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🇺🇸  100% US-Based — Built for Agencies, Owned by You
The most powerful engine for agency-grade software.

SHIP CUSTOM CLIENT WORK
10X FASTER.

Top-tier websites, apps, and software — generated end-to-end by the most powerful engine in the category.

Not a chat bot. Not a template gallery. Not a sandbox you can't leave. A custom-built engine that ships full applications — real auth, real backends, real payments, real code. Describe what your client needs; deploy under your brand at premium-but-accessible rates, faster than a WordPress timeline. Code is yours forever — anti-vendor-lock by design.

Not sure if a project needs WordPress or a custom app? Use our decision framework →

10x
Faster delivery vs. custom dev
Same
Working app you can demo, first session
100%
White-label — your brand front and center
Unlimited
Team seats, no per-seat pricing
Two ways in

Built for agencies.
Powerful for businesses, too.

🏢
Agencies & Resellers

Ship custom client work 10x faster.

Add real apps, dashboards, member portals, and software to your WordPress projects without hiring custom devs. White-label every build under your brand. Resell at your margin. Code stays yours forever.

  • ✓ Custom platform domain — clients log in at platform.youragency.com
  • ✓ Sub-accounts for each client, billed at your markup
  • ✓ Full white-label across every site you build
  • ✓ Our team handles bigger scope when you need it
Become a Partner →
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Businesses Building Direct

Custom software for how YOU run.

Skip the agency middleman. Describe how your business actually works — the platform builds the application around your spec. POS systems, client portals, scheduling, dashboards, internal tools. Yours from day one, expandable forever.

  • ✓ Plans from $99/mo — start with one app, add more later
  • ✓ Real Next.js code, deployable anywhere
  • ✓ Stop paying for 8 SaaS tools that don't fit your business
  • ✓ Source code 100% yours — take it anywhere
See plans for businesses →
What separates BoltForge

Built different.
Owned by you.

The engine

A custom engine miles ahead of any LLM on the market.

Not a chat-bot wrapper. Not a template inflater. The BoltForge engine is a purpose-built agent loop sitting on top of the strongest model available today, tuned with prompt caching, adaptive thinking, mid-stream cancellation, and calibration data from real production builds.

Our philosophy: 110% effort on the first build. Our exclusive prompt enhancer reads what you wrote, surfaces ambiguity before it costs tokens, and ships a frame that's usable on the first pass.

And when you do want to iterate — unlimited iterations, accurate edits, no drift. Other platforms cap iterations or lose the plot after three turns. BoltForge keeps going as long as you do.

🔓
Anti-vendor-lock

Your code. Your infrastructure. Your call.

Most platforms in this space are sandboxes — your client's app lives inside their walls, runs on their proprietary runtime, and exports as an unfinished tarball if you can leave at all.

BoltForge generates clean Next.js source code with no platform-specific imports, no proprietary runtime, no hidden dependencies. Push it to your GitHub, deploy it to AWS, Vercel, Netlify, or your own infrastructure. The code is yours, the deploy is yours, the relationship with your client is yours. No lock-in. Ever.

The Agency Problem

Your clients keep asking
for things WordPress
can't do.

You either say no and lose the engagement, or say yes and burn three months hacking together fourteen plugins that break each other. Either way, your margin shrinks and your reputation takes the hit. There's a better play.

01
The plugin stack collapses under custom workflows
Membership plugins, form builders, ACF, custom post types — fourteen plugins held together with prayer. Then the client wants real-time collaboration, role-based dashboards, or a mobile app, and you're explaining why “WordPress can do that” actually means “kind of, with significant compromises.”
02
Hiring custom devs kills your margin
A real Next.js engineer in the US is $120-180K. Subcontracting offshore introduces quality risk and timeline slippage you have to absorb. Either way, the project that should have made you 50% margin barely breaks even — and you carry the support burden forever.
03
You lose engagements you should have won
The client wants something real. They get a quote from you (with a six-month timeline) and a quote from a real software shop (with a six-figure budget). They go with a no-code SaaS that almost-but-not-quite solves it — and they remember who couldn't help them.
Describe what they need. Ship it under your brand.
In days, not months.
Become a Partner →
Built by our custom engine

Real software,
not site-builder
output.

BoltForge ships production-grade websites, apps, and full software platforms — generated end-to-end by a custom-built engine purpose-made for client delivery. Real auth, real backends, real payments, real code. White-labeled under your brand, deployable to any domain, source code yours forever. WordPress can stay alongside when content publishing matters; BoltForge handles the rest — and ships in days, not months.

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Real Auth & Member Areas
Multi-tier user roles, gated dashboards, social login, protected APIs. Far past what membership plugins can deliver — with no plugin conflicts to debug at 11pm.
📊
Custom Dashboards & Reporting
Real-time data dashboards, role-specific views, exportable reports, internal admin tools. The kind of thing clients pay $20K+ for — that you previously had to subcontract out.
💳
Real Commerce & Subscriptions
Stripe-native checkout, complex pricing tiers, B2B quoting, subscription management. Past WooCommerce limits, without the WooCommerce performance tax.
🔌
API & System Integrations
Connect your client's CRM, ERP, accounting, shipping, or vendor systems with custom APIs and webhooks. The integration work that page builders can't touch.
📱
Mobile-Ready PWAs
Installable progressive web apps for field workers, customers, scanners. Native-app feel without the App Store overhead — under your agency brand. React Native iOS/Android on the roadmap — ask for an ETA on a discovery call.
🤖
AI-Powered Features
Smart search, document parsing, automated reports, AI chatbots — built into the application your client gets. The features they're asking about now and getting “we'll see” answers from competitors.
🔄
Real-Time Collaboration
Multi-user live editing, presence indicators, comment threads, live cursors. The Figma-grade experience your client saw and now wants in their own app. WordPress doesn't have a story here.
Workflow Automation & Approvals
Multi-step approval chains, conditional routing, audit trails, role-based escalation. Past what Gravity Forms can do — without the maintenance burden of Zapier-glued plugins breaking every quarter.
📅
Booking & Scheduling Systems
Calendar-aware resource booking, conflict detection, customer-facing availability, automatic confirmations. The plugins that exist either look like 2014 or charge $30/mo per site.
📄
Document Generation & E-Sign
Proposals, contracts, invoices, statements rendered to branded PDFs. Embedded e-signature flows with audit trails. Past what WP forms + DocuSign-glue can deliver, without the per-document fees.
🎫
Customer Portals & Self-Service
Branded account dashboards, ticket systems, knowledge bases, billing self-service. The portal your client's end-customers actually want — not a bolt-on plugin that breaks every WP update.
🛡️
Compliance & Audit Tooling
GDPR data export, HIPAA-ready audit logs, role-based access trails, encrypted-at-rest storage, SOC2-friendly architecture. The work agencies normally tell clients “you need a security firm for that.”
🧩
Custom plugin / extension on demand
If the off-the-shelf plugin doesn't exist, we generate it as part of the build. The client's bespoke logic ships as clean code alongside everything else — no separate WP plugin developer, no plugin-breakage-on-update cycle. The engagements WordPress shops have to turn down become engagements you win.
When the scope is bigger

Need bigger scope?
Our team takes the handoff.

Some client projects exceed what the platform handles cleanly — multi-tenant architecture, complex compliance work, native mobile, deep system integrations. Our engineering team takes those engagements directly. Same DNA, longer timeline, same agency-first model. You stay the agency of record; we're your build partner.

Send us a message →

How It Works

From their brief
to a shipped app.
In one session.

Take your client's requirements and turn them into a working application — under your brand, deployed to their domain, source code in your hands. For scope beyond what the platform handles, our team takes the handoff while you stay the agency of record.

Become a Partner
01
Describe Your Client's Needs
Take what your client asked for — workflows, member portals, dashboards, integrations — and describe it to the platform. Run it through our free prompt enhancer first: it reads your brief, surfaces ambiguity, and rewrites it for a first-pass-perfect build. No templates, no demos, no upfront commits to your client.
02
Platform Builds It Under Your Brand
A production-ready application materializes — your logo, your colors, your domain. Real auth, real payments, real backends. Your client never sees “BoltForge” anywhere.
03
Iterate, or Hand Off Bigger Scope
Re-prompt the platform for refinements yourself. Or escalate to our engineering team for custom architecture, native mobile, or compliance work — you stay the agency of record, we're your build partner.
04
Deliver to Your Client. Done.
Deploy to their domain on our infrastructure, your AWS account, or theirs. Resell at your margin — or invoice the build flat. Source code is theirs forever, you keep the relationship.

Proven in Production

The platform handles
complex builds.

Real systems shipped, running in production today. The depth and complexity your clients keep asking about — already done, already proven.

See a real build →

Generated from a paragraph prompt in under 100K tokens.

Multi-page architecture, real auth, working booking flow. Click through and see what BoltForge actually produces — not a screenshot, not a render, the live deployed site.

Case Study
Custom Intranet — Multi-Location Distributor
Full company intranet replacing a stitched-together plugin stack: messaging, video meetings, ATS, document storage, time clock, scheduling, RBAC, dealer portal. The kind of build agencies normally subcontract or turn down — shipped here in weeks.
Next.jsRBACVideo MeetingsATSMulti-location
Case Study
Warehouse Management System
Real-time inventory, Zebra scanner integration, cycle count scheduling, truck loading and receiving workflows, admin dashboard. The hardware-integrated build that makes most agencies say “we don't do that” — running in production for a high-volume distributor.
React NativeScanner IntegrationReal-time InventoryMulti-location
Case Study
Dealer Partner Portal
External-facing portal for associate dealer programs — CSV upload workflows, SKU formatting, program enrollment, reporting. Replaced a manual spreadsheet process. Exactly the kind of B2B portal WordPress can't touch.
Dealer OnboardingCSV AutomationProgram Mgmt
Case Study
Data Reconciliation Tool
Cross-references vendor manifests against internal scan exports. Catches discrepancies, surfaces exceptions, generates exportable reports. Internal-tooling work that page builders genuinely cannot do.
Manifest ReconciliationException ReportingAPI Integration

Agency partner case studies coming soon — the first cohort is shipping client work now.

🇺🇸
100% US-based
Development, hosting, support. Zero offshore.
🔒
Data stays onshore
Your client data never leaves US infrastructure.
📞
Direct support
No account-manager runaround. Email reaches whoever's building it.

Ready to ship?
Become a founding partner.

First 25 agency partners get founding-partner pricing locked in for life. Same DNA, longer commitment from us. We ship the platform, you ship to your clients.

The Platform · Self-Serve

FROM IDEA TO
LIVE SOFTWARE
IN ONE CHAT

Describe what you want. The platform builds it — production-ready Next.js code, real authentication, real payments, real backends. No engineering team. No learning curve. Your code, your domain, yours forever.

See pricing Talk to our team

How it works

Four steps. No engineering team required.

💬
1. Describe what you want
Open a workspace and tell the agent what you're building — a marketing site, a customer portal, an internal tool, an app with login. Drop in reference URLs, brand guideline PDFs, screenshots, spec docs. The agent reads everything before it starts.
  • Plain-English prompt
  • Reference site URLs (auto-analyzed)
  • Brand guideline PDFs / DOCX
  • Screenshots and mood boards
  • Asset uploads (logos, photos)
2. Watch the agent build
Live preview as files generate. The agent writes a project spec doc (boltforge.md), creates 14+ production files, validates the output against quality checks (no Lorem ipsum, no broken patterns, AWS-portable, brand-consistent), then completes.
  • Live file-by-file build view
  • Real-time token + cost preview
  • Stop button if anything looks off
  • Mobile / tablet / desktop preview
  • Built-in error reports + token credits
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3. Add real capabilities
Connect Stripe payment links, native booking + scheduling, Mailchimp signup forms, Google Reviews widgets, Clerk auth, Supabase databases — all from the Connections panel. The agent wires them in on the next chat iteration.
  • Stripe payment links
  • Clerk authentication (sign-in, signup, dashboards)
  • Native booking & scheduling (custom-built per site)
  • Google Reviews widgets
  • Supabase + Algolia + custom env vars
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4. Deploy and own it
Click deploy. Your site goes live on AWS Amplify or S3+CloudFront. Point your custom domain — SSL handled automatically. Push to your own GitHub repo for full source control. The code is yours forever; we just build it.
  • One-click deploy to AWS
  • Custom domains with auto-SSL
  • GitHub export anytime
  • Static export OR SSR mode
  • Source code 100% yours
What's included

Production-ready, not a toy.

🔐
Real authentication
Clerk integration built-in. Sign-in, sign-up, user profiles, protected pages, social login — all working out of the box. No DIY auth.
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Real payments
Stripe payment links + full checkout integration. Sell products, take subscriptions, embed Buy Now buttons — production-grade Stripe wiring.
⚙️
Real backends (SSR mode)
Need server logic, API routes, OAuth callbacks, webhooks? Flip on SSR mode and the agent generates a full Next.js backend. Static export for marketing sites; SSR for apps.
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Mobile-optimized + PWA
Every site is responsive by default. Toggle PWA mode and the agent adds a manifest, service worker, and install prompt — your site becomes installable on phones.
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Custom domains, auto-SSL
Point your own domain at the workspace. We handle the DNS records and the SSL certificate provisioning. Live at yoursite.com in minutes.
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White-label & reseller
Pro Partner (Pro + $499/mo Reseller add-on) and Enterprise replace BoltForge with their own brand across every site — name, logo, colors, footer line — and get sub-accounts so each client logs into their own scoped workspace. Enterprise has reseller mode included; Pro Direct doesn't (add the Reseller add-on or upgrade to Enterprise).
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Anti-vendor-lock by design
Other platforms are sandboxes you can't leave. We generate clean Next.js source with zero platform-specific imports, zero proprietary runtime. Push to your own GitHub at any time, deploy to AWS, Vercel, Netlify, your own infrastructure — the code is yours forever. Bring-your-own AWS, Convex, and DNS available on every paid tier (Solo through Enterprise) — pay your providers directly, no platform markup.
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Iterate via chat, retry from any state
“Make the hero darker.” “Add a pricing comparison table.” “Connect this to my Mailchimp.” The agent updates only what you ask. If anything fails mid-build, retry from the last state — no rewriting the whole project. A 90-second runaway watchdog auto-fails any build that goes silent, so you don't pay for hangs.
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Cost transparency, alerts, and credits
Live token counter and dollar cost during every build. Set your own alert thresholds (warn me at $X spend, halt at $Y). Stop a runaway iteration with one click — and if a build genuinely wastes tokens on something we got wrong, our error-report flow refunds the tokens to your account.
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Pre-build cost estimator
Before any build runs, the platform analyzes your prompt and shows projected token spend, expected build time, and a confidence range. Approve the estimate or refine the prompt — no surprise bills, no runaway iterations. Updates in real time as you tweak.
Free prompt optimizer
Type a rough idea; the platform suggests a refined version that produces better, more reliable output. Optional — accept the suggestion or run your original. Most users see 30-50% better first-build quality on optimized prompts. No tokens charged for the polish itself.
Without optimizer
“Build me a landscaping site for Bob.”
10-word prompt → ~54K tokens, generic copy, photo gaps the agent had to fill from defaults.
With optimizer
“A tattoo studio called No Regerts — flash gallery, artist bios, online booking, age-gate on consent form, dark editorial aesthetic with neon accents.”
Same engine, refined prompt → first-pass perfect. Less iteration, fewer corrections.
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Reads your sources before it builds
Drop in URLs of sites you like; the agent analyzes their design patterns, color palettes, and structural choices before generating yours. Upload brand guideline PDFs, screenshots, spec docs, or DOCX/XLSX — the agent reads them all and applies them to the build. The kind of intake work an agency normally bills for.
👁️
Live build view + quality gates
Watch files generate in real time as the agent works. Mobile / tablet / desktop preview viewports for visual QA. Every build runs through a strict validator before completing — rejects Lorem ipsum, broken patterns, lock-in imports, brand leaks. Agencies trust the output without reviewing every line.
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Templates library
Start from a shape that already works — marketing site, member portal, SaaS dashboard, e-commerce starter, internal admin tool. Templates are starting points, not lock-ins; the agent customizes everything from there. Saves a round of prompt iteration on common project shapes.
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Team seats & workspace roles
Multi-builder accounts start at Pro (5 seats included; unlimited on Enterprise). Owner / admin / member roles, per-workspace permissions, shared usage rollup. Agencies run multiple clients in parallel without paying per-seat fees on top. Solo and Starter are single-builder by design.
🪪 SOON
End-client logins
Hand the site off to your client without losing control. Issue scoped logins so the restaurant owner edits their menu, the contractor swaps photos, the studio updates hours — all without touching the build itself. You stay the owner; they get a self-serve admin. Coming soon.
🛒 SOON
Native e-commerce
Built-in storefront — products, variants, inventory, checkout, orders. Up to 50-item catalogs, real Stripe payments, no external plugins. Skip the WordPress + WooCommerce + 14 plugins stack and ship a working store from one prompt. Coming soon.
📝 SOON
Content publishing & blogs
Native CMS for blogs, news, and resource libraries — write or paste posts, add images, schedule publishing. Designed for non-technical authors so clients can update their own content without breaking the build. Coming soon.
Connect what you already use

Drop-in integrations, no glue code.

Paste your widget ID or public key once in the Connections panel. Then ask in chat — "put the Google reviews widget in the testimonials section" or "wire Stripe checkout to the pricing page." The agent uses your values directly.

Google Reviews Stripe Payment Links Clerk Auth Native Booking HubSpot Meetings Mailchimp Forms Typeform Substack Supabase Algolia Search Custom Embed Custom Env Var

Highlighted = most-used. Anything else: drop in raw HTML/JS or a custom env var and the agent wires it.

Your code. Your domain. Your business.

No lock-in,
ever.

Source code is yours from day one. Generated as standard Next.js — works on any hosting that runs Node or static files. Push to your own GitHub. Deploy to AWS, Vercel, Netlify, your own VPS. Walk away whenever you want — we don't hold your work hostage.

Where it deploys

AWS Amplify S3 + CloudFront Vercel Netlify Cloudflare Pages Your VPS Your own infra

SLA guarantee on Enterprise. BYO AWS option for full control.

For Agencies

Building for clients?
Run an agency on top.

Web agencies use BoltForge under their own brand to ship custom client work in days instead of months. White-label the platform, sub-account each client, set your own markup, and resell. Founding partner pricing locked for the first 25 agencies.

Need a framework for client conversations? WordPress or custom app — when to recommend each →

Ready to ship?

Start with a 7-day free trial.

500K tokens. A full build plus several rounds of iteration. No card required · Cancel anytime · Source code yours forever.

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The BoltForge Partner Program

RUN A REAL SOFTWARE SHOP
ON TOP OF AN AI PLATFORM.

Stop subcontracting custom dev. Stop turning down the engagements WordPress can't handle. White-label the platform, sub-account each client, set your own markup, and deliver in days what would have taken three months and broken your margin.

Apply Now See partner pricing

Helping a client decide what they need? WordPress vs custom app — decision framework →


Why agencies become partners

The economics that
actually work.

Higher than WordPress.
Less than custom dev.

Custom dev shops bill $15K-35K over 8-16 weeks. WordPress shops top out around $5K and have to compete on price. BoltForge sits in the sweet spot — ship custom-app capabilities in days at a 2-3x WordPress premium. You undercut the custom-shop quote, beat the WordPress-shop value, and pocket the margin traditional dev would have eaten.

A real Next.js engineer in the US is $120-180K. Subcontracting offshore introduces quality risk and timeline slippage. The platform replaces both — at a fraction of the cost, with delivery measured in days. Here's the math at typical agency scale.

Per Client Project
$10K-25K build fee
Charge what custom dev shops charge. Deliver in days, not months. Platform cost on Pro Partner is roughly $80-200 per project. Your gross margin per delivery: 90-95%.
Per Client / Month
$199-499 hosting fee
Wrap their hosting in your retainer. Costs you ~$15-40 in pass-through infrastructure. Adds $200-400/month recurring per client to your book of business.
Token Markup
25-50% on every iteration
When clients want changes, the platform rebuilds. You set your token markup (the platform shows real-time margin math on your reseller dashboard). Typical agency: $300-800/month per active client in iteration revenue.
Predictable per-client costs

The cost estimator runs before every build, so you know what you're spending before you commit. Set per-client token caps, see margin per iteration in real time, and never explain a surprise charge to a client. The estimator is free and runs in seconds — type the prompt, see the projected spend, refine if it's out of budget.

How the 10-client math actually works
Build fee per client
$3-5K
One-time. Beats WordPress shops on capability, undercuts custom-dev shops on price. Platform cost per project: $80-200.
Monthly hosting + maintenance
$200-500
Per client, per month. Your bill from BoltForge for hosting is $30-80; you charge market rate for managed hosting + monitoring.
Iteration revenue
$300-800
Per active client, per month. Token markup on every change the client asks for — set your own rate on the reseller dashboard.
10-client agency, conservative case:
Build fees averaged across the year: $3K × 10 / 12 = $2.5K/mo recurring
Monthly hosting + maintenance: $300 × 10 = $3K/mo
Monthly iteration revenue: $400 × 10 = $4K/mo
Less: platform cost $1,698/mo + your AWS for the 10 hosted sites ~$300-800/mo
Net: $7-8K/mo at the low end. $15-30K/mo as clients accumulate.
Scales linearly with each client added. The platform fee stays $1,698/mo whether you have 5 clients or 50. The first dozen each contribute ~$1K/mo gross margin; after that you're mostly paying yourself.
A 10-client agency on the platform clears
$15K-30K/month gross margin on $1,698/mo platform cost.
See partner pricing →

How white-label works

Your brand, your domain,
your customer relationship.

🌐
1. Your custom platform domain
Your sub-account clients log in at platform.youragency.com instead of the BoltForge URL. The login page picks up your brand from first touch — they never see “BoltForge” anywhere.
  • Subdomain or full custom domain
  • Auto SSL via Vercel
  • Brand inherits from your master account
  • Optional per-workspace overrides
🏢
2. A sub-account per client
Create a sub-account for each client engagement. They get their own login, their own workspaces, their own usage tracked separately. You see everything from your reseller dashboard. Single-level only — your sub-accounts can't resell to their own sub-accounts.
  • Unlimited sub-accounts
  • Per-client workspace isolation
  • Activity + token usage per client
  • Direct admin access to any sub-account
💳
3. Set your token markup
In the reseller dashboard, set the markup percentage you charge clients on top of platform cost. The dashboard shows projected revenue, your cost, and your margin per client per cycle. Bill clients however you want — Stripe Connect, separate invoicing, retainer rolldown — the markup is the formula.
  • Adjustable 0-500% markup
  • Real-time margin display
  • Per-client revenue projections
  • Display-only — you own client billing
🚀
4. Bigger scope? We take the handoff.
Some engagements exceed what the platform handles cleanly — multi-tenant architecture, native iOS/Android, deep compliance work, custom hardware integrations. Our engineering team takes those on directly while you stay the agency of record. Flat-fee scoped, you keep the client relationship.
  • Native mobile (React Native)
  • Multi-tenant SaaS architecture
  • HIPAA/SOC2 compliance work
  • Hardware / IoT integrations
  • You stay the agency of record

Founding Partner Cohort

First 25 agencies get
founding-partner pricing for life.

Sign up as a founding partner before we hit 25 active reseller agencies and your Pro Partner rate locks in for life. Plus priority email support, your first client onboarding co-built with our team, and a direct line for roadmap input.

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Locked pricing for life
Whatever Pro Partner costs today is what you pay forever, no matter how the platform pricing evolves.
🤝
First client co-build
We pair with you on your first client engagement — prompt strategy, brand setup, deploy walkthrough — so you ship clean.
Priority support
Same-day email response from our team. Roadmap input, priority bug fixes, and a direct line for partnership questions.

Partner FAQ

Straight answers
for agency owners.

Do my clients ever see “BoltForge”?
No. With your custom platform domain + brand config set up, sub-account clients see your agency's name, logo, colors, and support email everywhere — login page, dashboard, generated sites, transactional emails. The only place “BoltForge” appears is on your own master-account billing.
How do I bill my clients?
However you want. The platform doesn't process client payments — you do, through your own Stripe / QuickBooks / retainer system. The token markup is a display feature on your reseller dashboard so you can see what you should charge to hit your margin target.
What if a client outgrows the platform?
Two paths: (a) keep them on the platform and let our engineering team take a custom build (you stay the agency of record, we're scoped flat-fee), or (b) export the source code and migrate to a custom-hosted infrastructure. The code is theirs forever — no lock-in.
Is there a contract / minimum commitment?
Pro Partner is month-to-month, cancel anytime. Enterprise is annual contract by default but month-to-month is available on request. Founding partner pricing requires staying on the platform for the founding cohort window (no minimum tenure beyond active subscription).
Can my sub-accounts resell to their clients?
No. Single-level reselling only. Your sub-accounts can build for their end users but can't set up their own reseller program under your account. This protects you from getting commoditized through your own clients.
What's the support story for my clients?
Your sub-account clients see your agency's support email and contact you directly. We don't support your clients — that's your relationship. Pro Partner gets priority email support; Enterprise gets same-day priority support with direct roadmap input.
How fast can I onboard my first client?
Same week. Sign up Friday, configure your brand + domain over the weekend, sub-account your first client Monday, ship them a working app by Wednesday. Founding partners get a co-build session to make sure the first delivery lands clean.
What happens if I exceed the included tokens?
Builds halt at the cap — no surprise overage. You add token blocks (1M for $720 on Pro Partner, $520 on Enterprise) one click at a time. We don't auto-bill your card for overage; every block is a deliberate purchase.

Ship better. Bill more.
Stop subcontracting.

Become a partner today. Lock in founding pricing if you're among the first 25.

Full Stack. Anything.

WHAT WE
BUILD

We're not a product company with a fixed feature list. You describe the problem — we engineer the right solution from the ground up, modular and expandable from day one.


🌐
Web Apps & Business Portals
Custom web applications built around your exact workflow — intranets, portals, dashboards, and internal tools built from the ground up for how you actually operate.
  • Company intranets with messaging & video
  • Role-based employee portals
  • Customer and client portals
  • Admin dashboards and reporting
  • Approval workflows & form automation
  • Document storage & management
  • Multi-location platform management
  • Custom CRM and pipeline tools
📱
Mobile Apps (iOS & Android)
Native and cross-platform mobile apps for your team or your customers — built for the field, the warehouse floor, or the storefront, wherever your business happens.
  • iOS & Android cross-platform
  • Field worker & technician apps
  • Barcode & QR scanner integration
  • Offline-capable warehouse apps
  • Customer delivery & order tracking
  • Push notifications & real-time updates
  • GPS check-in & route management
  • Integration with existing platforms
🏪
POS & Inventory Systems
Purpose-built point-of-sale and inventory management for retail, distribution, and warehousing — designed around your specific business, not a generic template.
  • Full POS with transaction history
  • Real-time multi-location inventory
  • Receiving, cycle counts & transfers
  • Barcode / Zebra scanner integration
  • Low-stock alerts & reorder workflows
  • Vendor & purchase order management
  • Inventory reporting & shrinkage tracking
  • Truck loading & route assignment
🔌
API & Third-Party Integrations
Connect your platform to any vendor, data source, or external service. We build the bridges that make your systems talk to each other — cleanly and reliably.
  • Custom REST and GraphQL APIs
  • Third-party vendor integration
  • Payment gateways (Stripe, PayPal)
  • Shipping & carrier APIs (FedEx, UPS)
  • ERP & accounting system bridges
  • OAuth & SSO implementation
  • Webhook systems & event automation
  • Data import/export pipelines
👥
HR, Scheduling & Business Ops
Replace the patchwork of HR tools with one unified operations platform built around your org chart, your policies, and your people.
  • Applicant tracking system (ATS)
  • Website-integrated hiring forms
  • Employee onboarding & documents
  • Time clock with approval workflow
  • Shift scheduling & swap management
  • Role-based access control (RBAC)
  • Performance review tools
  • Internal job board & promotions
  • Payroll export integrations
💻
IT Support & Managed Services
Expert IT support for local and remote businesses — from day-to-day help desk to proactive monitoring, network management, and on-site visits.
  • Remote help desk & troubleshooting
  • On-site support for local businesses
  • Network setup & configuration
  • Microsoft 365 & email administration
  • Security patches & monitoring
  • Hardware setup & procurement
  • Virus removal & system recovery
  • Monthly managed IT plans
🤖
AI-Powered Business Tools
Practical AI built into your platform — not novelty features, but real automation that saves time and surfaces insights your team can act on.
  • Intelligent product recommendations
  • Document parsing & data extraction
  • Automated report generation
  • Smart search across internal content
  • Anomaly detection in data
  • AI chatbots for internal helpdesk
  • Natural language data queries
  • Predictive reorder & forecasting
🌍
Websites & E-Commerce
Fully custom marketing sites and storefronts — not another template or page builder, but a hand-built digital presence that represents your business the right way.
  • Custom marketing websites (5–8+ pages)
  • E-commerce storefronts
  • B2B ordering portals
  • Appointment & booking systems
  • Customer account portals
  • SEO-optimized architecture
  • Mobile-first responsive design
  • Fast hosting & ongoing maintenance
The BoltForge Philosophy

Modular from
day one.
Adaptable forever.

Every BoltForge platform is built modular — every feature is a self-contained block that can be added, swapped, or removed without rebuilding everything else. Start with what you need now. Add more when you're ready.

Common starting modules — add anything later

MessagingTime ClockDocument StorageVideo MeetingsATS / HiringPOSInventoryMobile AppSchedulingAI ToolsPartner PortalE-CommerceAPI IntegrationsReportingIT Support

Highlighted = common launch modules. Everything else added later without rebuilding.

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We're full-stack. If your business needs it, we can build it.

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The BoltForge Platform

PICK A PLAN.
SHIP TODAY.

Month-to-month subscriptions. Cancel anytime. The code you generate is yours — host with us or take it anywhere.

Two ways to use BoltForge: sign up as an agency partner to white-label the platform and resell it to your clients, or use it directly to build software for your own business. Both paths share the same engine — agencies just get reseller mode + sub-accounts + custom platform domain on top.

You see costs before you spend them.The platform shows projected token spend before every build via the pre-build cost estimator, so the per-tier caps below are a backstop — not a surprise. Every block purchase is a deliberate decision.

Agency Partner Tier

Build, white-label, and
resell to your clients.

Custom platform domain, sub-accounts billed at your markup, full white-label across every site. Each agency runs their full client book under their own brand — from a single client through hundreds, with no artificial cap.

Pro + Reseller
Pro Partner
For agencies starting their reseller program. White-label, sub-accounts, your brand on the platform.
$1,698
/month · Pro $1,199 + Reseller add-on $499 · cancel anytime
Includes 2M tokens — roughly 10-20 full builds per month
Need more? Add 1M tokens for $720, one click. Builds halt at the cap — never an overage surprise.
  • Reseller mode included
  • Custom platform domain (platform.youragency.com)
  • Unlimited sub-accounts under your brand
  • Set your own client markup (token billing)
  • Full white-label — logo, colors, footer, emails
  • Unlimited workspaces / 25 deployments per month
  • SSR mode (real backends, /api routes)
  • BYO infrastructure available (AWS / Convex / DNS)
  • Team collaboration (5 seats)
  • Priority email support
  • Source code 100% yours
Become a Partner
Enterprise
Enterprise Partner
For agencies running serious volume. Unlimited workspaces, dedicated infrastructure, priority support.
$2,499
/month · annual contracts available · reseller included
Includes 6M tokens — roughly 30-60 full builds per month
Need more? Add 1M tokens for $520, one click. Builds halt at the cap — never an overage surprise.
  • Reseller mode included (no add-on fee)
  • Everything in Pro Partner, plus:
  • Unlimited workspaces & sub-accounts
  • 100 deployments per month
  • Early access — 30 days before Pro
  • Direct roadmap input
  • SSO / SAML (Okta, Azure AD, Google Workspace, JumpCloud)
  • BYO infrastructure (AWS / Convex / DNS) with white-glove setup
  • SLA guarantee (99.9% uptime)
  • Priority support — same-day response
  • Custom dev available — quoted separately
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Already on Pro? Add reseller mode mid-cycle from your billing settings — prorated automatically.

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500K tokens. A full build plus several rounds of iteration.
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Direct — Building for your own business

Custom software for
how YOU run.

Skip the agency middleman. Describe how your business actually works — the platform builds the application around your spec. Plans from $99/mo. Source code is yours forever.

Tier 00
Solo
Hobbyists and prosumers exploring custom software for the first time.
$99
/month · cancel anytime
Includes 200K tokens — roughly 1 full build per month
Need more? Add 250K tokens for $300, one click. Builds halt at the cap — never an overage surprise.
  • 1 user (owner only)
  • 1 active workspace
  • 2 deployments per month
  • All templates
  • Custom domain (BYO)
  • BYO infrastructure available (AWS / Convex / DNS)
  • Mobile-optimized + PWA option
  • Community support
  • Source code 100% yours
Get Solo
Tier 01
Starter
Solo founders and small teams. Build, iterate, and ship custom software for your business.
$499
/month · cancel anytime
Includes 750K tokens — roughly 3-5 full builds per month
Need more? Add 500K tokens for $600, one click. Builds halt at the cap — never an overage surprise.
  • 1 builder (single-user account)
  • 5 workspaces
  • 5 deployments per month
  • All templates
  • Custom domains
  • BYO infrastructure available (AWS / Convex / DNS)
  • Mobile-optimized + PWA option
  • Connections (Stripe, native booking, GMB, etc.)
  • Email support
  • Source code 100% yours
Get Starter
Tier 02
Pro
Growing businesses with ongoing software needs. More workspaces, real backends, priority support.
$1,199
/month · cancel anytime
Includes 2M tokens — roughly 10-20 full builds per month
Need more? Add 1M tokens for $720, one click. Builds halt at the cap — never an overage surprise.
  • Up to 5 builders (team seats)
  • Unlimited workspaces
  • 25 deployments per month
  • SSR mode (real backends, /api routes)
  • Custom domains
  • BYO infrastructure available (AWS / Convex / DNS)
  • Analytics dashboard
  • API access
  • Priority email support
  • Source code 100% yours
  • Pro Direct already deploys generated code to your client's domain under your client's brand — no add-on needed for that. The Reseller add-on (+$499/mo) is separate: it white-labels the BoltForge platform itself for agencies running sub-accounts. → See Pro Partner
Get Pro

All plans on month-to-month billing. Cancel anytime, no questions asked. Source code is yours — hosted by us or take it anywhere.
BYO AWS / Convex / DNS available on every paid tier — host on your own infrastructure and pay your providers directly, or stay on managed BoltForge hosting and we bill usage at posted rates. Either way, the platform subscription stays the same.
Need Enterprise scale for your own business? Enterprise Partner above includes everything you'd need — reseller mode is optional and stays dormant if you don't use it.

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What you actually get

What can I build with this?

Token budgets translated to typical project shapes. Real builds vary with iteration depth, complexity, and reference materials — run the cost estimator before any build for an exact projection.

Solo · $99/mo
200K tokens
  • ~1 marketing site (with iterations)
  • or 1 simple landing page + tweaks
  • Apps + SaaS not feasible at this tier
Starter · $499/mo
750K tokens
  • ~3-4 marketing sites OR
  • 1-2 sites with auth / member areas OR
  • 1 small dashboard or portal app
Pro · $1,199/mo
2M tokens
  • ~10 marketing sites OR
  • ~4 sites with auth + CMS OR
  • ~2 SaaS apps (auth + dashboard + DB) OR
  • 1 full software platform
Enterprise · $2,499/mo
6M tokens
  • ~30 marketing sites OR
  • ~12 sites with auth + CMS OR
  • ~6 SaaS apps OR
  • ~3 full software platforms

Marketing site ≈ 200K tokens · site with auth + CMS ≈ 500K · SaaS app ≈ 1M · full software platform ≈ 2M+. Hit the cap? Add a token block any time (per-tier: Solo 250K/$300 · Starter 500K/$600 · Pro 1M/$720 · Enterprise 1M/$520) without leaving the workspace.

Hosting & infrastructure

Hosting billed at posted rates.
No surprise bills.

Your subscription covers the build engine. Hosting is billed separately for what you actually use — published rates below, monthly statement, hard cap per plan so you can't blow past your budget. Or skip our hosting entirely with BYO AWS / Convex / DNS on any paid tier — pay your providers direct.

Posted hosting rates · billed monthly
Bandwidth
$0.20
per GB delivered
Storage
$0.05
per GB / month
Build minutes
$0.03
per minute
API requests
$0.50
per 1M requests
Typical monthly hosting cost · what real customers pay
Marketing site
$5-15/mo
5-10 page brand site, 10K monthly visitors, ~20GB egress, static export. Hosting is basically rounding error against the subscription.
App or light SaaS
$30-80/mo
Auth, dashboards, 30-100K visitors, ~150GB egress, 5M API requests, small DB. The shape most paid customers run.
Software / heavy SaaS
$150-350/mo
High traffic (200K+ visitors), backend workers, 20M+ API requests, real-time features, larger DB. Production-scale software.

Per-tier hard caps prevent runaway bills: Solo capped at $50/mo, Starter $200/mo, Pro $1,000/mo, Enterprise per contract. Hit a cap, builds and deploys pause until you bump the cap or top up. BYO AWS / Convex / DNS bypasses these rates entirely — pay your providers direct at their published prices.

Custom-build engagements

When you need extreme custom work.

This is where BoltForge builds your project directly. Our team takes the engagement, ships custom only-yours features as we go, and stays with you through deploy. Use this when the self-serve platform isn't the right fit — novel architecture, native mobile, hardware integrations, regulated workflows, or anything that needs a human-shaped delivery plan.

We're full-stack across the entire engagement. If it can be built, we can build it. Let's talk.

Project
Own It
Solid foundation — messaging, docs, HR basics, and a custom ops hub.
Starting at
$2,500
build fee · scoped per project
+ hosting from ~$149/mo · scales with your needs
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Project
Grow It
Full platform — HR, POS, scheduling, reporting, and integrations all talking to each other.
Starting at
$6,500
build fee · scoped per project
+ hosting from ~$299/mo · scales with your needs
Talk to us
Project
Scale It
Enterprise — mobile app, deep integrations, partner portals, ongoing development.
Pricing
Custom
scoped after free consultation
Hosting scoped to your infrastructure needs
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Your Platform, Your Rules

Three ways to stay in control

After launch, your platform is always adaptable. You're never locked in.

01
Do It In-House
Your own developer can build on top at any time. The code is documented, modular, and yours — no proprietary formats, no gated access.
02
Bring Your Own Dev
Working with another agency or freelancer? We hand off clean, documented code. Any competent developer can pick it up and keep building.
03
Stay with BoltForge
Keep us on a monthly retainer for ongoing features, updates, and support. We stay embedded as your platform grows.

Straight answers.

Do I own the code?
Yes — fully. Source code generated by the platform belongs to you. The subscription covers platform access and hosting, not a license. Take it anywhere, host it yourself, modify it freely.
How fast is a build?
On the platform — describe what you need and ship a working app the same session. For agency engagements, scope determines timeline: 3–4 weeks for foundations, 6–10 weeks for full builds, longer for enterprise.
Can I keep iterating after the first build?
Yes. Re-prompt the platform for changes, generate new modules, or take the code and extend it yourself. No version of "you can't edit this" — it's your codebase.
What happens if I exceed my plan's tokens?
Builds halt at the cap — no automatic overage, no surprise charges. You'll see a one-click button to add a token block: 250K for $300 on Solo, 500K for $600 on Starter, 1M for $720 on Pro, 1M for $520 on Enterprise. Buy as many blocks as you need; each is a deliberate purchase. Tokens don't roll over — they reset with your subscription each month.
What if I outgrow the platform?
Two paths: one-off feature add-ons (our team adds a specific capability, kept lightweight) or a full agency engagement for bigger scope. Either way, the codebase stays yours and the platform keeps running.
How is this different from Wix or Squarespace?
Templates give you generic. BoltForge generates custom applications specifically for how your business actually works — production-ready, modular, owned by you, deployable anywhere.
Long-term contracts?
Platform plans are month-to-month — cancel anytime. Agency engagements are one-time project agreements. Hosting is month-to-month with 30 days notice. No lock-in, ever.

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Agency Decision Guide

WORDPRESS OR
CUSTOM APP?

A decision framework for agencies. When WordPress is the right call, when a custom application is, and when the answer is both. Written for agency owners who want to recommend honestly.

Last updated 2026-05-10. We refresh this comparison as both WordPress and BoltForge evolve.


The framework

Three project shapes,
three answers.

📄

Recommend WordPress

When the project is mostly content, presentation, or standard commerce.

  • ✓ Content-heavy marketing site
  • ✓ Blog or news site with regular publishing
  • ✓ Standard product catalog + cart (WooCommerce fits)
  • ✓ Client team will manage content themselves
  • ✓ Plugin ecosystem covers all required functionality
  • ✓ Tight publishing cadence (multiple posts/week)

Recommend a custom app

When the project needs real backend logic, custom workflows, or anything beyond display.

  • ✓ Member portals, dashboards, internal tools
  • ✓ Real-time features (collaboration, live data)
  • ✓ Complex auth: multi-tier roles, RBAC
  • ✓ Deep integrations with CRM / ERP / accounting
  • ✓ Compliance requirements (HIPAA / SOC2 / GDPR)
  • ✓ Project budget supports premium delivery ($10K+)
🔗

Recommend both

When the marketing presence and the software functionality are different jobs that should each use the right tool.

  • ✓ Public marketing site + private member portal
  • ✓ WordPress catalog + custom B2B quoting tool
  • ✓ Brand presence + transactional admin app
  • ✓ Phased: launch with WP, add custom later
  • ✓ Content team owns WP, dev team owns app
  • ✓ SEO-driven content + gated SaaS layer

The most common answer for serious agency engagements is the third column. Most clients who walk in asking for “a WordPress site with X feature” actually need both — a marketing site AND a custom application.


The honest comparison

Where each platform
genuinely wins.

No checkmark-vs-X tables. WordPress wins entire categories — be skeptical of any comparison that pretends otherwise. Here's the picture as we see it after shipping production work on both.

Need WordPress BoltForge
Content publishing & editorial workflow Wins today. Gutenberg + author roles + drafts, revisions, scheduling, taxonomies. Hard to match for organizations publishing multiple articles per week. Coming soon. Native blog & content module — author roles, drafts, scheduling, revisions, taxonomies. Rolling out to Enterprise partners first, then Pro. Until shipped, MDX collections work for dev-managed content; hybrid pattern (WP for content, BoltForge for app layer) is recommended for content-team-heavy clients.
SEO foundation (technical) Plugin-driven (Yoast, Rank Math). Core Web Vitals frequently suffer from plugin bloat — deliberate tuning required to score well. Wins. Server-rendered Next.js with sitemap, robots, JSON-LD structured data built in. Core Web Vitals tuned by default — no plugin layer to optimize against.
SEO content authoring (writer experience) Wins. Yoast / Rank Math live-coach writers on readability and keyword density inside the editor. Decades of editorial workflow patterns. Markdown content, no live SEO coaching. Marketing teams accustomed to Yoast feel the gap.
Time-to-launch standard storefront Wins. WooCommerce + 1000+ extensions stand up a generic catalog/cart/checkout in hours with a default theme. Strongest for <500-SKU storefronts using standard pricing. Generates a custom storefront in 2-4 hours rather than minutes — overkill for a vanilla shop, the right call when the standard plugin output isn't what the client wants.
Custom commerce UX (B2B, subscriptions, complex pricing) Possible with significant theme + plugin work. WooCommerce extensibility starts to fight you for B2B quoting, per-customer pricing, complex subscription tiers, marketplace patterns. Coming soon. Native commerce module — Stripe-native B2B quoting, per-customer pricing rules, subscription tiers, custom cart UX. Rolling out to Enterprise partners first, then Pro. Solo and Starter stay on the hybrid pattern (WP + BoltForge for the membership / portal layer) until then.
Plugin ecosystem breadth Wins on raw breadth. 60K+ plugins cover almost any need. Trade-off: each plugin is a maintenance liability, conflicts compound, abandoned plugins create security risk. Generated code, not plugins. Fewer common needs covered out of the box; in exchange, no plugin-conflict matrix to maintain.
What if no plugin exists for the client's need? Hire a custom WordPress developer (typically $80-150/hr) to write a bespoke plugin, or tell the client no. Plugin-shaped problems compound: any future WP update can break the custom plugin, leaving the agency on the hook for ongoing maintenance. Wins. Generates the custom capability on demand as part of the build — no separate dev hire, no plugin to maintain. The bespoke logic ships as clean Next.js code alongside everything else. “If the plugin doesn't exist, we generate it” is a real differentiator on the engagements WordPress shops have to turn down.
Hosting cost at low end Wins for low-traffic brochure sites. $5-20/mo shared hosting handles small WP sites. Costs ramp fast with traffic — managed WP runs $30-100+ at scale. Generated apps run on AWS / Vercel — overkill (and overpriced) for a brochure site, scales smoothly past where shared WP starts to choke.
Custom application functionality Possible with significant custom dev (themes, plugins, REST API). Maintenance burden grows fast. Wins. Custom apps are the primary use case. Real backends, real logic, generated in days.
Project type breadth (sites + apps + software) Sites first. Apps and software-grade builds require significant custom dev or third-party integrations — often forces agencies to subcontract or hand off the engagement. Wins. One agent, one codebase pattern: marketing sites, web apps, internal tools, member portals, full-stack SaaS — all from the same prompt-driven workflow.
Code cleanliness (theme-free, plugin-free) Output is theme + plugin output. Custom changes layer over a parent theme; plugin code quality varies; conflicts compound. Wins. No themes, no plugins. Generated Next.js source reads like code your own team would write — clean components, clean routes, no plugin abstraction layer to debug through.
Real-time features (collaboration, live data) Requires significant custom work + ongoing plugin maintenance. WP-Realtime, Pusher integrations possible but fragile. Wins. Convex / Supabase realtime built into generated apps natively.
Complex auth (multi-tier roles, RBAC) Membership plugins (MemberPress, Restrict Content Pro) handle basic cases; complex RBAC requires custom code. Wins. Clerk / NextAuth with full RBAC scaffolding generated automatically.
Custom dashboards & reporting Possible with custom theming + plugins. The kind of work that drains agency margin and breaks on WP updates. Wins. Recharts / shadcn dashboards generated as part of the build.
Deep integrations (CRM, ERP) Plugin-bridges exist for common SaaS. Custom system integrations require dev work. Wins. Custom API + webhook code generated for any system the client needs.
Speed to deliver custom features Days to weeks for off-the-shelf plugins; weeks to months for custom dev. Wins. Hours to days for the same custom feature.
Long-term support burden Plugin updates, theme conflicts, core upgrades. The maintenance tax compounds the more plugins you add. Wins on plugin-conflict-free maintenance. No plugin matrix to manage. Framework upgrades (Next.js majors, dependency bumps) still need periodic attention — less frequent than WP plugin storms, not zero.
Cost predictability for fixed-bid client work Variable. Plugin license costs add up over time; custom dev hours are estimated, not fixed. Quoting fixed-bid client work means absorbing scope creep yourself. Wins. Pre-build cost estimator + per-prompt token preview shows projected spend before every build. Per-client token caps + the free prompt optimizer keep iteration costs predictable. Caps are backstops, not surprises.
Source code ownership Open source (GPL) — code is yours, technically. Practically tied to the WP+plugin ecosystem. Source code is yours, deployable anywhere. No platform lock-in.

The hybrid model

You don't replace WordPress.
You extend it.

For most agency engagements, the right architecture isn't WordPress OR custom — it's WordPress AND custom. Marketing presence stays where the client's team can manage it; software functionality lives where it actually belongs.

🌐
Pattern 1 — Subdomain split
Marketing site at acme.com (WordPress). Customer portal at app.acme.com (BoltForge). Single brand, two stacks, each doing what it does best.
  • Independent hosting / scaling
  • Independent deployment cycles
  • Single sign-on possible via shared auth
  • Different teams can own each side
🔌
Pattern 2 — Headless backend
WordPress front-end stays as-is for content / SEO. BoltForge generates a custom API the WP site consumes via REST or GraphQL. The dashboard, member area, or admin tool lives separately.
  • Keeps WP investment intact
  • Custom logic moves out of WP
  • API-first design for future apps
  • WP plugins become consumers, not the source of truth
🪟
Pattern 3 — Embedded widget
Custom application loads as an embedded widget inside specific WordPress pages (a booking flow, a portal, a calculator). Visitor flow stays in WP; transactional logic happens in BoltForge.
  • Smallest scope to start
  • Best for adding ONE custom capability
  • Iframe or React embed
  • Easy to expand if it works

All three patterns let your agency keep its WordPress expertise relevant. You're not betting against your skill stack — you're extending it into the work WordPress doesn't do well.


The pricing reality

Higher than WordPress.
Less than custom dev.

Custom applications historically cost 4-7x WordPress builds and take 4-7x as long. BoltForge ships custom-app capabilities at a 2-3x WordPress premium, in hours. Charge more than a WordPress shop, beat the custom-dev shop on price and timeline, keep the margin that used to vanish into developer hours.

WordPress build
$2K-5K
2-4 weeks · plugin assembly
BoltForge build
$5K-15K
2-4 hours including iterations · agent-generated
Custom build (traditional)
$15K-35K
8-16 weeks · custom dev

Position BoltForge as the premium alternative to WordPress and the value alternative to custom dev. You undercut the custom-shop quote, beat the WordPress-shop value, and pocket the margin traditional dev would have eaten.


The discovery-call checklist

What to listen for
in client briefs.

Practical phrases agencies actually hear in discovery. Use this to call the right shot in the same conversation.

Client says
“We want a sharp marketing site that represents our brand.”
Recommend BoltForge
Client says
“We need a basic store to sell our 50 products online.”
Recommend BoltForge
Client says
“We publish multiple blog posts a week with three different writers.”
Recommend WordPress
(BoltForge content module — coming soon)
Client says
“We need a member area where each user has their own dashboard.”
Recommend BoltForge
Client says
“I need it to integrate with our [CRM / ERP / accounting] system.”
Recommend BoltForge
Client says
“Multiple users, different permission levels, audit trails.”
Recommend BoltForge
Client says
“We're launching a SaaS product — sign-up, billing, member dashboards.”
Recommend BoltForge
Client says
“A nice marketing site AND a portal for our customers to log in.”
Recommend BoltForge
(or hybrid if WP already exists)
Client says
“Heavy SEO content engine AND a software product layer, separate teams.”
Hybrid
(WP for content, BoltForge for app)

Ready to recommend
honestly?

Become a partner and you can quote custom apps with the same confidence you quote WordPress sites — and deliver them in the same timeline.

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