AI tool comparison
bolt.new vs Continue
Which one should you ship with? Here is the side-by-side panel verdict, pricing read, reviewer split, and community vote comparison.
Developer Tools
bolt.new
Full-stack web development in the browser
100%
Panel ship
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Community
Free
Entry
bolt.new by StackBlitz combines AI code generation with WebContainers for instant full-stack development in the browser. Generate, edit, and deploy apps from prompts.
Developer Tools
Continue
Open-source AI code assistant for VS Code and JetBrains
100%
Panel ship
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Community
Free
Entry
Continue is an open-source IDE extension that adds AI chat, autocomplete, and editing to VS Code and JetBrains. Connect any LLM — local or cloud. Customizable with your own prompts and context.
Reviewer scorecard
“AI-generated full-stack apps running instantly in the browser. The StackBlitz WebContainer foundation makes it actually work.”
“The team ships fast and responds to feedback. Good sign.”
“Describe an app, see it running immediately. The fastest path from idea to working prototype.”
“bolt.new represents the convergence of AI generation and instant execution. This is how rapid prototyping will work.”
“This is the kind of tool that makes you wonder how you worked without it.”
“Solid execution. Does what it promises and the DX is clean.”
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