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Replaces Bolt.new. 3 ways out. Best: Bolt.new (free tier) (cheaper plan), about $288 saved in year one.

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. No verified migrations yet. Check the must-haves in each recipe before you switch.

What you use

  • Build app from prompt
  • In-browser dev environment
  • Hosting and custom domains

Not covered

  • Databases
  • Export/download code
  • GitHub integration

Check before switching

  • You only rely on: Build app from prompt, In-browser dev environment, Hosting and custom domains
  • Export your data from Bolt.new before canceling

Agents: get_recipe("replace-bolt") on the Stackcut MCP server.

3 ways out, best first

Cheaper planBolt.new (free tier)Saves $288 in year one
$25/mo today → $0/mo · setup 0.25 h · then $300/yr · payback 0.5 mo
1 seat. If your use fits the free tier (300K tokens/day, 1M tokens/mo; Bolt branding).
Covers 100% of the core features
Free: 1M tokens/mo with Bolt branding; Pro $25 only if you exceed that or need no branding.
Sources: bolt.new
Switch vendorv0 by Vercel (free tier)Saves $250 in year one
$25/mo today → $0/mo · setup 1 h · then $300/yr · payback 2 mo
1 seat. If your use fits the free tier ($5 included monthly credits; deploy to Vercel).
Covers 67% of the core features (not: In-browser dev environment)
v0 Free includes $5 monthly credits and Vercel deploys.
Sources: bolt.newv0.app
Switch vendorCursorSaves $10 in year one
$25/mo today → $20/mo · setup 1 h · then $60/yr · payback 10 mo
1 seat. Export the code and continue in a $10-20/mo coding assistant.
Covers 33% of the core features (not: In-browser dev environment, Hosting and custom domains)
Export the code and continue in a $10-20/mo coding assistant.
Sources: bolt.newcursor.com

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