The Bolt.new alternative
for visual thinkers.
Don’t describe your app to a chat box. See every page of it, move what’s wrong, and a team of AI employees builds exactly that.
- Every page
- On one canvas, before code
- Drag it
- Your own edits are free
- Your repo
- Two-way GitHub sync
- From $20
- Three days free
What’s the best Bolt.new alternative?
If you think in pictures, HuntingHydra.
Bolt writes code from a chat, and every change, even a batch of visual edits, spends tokens. HuntingHydra lays your whole app out as pages you can move and edit first, then a team of AI employees designs, writes and builds exactly those, with a real database and a live URL. From $20 a month.
- You’d rather arrange pages than describe them
- You want every page settled before the code
- You’re tired of spending tokens to move things
- You already know every page
- You want code in the next ten minutes
- You need a free plan past three days
Moving a button shouldn’t spend tokens.
Bolt’s Visual Edits change text and styling, but you can’t drag an element or rearrange a layout, and the batch spends tokens like a prompt. Here you just drag it. Your own edits are always free.
move the phone to the right of the headline
Done. I updated the layout.Tokens spent
a bit lower, it covers the menu
Done. I updated the layout.Tokens spent
now it overlaps the buttons, nudge it back up
Done. I updated the layout.Tokens spent
Every page, sketched and designed. Before any code.
See every page of your app as a sketch first, then the same pages designed. Drag the line.
WireframeDesign
Bolt pricing vs HuntingHydra.
Bolt Pro is $25 a month for 10M tokens, and planning, building and visual edits all draw on them. HuntingHydra starts at $20 a month. Everything you do on the canvas yourself is free; only the AI employees’ work uses tokens.
- Free300K tokens a day, 1M a month$0
- ProFrom 10M tokens a month$25
- TeamsPer member, a month$30
- Trial3 days, every AI employee on$0
- FromA month, the whole team$20
- Your editsAlways, on your pagesFree
Bolt.new vs HuntingHydra, side by side.
Every row, read off Bolt.new’s own pricing and docs on 26 September 2026.
| Question | Bolt.new | HuntingHydra |
|---|---|---|
| Planning | ||
| Talk it through | Discussion Mode, no code | Nadia, on the boards |
| You work in | A chat | A canvas of pages |
| Where the plan lives | Plan Mode, in the chat | Pages you can move |
| Design | ||
| Move a button | Can’t drag or rearrange | Drag it |
| Restyle an element | Visual Edits, tokens | Anouk’s design pass |
| See it before the code | The running app | Every page, wireframe and design |
| Build | ||
| Straight to code | Faster | Plan first, build once |
| Your code | GitHub, both ways | GitHub, both ways |
| Database | Yes, Bolt Cloud | Yes, schema drawn first |
| After launch | ||
| Go to market | Not included | AI employees launch it and grow it |
| Price | ||
| Free | 300K tokens a day, 1M a month | 3 days, every AI employee on |
| Paid plan | From $25, 10M tokens | From $20 |
| Your own edits | Spend tokens | Always free |
Bolt.new’s column read on 26 September 2026 off bolt.new/pricing, Visual Edits, Discussion Mode and GitHub. If a row has moved, tell us and we’ll fix it.
Switching from Bolt? Keep your repo.
Bolt commits your project to GitHub, so moving over starts by connecting that repo.
Connect the repo
Your code comes in with its history, and the sync runs both ways from then on.
Devi builds on it
He reads what’s there first. If it isn’t Next.js yet, he moves it across as he builds.
Plan only what’s next
Nadia lays out the pages you haven’t built, with the data behind them.
Built, then launched and grown.
The same team keeps going once it’s live: the launch posts, the search traffic and the emails that bring people back.
Bolt.new alternative: common questions.
How is HuntingHydra different from Bolt.new?
Bolt goes from a chat prompt straight to code. HuntingHydra lays every page out as pages you can move, designs them, then builds exactly those pages.
Can you drag things in Bolt?
No. Bolt’s Visual Edits change text and styling, and its own post says you can’t drag elements or rearrange a layout. The edits are sent to the model as a batch and spend tokens.
Is HuntingHydra cheaper than Bolt?
Bolt Pro is $25 a month for 10M tokens, spent by planning, building and visual edits alike. HuntingHydra starts at $20 a month, and your own edits on the canvas never spend anything.
Does Bolt have a free plan?
Yes: 300K tokens a day, up to 1M a month. HuntingHydra has a three day trial with every AI employee on.
Can I move my Bolt project to HuntingHydra?
Yes. Connect the GitHub repo Bolt commits to. The code comes in with its history and the sync runs both ways. If it isn’t Next.js, Devi moves it across as he builds, working from your code.
Can I build a full stack app with a real database?
Yes. It ships as Next.js with Postgres, accounts with roles and a live URL. The schema is drawn on the canvas before the build.
Why does planning it first make the AI build better?
A chat box decides the code, the data, the layout and the words in one pass. Deciding the layout and the words first leaves the builder nothing to guess.
Other Bolt.new alternatives, and where each keeps the plan
- LovableA chat, with the plan in a markdown file
vs Lovable → - ReplitAgent’s task list, plus a design canvas of mockups
vs Replit → - v0The design you bring, from Figma or a screenshot
vs v0 → - Base44A Discuss thread, metered per message
vs Base44 → - CursorA Markdown file of file paths and to-dos
vs Cursor → - WixA site in the Wix editor, from a prompt
vs Wix →
Stop typing at a chat box. See your whole app first.
Three days free with every AI employee on, then from $20 a month.