launchpad vs Bolt
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launchpad takes the apps you build with Claude Code from idea to live. It sets up hosting, payments, analytics, crash reports and a landing page on free platforms in your own accounts. You pay $49 once and use it on unlimited apps.
Bolt builds and hosts your app from a browser chat, for a monthly plan with tokens. With launchpad you build in Claude Code on the subscription you already have, and launchpad ships the app to standard free platforms in your own accounts.
| Bolt | launchpad | |
|---|---|---|
| Price | The free plan gives 1 million tokens a month, up to 300,000 a day. Pro costs $25 a month ($18 a month billed yearly), and Teams costs $30 per member a month ($27 billed yearly). | launchpad costs $49 once, plus your Claude subscription. |
| Hosting | Bolt hosts your app on bolt.host. Its free sites show Bolt's branding. | Your app runs in your own account, under your own name. |
| Custom domain | A custom domain needs a paid plan. | launchpad connects a domain you buy from a registrar. |
| Kinds of app | Bolt builds web apps, and mobile apps with Expo. | launchpad ships web, iPhone, Android test builds, Mac and backend apps. |
Other costs with launchpad: Apple charges $99 a year for iPhone and Mac apps. Vercel charges $20 a month per seat once a web app takes money. GitHub, Firebase and Cloudflare are free to start.