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Bolt.new builds apps in the browser. Soloop connects work to the next founder decision.

Bolt.new is the closer fit when the work in front of you is producing a running full-stack app: it prompts, runs, edits, and deploys in a browser tab on WebContainers, and the code is yours to download or push to GitHub. Soloop is the closer fit when the app already exists and the open question is which single move to make next, with the result coming back as evidence.

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Decision shortcut

Which operating model fits?

Choose Bolt.new if
  • Your bottleneck is getting a working full-stack app to exist at all, and you want it running in a browser tab without local setup.
  • You want unambiguous code ownership, a zip download, and a private GitHub repo that Bolt commits to automatically.
  • You need hosting, a database, auth, and an app-store path from one place, through Bolt hosting, Bolt Database, Supabase, Netlify, or Expo.
Choose Soloop if
  • The artifact already exists: a repo, a deployed URL, a demo, a deck, or a half-built product.
  • You want one reviewable next move with a reason, not a faster way to regenerate the UI.
  • You want replies, users, task notes, code changes, and failures to feed the next decision instead of dying in a chat log.

Evidence ledger

Soloop vs Bolt.new, dimension by dimension.

Read each row as an operating choice, not a feature score.

Starting point

Bolt.new

A prompt, or a public GitHub repo opened by prefixing its URL with bolt.new.

Soloop

An existing artifact: idea, URL, repo, deck, file, demo, or half-built product.

Next move

Bolt.new

You decide what to prompt next; the agent builds what you ask for.

Soloop

The Plan Agent reads project state and proposes one next move with a reason.

Approval model

Bolt.new

You review and accept changes as you iterate; tokens are consumed as Bolt reads, thinks, and builds.

Soloop

Research, posts, code changes, credit spend, and deploys wait for founder approval.

Build and deploy

Bolt.new

Prompt, run, edit, and deploy full-stack apps in the browser on WebContainers, publishing to a free bolt.host address or to Netlify.

Soloop

Build can work from a new project, GitHub repo or ZIP and run approved jobs in a sandbox.

Growth and sales

Bolt.new

SEO and analytics are offered around the published site; no demand research or social execution is documented.

Soloop

The Analyst researches demand; the Social Agent runs approved Twitter/X work today.

Signals

Bolt.new

Hosting analytics are offered; a loop that returns user or market signal into the next build decision is not documented.

Soloop

Replies, users, task notes, code changes, and failures return to the workspace for the next call.

Ownership

Bolt.new

Docs state all code you create with Bolt and StackBlitz is your own, usable for any legal purpose including commercial; zip download and GitHub sync are both supported.

Soloop

A hosted workspace built around founder-owned artifacts.

Packaging

Bolt.new

As of September 14, 2026: Free at $0 with a 300K daily and 1M monthly token cap, Pro at $25 per month starting at 10M tokens, Teams at $30 per member per month, Enterprise custom.

Soloop

Compare on what each spend buys: Bolt tokens buy generated and edited code; Soloop credits buy an approved move and its result.

Operating loop

The interface determines where judgment sits.

Bolt.new

  1. 1Prompt or import a repo
  2. 2Bolt builds and runs it in the browser
  3. 3Iterate on the result
  4. 4Publish and connect a database
  5. 5Download or push to GitHub

Soloop

  1. 1Bring existing work
  2. 2Read the evidence
  3. 3Approve one move
  4. 4Specialist executes
  5. 5Use the result

Evidence boundary

What the sources establish—and what they do not.

Established
  • Bolt.new is StackBlitz's AI web development agent for prompting, running, editing, and deploying full-stack applications directly from the browser with no local setup, powered by WebContainers, a WebAssembly runtime that runs Node.js, npm, and servers inside the browser tab. The official stackblitz/bolt.new repository is MIT licensed.
  • Official docs state that all code you create with Bolt and StackBlitz is your own code, usable for any legal purpose including commercial. Projects can be downloaded as a zip and run locally, and the GitHub integration creates a private repo on main, commits changes automatically, and pulls outside updates every 30 seconds, though in-app branch merging is not supported.
  • Bolt publishes to a free bolt.host address with custom domains on paid plans, defaults to Bolt Database with Supabase available for a hosted SQL database, auth, and edge functions, offers Netlify as an alternative host, and documents an Expo path to iOS via TestFlight and the App Store and Android via Google Play, which requires paid Apple or Google developer accounts.
Needs verification
  • Token cost per outcome is not predictable from official pages. Docs state tokens are consumed as Bolt reads, thinks about, and builds your project and that larger projects consume more per interaction, but no official figure states how many tokens a given app or change takes.
  • The pricing page shows a single Pro price, while the tokens doc refers to a highest-tier monthly Pro plan and to annual Pro plans as the ones eligible for token reloads. The full Pro tier ladder and annual prices were not established from the pricing page.
  • Nothing in the reviewed official docs establishes that Bolt researches market demand, runs growth or social work, or feeds user signal back into a proposal for the next move; those are outside the documented product surface rather than known to be absent by design.

Source ledger

Check the primary material.

Links open the official source used for the statement. Product details can change after the evidence date.

01
Soloop product manual

Documented task approvals, research, growth and new-project coding; no comparative benchmark

02
Bolt pricing

Plan names, prices, and token allowances

03
Tokens

Token consumption, daily and monthly caps, rollover

04
Bolt.new repository

WebContainers, in-browser full-stack, MIT license

05
Corporate and commercial

Code ownership and commercial use

06
GitHub for version control

Private repo creation, auto-commits, two-way sync

07
Expo for mobile apps

iOS and Android app store publishing path

FAQ

Questions founders ask before switching.

Is Soloop a Bolt.new alternative?

They can be complementary. Bolt.new provides a browser-based app-building workflow and code export. Soloop accepts ideas or existing work and proposes research, growth and coding tasks for review. Choose based on the job you need completed, the output you can inspect and the controls around execution.

How much does Bolt.new cost?

As of September 14, 2026, the official pricing page lists Free at $0 with a 300K token daily limit and 1M tokens per month, Pro at $25 per month billed monthly starting at 10M tokens per month, Teams at $30 per member per month, and Enterprise at custom pricing. Tokens are consumed as Bolt reads and builds your project, so cost scales with project size rather than with a fixed per-app price.

Do you own the code Bolt.new generates?

Yes. Bolt's official docs state that all code you create with Bolt and StackBlitz is your own code, which you can use for any legal purpose including commercial purposes. You can download a project as a zip and run it locally, or connect GitHub, which creates a private repository and commits your changes automatically.

Make the next move reviewable

Bring the product you already have.

Soloop reads the current state, proposes one move, waits for approval, and returns the result.

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This is an independent comparison based on public information checked September 14, 2026. Bolt.new and related marks belong to their respective owners. Soloop is not affiliated with or endorsed by them.