Comparison

Netiva vs Bolt.new,
compared on content, stores and mobile.

Both start from a chat prompt. We look at what happens next — content, stores, code, GitHub, hosting, teamwork, mobile apps and token-based pricing — and say plainly where Bolt.new comes out ahead.

By Kelvin Çobanaj
Updated Pricing and features checked
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The short answer

Netiva and Bolt.new both turn a prompt into a working project, and both let you keep the code. What differs is everything around that code. Netiva puts a CMS (collections) and a complete store — variants, stock, one-page checkout, tax and shipping — next to your websites and web apps in one workspace. Bolt.new’s surrounding workflow leans developer-shaped — projects can start from files or Figma designs, sync to GitHub, take payments through Stripe and become Expo mobile apps for the app stores — though its Expo guide aims to make mobile app development accessible whatever your coding experience. Choose Netiva for content-heavy sites, portals and stores that ship goods; choose Bolt.new for a mobile app or a GitHub-centered workflow.

Netiva is best for

Content-rich websites, signed-in portals and stores that ship physical products, built and hosted in one workspace with collections and commerce included

Bolt.new is best for

Developers and makers building web apps or Expo mobile apps who want GitHub sync, design or file starting points and Stripe payments for subscriptions or one-off purchases

At a glance

Netiva vs Bolt.new, side by side

Netiva compared with Bolt.new
Criterion Netiva Bolt.new
What you can build Websites, web apps (dashboards, portals and SaaS products) and online stores in one workspace Websites, web apps (CRMs, job boards, SaaS and booking platforms) and mobile apps; templates for websites, apps and internal tools[1][2]
How you build Chat with an AI agent and watch a live preview; annotate the preview, @mention files or edit the code yourself A chat prompt builds a working project; start from files, Figma or Google Stitch designs or team templates; a Code view for editing files[1][2][3]
Content and CMS Built-in collections: any content model, nine field types, slugs and relations, bound to list and detail pages Bolt can generate a CMS, APIs and databases in your project; we found no first-party content editor in its help center, but its blog covers editing posts in Notion[4][5]
Commerce Built in: products and variants, orders, hosted checkout, automatic tax, multi-currency, warehouses and carrier rates Stripe integration with built-in support for one-time payments and subscriptions, syncing products from your Stripe dashboard; no catalog or storefront builder found[6]
Code ownership Clean production code you own and can export; no proprietary runtime The code you create is yours, including for commercial use; sync a project to GitHub and publish from there with Bolt hosting, Netlify or another service[7][8]
Hosting and domains Global hosting, automatic SSL and preview URLs; custom domains from the Starter plan Hosting from the Free plan (up to 333k web requests) with Bolt branding; custom domain support from Pro; GitHub code can publish via Netlify or another host[9][8]
Collaboration Real-time collaboration: invite teammates into the workspace, see their cursors and comment on the preview Sharing on all plans, with Viewer and Editor roles; Co-owner only inside your own team on a Teams plan; multiplayer mode documented for public projects[11][10]
Versioning and rollback Every change is checkpointed; branch, compare and roll back A version saved after every prompt, restorable from version history; branches through GitHub, merged in GitHub[12][8]
Mobile Web apps that open in the phone’s browser and mobile-first storefronts; no native iOS or Android builds Mobile apps built with Expo; the guide covers TestFlight, the Apple App Store and Google Play, published from your own editor[13]
Starting price Free plan; paid plans from $19/month ($16/month billed yearly) Free plan (300K tokens a day, 1M a month); Lite $9/month for the Forge agent, waitlist closing October 14; Pro from $25/month for 10M tokens; Teams $30 per member[9][14]
Best for Teams that want a website, web app and store built and run in one agentic workspace Developers and makers who want web or Expo mobile apps from a prompt, with GitHub sync and design or file starting points
Details

Feature by feature

What you can build

Sites and web apps on both, mobile apps on Bolt.new

Depends on your project

Netiva

Netiva covers marketing sites, web apps, online stores, booking systems, portfolios and docs, from a single landing page up to a SaaS product with data and checkout. Its web apps include dashboards, portals and SaaS tools backed by real data, where people sign in and each person sees their own records. Apps can send emails, run scheduled jobs for reminders and digests, and call outside REST APIs, such as a maps or carrier-tracking service, with keys stored securely.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new calls itself an AI-powered builder for websites, web apps and mobile apps. Its introduction names project management tools, job boards, CRMs, SaaS platforms and booking platforms as examples of the web apps you can make. When you start a project, the template marketplace offers starting points for websites, apps and internal tools.[1][2]

Both reach from a simple site to a data-backed web app. Bolt.new adds mobile apps to that list, while Netiva adds a complete online store in the same workspace.

How you build

Prompt-driven building, with different ways to start

About even

Netiva

In Netiva you describe the result and the agent writes pages, wires up data and ships changes while a live preview updates beside the chat. To steer it, annotate the part of the preview you want changed or @mention a file, then keep chatting until it looks right. You never have to code. If you do, the editor opens the files directly, and one click switches between the running app and its source.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new also begins with a chat: you type an idea, click Build now and it turns the idea into a working product. A project can instead start from uploaded files, a Figma or Google Stitch design or a team template. Once the project exists, the Code view lets you open, edit, create and delete files yourself, so hand edits and prompts can sit side by side.[1][2][3]

The everyday loop is similar: prompt, check the result, adjust. If your project starts life as a Figma or Google Stitch design, Bolt.new documents a way to begin from it.

Content and CMS

Collections in the workspace versus a CMS you prompt or connect

Edge: Netiva

Netiva

Netiva ships with a CMS it calls collections. You define each content type with the fields it needs — nine types, from text and paragraphs to images, files and dates — plus auto-generated slugs, relations, required fields and defaults. Records sit in a grid that works like a spreadsheet, with filters and sorts you can save as views. Connect a collection to your pages and the list and detail pages render on their own. A collection-aware assistant can translate or reformat many rows at once and draft new records for you to review.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new answers the CMS question in two ways. Its blog-website page says that if you need a contact form with a backend, or a CMS, Bolt can generate APIs, databases and auth flows in the same project, so the content tools become part of your project’s code, shaped by your prompts. Its blog also documents a second route: with the third-party Pica integration you connect Bolt to Notion in minutes and then add and edit posts to your Bolt site through the Notion CMS. We didn’t find a first-party content editor in Bolt.new’s help center.[4][5]

If non-developers edit posts, listings or products every week, Netiva gives them a content grid already bound to your pages. On Bolt.new you either prompt a CMS into the project and maintain it as code, or keep the writing in Notion and connect it.

Commerce

A built-in store versus a Stripe integration

Edge: Netiva

Netiva

Selling is part of Netiva. Products carry sizes, colors, SKUs and their own price and stock per variant, sit in categories and merchandised collections, and stay in Draft until you mark them Active, with low stock flagged in the product list. Shoppers pay by card through a hosted one-page checkout with automatic tax and multi-currency; that checkout runs on Stripe, with PayPal alongside it from the Pro plan. Orders move through a pipeline for fulfillment, refunds and customer notes. Shipping handles several warehouses, real carrier rates, labels and tracking.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new connects to Stripe for commerce. Its documentation lists built-in support for one-time payments and subscriptions, plus automatic synchronization of the products you set up in your Stripe dashboard. You can add Stripe payments to any Bolt project that uses Bolt Database or Supabase, and payment processing runs server-side in edge functions Bolt creates for you. What we didn’t find is a catalog in the builder itself: products stay in Stripe, and our research found no variants, stock, tax or shipping tools beyond the integration.[6]

For physical goods, Netiva already has the catalog, stock, tax and shipping; Bolt.new keeps the product list in Stripe and documents none of those. Netiva’s subscriptions are store products, sold from the Business plan.

Code ownership

Code you keep, and how it leaves each tool

Edge: Bolt.new

Netiva

Netiva writes framework-standard, production-ready code rather than throwaway markup, and that code belongs to you. Read and change it in the editor, then export it whenever you like. Nothing depends on a proprietary runtime, so the exported project isn’t tied to Netiva if you later host or develop it somewhere else.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new’s commercial-use page says all code you create with Bolt and StackBlitz is your own, usable for any legal purpose, including commercial work. You can sync a project to GitHub; once the code lives there, you can publish with Bolt hosting, the Netlify integration or another service you pick. Its Expo guide takes the same route for mobile apps, telling you to download the code and open it in an editor such as VS Code.[7][8][13]

Both hand you the code. Bolt.new documents a GitHub connection, which suits developers who want the repository outside the builder and a host of their own choosing; Netiva’s site describes export at any time.

Hosting and domains

Built-in hosting, with your own domain after upgrading

About even

Netiva

Publishing in Netiva takes one click. Global hosting, automatic SSL and preview URLs are handled for you. To go live on your own address, add the DNS records Netiva lists at your domain registrar; custom domain connection is included from the Starter plan onward.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new publishes from its own hosting. The Free plan covers a site up to 333k web requests and keeps Bolt branding on it; Pro raises that to 1M requests, drops the branding and lists custom domain support, so your own address means a paid plan. If your code is synced to GitHub, you can publish with Bolt hosting, the Netlify integration or another service you choose.[9][8]

Both include hosting and ask you to move to a paid plan before a custom domain goes live. Bolt.new gives developers more choice of host through GitHub and Netlify.

Collaboration

Shared projects, roles and real-time editing

Depends on your project

Netiva

Netiva workspaces are shared: invite teammates, see their cursors as they work and leave comments right on the live preview, so feedback lands next to the thing it’s about. For team controls, role-based access for members comes with the Pro plan, and single sign-on with two-factor authentication is part of Enterprise.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new shares projects on every plan. You invite people to a project and give each one a role. Viewer and Editor are available on every plan, and an Editor can prompt and edit the code; the Co-owner role, which can publish the project and invite people outside the team, is only available to other members of your own team on a Teams plan. Bolt.new documents multiplayer mode — collaborators prompting and editing in the same project at once — for projects whose visibility is set to public; its help center doesn’t say whether private projects can be edited simultaneously. The Teams plan is billed per member and adds centralized billing, team-level access management, admin controls and user provisioning; Enterprise adds SSO and audit logs.[11][10][9]

Both let teammates into a project without a special plan. In Netiva they work side by side in one workspace with cursors and preview comments; Bolt.new documents multiplayer editing for public projects and keeps Co-owner and admin controls for Teams.

Versioning and rollback

Version history, branches and rollback

Depends on your project

Netiva

Netiva checkpoints every edit as you go. You can branch off to try an idea, compare it with what you had and roll back to any earlier moment without losing work, which makes it safer to attempt a larger redesign and back out if it doesn’t land.

Bolt.new

Bolt.new saves a version of your project automatically after every prompt that processes, and you can restore one from version history. Branches work through GitHub: with a connected repository you can create and switch branches in Bolt, but merging isn’t supported in the app, so you merge them in GitHub.[12][8]

Both keep an automatic history you can return to. Netiva handles branching and comparing itself, while Bolt.new relies on GitHub for branches, which suits teams already working there.

Mobile

Expo mobile apps versus web apps in the browser

Edge: Bolt.new

Netiva

Netiva builds web apps that open in the phone’s browser, so there’s nothing to install, and its storefront pages are designed mobile-first. Those web apps can use the phone’s camera to scan barcodes. Netiva doesn’t create native iOS or Android apps and doesn’t publish to app stores.

Bolt.new

When you ask Bolt.new for a mobile app, it uses Expo so the app works on multiple platforms. Its Expo guide lists TestFlight and the Apple App Store as iOS targets, and Google Play for Android. The documented publishing flow happens outside the builder: you download the code, open it in an editor such as VS Code and publish with Expo’s EAS command-line tool.[13]

If you need an app listed in the App Store or Google Play, Bolt.new has a documented path through Expo. Netiva fits when a phone-friendly web app is enough.

Pricing

Netiva vs Bolt.new pricing

Prices change often. Confirm the current numbers on each vendor’s pricing page before you decide.

Netiva

  • Free$0/mo
    5 seats, 1 workspace, up to 4 products in the online store
  • Starter$19/mo
    $16/mo billed yearly
    Up to 10 products in the online store, custom domain connection, up to 10 pages
  • Pro$49/mo
    $42/mo billed yearly
    Everything in Starter, up to 100 products in the online store, advanced SEO tools
  • Business$129/mo
    $110/mo billed yearly
    Everything in Pro, 250 products in the store, advanced analytics dashboard
  • EnterpriseCustom
    Everything in Business, 500 products in the store, single sign-on and two-factor authentication

USD per month. Yearly prices are per month, billed annually. Checked Sep 17, 2026. Current Netiva pricing

Bolt.new

  • Free$0/mo[9]
    300K tokens a day and 1M a month, public and private projects, hosting up to 333k web requests, unlimited databases, Bolt branding on sites
  • Lite$9/mo[14]
    The Forge agent only, built on open-source models, with Bolt’s built-in database, collaboration and publishing to a bolt.host URL; no custom domain. Waitlist sign-ups close October 14, 2026; subscribers keep $9 a month.
  • Pro (10M tokens)$25/mo[9]
    10M tokens a month, no daily limit, custom domains, no Bolt branding, private site sharing, up to 1M web requests, SEO boosting, AI image editing, choice of database provider
  • Pro 100 (55M tokens)$100/mo[15]
    The same Pro features with a larger monthly allotment: a help-center billing example is charged $100 a month for the Pro 100 plan and 55M tokens
  • Teams (per member)$30/mo[9]
    Everything in Pro plus centralized billing, team access management, admin controls, user provisioning, private NPM registries and design system knowledge
  • EnterpriseCustom[9]
    Everything in Pro plus SSO, audit logs, compliance support, a dedicated account manager, 24/7 priority support, custom workflows and SLAs, data governance and retention

USD, billed monthly. Bolt.new’s pricing page advertises up to 28% off with yearly billing while its billing page says 10%, and a billing example prices Pro 10M annual at $216 a year, so the yearly column is blank. Checked Sep 20, 2026.

Bolt.new sizes most of its plans in AI tokens, used up as Bolt builds from your prompts. Free allows 300K tokens a day and 1M a month, and they don’t roll over. Pro starts at 10M tokens a month with no daily limit, and the billing page documents larger tiers above it. Unused paid tokens roll over for one extra month, and each paid Teams member gets an allotment. Lite is sized by a Forge usage allowance instead, which resets on your renewal date.

Decision

Which should you choose?

Choose Netiva if…

  • Editors will manage posts, listings or products in a CMS grid that’s already bound to your pages
  • You sell physical products and want variants, stock, checkout, tax, carrier rates and labels without stitching together a separate store platform, tax and shipping tools
  • Several teammates need to build in the same workspace at once, seeing each other’s cursors and commenting on the preview
  • You want to branch, compare and roll back inside the builder rather than through GitHub
  • You want a website, a signed-in portal and a store in one place, with no coding required

Choose Bolt.new if…

  • You need a mobile app for TestFlight, the Apple App Store or Google Play, built with Expo
  • Your developers want the project in GitHub and the freedom to publish through Netlify or another host
  • Your project starts from a Figma or Google Stitch design, or from files you already have
  • Your app charges for subscriptions or one-off purchases and your products already live in a Stripe dashboard
  • You want per-person project roles, centralized billing and admin controls for a team of builders

Where Bolt.new is stronger

  • Mobile apps built with Expo, with a documented path to TestFlight, the Apple App Store and Google Play[13]
  • GitHub sync, with the freedom to publish through Bolt hosting, Netlify or another service, backed by a policy that the code you create is yours to use commercially[7][8]
  • Projects can start from uploaded files, a Figma or Google Stitch design or a team template, and the Code view lets you edit files directly[2][3]
  • A Stripe integration for one-time payments and subscriptions that syncs products from your Stripe dashboard, plus databases on every project and a choice of database provider on Pro[6][9]

What Netiva doesn’t do

  • No native iOS or Android apps: Netiva builds web apps that run in the phone’s browser and doesn’t publish to app stores.
  • No importer: a Bolt.new project, its code or its database can’t be brought into Netiva automatically.
  • GitHub sync and Figma or Google Stitch starting points aren’t described on Netiva’s site: you export the code to take it elsewhere, and you describe the design to the agent instead.
  • Netiva’s site doesn’t describe a choice of database provider or prebuilt connectors to outside tools; apps keep data in collections and call REST APIs with keys stored securely.
Switching

Moving from Bolt.new to Netiva

Nothing imports a Bolt.new project into Netiva, so switching is a rebuild guided by what you already have. Syncing the project to GitHub, or downloading it as a zip, gives you a reference copy. From there you describe the app to Netiva’s agent and recreate its content in collections. An Expo mobile app becomes a web app. If your app billed people through Stripe, note that Netiva’s subscriptions are store products from the Business plan, not per-user billing inside the app you build.

  1. Keep a copy of your Bolt.new project

    Sync the project to GitHub so the code sits somewhere you control, or click the project title and choose Export > Download for a zip. List the pages, database tables, Stripe products and sign-in flows your app depends on.

  2. Describe the app to the agent

    Tell Netiva’s agent who the app is for, what it does and which screens it needs. Annotate the live preview or @mention files to correct details until it matches.

  3. Rebuild your data as collections

    Create a collection for each kind of record with the fields you need. There’s no importer, but the collection assistant can generate records from a description and clean or reformat rows in bulk.

  4. Add sign-in, emails and API calls

    Ask for user sign-in so each person sees their own records, plus email reminders and calls to the REST APIs you used, with keys stored securely.

  5. Connect your domain and publish

    Custom domain connection is included from the Starter plan. Add the DNS records Netiva lists at your registrar, then publish in one click with SSL handled for you.

  • Your Bolt.new code is a reference for the rebuild; Netiva doesn’t import it, and the agent recreates the app from your description.

  • An Expo mobile app has no direct equivalent in Netiva; plan for a web app that runs in the phone’s browser instead.

  • Leave the Bolt.new site running until the Netiva version is live and your domain points to it, so visitors never hit a gap.

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FAQ

Netiva vs Bolt.new: common questions

Is Netiva a good Bolt.new alternative?

For some projects, yes. Netiva suits you if editors need a CMS, if you sell physical goods and want stock, checkout, tax and shipping handled in one place, or if teammates build together live in a shared workspace. Bolt.new is the stronger choice when you need an Expo mobile app for the app stores, when your developers live in GitHub or when the project starts from a Figma design. Each tool begins with a chat prompt, and you keep the code either way.

How does Bolt.new pricing compare with Netiva?

Both have a free plan, but they package paid plans differently. Bolt.new sizes most of its plans by AI tokens: Free allows 300K a day and 1M a month, Lite is $9 a month for the Forge agent, Pro starts at $25 a month for 10M tokens and scales to larger tiers, Teams is $30 per member a month and Enterprise is custom. Netiva’s paid plans — Starter, Pro, Business and Enterprise — add capacity and features such as custom domain connection, advanced SEO tools and subscriptions. The pricing section above shows both, as checked on the listed date.

Can I take my code with me from Bolt.new and Netiva?

Yes. Bolt.new says the code you create is yours to use for any legal purpose, including commercial work, and you can sync a project to GitHub and carry on there or in your own editor. Netiva writes framework-standard code that belongs to you and can be exported at any time, with no proprietary runtime. Code from Bolt.new can’t be imported into Netiva, though, so use it as a guide while the agent rebuilds your project.

Can Bolt.new or Netiva build mobile apps for the app stores?

Bolt.new can. When you ask it for a mobile app, it uses Expo, and its guide covers publishing to TestFlight, the Apple App Store and Google Play by downloading the code and running Expo’s EAS command-line tool in your own editor. Netiva doesn’t build native iOS or Android apps. It builds web apps that open in the phone’s browser with nothing to install, and those web apps can scan barcodes with the phone’s camera.

How do I switch from Bolt.new to Netiva?

First keep a reference copy: sync your Bolt.new project to GitHub, or click the project title and choose Export > Download to save it as a zip. Then describe the app to Netiva’s agent and adjust it in the live preview. Rebuild your records in collections; nothing imports them, but the collection assistant can generate new records and tidy existing ones. Last, connect your custom domain, available from the Starter plan, and publish. If you built an Expo mobile app, plan for a browser-based web app instead.

Is Netiva or Bolt.new better for selling products online?

It depends on what you sell. Netiva includes a full store: variants with their own stock, categories, a hosted one-page checkout, automatic tax, multi-currency, several warehouses, real carrier rates and shipping labels. Bolt.new’s documented route is its Stripe integration, which supports one-time payments and subscriptions and syncs products from your Stripe dashboard, so the catalog lives in Stripe and its help center describes no variants, stock, tax or shipping. Netiva’s subscriptions are products sold through its own store, included from the Business plan.

Sources

  1. Intro to Bolt — Bolt.new, accessed
  2. Start a project — Bolt.new, accessed
  3. Code view — Bolt.new, accessed
  4. Blog website builder — Bolt.new, accessed
  5. Bolt x Notion — Bolt.new, accessed
  6. Stripe integration — Bolt.new, accessed
  7. Corporate and commercial use — Bolt.new, accessed
  8. Git integration — Bolt.new, accessed
  9. Bolt.new pricing — Bolt.new, accessed
  10. Collaborate — Bolt.new, accessed
  11. Sharing a project — Bolt.new, accessed
  12. Bolt FAQ — Bolt.new, accessed
  13. Expo integration — Bolt.new, accessed
  14. Bolt Forge and the Lite plan — Bolt.new, accessed
  15. Billing — Bolt.new, accessed

Written by Netiva, so we’re not neutral. Bolt.new details come only from Bolt.new’s public pages listed above, checked on the dates shown; prices and features change, so confirm them on Bolt.new’s website. Bolt.new is a trademark of its owner, and Netiva isn’t affiliated with or endorsed by Bolt.new.

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