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Aider vs Kilo Code
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
A
Choose Aider if…
- you're in its core audience: software developers, command-line users
K
Choose Kilo Code if…
- you work on VS Code, JetBrains, Web
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature Aider Kilo Code
Pricing modelFreeFreemium
Starting priceFree$15/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
GitHub stars—27.8K
Agent mode—
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
Bring your own key
Local / self-hosted models
Platforms—VS Code, JetBrains, Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, Slack, Self-hosted
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
Company—Kilo Code, Inc.
Based in—United States
Founded—2025
Part of—Anaconda
Key features
A Aider
- Terminal-based AI pair programming
- Works with cloud and local LLMs
- Map of the whole codebase for larger projects
- Supports 100+ programming languages
- Auto-commits changes to git with descriptive messages
- Runs linters and tests, then fixes problems they find
- Uses images and web pages as context
- Voice requests and in-IDE code comments
K Kilo Code
- Ask, Plan, Code, Debug and Custom agent modes
- 500+ models from 60+ providers at no markup
- Bring your own API keys
- Local models via Ollama or LM Studio
- Auto Model routing across Efficient, Frontier and Free tiers
- Parallel agents in isolated worktrees
- Cloud agents and AI code review
- CLI for shells, scripts and CI jobs
Plans and prices
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Aider
Free. Plan details aren't published.
Kilo Code
Free & Open SourceFree
Teams$15/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Kilo PassFrom $19/mo
Strengths and limitations
Aider
- Code is public on GitHub
- Works with many LLMs, including local models
- Every edit is committed to git, so changes are easy to review or undo
- Runs linters and tests automatically
- Terminal-only interface with no GUI app listed
- You supply your own model API key
- Installed through Python and pip
Kilo Code
- Free and MIT-licensed open source, with self-hosting possible
- Gateway inference billed at exact provider rates with no markup
- Supports BYOK and local models
- Available in VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, cloud, Slack and mobile
- Inference and cloud compute are billed separately from the plan
- 5% processing fee on credit purchases
- Desktop app is still in beta
- Enterprise pricing requires contacting sales
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