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Bolt.new vs OpenHands

Compare the listed plans, useful capabilities, and practical tradeoffs.

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Bolt.new

🟡Low Code

App generation

Bolt.new builds websites and apps from prompts with hosting, visual editing, tokens, Pro at $25/month, and Teams at $30/member.

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Starting Price

Free; Pro from $25/month

OpenHands

🔴Developer

AI Development Assistants

An open-source software development agent available locally, as hosted cloud software, or self-hosted.

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Starting Price

Free

Feature Comparison

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FeatureBolt.newOpenHands
CategoryApp generationAI Development Assistants
Pricing Plans4 listed plans3 listed plans
Starting PriceFree; Pro from $25/monthFree
Key Features
  • • Chat-based AI builder for websites, apps, and prototypes
  • • Design-system support for Porsche, Material UI, Chakra UI, shadcn/ui, Washington Post examples, and custom team systems
  • • Built-in hosting, analytics, custom domains, SEO optimization, databases, authentication, and backend infrastructure
  • • Code generation
  • • Bug detection
  • • Code completion

Bolt.new - Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓Pricing page is clear: Free, Pro at $25/month, Teams at $30/member/month, and Enterprise custom.
  • ✓Free tier includes meaningful capacity: 300K daily tokens, 1M monthly tokens, hosting, and unlimited databases.
  • ✓Strong design-system story, including examples like Porsche, Material UI, Chakra, shadcn/ui, and Washington Post design systems on the homepage.
  • ✓Teams plan adds practical controls such as centralized billing, admin controls, org sharing, private NPM registries, and user provisioning.

Cons

  • ✗Token limits and web-request limits can surprise users who treat it like unlimited development.
  • ✗Generated apps still need production review for security, maintainability, data modeling, and performance.
  • ✗Bolt branding stays on Free websites; custom domains and SEO boosting require Pro.
  • ✗Enterprise security and compliance require custom sales engagement.

OpenHands - Pros & Cons

Pros

  • ✓Open-source edition can run locally without a platform fee
  • ✓Users can choose models and bring their own keys
  • ✓Multiple deployment models support individuals and enterprises
  • ✓SDK, APIs, and MCP extend the product beyond chat

Cons

  • ✗Model usage and runtime costs remain when platform access is free
  • ✗Code-editing agents need strict repository and secret permissions
  • ✗Enterprise controls and support use custom pricing
  • ✗Results still require tests, review, and rollback

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🔒 Security & Compliance Comparison

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Security FeatureBolt.newOpenHands
SOC2❌ No—
GDPR❌ No—
HIPAA——
SSO✅ Yes—
Self-Hosted❌ No—
On-Prem❌ No—
RBAC✅ Yes—
Audit Log✅ Yes—
Open Source❌ No—
API Key Auth✅ Yes—
Encryption at Rest——
Encryption in Transit✅ Yes—
Data Residency——
Data Retentionconfigurable—
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