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Cline vs Cody

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Cline

Software Development

The Open Coding Agent

From
On request
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite
Cody logo

Cody

Development Tools

AI coding assistant powered by code search

From
Free
Rated
-
Full reviewWebsite

The short version

  • Only Cody has a free tier, so it costs nothing to try first.
  • Each has a real cost: Cline enterprise tier pricing is gated behind a sales contact; only the open source free tier and usage based inference credits are self serve, as of August 2026.; Cody sourcegraph now publishes a single Enterprise plan starting at $16K, with no free or individual Pro tier listed on the pricing page

Where they differ

Only the attributes on which Cline and Cody actually diverge.

Attributes where Cline and Cody differ
AttributeClineCody
Starting priceOn requestFree
Pricing modelusage-basedfreemium
Free tierNoYes
CategorySoftware DevelopmentDevelopment Tools
FoundedUnknown2013

Identical on both: platforms (Web), user rating (Not yet rated).

What people use each for

The jobs each tool is most often brought in to do.

Cline

No use cases recorded yet. See the Cline review.

Cody

  • AI code assistance with context drawn from a whole private codebasenot Cline
  • Code search and navigation across many repositoriesnot Cline
  • Large scale code migrations and modernisation with Batch Changesnot Cline

Where each one falls short

Documented limitations, not opinions. Every one is a constraint you would hit in normal use.

Cline

  • Enterprise tier pricing is gated behind a sales contact; only the open source free tier and usage based inference credits are self serve, as of August 2026.

Cody

  • Sourcegraph now publishes a single Enterprise plan starting at $16K, with no free or individual Pro tier listed on the pricing page
  • sourcegraph.com/cody redirects to the documentation rather than a Cody product or pricing page
  • AI features are metered as credits included per user, and exceeding the allocation requires buying a higher volume bucket
  • Volume credit buckets are sold as an add-on rather than included
  • A customer success manager and premium support are optional paid extras on top of the Enterprise plan
  • Standard support is 24x5 rather than 24x7, with round-the-clock coverage sold as an upgrade
  • The published $16K figure is a starting price that scales with team size, so the actual cost is quoted rather than listed

Pricing, plan by plan

Cline

On request

No published plan breakdown. See the Cline review.

Cody

Free

No published plan breakdown. See the Cody review.

Which should you pick?

Choose Cline if

Nothing in the data separates Cline from Cody on the points above - pick on price and on how each one feels to use.

Cline review

Choose Cody if

  • You want to start without paying.
Cody review

Questions people ask

Is Cline or Cody better?
Neither clearly leads. Cline starts at On request and Cody at Free, and user ratings are close enough to be indistinguishable. Choose on capability and platform support.
Which is cheaper, Cline or Cody?
Cody has a free tier; the other does not. Paid plans start at On request for Cline and Free for Cody.
Does Cline or Cody run on more platforms?
Both run on Web, so platform support will not decide this one for you.
Can I use Cody for free?
Yes. Cody has a free tier, so you can try it without paying. Cline starts at On request.
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