Free vibe coding cost calculator
Lovable Pro starts at $25 a month for 100 credits, Replit Core at $20 a month with $20 of usage credits, and Bolt.new Pro at $25 a month for 10M tokens, and all three have free plans. What you really pay depends on how many prompts you send, because each one bills by credits, checkpoints, or tokens.
Enter your project size, build pace, seats, and needs to see the cheapest plan that keeps you building on Lovable, Replit, Bolt.new, v0, Base44, and Cursor, with top-ups and a multi-month total. Prices checked October 28, 2026. Independent tool: no affiliation with any vendor and no affiliate links.
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About 250 prompts in month 1 and 130 in each later month. Sorted by estimated cost for 3 months. All figures are estimates; prices checked October 28, 2026.
Cheapest estimate
Plus plan · $8/mo
$24
est. for 3 months
#2
Plus plan · $30/mo
$90
est. for 3 months
#3
Pro 100 plan · $25/mo
$100.50
est. for 3 months
#4
Core plan · $20/mo
$127.50
est. for 3 months
#5
Pro 50 plan · $50/mo
$150
est. for 3 months
#6
Builder plan · $50/mo
$150
est. for 3 months
Estimates only. One plan is costed for the whole period (you may downgrade after the build), rollover credits and taxes are ignored, and Cursor excludes hosting. Independent comparison: Pitch An App has no affiliation with these vendors and uses no affiliate links.
Prices checked October 28, 2026 from each vendor's official pricing page and docs, in USD before tax. Showing prices billed monthly; "see pricing page" means the vendor does not publish that figure.
| Plan | Price / month | Included | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 5 daily credits, up to 30/mo | Unlimited members |
| Pro 100 | $25 | 100 credits/mo + 5 daily credits | Unlimited members, no per-seat fee |
| Pro 200 | $50 | 200 credits/mo + 5 daily credits | Unlimited members, no per-seat fee |
| Pro 400 | $100 | 400 credits/mo + 5 daily credits | Unlimited members, no per-seat fee |
| Pro 800 | $200 | 800 credits/mo + 5 daily credits | Unlimited members, no per-seat fee |
| Business 100 | $50 | 100 credits/mo + 5 daily credits | Unlimited members, no per-seat fee |
| Business 200 | $100 | 200 credits/mo + 5 daily credits | Unlimited members, no per-seat fee |
| Business 400 | $200 | 400 credits/mo + 5 daily credits | Unlimited members, no per-seat fee |
What a credit buys: Build messages cost credits by complexity (Lovable's examples: 0.5 to 2 credits); plan-mode messages cost 1 credit. Paid plans also get 5 daily credits that expire each day. Top-ups: $15 per 50 credits on Pro ($0.30/credit), $30 per 50 on Business.
| Plan | Price / month | Included | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starter (free) | $0 | Daily Agent credits up to a monthly cap (amount: see pricing page) (not costed: Replit does not publish the daily Agent credit amount or monthly cap.) | No collaborators |
| Core | $20 | $20 of credits/mo | Up to 5 builders, no per-seat fee |
| Pro | $100 | $100 of credits/mo (roll over 2 months) | Up to 15 builders, no per-user fees |
What a credit buys: Effort-based: each Agent request creates one checkpoint billed by how much work it took. Free Mode chat has its own allowance; publishing (Autoscale, Reserved VM) also draws on credits and is not modeled here. Core and Pro switch to pay-as-you-go when credits run out; credit packs start at $100 for $100.
| Plan | Price / month | Included | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 1M tokens/mo, 300K/day limit | Individual |
| Pro | $25 | 10M tokens/mo | Individual |
| Pro 50 | $50 | 26M tokens/mo | Individual |
| Pro 100 | $100 | 55M tokens/mo | Individual |
| Teams | $30 per seat | 10M tokens/member/mo | $30/member/mo |
What a credit buys: Token based: each prompt uses tokens for the project files the AI reads plus its answer. Paid tokens last 2 months. Token reloads exist on the top monthly Pro tier and annual Pro plans, but the price is shown only in your account (not counted here).
| Plan | Price / month | Included | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $5 one-time for new sign-ups, 7 messages/day | Individual |
| Plus | $30 per seat | $30 credits/user/mo + $2 daily login credits | $30/user/mo |
| Business | $100 per seat | $30 credits/user/mo + $2 daily login credits | $100/user/mo |
What a credit buys: Credits are dollars spent per token by model (v0 Mini, Pro, Max). Unused monthly credits roll over for 65 days. Paid plans can buy more credits, but v0 does not publish the price (not counted here).
| Plan | Price / month | Included | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | 25 message credits/mo, 5/day | No per-seat fees |
| Starter | $20 | 100 message credits/mo | No per-seat fees |
| Builder | $50 | 250 message credits/mo | No per-seat fees |
| Pro | $100 | 500 message credits/mo | No per-seat fees |
| Elite | $200 | 1200 message credits/mo | No per-seat fees |
What a credit buys: No set amount per message: about 0.5 for a simple change up to 3-4 for an app-wide change. Integration credits (email, AI, files) are separate and not modeled. No top-ups documented: credits pause until the next reset unless you upgrade.
| Plan | Price / month | Included | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | Limited agent requests (not costed: Cursor lists Free usage only as "Limited".) | Individual |
| Plus | $8 | Base usage pool (Cursor models) | Individual only (not on Teams) |
| Premium | $30 per seat | 4x Plus usage | Teams: $30/user/mo |
| Super | $100 per seat | 15x Plus usage | Teams: $100/user/mo |
| Ultra | $200 per seat | 50x Plus usage | Teams: $200/user/mo |
What a credit buys: Each plan has a usage pool that refreshes weekly: Premium is 4x Plus, Super 15x, Ultra 50x. Plus covers only Cursor's own models. Extra usage is prepaid credit billed per token by model, with a spend cap you set.
Lovable has a free plan with 5 daily credits (up to 30 a month). Pro starts at $25 a month ($21 a month billed annually) for 100 monthly credits plus 5 daily credits, with tiers up to 800 credits for $200. Business starts at $50 a month. Pro top-ups cost $15 per 50 credits, and every plan includes unlimited workspace members.
Replit Core costs $20 a month ($18 billed annually) and includes $20 of usage credits for up to 5 builders. Replit Pro costs $100 a month ($90 billed annually) with $100 of credits for up to 15 builders and no per-user fees. The free Starter plan has a limited daily Agent allowance. Agent work is billed by effort, one checkpoint per request.
Bolt.new charges in tokens. The free plan includes 1M tokens a month with a 300K daily limit. Pro costs $25 a month ($18 a month billed annually) for 10M tokens, larger Pro tiers add more tokens (for example 26M for $50), and Teams costs $30 per member a month. Bigger projects use more tokens per prompt because the AI reads your project files.
At list price Replit Core ($20 a month) is $5 cheaper than Lovable Pro ($25 a month), but neither is a flat fee. Lovable gives you 100 credits plus 5 daily credits, then charges $0.30 per extra credit. Replit includes $20 of credits and then bills Agent work pay-as-you-go. Which one is cheaper depends on how many prompts you send, so enter your pace in the calculator.
It depends on the builder. Lovable Pro and Business let you buy top-ups. Replit Core and Pro switch to pay-as-you-go. v0 pauses generation until you buy more credits. Base44 pauses until your next reset unless you upgrade. Bolt.new tokens reset monthly, with paid token reloads only on some Pro plans.
Answers use prices from each vendor's official pricing page and docs, checked October 28, 2026. Plans change often, so confirm before you subscribe.
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