Bolt.new vs Factory
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 Factory if you want agent-native software development platform with autonomous coding droids (Supervised agent, subscription).
| Bolt.new | Factory | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser | Agent-native software development platform with autonomous coding Droids |
| Type | agent | platform |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free (1M tokens/mo); Pro from $25/mo | subscription · $20/mo (Pro) |
| Best for | consumers, developers, smb | developers, enterprise, mid-market |
| Deployment | saas | saas, api, self-hosted, on-prem |
| Modalities | text, code | text, code, browser |
| Models | claude, model-agnostic | model-agnostic, claude, gpt, gemini |
| Protocols | rest-api | mcp, function-calling |
| Integrations | Netlify, Supabase, GitHub, Expo | GitHub, GitLab, Jira, Linear, Slack, VS Code |
| 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
Factory
- +Model-agnostic with no lock-in (Claude, GPT, Gemini per task)
- +Strong enterprise deployment story: on-prem, air-gapped, SSO, SCIM, audit logging, zero-data-retention
- +Whole-repo primitives plus headless CI/CD automation via Droid Exec
- -Autonomy is marketing-forward but supervised in practice; you review every modification before it touches the codebase
- -Efficiency metrics are company-reported with no public methodology
Which should you choose?
Bolt.new is prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser, best for consumers, developers, smb. Factory is agent-native software development platform with autonomous coding droids, best for developers, enterprise, mid-market. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.