Bolt vs Lovable vs Replit vs v0 by Vercel
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Bolt
Prompt to a running, deployed web app, built inside your browser
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Lovable
Describe a web app in plain English and Lovable builds and hosts it
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Replit
Browser-based platform to build, host and run apps, with Replit Agent...
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v0 by Vercel
Vercel's agent that turns prompts into full-stack web apps and deploys...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 6.9 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 | 7.6 / 10 | 7.7 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | 1M tokens a month with a 300K daily cap, Bolt branding, hosting up to 333k web requests | 5 build credits a day (up to 30 a month), 20 Cloud credits a month and a daily free chat allowance | Starter (in Replit's docs, not on the pricing page): daily Agent credits to a monthly cap, Lite build, one published app that goes down after 30 days | Free plan with 7 messages a day; new users get $5 of credits once, older free accounts keep a $5 monthly allowance |
| Paid from | $25/month Pro, or $18/month billed yearly | $25/month Pro (100 credits), or $21/month billed yearly | $20/month (Core, billed monthly) or $18/month billed annually | $30/user/month (Plus, with the same amount in monthly credits per user) |
| Has API | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | 1m+ users | ~8 million users | 30M+ users | 500k+ developers |
| Founded | 2024 | 2024 | 2016 | 2023 |
| Maker | StackBlitz, Inc. | Anton Osika | Amjad Masad, Haya Odeh, Faris Masad | Vercel |
| Verdict | Bolt is one of the quickest routes from an idea to a running web app: everything happens in the browser, hosting and a database are built in, and Standard and Max agents handle model choice. Pricing is clear, from a free... |
Lovable is the quickest route in its category from an idea to a hosted, working web app with a database and sign-in, and the code belongs to you, so engineers can take it over. Recent additions such as drafts, nearly 100... |
Replit puts editing, collaboration, a managed database and hosting in one browser tab, and Replit Agent can now take a prompt all the way to a published app. Free Mode, added in August 2026, makes everyday work on Core a... |
v0 is one of the quickest routes from a prompt to a deployed Next.js app, and the February 2026 release made it more than a component generator: GitHub repositories can be imported, pull requests merged and code edited i... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.