Bolt.new vs n8n

Prompt to full-stack app in your browser — by StackBlitz
vs. Source-available workflow automation — fair-code, self-host or cloud

Bolt.new ↗n8n website ↗

Pricing tiers

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 ↗

n8n

Community (self-host)

Source-available (fair-code). Free forever. Full feature set self-hosted.

$0 base (usage-based)

Cloud Starter

€20/mo annual (~$22). 2,500 workflow executions. 5 concurrent. 1 shared project. Unlimited users.

$22/mo

Cloud Pro

€50/mo annual (~$55). Custom execution volume. 20 concurrent. 3 shared projects. 7-day insights.

$55/mo

Cloud Business

€667/mo annual (~$735). 40,000 executions. 30 concurrent. 6 projects. Self-host option. SSO, SAML, LDAP. Git version control.

$735/mo

Enterprise

Custom. 200+ concurrent. Unlimited projects. SLA. 365-day retention.

Custom

n8n website ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Bolt.new vs starter on n8n.

Metric	Bolt.new	n8n
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

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.

n8n · 19 features

500+ Integration Nodes — Apps, SaaS, DBs, cloud services, AI models.
AI / LangChain Nodes — AI Agent, Chain, Memory, Vector Store nodes out of box.
Audit Logs — Enterprise compliance logging.
Code Nodes (JS + Python) — Drop-in custom code nodes with full data access.
Credentials Vault — Encrypted credentials per service.
Environments — dev/staging/prod environments.
Error Workflows — Global + per-workflow error handlers.
Execution History — Full run log with inputs/outputs per node.
Expression Editor — JavaScript expressions for data mapping.
External Secrets — HashiCorp Vault + AWS Secrets + Azure Key Vault integrations.
Git Version Control — Version workflows in Git (Business+).
HTTP Request Node — Full-featured HTTP client node (any REST API).
Queue Mode — Redis-backed execution queue for scaling.
Schedule Triggers — Cron-based triggers down to the minute.
SSO + SAML + LDAP — Business+ authentication.
Sub-Workflows — Reusable child workflows.
Variables — Global variables + per-workflow variables.
Visual Editor — Drag-and-drop flow builder. Node-based canvas.
Webhooks — Webhook triggers + responses.

Developer interfaces

Kind	Bolt.new	n8n
CLI	—	n8n CLI
REST	—	n8n REST API
MCP	—	n8n MCP
OTHER	Bolt Web App, GitHub Export, StackBlitz Sync, WebContainer runtime	n8n Editor UI, Webhook Triggers

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