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AI app builders: Replit, Lovable, Bolt, v0 pricing
Seats & Tokens tracks AI app builders as well as AI coding tools. App builders like Replit, Lovable, Bolt and v0 turn a description into a working, hosted web app in the browser. They mostly bill in credits or tokens, so the headline price is only half the story: below is every builder's free tier, cheapest paid plan and how usage is metered, each linked to its source.
| Builder | Free plan | Paid from | What the entry plan includes |
|---|---|---|---|
 Replit | No | $20Core | $18/mo annual; $20 toward models; up to 30h Free Mode chat |
 Lovable | $0 | $25Pro (100 credits) | 100 credits/mo + 5 daily build credits + 20 Cloud credits/mo; tiers to 10,000 credits ($2,250); top-ups $15 per 50 |
 Bolt | $0 | $18Pro | 10M tokens/mo with rollover ($216/yr shown; asterisked price) |
 v0 | $0 | $30Team | per user; $30 included credits + $2 daily login credits |
USD list prices, monthly billing, excluding tax. "Listed up to" is the highest plan in our snapshot; several builders sell larger credit tiers (Lovable's go to 10,000 credits a month, see the full Lovable ladder).
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Replit bundles hosting, a workspace and agent usage. The $20 tier includes $20 toward more powerful models, so it competes with app builders more than with IDE assistants.
Lovable covers the whole path from a chat prompt to a hosted web app (with database and auth on Lovable Cloud) from one credit balance, so it suits people who don't want to set up a dev environment. Pro starts at $25 for 100 credits ($0.25 each) plus 5 free build credits a day, and Lovable publishes example prompt costs (0.5 to 1.7 credits), so you can budget it better than most credit-based tools. Costs climb with heavy iteration; top-ups cost $0.30 a credit on Pro.
Bolt is one of the few app builders that meters in tokens (10M per month on Pro, with rollover). Token use grows with project size because Bolt syncs your file system to the model.
v0 publishes per-token rates for its own models (v0 Mini to v0 Max Fast), which makes costs auditable. It's best if you deploy on Vercel anyway.
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FAQ
What is an AI app builder?
A browser-based tool that turns a plain-English description into a working web app: it writes the code, shows a live preview and can deploy it, so you don't need to install a development environment. Examples we track: Replit, Lovable, Bolt and v0.
How are AI app builders priced?
Mostly in credits or tokens on top of a monthly plan. A credit is a unit of work, not a model token, so the cost per change depends on how big the change is. We list every plan with its source and the date we checked it.
App builder or AI coding tool?
App builders suit founders, designers and anyone validating an idea who wants a hosted app without a terminal. AI coding tools (Cursor, Claude Code, Copilot) suit developers working in a codebase every day. Many projects start in a builder and move to a coding tool later.
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