Novu vs Bolt.new

Open-source notification infrastructure — workflows across email, SMS, push, chat, in-app
vs. Prompt to full-stack app in your browser — by StackBlitz

Novu website ↗Bolt.new ↗

Pricing tiers

Novu

Free

10K workflow runs/mo. All channels. 20 workflows, 2 environments, 3 team members, 24h retention.

Free

Self-hosted (OSS)

Open source (MIT). Run locally or on own infrastructure. No usage limits.

$0 base (usage-based)

Pro

From $30/mo. 30K+ runs, 7-day retention, branding removal, advanced email editor.

$30/mo

Team

From $250/mo. 250K+ runs, 10 envs, 90-day retention, RBAC, 600 RPS.

$250/mo

Enterprise

Custom. 10M+ runs, HIPAA BAA, SSO/OIDC, data residency (SG/UK/AU/JP/KR), self-hosted/VPC.

Custom

Novu 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 free on Novu vs free on Bolt.new.

Metric	Novu	Bolt.new
retention	1 days	—
workflow runs monthly	10000 runs/mo	—
workflows	20 workflows	—

Features

Novu · 15 features

Activity Feed — Message-by-message delivery timeline.
Chat — Slack, Microsoft Teams, Discord, Mattermost, WhatsApp, WeChat.
Email — SendGrid, Postmark, Mailgun, AWS SES, Resend, SMTP, Plunk, Mailjet, Sparkpost, M…
Inbox — React/Next/Vue/Angular in-app Inbox component.
Layouts — Reusable email layouts with template nesting.
Multi-tenancy — Per-tenant branding, templates, preferences.
Novu Framework — Code-first workflow DSL (TypeScript) colocated with app code.
Preferences — Per-subscriber + global notification preferences.
Push — APNs, FCM, Expo, OneSignal, Pushpad, Pusher.
Self-hosting — Docker Compose / Kubernetes deployment of full stack.
SMS — Twilio, MessageBird, Plivo, Nexmo, Termii, Sendchamp, Africa's Talking, Kannel, …
Subscribers — Subscriber profiles with channels, preferences, topics.
Topics — Pub/sub style subscribe many users to a topic.
Translations — i18n support for templates.
Workflows — Code-first or visual notification workflows with steps, branches, delays.

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

Kind	Novu	Bolt.new
CLI	Novu CLI	—
SDK	go-novu, @novu/api, @novu/framework, novu-java, novu-kotlin, novu-php, novu (Python), @novu/react (Inbox), novu-ruby	—
REST	Novu REST API	—
OTHER	Outbound Webhooks, Self-hosted (Docker)	Bolt Web App, GitHub Export, StackBlitz Sync, WebContainer runtime

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