What changes when you leave the Bolt sandbox
Bolt.new builds and previews your app in a browser sandbox. That is perfect for moving fast, but a real product has to live on infrastructure you control, handle real traffic, and protect real data. The move from sandbox to production is where most of the engineering actually happens.
The gaps to close
- Real hosting and deployment. Off the preview sandbox, onto production-grade hosting with a deployment pipeline, custom domain, and monitoring.
- Security. Secrets out of the front end, real input validation, and protection against the common attacks.
- Authentication and data. Real sessions and roles, a database designed to scale, automated backups, and migrations.
- Scale and performance. Caching, efficient queries, and background jobs so it holds up beyond a handful of users.
- Compliance. If you touch health, financial, or regulated data, readiness for a customer security review (HIPAA, SOC 2, PCI).
You do not have to start over. We keep what is solid in your Bolt build and engineer the rest to a production standard.
Frequently asked questions
Is a Bolt.new app ready for real users?
Not on its own. Bolt is built for fast prototyping in a sandbox. Real users and data need production hosting, security, authentication, a scalable database, and often compliance work.
Can you move my Bolt app to real hosting?
Yes. We set up production-grade hosting, a deployment pipeline, a custom domain, and monitoring, and migrate your app onto it.
How do we start?
With a fixed-fee Production-Readiness Audit from $2,500: a prioritized report and a fixed quote before any build.
Find out exactly where your app stands
A fixed-fee Production-Readiness Audit, from $2,500. Prioritized report, fixed quote, no surprises.
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