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GitHub Copilot vs Bolt.new

AI pair programmer — the original AI coding assistant from GitHub/Microsoft
vs. Prompt to full-stack app in your browser — by StackBlitz

GitHub Copilot ↗Bolt.new ↗

Pricing tiers

GitHub Copilot

Free
50 agent/chat requests + 2,000 completions/month. Haiku 4.5 + GPT-5-mini. Copilot CLI included.
Free
Pro
$10/user/mo. Unlimited agent + chat with GPT-5-mini, 300 premium requests, unlimited inline completions, Claude + Codex.
$10/mo
Pro+
$39/user/mo. 1,500 premium requests, Claude Opus 4.6, all models, GitHub Spark preview, third-party coding agent delegation.
$39/mo
Business
$19/user/mo (contact sales). Everything in Pro + organization license, audit logs, org policies, SSO.
Custom
Enterprise
$39/user/mo. IP indemnification, organization-wide knowledge bases, pull-request agents, fine-grained controls.
Custom
GitHub Copilot ↗

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 free on GitHub Copilot vs free on Bolt.new.

MetricGitHub CopilotBolt.new
No overlapping quota metrics for these tiers.

Features

GitHub Copilot · 16 features

  • Agent Mode — Multi-step autonomous edits with tool use. In VS Code.
  • AI Commit Messages — Auto-generate commit messages from diffs.
  • Business Policies — Admin controls: disable chat, public code filter, audit logs.
  • Chat with Repos / Docs — @github mentions to reference repos, wikis, docs.
  • Copilot Chat — Sidebar chat inside editor with file context + /commands.
  • Copilot Code Review — AI reviewer on pull requests. Suggests changes inline.
  • Copilot Coding Agent — Background agent that implements issues + opens PRs.
  • Copilot in CLI — GitHub CLI + `gh copilot suggest` / `explain`.
  • GitHub Spark (Pro+) — No-code-style app builder inside Copilot.
  • Inline Completion — Ghost-text suggestions as you type. Tab to accept.
  • Knowledge Bases (Enterprise) — Index docs/repos as context for chat.
  • PR Summaries + Q&A — AI-generated PR descriptions + Q&A on changes.
  • Slash Commands — /explain, /fix, /tests, /docs, /simplify, /review.
  • Third-Party Agent Delegation (Pro+) — Delegate tasks to Devin, Jules, Claude Code agents.
  • Voice Chat (preview) — Talk to Copilot hands-free.
  • Workspace (Preview) — Full-repo task planning + execution.

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

KindGitHub CopilotBolt.new
CLIGitHub Copilot CLI—
RESTCopilot REST API—
OTHERCopilot Chat (Web), JetBrains Plugin, Neovim Plugin, VS Code Extension, Xcode ExtensionBolt Web App, GitHub Export, StackBlitz Sync, WebContainer runtime
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