Preview speed · Owned host
Bolt is great at a fast in-browser loop. Name which place the app runs before you call it live. Editor preview is the build loop. Bolt hosting is the bolt.host address, also called Bolt Cloud. An outside host is Netlify, GitHub, or a machine you admin. This page compares those three places — not a migrate story.
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Client + owned app revenue
$1,696,729
Company-reported · Basis and limitationsPartner savings
$308,650
Company-reported · Basis and limitationsProjects shipped
110+
Company-reported · Basis and limitationsIn plain words
Name the three places the app can run. Editor preview is the build loop. Bolt hosting is the live bolt.host address, also called Bolt Cloud. An outside host is Netlify, GitHub, or a machine you admin. Keep the UI the preview proved. Do not call preview or bolt.host a host you run.
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Where preview≠prod confuses teams
Preview speed is real. So are missing rollback, shared secrets, and host limits.
Cold start, secrets, and scale differ on an owned host.
Name Git, host, and dual-run.
Compare runtime limits, access controls, data recovery, observability, and ongoing costs before deciding whether external hosting is necessary.
Honest split
Managed and independent hosting both need a tested release and recovery procedure.
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While ownership moves.
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Fresh secrets.
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Preview is not the proof.
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The editor can remain useful for UI iteration. Production data, server-side secrets, and the release workflow can remain on Bolt Cloud when its controls fit your requirements, or move to another host with a tested migration.
Cold install on your runner, host-held secrets, Auth on your origin, backup restore, and a rollback artifact you can promote without the preview session.
Export or sync the tree to org Git, remap secrets, point Auth at the destination, dual-run primary journeys, then cut DNS. Harden first when layers are green.
Stay when Bolt Cloud meets your tested security, capacity, data recovery, deployment, and cost requirements. A bolt.host address can serve a production app. Move when a concrete requirement is unmet; editor preview is a separate development environment.
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