The Bolt Blog
- ServiceTitan alternative: what small contractors build instead
ServiceTitan is built to run a dispatch office, and its annual report doesn't count a customer as active until they pass $10,000 a year. Here's what small contractors build on Bolt.new instead: estimates, schedules, crew pay, and the few other tools a small crew opens every day.
- 5 Replit alternatives compared by workflow and best fit
Compare five Replit alternatives, including Bolt.new, by development workflow, backend support, AI agent scope, and best fit.
- 5 Lovable alternatives for developers who need real code
Compare five Lovable alternatives, Bolt.new, v0, Replit, Cursor, and Bubble, on code ownership and production readiness, plus which tool fits your use case.
- 5 Squarespace alternatives when your site needs a database
Compare five Squarespace alternatives, Wix, Webflow, Hostinger, WordPress, and Bolt.new, and find out if you need a new template or real app functionality.
- 5 Wix alternatives for websites, stores, and custom apps
Compare five Wix alternatives for design, cost, ecommerce, and custom apps, including Squarespace, Webflow, Hostinger, Shopify, and Bolt.new.
- From spreadsheet to app: how owners are replacing internal tools
When more than one person edits a spreadsheet and the business runs on it, it's already software, minus the permissions, history, and validation. Here are five sheets owners are replacing with apps on Bolt.new, and how to tell which ones to keep.
- 7 AI app-building tips for non-developers
You don't need to code to build like a developer. These seven habits, from labeled checkpoints to locked files and protected API keys, keep an AI-built app from breaking, and each one pairs with a Bolt.new feature.
- Why you should build your app one feature at a time
Build your app in layers, one feature at a time, so every change is small enough to test, cheap to undo, and easy to trace when something breaks. Here's the order to build in, with a prompt for each layer.
- How to use Plan mode in Bolt.new
Once your project exists, Plan mode is the one place in Bolt.new where a prompt doesn't change your app. Here's how to turn it on, what a good first plan covers, and how to turn the plan into a build one piece at a time.
- How to test your AI-built app before you launch
Your booking form works every time you try it, because you always type a real phone number. This pre-launch checklist covers what customers will do instead: wrong inputs, every kind of login, realistic data, a security audit, and a few real testers.
- What AI agents can do for a small business
Bolt's first acquisition, Dokai, builds AI agents that finish multi-step work without supervision. Here's what that means for a small business ready to automate the repeatable stuff, and how to build an agent instead of buying one.
- Bolt.new makes its first acquisition: Dokai
Bolt.new acquired Dokai, a San Francisco startup that built autonomous AI agents for enterprise sales teams. The Dokai team joins Bolt's AI and machine learning organization as its first capabilities arrive this fall.
- Two years in the idea diary. Four weeks to ship.
A manufacturing engineer kept a diary of app ideas he'd never have time to build. Then he built E.L.I, a lean-improvement platform, in four weeks on Bolt.new, and founded a company within a month.
- Who owns the code? The agency handoff guide
Who owns the code an agency builds with AI? You and the client, per your contract. What clients now put in writing, and the five-step handoff that proves it.
- From client brief to a pitch prototype that runs
The fastest way to turn a client brief into a working prototype to present: a five-step agency process, what to show in the room, and what to hold back.
- Writers deserve receipts. A filmmaker built them on Bolt.new.
Filmmaker and writer Angela Hollowell built Postglow and Honeyblocks on Bolt.new: share-image receipts for writers and newsletter blocks beehiiv wouldn't build. No code, no AI imagery, all taste.
- Flag football is having a moment. FlagStat is keeping score
Bradley Metrock built FlagStat, the operating system for flag football, on Bolt.new. It now serves customers in at least 16 states and is the official statistics platform of the NFHS.
- What is Bolt Forge?
Bolt Forge is a new Bolt.new agent that runs on open-source AI models, giving every individual Pro plan up to 50X more usage at no extra cost through October 14, 2026. Opted-in sessions help train open-weight models with Arcee AI.
- Build a landing page with AI in under an hour
Learn when to build a landing page with AI instead of templates. Generate code in Bolt, test forms, and publish with checks.
- How agencies build client portals in days, not months
Can agencies use Bolt.new for client work? A six-step workflow for shipping a client portal from brief to live URL, plus cost comparison and code ownership.
