Bolt.new vs Graphite
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 Graphite if you want code review platform with an ai reviewer (diamond) and an editing agent (Supervised agent, freemium).
| Bolt.new | Graphite | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser | Code review platform with an AI reviewer (Diamond) and an editing agent |
| Type | agent | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free (1M tokens/mo); Pro from $25/mo | freemium · $20/user/mo |
| Best for | consumers, developers, smb | developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas | saas |
| Modalities | text, code | code, text, api |
| Models | claude, model-agnostic | model-agnostic |
| Protocols | rest-api | rest-api |
| Integrations | Netlify, Supabase, GitHub, Expo | GitHub, VS Code, Slack |
| 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
Graphite
- +Combines a low-false-positive AI reviewer with stacked PRs and a merge queue in one workflow
- +Graphite Agent can edit and help merge in the PR, not just comment
- +Custom plain-language rules and team style-guide enforcement
- -GitHub-centric; less coverage of GitLab, Bitbucket, and Azure DevOps than some rivals
- -Full value depends on adopting Graphite's stacking workflow
Which should you choose?
Bolt.new is prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser, best for consumers, developers, smb. Graphite is code review platform with an ai reviewer (diamond) and an editing agent, best for developers, smb, mid-market, enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.