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Bolt.new vs v0 by Vercel in 2026: what each costs, what moves, and who switched

Moving from Bolt.new to v0 by Vercel: what v0 by Vercel's importer carries over and 4 public accounts of the switch, plus how to leave Bolt.new. Every item links its source.

By Stackcut · Published · Catalog of 2026-10-14 · Vendor prices checked 2026-09-25

Modeled, not measured. Savings use public prices and planning assumptions: the bill you stop paying, minus the new tool, your upkeep time and your setup time at $50/hour, over the first 12 months. Results marked Tested by Stackcut are Stackcut's own test, not a customer. Every price links the page it came from.

The short answer

  • Moving from Bolt.new Pro to v0 by Vercel (free tier) saves $250 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time (Stackcut's model: modeled, not measured).
  • v0 by Vercel's official migration guide moves 1 kind of data in full and 1 partly; 5 things stay behind. What moves
  • 4 public accounts of making this switch: 3 evaluated, 1 switched. Read them

What Bolt.new and v0 by Vercel cost

List prices from each vendor's pricing page, as stored in the Stackcut catalog. Each price links its source.

PlanBilled monthlyBilled yearly (per month)What you get
Bolt.new Pro$25/monot shownStarts at 10M tokens/mo, no daily limit, no branding, custom domain support
Bolt.new Teams$30/user/monot shownPer member per month; tokens are per member, not shared
v0 by Vercel Plus/Team$30/user/monot shown$30 of monthly credits per user + $2 daily login credits
v0 by Vercel Business$100/user/monot shown$30 monthly credits per user; training opt-out by default
  • Bolt.new free plan: 300K tokens daily limit, 1M tokens per month, Bolt branding on websites, 10 MB uploads, no custom domain bolt.new
  • v0 by Vercel free plan: $5 of included monthly credits, 7 messages/day limit, deploy to Vercel v0.app

Moving from Bolt.new to v0 by Vercel

What v0 by Vercel's importer carries over, what it leaves behind, and any help it offers switchers.

To v0 by Vercel

Official guide v0.app · Tools: v0 Import from GitHub, Bolt GitHub integration

Moves: Project source code (full); Vercel project configuration (partial). v0.app

Doesn't move: Environment variables from Bolt; Bolt chat history and Bolt hosting; Bolt chat/prompt history; bolt.host published site and Bolt Cloud backend; Environment variables configured inside Bolt. v0.app

Watch out for:

  • The import does not create another writable copy of the repository; it creates a chat, a sandbox checkout and a working branch. v0.app
  • If the base branch powers production, v0 waits for an actual code change before creating a preview deployment. v0.app
  • For monorepos, pick the directory containing the intended application's package.json or the wrong app starts. v0.app

From each destination's own migration docs and switching pages, plus community write-ups where no official guide exists, each checked against its page. Confirm terms on the linked page before you rely on an offer.

People who moved from Bolt.new to v0 by Vercel

4 public accounts of leaving Bolt.new: 3 evaluated, 1 switched. Summaries are ours; each links the original, and each was checked against its page before it appeared here.

Evaluated to v0 by Vercel · Jun 2026 · Runs Inithouse, a product studio shipping a portfolio of products in parallel

The Inithouse studio evaluated v0 alongside Bolt, Lovable and Cursor, and settled on v0 as a complementary component-level tool rather than a Bolt replacement: they reach for it for individual UI elements, not whole-app migrations. DEV Community

Switched to v0 by Vercel · Product designer who runs AI prototyping workshops and teaches a vibe-coding course

Arteeva's workshop stack went Bolt, then v0, then Lovable after small annoyances piled up; she still calls v0 the second-best fit and a big fan, with Bolt now recommended only when a specific framework like Angular or React Native is needed. Substack (Anna Arteeva)

Evaluated to v0 by Vercel · Frontend developer/designer evaluating design-to-code tools

Hadil gave five tools the same outdated SaaS dashboard screenshot and prompt. v0 stayed closest to the original with strong code; Bolt gave a well-structured result needing another design pass. She picked Flowstep overall, v0 for React/shadcn work, Bolt for an in-browser dev environment. DEV Community

Evaluated to v0 by Vercel · Author built the same client-portal app in Bolt and v0 for a comparison article · vendor case study

Emergent's author built an identical client portal in both tools: Bolt reached a clickable app fastest but its code frayed with growth; v0 produced cleaner, production-shaped React but no backend. Verdict: Bolt for momentum, v0 for code quality and workflow fit - with an acknowledged bias toward Emergent, which it pitches at the end. Emergent

FAQ

Is v0 by Vercel cheaper than Bolt.new?

Modeled, not measured: moving from Bolt.new Pro to v0 by Vercel (free tier) saves $250 in the first year, after setup and upkeep time at $50/hour. It depends on your plan, seats and usage. the math

Can I move my Bolt.new data to v0 by Vercel?

v0 by Vercel's official guide moves: Project source code; Vercel project configuration. It doesn't move: Environment variables from Bolt; Bolt chat history and Bolt hosting; Bolt chat/prompt history; bolt.host published site and Bolt Cloud backend. v0.app

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