TL;DR
| Factor | AICODESIT | Bolt.new |
|---|---|---|
| System prompt per turn | ~5,000 tokens | Not published — token use scales with project size |
| Context resync strategy | Targeted file/context reads, not a full resync | Resyncs the project's file system into context most messages |
| Tokens per prompt (small project) | Low, scoped to what the step actually needs | ~50,000–150,000 tokens |
| Tokens per prompt (medium project) | Stays low — no full resync | ~150,000–500,000 tokens |
| Free tier | Generous free credits | 1M tokens/month, 300K daily cap |
| Paid plan | Pay-per-credit or subscription | $25/month for 10M tokens (Pro) |
Where Bolt.new's token cost actually comes from
Bolt.new's own documentation and independent breakdowns are consistent on this point: most of its token usage comes from syncing your project's file system into the AI's context, not from the length of your instructions. The bigger your codebase, the more tokens every single prompt costs — regardless of how small the actual change is.
Published estimates put this at roughly 50,000 to 150,000 tokens for small projects, and 150,000 to 500,000 tokens for medium-sized ones, per prompt. Ask it to fix a one-line bug in a large project, and you're still paying to re-transmit a large slice of your codebase.
Where AICODESIT's cost comes from
AICODESIT's agent runs on a system prompt of roughly 5,000 tokens — a fraction of what a full-project resync costs on Bolt. Instead of pushing your entire codebase into context by default, the AI reads and gathers only the specific files or context it decides it actually needs for the task at hand, using the same lean tool-call pattern across chat and the Pipeline Builder.
That means a one-line fix on a large project costs close to what a one-line fix should cost — not a resync of your whole app.
Pricing side by side
Bolt.new offers a free plan with 1M tokens/month and a 300K daily cap, a Pro plan at $25/month for 10M tokens, and a Teams plan at $30/member/month, with token rollover on paid plans (source: Bolt's official pricing page). Because token consumption scales with project size rather than task complexity, that 10M-token allowance can disappear fast on a medium-sized app.
AICODESIT offers a free tier with a generous monthly credit allowance, plus the option to bring your own OpenRouter or Anthropic API key and pay only the raw model cost with no markup. Because the system prompt is lean and context is fetched on demand rather than resynced wholesale, the same amount of credit stretches over meaningfully more real work.
Why this matters for you
- Bigger projects get more expensive on Bolt, not less. A mature app with a large codebase pays a resync tax on every message.
- AICODESIT's cost stays proportional to the task, not the size of your project, because context is targeted instead of pushed in bulk.
- Bring-your-own-key users feel this directly — a lean system prompt means your own API spend goes further per session.
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