Bolts vs Sumus
The Sumus alternative that remembers your business and asks before it acts.
AI employees that work 24/7 with a shared Business Brain, a chat Bolt on your website and your OK before anything goes out. From $19 a month.
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In short
Bolts and Sumus both offer AI teammates that work 24/7. Bolts adds a shared Business Brain of your website, files and notes, asks before it sends, posts, pays or deletes anything, and can answer visitors on your website. Bolts starts at $19 a month; Sumus Pro is $20 a month (sumus.im/pricing, 11 Nov 2026).
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- Is Bolts cheaper than Sumus?
- Bolts' lowest plan, Bolts Lite, is $19 a month, or $15.83 a month paid yearly. Sumus's lowest monthly plan, Pro, is $20 a month (sumus.im/pricing, checked 11 Nov 2026).
- What does Bolts have that Sumus doesn't list?
- A shared Business Brain built from your website, files and notes; approval before any email, post, payment or deletion; and a chat Bolt on your own website. None of these is listed on Sumus's pricing page (checked 11 Nov 2026).
- Can my team use Bolts together?
- Yes. People and Bolts share one team chat: up to 3 people on Bolts, 50 on Bolts Pro and 200 on Bolts Max, on one plan for the whole account.
- Is there a free trial?
- Yes. Bolts Lite, Bolts and Bolts Pro start with 30 free minutes when paid monthly; a card is needed, and nothing is charged if you cancel before the 30 minutes end.
Savings
More for less
Bolts Lite, monthly$19/mo
Bolts Lite, yearly$15.83/mo10 months for 12
Sumus Pro, monthly$20/mo
Lowest monthly plans: Bolts Lite vs Sumus Pro (sumus.im/pricing, 11 Nov 2026). Yearly Bolts plans include Set up for you: your website in the Brain, a starter team and a website chat Bolt.
Bolts vs Sumus
AI teammates with a brain. From $19 a month.
Prices and features as listed on 11 Nov 2026, may change.
Coming from Sumus?
Why teams switch to Bolts
yourshop.com
A brain that knows your business
Add your website, files and notes once. Every Bolt reads the same Business Brain, and each one remembers what you teach it.
Sumus: Not listed on their pricing page
Waiting for your OK · Gmail
Lunch for your team?
Hi Priya, we cater office lunches in Baner.
Nothing goes out without you
A Bolt asks before it sends an email, posts, pays, publishes or deletes. You approve with one tap.
Sumus: Not listed on their pricing page
Are you open on Sunday?
Yes, 9 to 6. Want me to book you in?
It answers on your website
Put a Bolt on your site as a chat. It answers visitors from your Business Brain and sends you every lead.
Sumus: Not listed on their pricing page
Starts at $19 a month
Bolts Lite is the lowest plan. Go yearly and you pay for 10 months, get 12, and we set everything up for you.
Sumus Pro: $20 a month
Bolts vs Sumus, side by side
| What you get | Bolts | Sumus |
|---|---|---|
| Shared memory of your business | YesThe Business Brain plus each Bolt's memory | Not listed on their pricing page |
| Asks before it sends, posts, pays or deletes | YesEvery time | Not listed on their pricing page |
| Chat Bolt on your own website | Yes | Not listed on their pricing page |
| Lowest monthly plan | $19 (Bolts Lite) | $20 (Pro) |
| AI teammates working 24/7 on a schedule | Yes | Yes |
| One job split across the team, checked before you get it | YesThe Lead splits it, Bolts work in parallel, it checks every result | Yes: a teammate builds its own team and checks results |
| People and AI in one chat | YesUp to 200 people on Bolts Max | Yes, up to 50 members on Pro |
| Each agent has its own computer | YesBrowser, files, Python and Bash | Yes |
| Marketplace of ready-made agents | YesAnd makers earn from theirs | Yes |
| Connect your tools | YesGmail, Calendar, Drive, Notion, Slack, webhooks, your API and MCP | Notion, GitHub and more |
| Free start | 30 minutes free, card needed | 1,000 one-time credits, no card |
| Choice of AI model | Standard, Smart or Smartest per Bolt | Frontier models (Claude, GPT, Grok and more) |
| Phone and desktop apps | Install from the browser | iOS, Android and Mac |
Sumus's details from sumus.im/pricing on 11 Nov 2026. Prices and features may change. Prices in US dollars.
Switching
Switching from Sumus takes minutes
On a yearly plan we do it for you: your website in the Brain, a starter team and a website chat Bolt.
- 1
Paste your website
Add it to the Business Brain. Your Bolts read it, plus any files and notes you add.
- 2
Pick ready-made Bolts
Hire them from the marketplace, or describe a job in one sentence.
- 3
Done
Give each one a routine. They work 24/7 and ask before anything goes out.
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Ready to hire your first Bolt?
Tell it the job. It starts today and works 24/7 after that.
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