Atelier201 vs Bolt

Bolt builds apps for people who read code. We build fast websites, with a form editor for everyone else and no token meter.

Choose Atelier201 if

You need a website, not an app.
Someone non-technical keeps it up to date.
You don't want to count tokens.
You want every change reviewed before it goes live.
You'd rather use the AI you already pay for.
Search and AI visibility should work by default.

Stay on Bolt if

You're building an app with a backend.

Atelier201 and Bolt, side by side

Based on each company's public pages and docs, November 2026. A check means it does the job, a dash that it does so partly or for an extra fee, and a cross that it doesn't, or that we couldn't find it.

What you need	Atelier201	Bolt
You own the codeHand it to a developer or an agent, any day	A standard Astro project in its own Git repository	Yes, with GitHub sync
Export the whole siteHost it anywhere, without asking	Code, content and media, on any plan, even a draft	Download or GitHub
Complete CLIFrom an empty folder to a live site, in a terminal	Create, pull, push, preview, publish and roll back	In the browser. No CLI of its own that we could find
MCP server and REST APIEverything the dashboard does, for agents and scripts	Included, on every plan	None that we could find
Your own Claude, ChatGPT or GeminiNo second AI bill	Your agent does the work. Its calls cost nothing here	Its own tokens
Built-in AI assistantFor people without their own agent	1,000 credits a month, 5,000 at sign-up	The agent is the product, on tokens
CollaboratorsYour team, your clients, your freelancer	Unlimited, at no extra cost	$30 a member on Teams
Edit without AI or codeA new price takes ten seconds	A form made from your content, or click the text on the preview	A prompt, or the code
Review before anything goes livePeople and agents work on a draft	Nothing is live until you publish. Share a preview link first	Preview, then publish
Full version historyUndo anything, including an agent's work	Every change is a version. Roll back the live site in one click	Project history
Free draft, no clockPay when the site goes live	Free for as long as you like, with preview links	1M tokens a month, with Bolt branding
Several languagesHreflang and sitemaps follow	Included, with no fee per language	You prompt for them, in code
Lighthouse performance on mobileStatic Astro pages, with almost no script	100 on the real sites we measured	Not measured
Ready for AI searchPages ChatGPT, Claude and Perplexity can read	Sitemap, llms.txt, JSON-LD and a Markdown copy of every page, by default	Depends on what it generates
Built-in analyticsVisitors, pages, sources, AI referrals	Included, and sets no cookie	None built in that we could find
Nothing to maintainNo server, plugin or database on the visitor's path	Static files on Cloudflare's network	An app you look after
A full-stack appBackend, database	Not offered	Yes
Free live pageWith branding	Drafts and previews only	Yes

What a year costs

Atelier201

€90a year, or €9 a month

Traffic included: Sized for 50,000 visits a month

Bolt

$300a year on Pro, with 10M tokens a month

Traffic included: 1M web requests a month

The pricing page of Bolt, as it looked on November 4, 2026. — bolt.new/pricingNovember 4, 2026

Bolt prices are in USD, billed monthly. Atelier201 prices exclude VAT.

Three differences that matter

A site doesn't need a token meter

People on Trustpilot mostly complain about tokens spent on the tool's own errors. On Atelier201 your agent runs on the AI subscription you already have, and a text edit needs no AI at all.

Someone else can edit

Bolt's interface assumes you'll prompt or read code. Ours gives the owner, a colleague or a client a form, and a preview to check before anything goes live.

Built for websites, top to bottom

An Atelier201 site starts with a content model, a sitemap, llms.txt, languages, analytics and a custom domain, all in one plan. Nothing to prompt for, and nothing to look after.

What customers say about Bolt

Chosen by us from public reviews and Reddit. Every quote links to its source.

Only good for very small apps like landing pages etc.

Trustpilot

Tokens were consumed just for planning and internal steps.

Trustpilot, a restaurant menu

it was amazing for the first few features, then the second i added more pages, more data models, auth, payments, it started falling apart.

r/boltnewbuilders

Moving from Bolt

If your Bolt project is really a marketing site, an agent can rebuild it as an Astro site. If it's written in Astro already, push it: the project format is the same.

The CLI and MCP server work with the AI you already pay for.

What comes across

Text and images
An Astro project, as it is, if your packages are in our catalogue
Your domain
Old addresses, through redirects

What doesn't

Backend and database
Server code
Your token balance, but new accounts here get 5,000 free credits

Questions

Can I bring an Astro project from Bolt?

Yes, if it builds as a static site and its packages are in our catalogue. Use the CLI to push it, and the build tells you what's missing.

Is Atelier201 an app builder?

No. It makes static websites. For an app with users and a database, Bolt, Lovable and Replit are the right tools.

What do I pay for AI on Atelier201?

Nothing if your own agent does the work, beyond your own subscription. The built-in assistant uses credits: each Site adds 1,000 a month and new accounts get 5,000.

Is Atelier201 a good Bolt alternative for SEO and AI search?

Every Atelier201 site is static HTML built with Astro, served from Cloudflare's network, with an XML sitemap, hreflang, JSON-LD structured data, llms.txt and a Markdown copy of every page. That makes it easy for Google, ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity and other answer engines to read and cite, which is what generative engine optimization (GEO) and answer engine optimization (AEO) are about.

Can I build my website with Claude, ChatGPT or Gemini?

Yes. Connect your own AI agent, such as Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, Cursor or Codex, through the MCP server, the CLI or the REST API. It can create the site, edit pages and content, run a build and prepare publishing. Those calls cost nothing on Atelier201, so you don't pay for AI twice. People without an agent can use the built-in assistant.

Do I own my website and its code?

Yes. Each site is a standard Astro project in its own Git repository. You can pull it with the CLI or export code, content and media at any time, on any plan, then run npm ci and npm run build and host it anywhere. There is no vendor lock-in.