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Bolt pricing
Bolt publishes a single tier. Below is what it costs, what it covers, and how that compares with the travel tools listed alongside it.
As of 1 September 2026, Bolt pricing is free. Figures are the vendor's list prices as recorded on this page's last check; the vendor's site is the final word.
- Entry price
- Free
- Model
- Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing
- Tiers
- 1
- Free tier
- Yes
Bolt plans, side by side
Every published tier in ascending order of price, with the number of features each one lists. An absence here means the record does not itemise it, not that the tier lacks it.
| Plan | Price | Features listed | Step up from the tier below |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt | Free | 4 | Entry tier |
Where Bolt stops being free
Bolt, Free
- App is free; riders pay per trip at dynamic, demand-based fares
- Fares often positioned lower than Uber in overlapping cities, but not guaranteed on every route
- No published flat rate card, fares vary by city, time and route
- Bolt Food and micromobility availability varies significantly by city
No paid tier on record
Bolt lists a free tier and no priced tier above it in the record we hold.
What the product covers
The full Bolt feature record, grouped as the catalogue groups it. This is the product as a whole; the record does not map every feature onto a specific tier.
Other
- Ride hailing
- Bolt Food
- E-scooters and e-bikes
- Lower driver commission model
- Bolt Business
- Scheduled rides
People bring Bolt in for a rider in europe or africa wanting a lower-cost alternative to uber where both apps operate, someone in a city where uber does not operate but bolt does, particularly in parts of central and eastern europe or africa, a business traveller whose company uses bolt business for expensed corporate rides, a rider wanting e-scooter or e-bike rental in a supported european city through the same app used for rides. If that is not the job you are buying for, the alternatives to Bolt are worth a look before you commit to a tier.
How that compares in Travel
Too few travel tools in this directory publish a starting price to quote a meaningful median, so the table below is a like-for-like list rather than a ranking.
| Tool | Entry price | Model | Rated | Head to head |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bolt (this page) | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | - | |
| myCWT | On request | quote | - | vs Bolt |
| Didi | Free | Free app, pay per ride with dynamic pricing | - | vs Bolt |
| Expedia | Free | Free for travellers, commission and package margin | - | vs Bolt |
| Skyscanner | Free | Free for travellers, referral fees from booking partners | - | vs Bolt |
| Booking.com | Free | Free for travellers, commission charged to listed properties | - | vs Bolt |
| Sabre Red 360 | On request | quote | - | vs Bolt |
Ratings are aggregated from third-party sources and imported with each catalogue entry, they are not reviews hosted on Softwr. How each figure is used is set out on the Bolt badges page.
Before you pay for Bolt
Three things this page cannot tell you, and all three change the bill. The record carries a price and a billing period but not the unit - per-seat and flat-rate pricing are indistinguishable in this data, so a five-person team may be looking at five times the figure above. It carries no annual rate, so any discount for paying yearly is not something this page can quote. And it carries no trial length.
What it can tell you is the shape of the ladder: a single tier at Free. Because there is a free tier, the cheapest way to answer the rest is to use it before paying anything.
Bolt runs on ios, android, and is published by Bolt Technology OU of Tallinn, Estonia. The full record is on the Bolt review, and the rest of the category is under best travel tools.
Bolt pricing questions
- How much does Bolt cost?
- Bolt publishes a single tier, Bolt, at Free.
- Does Bolt have a free plan?
- Yes. The Bolt tier costs nothing and covers app is free; riders pay per trip at dynamic, demand-based fares, fares often positioned lower than uber in overlapping cities, but not guaranteed on every route, no published flat rate card, fares vary by city, time and route.
- Which travel tools can I use without paying?
- 5 of the 8 travel tools listed alongside Bolt have a free tier: Didi, Expedia, Skyscanner, Booking.com, Grab.
- What am I actually paying for with Bolt?
- The record lists 6 features across 1 area: other. In practice it is brought in for a rider in europe or africa wanting a lower-cost alternative to uber where both apps operate, someone in a city where uber does not operate but bolt does, particularly in parts of central and eastern europe or africa, a business traveller whose company uses bolt business for expensed corporate rides.
- Does Bolt charge per user?
- The record carries a price and a billing period for each of its 1 tiers, but not the unit that price is charged in. Per-seat and flat-rate billing look identical in this data, so check the vendor's page before budgeting for a team.
- Are these Bolt prices current?
- They are what the catalogue entry holds, refreshed when the entry is. Vendors change pricing without notice and nobody at Softwr re-verifies each tier by hand, so treat this as a structured summary and the vendor's own pricing page as the authority.
- What should I compare Bolt against before paying?
- The closest travel tools in this directory are myCWT, Didi, Expedia, Skyscanner. Each has a side-by-side comparison with Bolt covering price, platforms and features.