bolt.diy vs Dyad

bolt.diy publishes autonomous multi-step build support, so a beginner can describe an app in chat and let the agent do the building. Dyad's facts do not confirm the same capability. On price, the only published plan is Dyad's Pro tier at $20/mo for 200 credits monthly, while bolt.diy carries no vendor subscription at all, just a bring your own OpenAI key, so a first timer is not pushed into a paid tier to start. Neither tool's facts confirm click to edit element editing or a Figma import, so those cannot tip this call. On what is documented, agent driven building with no forced subscription favors bolt.diy for a first app.

Both tools export the full project as real code, so that part of the hard filter is a wash. On GitHub sync, only Dyad publishes a working sync, described as one way, while bolt.diy's facts list no GitHub sync capability at all. Both let you self hostself-host - Run the software on your own servers instead of the vendor’s cloud. the generated app. For the backend, bolt.diy documents BYO Supabase integration, while Dyad supports BYO Supabase or Neon, one more option for engineers who want to pick their own database. With code export tied and Dyad the only one confirmed to sync to GitHub, Dyad edges ahead for developers who want to scaffold fast and take the code and the repo with them.

bolt.diy publishes no paid vendor plan at all; it runs entirely on a bring your own OpenAI key instead of a subscription, so it carries no monthly vendor fee to reach a working build. Dyad's cheapest published plan is its Pro tier at $20/mo, which includes a pool of 200 credits monthly. Neither tool's facts state what a free tier actually restricts, so that question stays open for both. Dyad is the only one of the two with a published paid plan on record, and its $20/mo floor for that credit pool is the one concrete number available, a cost bolt.diy simply has no equivalent for since it offers no hosted plan and no vendor billing to step up into.

For ops and IT teams, the backend matters most, and it is the one place these facts actually differ. bolt.diy documents BYO Supabase integration only. Dyad supports BYO Supabase or Neon, giving teams a second database option, with no Dyad hosted backend either way. Nothing in the facts confirms integration counts, built in auth, SSO, or collaboration for either tool, so those cannot be weighed here. On the one backend question that is documented, Dyad's extra Neon option is a real, if modest, edge for teams picking their own data layer to connect to internal systems.

Both tools claim native mobile output via Expo. The difference is the path: bolt.diy's Expo App Creation is a built in feature that can also package an Electron desktop app from the same project, while Dyad reaches native output through a third party Newly integration rather than a first party one. bolt.diy's output stack is also described as full stack apps in whatever framework the prompt calls for, versus Dyad's fixed React and Vite.js default, adding flexibility for a mobile targeted build. bolt.diy further documents an autonomous agent mode for building. Both do land on native output, so this favors bolt.diy without ruling Dyad out.

Both run offline as local first tools, the biggest requirement for hosting the builder itself. On license, bolt.diy is MIT outright, while Dyad's Apache-2.0 license is scoped to the core, narrower for someone who wants one license covering the whole project. On API keys, Dyad supports bringing your own Anthropic, OpenAI, Google Gemini, or OpenRouter key, while bolt.diy documents only OpenAI, giving Dyad more flexibility on whose bill you run. Both let you self hostself-host - Run the software on your own servers instead of the vendor’s cloud. the output and neither carries a hosted app builder option to avoid. With local first tied, license favoring bolt.diy and key breadth favoring Dyad, these cancel out.

Neither tool's facts confirm a Figma or screenshot import, and neither confirms element level editing to fix output without touching code, the two things designers care about most here. What is documented is the output stack: bolt.diy generates full stack web apps in whatever framework the prompt calls for, while Dyad defaults to a React and Vite.js client side template. That is a real difference in flexibility, but it does not reach the import fidelity or click to edit polish this use case is actually about. With the two most decisive attributes undocumented for both, this comparison cannot be called on the facts available.