Know the cost before you run it
Bolt: No — billed in tokens as it works — Us: Yes, per turn
Looking for a Bolt alternative
Ten million tokens is not a price.
Bolt Pro is $25 for 10M tokens, billed as it works. Tokens are a real unit, but nobody can convert them into a decision before the work happens. Here the unit is a dollar: the model’s rate is under the composer before you send, and the actual cost is printed on the answer.
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The short version
Bolt, in three questions.
Choose the model
Bolt: Not published — Us: 300+, each priced
Unused allowance
Bolt: Rolls over one month — Us: You pay for what ran
| Question | Bolt | Amelia’s Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Know the cost before you run it | No — billed in tokens as it works | Yes, per turn |
| Choose the model | Not published | 300+, each priced |
| Unused allowance | Rolls over one month | You pay for what ran |
| Your code, as a git repo | Export | From the first turn |
| Run it yourself for $0 | bolt.diy, your own keys | Yes, with your own keys |
The Bolt column is quoted from their own published pages on the dates given on the full comparison, not characterised. Where their page does not answer a question the cell says so — on a table whose headline is that nobody publishes the price, that is the answer. Check every cell against their site; that is the point of writing it this way.
Where they are better
Bolt is the only one of the five with a real open-source sibling.
bolt.diy runs on your own keys and costs nothing, which is a genuine answer to “what if I want out” and more than most of this category offers. Bolt also rolls unused tokens over a month, where others expire them daily. We have a self-hosted path for the same reason; on this point we are agreeing with them, not beating them.
The question that decides it
A dollar is a unit you already understand.
Credits are a currency with no published exchange rate. Here the unit is a dollar: what the model provider charged us plus 20–30% — 30% on the trial, Amelia’s Chat AI and Pro, 28% on Pro Plus, 22% on Pro Max — with that rate under the composer before you send and what the answer cost printed on the answer. Free to start with no card, building plans from $10 a month billed annually, and a spending limit on from day one.
And if you want to know who is making these claims: a software company that has shipped for other businesses since 2005.
If you are still weighing it up
See the price before you spend it.
Type what you want on the home page — it estimates the cost before you sign in, and there is no card to start.
Questions
Asked, answered
Is there a Bolt.new alternative that shows what a turn costs?
Amelia's Agent puts the model's rate under the composer before you send and prints what the answer actually cost on the answer. Bolt bills in tokens as it works.
Can I run it myself for free?
Yes — the same agent on your own hardware with your own model keys, and we charge nothing for it. Bolt has an open-source sibling, bolt.diy, which also runs on your own keys.
Do unused tokens roll over?
Bolt rolls them over one month, as published on bolt.new on 29 August 2026. Here there is no allowance to roll over — you pay for the work that ran.