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Lovable vs Bolt
A fact sheet for builders. ShipRanked has not published test scores for Lovable or Bolt, and this page does not name a winner.
In one paragraph
ShipRanked has not published a test score for Lovable or Bolt, so this comparison does not name a winner. Lovable runs as Web app. Public price: Free, Pro from $25/mo, Business from $50/mo. Bolt runs as Web app. Public price: Free, Pro from $25/mo. Lite was $9/mo. Both are queued for “CRUD app with login” and “Landing page with a waitlist”. That queue is not a ranking. A published score is the median of three runs, from 0 to 100, and the top 3 stays empty until those runs are fresh.
Side by side
Facts checked October 15, 2026. Best-fit is not a verdict. Both tools are still in the test queue.
Price
Lovable. Free, Pro from $25/mo, Business from $50/mo
Bolt. Free, Pro from $25/mo. Lite was $9/mo.
Where it runs
Lovable. Web app
Bolt. Web app
Model choice
Lovable. Lovable chooses the model behind Build, Plan, and Chat, and updates it for everyone. You cannot pick a specific model for building.
Bolt. Two build agents, Standard and Max. Bolt selects the model. Only Standard is on the free plan. Forge, when an account has it, builds with open-source models.
Open source
Lovable. Closed source
Bolt. Closed source
Best-fit job
Lovable. Not measured. Queued for CRUD app with login; Landing page with a waitlist.
Bolt. Not measured. Queued for CRUD app with login; Landing page with a waitlist.
Where to read the queue
Build a CRUD app with login from a fixed spec
From an empty project, the tool builds TaskBoard: lists, tasks, email login, and a protected page. The prompt is fixed. Playwright checks the running app.
Ship a public marketing page with a waitlist form
The second app-builder job in suite v0.1. The tool ships a public page with the sections in the spec and a waitlist form that reaches a success state.