vendor's page.
Bolt.new
Build and deploy AI apps quickly
Bolt.new is a platform for building and deploying AI applications. It supports no-code and low-code development, allowing integration with any API. Users can run Python, JavaScript, or other languages within the environment.
Claude
AI assistant for writing, coding, research, and analysis
Claude is an AI assistant from Anthropic. It handles writing, coding, research, data analysis, and image understanding through a chat interface, with support for file uploads and long documents. It is available on the web, in desktop and mobile apps, and through an API.
Also in code
A tool we have an affiliate relationship with. It is not part of the comparison above and we are not calling it the better pick.
- Turning an idea into a working prototype without writing code
- Rebuilding an interface from a screenshot or a document
- Shipping a small app to a real domain in one sitting
Key features
Bolt.new
- Build AI applications
- Deploy AI applications
- Supports no-code and low-code
- Integrate with any API
- Cloud IDE
Claude
- Chat with document, image, and code uploads
- Writing, editing, and summarization
- Code generation and debugging, plus agentic coding with Claude Code
- Web search with cited answers
- Artifacts: interactive documents and apps built in-chat
- Projects with shared context for long-running work
What each one does well
Bolt.new
- ✓ Building and deploying custom AI applications
- ✓ Integrating various APIs into AI workflows
- ✓ Rapid prototyping of AI solutions
Claude
- ✓ Drafting and editing long-form writing
- ✓ Coding, from quick scripts to multi-file work with Claude Code
- ✓ Digesting long documents, PDFs, and spreadsheets
- ✓ Research questions with cited web sources
- ✓ Analyzing images, screenshots, and charts
People also ask
Which is cheaper, Bolt.new or Claude?
Claude is cheaper: paid plans start at $25/mo for Bolt.new and $20/mo for Claude.
Does Bolt.new or Claude have a free plan?
Both Bolt.new and Claude publish a free plan.
What is the difference between Bolt.new and Claude?
Bolt.new and Claude are both tracked for ai-agents. Of the capabilities they do not share, only Bolt.new is tracked for app-generation, no-code, cloud-ide, deployment, developer-api, and only Claude is tracked for ai-chat, generative-writing, agentic-coding, research, documents.
How much do Bolt.new and Claude cost?
Bolt.new: free plan, then $25/mo. Claude: free plan, then $20/mo.
Answers are generated from the tracked plans and capability tags shown above, so they move when the vendors' pages do.
Full fact sheets, FAQs, and discussion links: Bolt.new · Claude · all code tools