Orva vs Bolt — honest comparison

Bolt burns tokens.
Orva builds apps.

Bolt charges tokens for every prompt — including every bug fix. Orva charges one flat price and you always know the cost before anything starts.

$0
Discovery chat, always free
1 price
Flat per project, no token burns
48 hrs
Blueprint to live app
100%
Your code, forever
Side by side

Orva vs Bolt.new — full breakdown

Every major difference, no marketing spin.

FeatureBolt.newOrva
Pricing modelTokens/month subscriptionFlat fee per project
Know cost before startingTokens vary per promptAlways
Revision cost predictabilityUnpredictable — tokens burn fastTransparent credits, shown before use
Credits / tokens expireMonthly reset (2-month max rollover)Never expire
Guided discoveryYou prompt, it buildsFull AI-led conversation
Blueprint before codeFull spec + wireframes
Non-technical friendlyPartial — requires good promptsCore audience
Post-delivery AI advisorOrva Advisor included
Multilingual supportNatural — Tagalog, Arabic, etc.
Local PH payments (GCash)GCash, Maya via PayMongo
Code ownershipGitHub exportDownload anytime
Custom domainPaid plansAdd-on $15/mo
Admin panel auto-generatedEvery project
Why it matters

The real difference isn't features.
It's who it's built for.

Pricing

One price. Not a running meter.

Bolt charges tokens for every interaction including every bug fix. A medium project costs 150K–500K tokens per prompt. On Orva, you pay once for the build. Revisions use transparent credits you approve before spending.

See exact cost before any work starts
Revision credits shown before they are used
Credits never expire — buy when you need them
Bolt — token burn on a medium project
~300K
tokens per prompt
~30
prompts/month on Pro
Orva — Growth plan
$399
Full build, 6 screens
One price. Done.
Process

Bolt prompts. Orva discovers.

Bolt assumes you know exactly what to build. If your prompts are vague, you burn tokens on bad output. Orva leads the conversation — asking the right questions, generating a full blueprint, and getting your sign-off before writing a single line of code.

AI-led discovery — no prompting expertise needed
Blueprint + wireframes before any code
Request changes in plain language
Orva discovery
What are you building, and who uses it day-to-day?
An order tracker for my restaurant — staff who aren't technical
Got it — food ops, non-technical staff. I'll scope this for mobile-first. Sound right?
Real users

What founders say after switching

★★★★★

I burned through Bolt's Pro plan in a week. With Orva I described what I needed, got a blueprint the same day, and had a live app in 48 hours. One price. Done.

JC
Jun Castro
Founder, FleetOps Manila
★★★★★

Bolt is powerful if you know how to prompt. I don't — and I was paying for my learning curve. Orva asks me the questions instead. Felt like having a tech co-founder.

LT
Lisa Tan
Brand owner, Singapore
★★★★★

The tokens on Bolt disappear when you hit bugs. Orva handled all of that before I even saw the code. Worth every peso.

RV
Rico Villanueva
Ops manager, ServeRight
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