Bolt.newReviews of bolt.new

Bolt.new: A Disappointing Mirage of Code Brilliance that creates vapourware Using Bolt.new AI is like being lured into a brief high—one that vanishes just as swiftly as it arrives. At first glance, the interface promises an almost intoxicating experience, where code flows effortlessly and your creative visions seem within reach. But as soon as you start coding, that initial thrill gives way to crushing disappointment. The experience with Bolt.NEW AI feels like a cruel tease. It dangles the allure of effortless, genius-level output, only to abruptly halt its magic, leaving you with fragments of code that self-destruct or simply refuse to hold together under scrutiny. What’s worse, every so-called “solution” it generates seems designed to break itself after a fleeting moment of functionality, shattering any hope of a seamless coding experience. In essence, Bolt AI is the worst form of AI-driven code generation: it seduces you with promises of efficiency and brilliance, then undermines your progress with inconsistent, unreliable output. Rather than being a tool that propels your projects forward, it ends up being a source of frustration—a stark reminder that sometimes, even the most hyped AI can leave you with nothing but broken code and dashed dreams. - it doesn't credit your tokens when it makes its own mistakes it simply reached into pocket and takes takes money and runs! with snide apology and broken code!

It's great for quickly creating initial concepts, but it can mislead you when it comes to coding tasks; like building a user login area. It'll confidently assure you the job is done, yet the feature won't actually work. It also struggles with simple tasks, such as changing an image within a section, often inserting something completely different.

It sucks. I regret paying for the year. It always saves files, even when unneeded. Any time you ask it a question, it costs. I think it was created to run the tokens out so you will buy more. I have been working on something for over an hour and the same damn things are wrong, even after spending over 400K tokens. Run away and use another AI

You think you have found the perfect solution for a non-coder to create apps, but then you realise (after spending 30m tokens) that it was too good to be true. It started off great, with basic CRUD and user auth, but then when you try to add small functionalities, it breaks, and I'm faced with an app that used to serve my basic needs and now doesn't even do that. What REALLY makes me mad is you prompt it to fix the issue it create, it tells you that "it can see the problem and will fix it"...and it doesn't so you try again, "oh yeah I understand now I see the problem it should be fixed now" round and round we go, spending millions of tokens and going further back. I hope the company will take all the negative feedback and improve things. I was on the £100 per month plan but cancelled after additional spending got out of control...I felt like a gambler chasing a winner and not finding one!! Support is very poor too!

It has potential, but it pisses me off so much. It keeps getting lost in its own loop logic and tries to do the same thing over and over. It burns through your tokens doing the same thing over and over not fixing the issue. It actually has the potential to be great, but it is so buggy and gets stuck on the silliest of tasks that end up screwing everything up. The back up system is a joke, especially i fyou need to fork your project because of the systems screw up, then you need to go reconfigure everything. It keeps deleting my .env file with all my API keys then I need to go fetch them all and do 2FA with Stripe and other services. I restarted my project on Lovable and it is SOOOOOO MUCH BETTER - go to that instead.

I tried to create a login and register functions. But i spend 20$ it's still not working. I'm sorry but my money gone for really for emty thing.

Terrible platform, designed to scam people. A platform that generates problems, not functional products. A platform created to milk your money. I spent 10M credits in just few hours, trying to create a Dashboard panel with database functionalities. Worst decision to use this platform. A lot of issues, on their github page, but almost none solved. I think instead keep milking people money, you should start to be active and improve the platform. I also noticed that you are hiring. I assume that you treat your employees in the same way as your clients. That`s the reason they run away. Start treat them as they deserve, if they are good at what they do. They produce your revenues.

I tried using bolt.new to create a small MVP, but it seems like a scam. The service burns tokens incredibly fast without providing any functional minimum viable product. No matter how much I improve the hints, it just keeps consuming credits without completing the project. Extremely frustrating and disappointing experience. Would not recommend.