Bolt.new vs Pieces
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 Pieces if you want on-device ai long-term memory and copilot for developers (Copilot, freemium).
| Bolt.new | Pieces | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser | On-device AI long-term memory and copilot for developers |
| Type | agent | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Copilot |
| Pricing | freemium · Free (1M tokens/mo); Pro from $25/mo | freemium · Free for individuals; Teams plan contact for pricing |
| Best for | consumers, developers, smb | developers, smb, mid-market |
| Deployment | saas | self-hosted, saas |
| Modalities | text, code | text, code |
| Models | claude, model-agnostic | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini, llama, open-source |
| Protocols | rest-api | mcp |
| Integrations | Netlify, Supabase, GitHub, Expo | VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Chrome, Cursor, Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot |
| Capabilities | 3 documented | 5 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
Pieces
- +Local, on-device processing positioned as air-gapped and privacy-first (encrypted, with PII and API-key filtering per the vendor)
- +Cross-tool memory that spans IDEs, browsers, terminals, and chat apps, not just one editor
- +Works offline with local models and is model-agnostic (local Llama, plus GPT, Claude, Gemini)
- -Memory only captures while the app is running and is capped at a rolling ~9-month window
- -Copilot assists and recalls; it does not take autonomous actions on your behalf
Which should you choose?
Bolt.new is prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser, best for consumers, developers, smb. Pieces is on-device ai long-term memory and copilot for developers, best for developers, smb, mid-market. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.