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AskCodi vs Bolt
Bolt has the clearest free tier in the category and it is the one we are closest to. The difference is what happens after the site is live.
- Same monthly allowance, a million tokens. Bolt throttles at 300,000 a day. We removed our daily cap on 30 October 2026.
- Bolt hosts free sites and takes them offline when they pass 10 GB or 333,333 requests. We charge $5 a month for hosting and do not.
- Bolt is SOC 2 Type 2 certified without a hedge. We claim nothing.
Sources read: 11 November 2026
Side by side
Row by row.
- What the free tier is
- AskCodi1,000,000 tokens a month. No card, and no daily cap.
- BoltA million tokens a month with a 300,000 daily limit, no card required. The daily allowance does not carry over.
support.bolt.new ↗ - What happens when it runs out
- AskCodiBuilding stops and waits for the next month or a top-up. A site that is already published keeps serving, because hosting is its own subscription rather than part of the allowance.
- BoltHit the daily cap and "you can still edit existing code for free in Code view", otherwise wait for the reset. One of the kinder failure modes here.
support.bolt.new ↗ - Hosting and database
- AskCodiDatabase $5 a month, hosting $5 a month, your own domain $15. You subscribe when the app first needs one, never before.
- BoltFree hosting, hard capped at 10 GB of bandwidth and 333,333 requests a month. "Free plan sites stop serving content once they hit their monthly data limits... they stay offline until usage resets." Free sites carry a "Made in Bolt" badge. Bolt’s own estimate of the free ceiling is 10,000 to 15,000 visits a month.
support.bolt.new ↗ - Taking payments
- AskCodiNot wired into the builder. You connect your own Stripe and the money arrives in your account, in your name.
- BoltTheir launch post promises "in one click" and "without the usual setup headaches". The documented flow has you register with Stripe, generate a secret key in their dashboard and paste it into a modal. Same as here, in other words.
bolt.new ↗ - Where the code lives
- AskCodiConnect a repository you own. Work arrives in it as pull requests you merge.
- BoltEach project runs in its own browser-level sandbox. Unpublished projects have their databases paused after six or more days of low usage.
support.bolt.new ↗ - Security certification
- AskCodiNone claimed. We would rather say that than hedge.
- Bolt"Bolt is SOC 2 Type 2 certified", plus GDPR and CCPA, with a trust centre and yearly penetration testing. Unqualified, and better than ours.
bolt.new ↗ - Unused credit
- AskCodiNot published yet.
- BoltTwo months, oldest first. Purchased reloads never expire.
support.bolt.new ↗
Where they are better
What Bolt does better.
Written by us, about them. A comparison where one side wins every row is a comparison nobody should believe, including this one.
- Certification. SOC 2 Type 2 stated flatly, a trust centre, annual penetration tests. We have none of that written down.
- Free hosting, if your site is never going to get traffic. Ours costs $5 from the day you publish.
- Rollover, published and generous: two months oldest first, and reloads that never expire. We have not published a policy at all.
- Scale of use. Bolt has been doing this longer and the editor is more forgiving if you want to take over the code by hand.
Pick one
Which one to use.
Pick AskCodi if
The site is meant to get traffic and you would rather pay $5 than find out what 333,333 requests feels like. Or you want the daily cap gone.
Pick Bolt if
You are experimenting, nothing needs to stay up, and a "Made in Bolt" badge on a free site is fine.
Or skip the reading
Describe the thing and see what comes back.
A million tokens a month, no card, and nine templates you can open right now without an account.