BoltvsClaudable
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Bolt
StackBlitz · Web app builder
#159MCP
Panel
4.92 spec wins
- Reliability
- 4.5
- Usefulness
- 5.3
- Cost
- 4.3
- Longevity
- 5.5
“Open source until December 2024, metered ever since, and the meter mostly counts uploading your own files to the model.”
Claudable
Anymorph · Web app builder
#151OSSMCP
Panel
6.44 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.5
- Usefulness
- 6.3
- Cost
- 8.5
- Longevity
- 5.2
“One click deploys the app and wires up a database with authentication, so your prototype now has a security model and you have not read it.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Bolt | Claudable |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Web app builder | Web app builder |
| Runs | sandbox, cloud | local |
| Platforms | web | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | Yes | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | Yes |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | NoNo browser-driving or app-testing agent is documented; Standard and Max differ only in how much the agent reasons per step (https://support.bolt.new/building/using-bolt/agents.md). | No |
| Sandboxed execution | Yes"Bolt relies on WebContainers, a browser-based runtime from StackBlitz that enables a full-stack development environment in the browser" — an in-browser VM, not a container you manage. | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | Claude | Claude Code, Codex CLI, Cursor CLI, Qwen Code |
| Bring your own model | No"Bolt handles model selection behind the scenes" — no model or provider picker, custom endpoint or key. | Yes |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | subscription | byok |
| Starts at | $25/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | No | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | Yes |
| License | proprietary | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 16,569 | 4,056 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Bolt | Claudable | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 5.5 | 7.0 | Claudable — Pick Claudable if you want prompt-to-app without a second subscription; pick Lovable when you would rather pay one bill and never see a terminal. |
| El Crítico | 4.8 | 6.0 | Claudable — The generated stack is fixed at one framework, one styling library, one component set, one host and one database, so leaving the happy path means leaving entirely. |
| El Profesor | 4.8 | 6.0 | Claudable — The coding itself is delegated to an external command-line agent, so this product's measurable contribution is the scaffold, the preview loop and the deployment wiring. |
| La Inversora | 6.0 | 6.5 | Claudable — 4,051 stars and no revenue, competing against funded builders whose entire business is the thing this gives away, with being free as the only differentiator. |
| La Jefa | 5.0 | 5.5 | Claudable — Nothing per seat for the builder and one coding-agent subscription per developer underneath it, and the default deployment path sends our application to a third-party host. |
| El Hacker | 3.5 | 7.3 | Claudable — MIT, a clone and an install, it drives four different coding CLIs and it speaks MCP, so the interesting parts are all mine to swap. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.