Other builders charge you a subscription, then charge you again for every build. CVS Studio uses your own Anthropic key — you pay Claude directly, at cost.
The problem with every other builder
Every competitor uses an artificial credit or token system on top of a monthly subscription. You pay for access, then you pay to actually use it. Run out mid-project? Pay more or wait until next month.
I burned through my entire month of Bolt credits in a single afternoon. Three pages. Done.
— Bolt.new user
v0 switched to token-based in May 2025. My $20/month ran out in less than 24 hours.
— v0 user
Lovable charged 60 credits to fix a single CSS bug. Then broke two other things.
— Lovable user
Replit Agent 3 cost me $360 in a single day. Effort-based pricing with zero transparency.
— Replit user
Why CVS Studio is different
CVS Studio is the only builder that passes your API key directly to Claude — no intermediary, no markup, no subscription tier throttling. A full app build costs you pennies in actual API fees.
You pay Anthropic directly at their published rate. We take no cut. Claude Sonnet costs ~$3 per 1M input tokens — not $200/month for 10M tokens like Bolt.
Every app lands in your Vercel account. bolt.host and lovable.app are someone else's servers. CVS Studio deploys to your account — the URLs are yours, forever.
Auth, database, storage — all wired to your Supabase project. Not a sandboxed preview. A real production database that you own.
Lovable charges ~60 credits per bug fix. Bolt burns 200K tokens on a simple query. With your own key, a full app build costs pennies in actual API fees.
Once your app is deployed, you never need CVS Studio again. Your app lives in your own Vercel + Supabase — it keeps running forever, zero platform subscription required. Cancel on day one. Your app doesn't care.
Head-to-head
Based on published pricing as of April 2025. Competitor costs for heavy users are often 10–20× higher than actual API costs.
| ← You are hereCVS Studio | Bolt.new | v0 | Lovable | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Build limits | None — your API key | 1M tokens/mo free | $5 credits/mo free | 30 credits/mo free |
| Pro cost | $0 platform fee | $20–$200/mo | $20–$100/mo | $21–$50/mo |
| Token markup | None (direct to API) | ~3–5× API cost | ~5× API cost | ~8× API cost |
| Deploys to | Your Vercel account | bolt.host (their CDN) | Vercel (limited) | lovable.app domain |
| Your domain | paid only | |||
| Full source code | ||||
| Real database | Supabase (yours) | Supabase (theirs) | ||
| AI model | Claude Sonnet | Claude / GPT-4o | GPT-4o | Claude Sonnet |
| Rate limit errors | ||||
| Credit loops / traps |
* Bolt token costs, v0 credit costs, and Lovable credit pricing sourced from official pricing pages.
How it works
Paste in your Anthropic and Vercel keys. They stay in your browser — we never see them, store them, or touch them.
Write what you want in plain English. Stack, features, UI, logic — all of it. No technical knowledge needed.
Claude Sonnet generates a complete, working application. Real code, real logic. Not a template. Not a prototype.
Your app lands in your Vercel account with a live production URL. Your users. Your domain. Your data. Forever.
Pricing
One flat monthly fee. Zero markup on builds. Cancel anytime — your apps keep running.
SOLO
For individual builders shipping personal projects and side hustles.
BUILDER
For professionals launching client work and production apps.
AGENCY
For teams and agencies building at scale for multiple clients.
All plans include a 7-day money-back guarantee. No questions asked.
Bring your keys. We bring the platform. You keep everything.
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