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Bolt.new vs shadcn/ui

Prompt to full-stack app in your browser — by StackBlitz
vs. Beautifully designed React components you copy-paste into your app

Bolt.new ↗shadcn/ui (OSS) ↗

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 ↗

shadcn/ui

OSS (MIT)
$0. MIT license. Free forever. No signup. Components copy-pasted into your repo and owned by you.
$0 base (usage-based)
shadcn/ui (OSS) ↗

Free-tier quotas head-to-head

Comparing free on Bolt.new vs oss on shadcn/ui.

MetricBolt.newshadcn/ui
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.

shadcn/ui · 12 features

  • 50+ Components — Button, dialog, dropdown, form, table, etc.
  • Accessibility — WAI-ARIA compliant.
  • Blocks — Full-page layouts ready to use.
  • Charts — Composable Recharts wrappers.
  • CSS Variables — Themeable via --primary, --background, etc.
  • Custom Registries — Publish your own components via registry spec.
  • Dark Mode — Built-in toggleable theme.
  • Form Components (react-hook-form) — Integrated with react-hook-form + Zod.
  • MCP Server — Query component catalog from AI agents.
  • Radix UI Primitives — Headless accessibility foundation.
  • shadcn CLI — Scaffold + add components.
  • Themes + Theme Editor — CSS vars-based color system.

Developer interfaces

KindBolt.newshadcn/ui
CLI—shadcn CLI
REST—Component Registry
MCP—shadcn MCP Server
OTHERBolt Web App, GitHub Export, StackBlitz Sync, WebContainer runtimeDocs + Component Browser, Theme Customizer
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