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Bolt.new Token Limits in 2026: Daily Cap, Monthly Allowance and What Happens When You Run Out
Bolt.new token limits: the free daily and monthly caps, what paid plans add, when tokens reset, rollover rules and what to do when you hit the limit.
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Token limits checked Nov 4, 2026 on Bolt’s pricing page, in Bolt’s tokens doc and in Bolt’s billing doc. Every source is listed at the bottom. This page has no affiliate links (how we work).
Short answer: Bolt Free gives you 300K tokens a day and 1M tokens a month, and whichever wall you hit first stops you. Pro removes the daily cap entirely and starts at 10M tokens a month. Free tokens never roll over; paid tokens last two months. And the thing that eats tokens fastest isn’t your prompt. It’s your own project: Bolt spends most tokens reading and syncing your project files, so every message costs more as the app grows (all checked Nov 4, 2026).
That last part is why “I only sent five messages” and “I’m out of tokens” can both be true on the same evening.
Bolt new daily token limit: 300K a day, 1M a month
The Bolt new daily token limit is 300,000 tokens, and it only exists on the Free plan. Bolt’s pricing FAQ puts it in one line: “The Free plan includes 1 million tokens a month, with a daily limit of 300,000. Free plan tokens don’t roll over” (bolt.new/pricing, checked Nov 4, 2026).
So Free has two meters running at once:
- Daily: 300K. Bolt’s tokens doc says this cap is “separate from the 1 million monthly cap” and that “Your daily tokens reset every day, but they don’t carry over”. Skip a day and you don’t get 600K the next one (Bolt tokens doc, checked Nov 4, 2026).
- Monthly: 1M. Even if you never hit the daily wall, you can’t spend more than 1M in a calendar month.
Do the arithmetic and the daily cap stops mattering fast: four heavy days at 300K is 1.2M, which is more than the month allows. On Free, the monthly 1M is the real budget and the 300K is a speed limit on how quickly you can burn it.
In the app, Free shows “separate daily and monthly percentage bars”, per the billing doc (checked Nov 4, 2026). Watch the monthly one. That’s the one that ends your month.
Paid token allowances by plan
Prices live in Bolt pricing; this is the token side only.
| Plan | Tokens/mo | Daily cap | Rollover |
|---|---|---|---|
| Free | 1M | 300K | None |
| Pro | From 10M | None | 2 months |
| Teams | From 10M/member | None | 2 months |
| Enterprise | Not published | Not published | Not published |
Source: bolt.new/pricing and Bolt tokens doc, both checked Nov 4, 2026. Teams inherits Pro’s token features (“Everything in Pro”).
What the table hides:
- Pro “starts at” 10M. Bolt’s billing doc says you pick your plan with a “Monthly tokens” slider, and the tokens doc names plans like “Pro 20” and “Pro 50” in its examples. The token counts and prices of the bigger tiers aren’t in the static pricing page (not published, checked Nov 4, 2026). Check current price at checkout.
- Teams tokens are personal. “Tokens aren’t shared between members”, and free team members “don’t get tokens, they can’t send prompts” (bolt.new/pricing, checked Nov 4, 2026). A Teams plan is not a shared pool.
- Collaborators pay their own way. On a shared project, “Collaborators who edit the project use tokens from their own account” (billing doc, checked Nov 4, 2026).
When do Bolt tokens reset, and do they roll over?
Reset depends on the plan (Bolt tokens doc, checked Nov 4, 2026):
- Free monthly: “tokens reset on the 1st of each calendar month.”
- Free daily: every day. Bolt doesn’t publish the reset time or time zone (not published), so don’t plan a deadline around a specific hour.
- Paid: “tokens reset on the renewal date.” Subscribe on July 15 and your tokens reset on the 15th of each month.
- Annual plans: billed for the year, but “your token allowance refreshes once a month” (bolt.new/pricing, checked Nov 4, 2026).
Rollover, paid plans only. Unused tokens “roll over and stay valid for two months from the start of the billing cycle in which you received them”, as long as you keep paying. They’re spent “first-in, first-out”, so your oldest tokens go first. Free is blunt: “Tokens on the free plan don’t roll over” (same doc).
Three rollover traps worth knowing:
- Cancelling. You “lose access to all allocated tokens (including rollover tokens) when the billing cycle ends”. Resubscribe before they expire and the unexpired ones come back.
- Upgrading mid-cycle. Tokens granted at upgrade are valid “for two months from the start of that billing cycle, not two months from the day you upgrade”. Upgrade on July 15 with a July 1 cycle and those tokens expire September 1.
- Dropping to Free after a big month. “If you’ve used 3 million tokens in July and downgrade to the free plan (1 million token limit), you’ll need to wait until August 1 to continue working.”
Why tokens vanish fast, and the documented ways to use fewer
Bolt’s own explanation is the whole story: “Most of your token usage comes from Bolt reading, understanding, and syncing your project files, so larger projects use more tokens per message” (Bolt tokens doc, checked Nov 4, 2026). The pricing FAQ adds that tokens are used “when it reads your prompts and project files, makes a plan, or writes code” (bolt.new/pricing, checked Nov 4, 2026).
Translation: the same one-line prompt costs more on day 20 of a project than on day 1, because there’s more project to read. Your messages didn’t get longer. Your app got bigger.
There’s also a ceiling per conversation: “Bolt has a limit on how many tokens it can work with in each conversation”, covering both input and output. Bolt doesn’t publish that number (not published, checked Nov 4, 2026).
What Bolt documents for using fewer tokens:
- Edit code by hand when the fix is small. At the daily limit, “you can still make direct edits to your project’s existing code for free in Code view, which doesn’t use tokens” (tokens doc). That works before the limit too: a typo or a color change doesn’t need the agent.
- Keep projects lean. Since cost tracks project size, splitting a sprawling app into smaller projects is Bolt’s own logic applied, not a hack.
- Follow Bolt’s guides. The tokens doc points to “Prompting effectively” and “Maximizing token efficiency” in its Help Center. We’re not paraphrasing tips Bolt didn’t write.
Bolt is upfront that token use grows with project size, and that deserves credit. But it won’t say how big the per-conversation limit is, when the daily cap resets, or what a reload costs. When the meter is this sensitive to things you can’t see, three missing numbers is three too many.
What to do when you hit the Bolt token limit
1. Hit the daily cap on Free? Wait, or edit by hand. Code view edits are free, and the daily meter refreshes every day. If your monthly bar still has room, waiting costs you nothing but time.
2. Hit the monthly cap on Free? Wait for the 1st, or upgrade. Bolt says upgrading to a paid plan removes the daily cap entirely, and it moves you to at least 10M tokens a month. Upgrades “apply right away” (bolt.new/pricing, checked Nov 4, 2026). Prices are in Bolt pricing.
3. Ran out on Pro? Move up a tier first. Bolt says “the most cost-effective option is to upgrade to a higher-tier plan”. When you upgrade a monthly plan, your unused tokens stay and “You also receive the difference in tokens between your old plan and your new plan, added to your balance immediately” (billing doc, checked Nov 4, 2026).
4. Reload tokens, if you qualify. Reloads are only for people on “the highest individual monthly Pro plan or to any annual Pro plan”. Reload tokens “do not expire”, and the price “varies based on your plan” (tokens doc, checked Nov 4, 2026). The price is not published; you see it at checkout.
5. Or compare. If token math keeps biting, Lovable vs Bolt lines up the two meters, is Lovable free? covers Lovable’s daily credits, and Lovable alternatives lists other app builders. The wider field is in AI coding tools compared.
Here’s what I’d do
On Free, budget the month, not the day. 1M a month is the real limit. Treat 300K as a pace car.
Do small fixes in Code view. Every hand edit is a message you didn’t pay for.
Start a fresh project for a new idea. Token cost tracks project size, so don’t bolt (sorry) a second app onto the first.
On Pro, upgrade before you reload. Bolt itself calls a higher tier the most cost-effective route, and reloads aren’t open on lower monthly tiers anyway.
Don’t cancel with tokens in the bank. Rollover tokens die at the end of the cycle you cancel in.
Students looking for a cheaper way in should read Bolt student discount first.
Hit a token wall and wondering if a free account is the cause? See Is Bolt.new free?.
FAQ
What is the Bolt.new daily token limit? The Bolt.new daily token limit is 300K tokens on the Free plan, separate from its 1M monthly cap; paid plans have no daily limit (bolt.new, Nov 4, 2026).
How many free tokens does Bolt.new give? Bolt.new Free gives 1M tokens a month with a 300K daily limit, and no card is required (bolt.new, Nov 4, 2026).
Do Bolt tokens roll over? Paid-plan tokens roll over and stay valid for two months from the cycle you got them in; Free-plan tokens don’t roll over.
When do Bolt tokens reset? Free tokens reset on the 1st of each month with a daily reset for the 300K cap; paid plans reset on your renewal date.
Can I buy more Bolt tokens? Yes, on the highest monthly Pro plan or any annual Pro plan you can buy reload tokens that don’t expire; the price isn’t published.
Does Bolt Pro have a daily token limit? No, Bolt’s pricing page lists “No daily token limit” for Pro, which starts at 10M tokens a month.
Sources
- Bolt.new pricing (Free 300K daily / 1M monthly, Pro no daily limit and from 10M tokens, rollover, Teams tokens per member, token FAQ, annual refresh, upgrade timing): https://bolt.new/pricing (verified 2026-11-04)
- Bolt tokens doc (reset dates, daily cap, Code view edits, per-conversation limit, project size, rollover, FIFO, cancel and upgrade rules, reload tokens): https://support.bolt.new/account-and-subscription/tokens (verified 2026-11-04)
- Bolt billing doc (daily and monthly usage bars, collaborators’ tokens, upgrade token difference, Monthly tokens slider): https://support.bolt.new/account/billing (verified 2026-11-04)