Bolt.new vs Warp
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 Warp if you want agentic development environment built from a modern terminal (Supervised agent, freemium).
| Bolt.new | Warp | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | Prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser | Agentic development environment built from a modern terminal |
| Type | agent | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Supervised agent | Supervised agent |
| Pricing | freemium · Free (1M tokens/mo); Pro from $25/mo | freemium · $0 free; Build from $20/mo (1,500 credits) |
| Best for | consumers, developers, smb | developers, smb, enterprise |
| Deployment | saas | saas, self-hosted, api |
| Modalities | text, code | text, code |
| Models | claude, model-agnostic | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini |
| Protocols | rest-api | mcp, function-calling, rest-api |
| Integrations | Netlify, Supabase, GitHub, Expo | GitHub, Claude Code, Codex, Gemini CLI, OpenCode, Bash |
| 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
Warp
- +Best-in-class terminal UX: fast Rust client, command blocks, and IDE-like editing
- +Model- and harness-agnostic: orchestrates Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, and its own agent, local and cloud
- +Open-sourced the terminal client and the Oz orchestration platform in 2026
- -Requires an account and sends data to the cloud for AI features, raising privacy/telemetry concerns
- -An October 2025 shift to credit/usage pricing drew community backlash
Which should you choose?
Bolt.new is prompt, edit, and deploy full-stack web apps in the browser, best for consumers, developers, smb. Warp is agentic development environment built from a modern terminal, best for developers, smb, enterprise. 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 Warp profiles. Open either profile to review its evidence and last-reviewed date.