Bolt.new vs Devin
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Bolt.new if you want prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser (Supervised agent, freemium); choose Devin if you want autonomous ai software engineer that takes delegated tickets to a reviewed pr (Supervised agent, usage).
| Bolt.new | Devin | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser | Autonomous AI software engineer that takes delegated tickets to a reviewed PR |
| Type | agent | agent |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free (1M tokens/mo); Pro from $25/mo | usage · $20/mo + usage (ACU credits) |
| Best for | consumers, developers, smb | enterprise, mid-market, developers |
| Deployment | saas | saas, api |
| Modalities | text, code | text, code, browser, api |
| Models | claude, model-agnostic | claude, proprietary |
| Protocols | rest-api | mcp, rest-api, function-calling |
| Integrations | Netlify, Supabase, GitHub, Expo | GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Slack, Microsoft Teams, Jira |
| Capabilities | 3 documented | 4 documented |
Bolt.new
- +Full dev environment runs in the browser via WebContainers, with the AI controlling filesystem, terminal, and server
- +Generates true full-stack apps (not just UI) and can deploy via Bolt Cloud
- +No local setup; fast for prototyping and iterating by chatting
- -Token-based usage cost can rise quickly on complex or long-running builds
- -Output needs human review and iteration; it is not a hands-off autonomous engineer
Devin
- +Genuinely async, delegated model: handles whole tickets and large parallel migrations rather than line-by-line autocomplete
- +Deep workflow integration (Slack, Jira, Linear, GitHub) plus DeepWiki codebase indexing and a public API
- +Validated at large, complex enterprises
- -Best on clear, verifiable tasks; Cognition's own framing acknowledges it can make mistakes or get stuck on complex work and needs human review
- -Usage-based ACU billing can get expensive and unpredictable on open-ended work
Which should you choose?
Bolt.new is prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser, best for consumers, developers, smb. Devin is autonomous ai software engineer that takes delegated tickets to a reviewed pr, best for enterprise, mid-market, developers. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.
This comparison is generated from the sourced Bolt.new and Devin profiles. Open either profile to review its evidence and last-reviewed date.