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Anthropic API vs Bolt.new

API for Claude — frontier models for chat, tool use, agents, and long-context reasoning
vs. Prompt to full-stack app in your browser — by StackBlitz

Anthropic website ↗Bolt.new ↗

Pricing tiers

Anthropic API

Opus 4.7 — usage
Input $5 / output $25 / cache-write $6.25 / cache-read $0.50 per 1M tokens. Batch = 50% off.
Custom
Sonnet 4.6 — usage
Input $3 / output $15 / cache-write $3.75 / cache-read $0.30 per 1M tokens. Batch = 50% off.
Custom
Haiku 4.5 — usage
Input $1 / output $5 / cache-write $1.25 / cache-read $0.10 per 1M tokens. Batch = 50% off.
Custom
Anthropic website ↗

Bolt.new

Free
1M tokens/month. 300K tokens/day cap. Public + private projects. 10MB file uploads. Hosting + unlimited DBs.
Free
Pro
$25/month. Starts at 10M tokens/month, no daily cap. No Bolt branding, 100MB uploads, custom domains, SEO support, image AI edit. Rollover tokens.
$25/mo
Teams
$30/member/month. Centralized billing, team access, private NPM registries, design system knowledge.
$30/mo
Enterprise
Custom. SSO, audit logs, dedicated account manager, 24/7 support.
Custom
Bolt.new ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing opus-4-7 on Anthropic API vs free on Bolt.new.

MetricAnthropic APIBolt.new
discount batch50 % off—

Features

Anthropic API · 0 features

    Bolt.new · 14 features

    • Browser Terminal — Real shell in-browser. Run npm install, scripts, etc.
    • Deploy to Netlify — One-click deploy to Netlify.
    • Deploy to Vercel — One-click deploy to Vercel.
    • Design System Knowledge — Team plan: shared design-system context for consistent UI.
    • Expo Support — Build React Native/Expo apps too.
    • GitHub Export — Push full project to a new GitHub repo.
    • Image Input — Upload image/sketch → Bolt generates matching UI.
    • Import Existing Project — Upload an existing repo and iterate in Bolt.
    • Live Edit + Run — Edit code + hot reload alongside AI agent.
    • Private NPM Registries — Team plan: use private packages.
    • Prompt to App — Describe app → Bolt scaffolds + codes + runs it in the browser.
    • Stripe Integration — Hook up Stripe payments in-chat.
    • Supabase Integration — Provision + connect Supabase from chat.
    • WebContainer runtime — Node.js + terminal + filesystem running entirely in your browser.

    Developer interfaces

    KindAnthropic APIBolt.new
    CLIClaude Code CLI—
    SDKGo SDK, Java SDK, Python SDK, Ruby SDK, TypeScript SDK (@anthropic-ai/sdk)—
    RESTAWS Bedrock, Google Vertex AI, Microsoft Azure AI, REST API (Messages + Agents)—
    OTHER—Bolt Web App, GitHub Export, StackBlitz Sync, WebContainer runtime
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