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vibld and Bolt
What each one offers today, row by row, with the public page every fact comes from. Bolt, from StackBlitz, builds JavaScript web apps in the browser, with a built-in database and hosting.
| Feature | vibld | Bolt |
|---|---|---|
| Free plan | Yes. Builds with GPT-6 Luna, keeps up to three active projects, and includes $1.00 of model spend a month once a card is saved (not charged). Source | Yes. 300,000 tokens a day, up to 1 million a month. Source |
| Cheapest paid plan | Build, $19 a month or $190 a year, with $14.00 of model spend included each month. Source | Pro, $25 a month billed monthly. Source |
| What it builds with | React, TypeScript and Vite, styled with Tailwind and shadcn/ui. Source | JavaScript-based web technologies; no one framework is fixed. Source |
| Backend and database | None built in: a generated project is frontend code. Sign-in and forms for your app’s users are on the roadmap. Source | Built in: Bolt Database, with sign-up for your app’s users. Source |
| Hosting and custom domains | Publish to <slug>.vibld-preview.dev. Custom domains on Build and Ship. Source | Publish to a .bolt.host address on every plan. Custom domains on Pro. Source |
| Download the code | Yes, on every plan, Free included. Source | Yes. Source |
| GitHub | One way: a commit and a pull request on a repository you can push to. vibld does not read code back. Source | Two-way: Bolt commits its changes and pulls changes made outside it every 30 seconds. Source |
| Runs without the builder | Yes. Ordinary source with no vibld runtime, and a README that says how to run and build it. Source | From GitHub, publish with Bolt, Netlify or another service. Source |
| MCP server or coding-agent plugin | Yes. An MCP server at app.vibld.com/mcp, usable from Claude, Claude Code and Cursor. Source | Not stated. Bolt connects to outside MCP servers for context. Source |
| Run the builder yourself | Yes. The source is in a public repository with an Apache 2.0 LICENSE file, and runs on Cloudflare or under Docker. Source | bolt.diy, a separate open-source project, says it is under the MIT License and that the WebContainers API it uses has its own commercial terms. Source |
| Your own model key | On a self-hosted copy or the command line. The hosted service sells model spend instead. Source | Not stated. Bolt chooses the model behind each agent. Source |
Bolt’s column was read from Bolt’s own public pages on 2026-10-12; each Source link is the page for that row. “Not stated” means we did not find it on a public page. Prices change: the vendor’s page is the authority. Spotted something out of date? Write to hello@vibld.com.