Move your team from Bolt to Replit.
Each person gets a short interview, then a personalized step-by-step guide showing exactly where their saved work, prompts, and projects land in Replit — and the few things that need a manual step, walked through. You send one invite; nobody becomes the help desk, and nothing in Bolt is changed or cancelled. Want to see where you’re paying for both first? Run the free audit.
Both products provide integrated database and authentication without manual backend setup. Bolt connects to Supabase (external, hosted Postgres + auth) on paid plans for Vite-based projects; Replit Agent provisions a built-in serverless SQL/key-value store and its own Replit Auth per app automatically. To migrate a Bolt+Supabase app to Replit: export data from Supabase using pg_dump or the Supabase dashboard CSV export, import into Replit's built-in database via Agent prompt ('import this SQL schema and data'), and re-prompt Agent to rewire auth using Replit Auth. Swap Supabase-specific client calls (supabase-js) for Replit's database SDK by describing the change to Agent. To go the other direction (Replit → Bolt): export Replit's database via Agent, connect a Supabase project in Bolt settings, then prompt Bolt to rewrite database calls using supabase-js.
- Warning: Bolt's Supabase integration is restricted to Vite-based projects — Next.js projects in Bolt are explicitly not supported; Replit's built-in database works with any framework Agent generates.
- Warning: Bolt's Supabase integration requires a paid Bolt plan (free plan excluded); Replit's built-in database is included automatically in every new Replit App at no extra charge beyond Agent credits.
- Warning: Replit Auth is tied to Replit accounts (Google, GitHub, X, Apple, email sign-in); Supabase Auth supports arbitrary OAuth providers and magic links — teams needing provider breadth may need to re-implement auth logic when switching from Supabase to Replit Auth.
- Warning: Bolt's Version History does not restore Supabase database state (code only); Replit checkpoints capture database contents by default, though database rollback must be explicitly opted into.
Both platforms offer enterprise-tier security controls including SSO, audit logs, and infrastructure isolation, all under custom/sales-assisted pricing. To evaluate switching: both support Okta and Azure AD (Microsoft Entra ID) via SAML, so an existing IdP can be repointed without re-enrolling users. Bolt Enterprise deploys into the customer's own AWS or Azure tenant (full infrastructure isolation); Replit's sales-assisted Enterprise provides a dedicated single-tenant GCP project with VPC peering. The migration path is primarily contractual and organizational: (1) negotiate the new enterprise agreement; (2) connect the existing IdP to the new platform's SSO config; (3) migrate code repos via GitHub (both platforms are GitHub-backed); (4) re-establish audit log forwarding to your SIEM if required. Neither platform's audit logs are exportable in a cross-compatible format, so historical audit data stays on the originating platform.
- Warning: Bolt Enterprise infrastructure isolation is on AWS or Azure; Replit's single-tenant option runs on GCP — teams with cloud-provider restrictions (e.g., AWS-only policies) may not be able to use Replit Enterprise's single-tenant tier.
- Warning: Bolt Enterprise includes HIPAA-ready and FedRAMP-ready attestations; Replit's docs do not claim equivalent compliance certifications, which is a blocking difference for healthcare or federal-government customers.
- Warning: Replit offers a Self-Serve Enterprise path (start immediately, usage-based) alongside sales-assisted; Bolt Enterprise is quote-only with no self-serve entry point.
Both platforms offer one-click hosting integrated with their build environment. To move a live app from Bolt to Replit: (1) export source code from your connected GitHub repo in Bolt; (2) import into a new Replit App via GitHub; (3) choose Autoscale or Reserved VM deployment from Replit's Deploy button — Autoscale covers most web apps, Reserved VM suits apps needing stable memory. Set the custom domain in Replit's deployment settings (Core/Pro plans). To move from Replit to Bolt: push from Replit to GitHub, import into Bolt, then publish from the Bolt editor; custom domains require the Bolt Pro plan ($25/mo). In both directions, DNS records for the custom domain must be updated at your registrar to point to the new host.
- Warning: Bolt's free plan includes hosting but with Bolt branding and no custom domain; Replit's static hosting (for HTML/CSS/JS) is free but Agent-generated apps require Autoscale ($1/mo base + usage) or Reserved VM ($20-$160/mo), making Replit's costs highly variable under load.
- Warning: Bolt does not support backend-only server deployments — Netlify (its alternative host) also cannot host a traditional database or full backend; Replit Reserved VMs and Autoscale support persistent server processes.
- Warning: Once a Bolt project is published to Bolt hosting you cannot switch to Netlify without first unpublishing; there is no equivalent restriction in Replit's deployment model.
Both platforms let users generate React Native / Expo mobile apps from a natural-language prompt without installing local tooling. In Bolt, mention 'mobile app' in the initial prompt and Bolt scaffolds an Expo project testable via Expo Go (scan QR code in Device Preview). In Replit, Agent builds the same React Native (TypeScript) + Expo stack, streams a simulator in-browser, and also supports QR-code testing via Expo Go. To migrate a mobile project between the two: export the React Native source via the shared GitHub repo (both tools commit to GitHub); import into the target platform and let its agent re-install dependencies and re-configure the Expo setup. The generated code is standard Expo/React Native in both cases, so the codebase is fully portable. App Store / Google Play submission in both tools requires an external EAS build pipeline and Apple Developer / Google Play accounts.
- Warning: Bolt's Expo integration is explicitly experimental (confidence 0.6 in the source node); the app slug is permanent in Bolt and cannot be changed after the first EAS build, which may cause issues if the project is renamed during migration.
- Warning: Replit additionally supports an in-browser iOS Simulator and Android Emulator for development preview; Bolt's preview is limited to physical-device QR scanning via Expo Go.
- Warning: Neither platform handles the EAS build or App Store submission itself — both require running 'eas build' from a local CLI or CI pipeline outside the AI IDE.
Both platforms let a user describe an app in plain language and receive a running full-stack project within minutes. To migrate from Bolt to Replit: export your Bolt project code via the connected GitHub repo (Bolt commits on every passing change), then create a new Replit App and use Agent's import-from-GitHub flow or paste the relevant files. Re-describe the original prompt in Replit's Agent chat and let Agent re-wire dependencies and the database. To go the other direction (Replit → Bolt): use Replit's GitHub integration to push the repo, then import it into a new Bolt project via 'Import from GitHub'. In both directions, re-establish any third-party integrations (auth providers, payment services) by prompting the target agent, since credentials and env vars are not exported. Bolt uses Standard and Max agent tiers backed by Claude models; Replit Agent offers Lite, Economy, and Power (with optional High-effort) tiers — choose Power or Economy on Replit to match Bolt's Max or Standard quality respectively.
- Warning: Bolt's WebContainer runs only Node.js/JavaScript stacks in the browser; Replit Agent supports a broader set of languages and runtimes (Python, Go, etc.) on server-side VMs, so apps using non-Node backends cannot be recreated in Bolt without a language rewrite.
- Warning: Bolt reads the full file context each turn, which means token consumption grows with project size; Replit uses effort-based checkpoint pricing where a single complex request may cost more than its Lite equivalent on Bolt's token budget.
- Warning: Replit Starter plan limits users to Lite builds and a daily Agent credit cap; Core ($25/mo) or Pro ($100/mo) is required for Economy/Power builds — equivalent to Bolt Pro ($25/mo) in price but with different credit structures.
Bolt relies on GitHub as its version control backbone — every passing change triggers an automatic git commit, and the project history lives in GitHub. Replit uses its own checkpoint system — snapshots that include files, packages, config, AI conversation context, and optionally database state — with each checkpoint also creating a git commit. To move a Bolt project to Replit and preserve history: the GitHub repo that Bolt created can be imported directly into Replit; Replit will use it as the underlying git store, and Agent creates checkpoints from that point forward. From Replit to Bolt: connect Replit's project to GitHub (Replit supports GitHub push), then import the repo into Bolt. Both directions lose the platform-specific metadata (Bolt's branch memory, Replit's AI conversation context embedded in checkpoints) — only code history carries over.
- Warning: Bolt cannot merge branches in-app — merges must happen in GitHub directly; Replit Agent handles merge conflicts automatically within checkpoints, so teams relying on Replit's conflict resolution will need to manage merges manually in GitHub after a Bolt migration.
- Warning: Replit checkpoints capture database state (with opt-in rollback); Bolt's Version History is code-only and explicitly does not restore Supabase database state.
- Warning: Replit Pro extends database rollback to 28 days; Bolt has no equivalent database rollback, so teams with data-recovery SLA requirements should account for this gap when switching to Bolt.