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JetBrains AI vs Kilo Code
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
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Choose JetBrains AI if…
- you want the lower entry price ($10/mo vs $15/mo)
- you're in its core audience: software developers, jetbrains ide users
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Choose Kilo Code if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on VS Code, macOS, Windows
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
Side by side
Feature JetBrains AI Kilo Code
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$10/mo$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—
MCP support—
PlatformsWeb, JetBrainsVS Code, JetBrains, Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, Slack, Self-hosted
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyJetBrains s.r.o.Kilo Code, Inc.
Based inCzech RepublicUnited States
Founded—2025
Part of—Anaconda
Key features
J JetBrains AI
- Run multiple coding agents in parallel across projects
- Supports Claude Agent, Codex, Junie, Copilot and OpenCode
- Connect other agents through the Agent Client Protocol (ACP)
- Review agent diffs and comment on specific lines
- Event-triggered automations for PRs, merges, issues and commits
- Bring your own provider subscription or API keys
- Shared cloud environments with team-wide MCP servers
- Admin controls over which models and agents people can use
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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JetBrains AI
AI FreeFree
AI TrialFree
AI Pro$10 or $20 (two figures listed)
AI Ultimate$30 or $60 (two figures listed)
AI Enterprise$60
Kilo Code
Free & Open SourceFree
Teams$15/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Kilo PassFrom $19/mo
Strengths and limitations
JetBrains AI
- Free tier includes 3 AI credits every 30 days
- Works with several third-party agents, not only JetBrains' own
- Accepts your own API keys or provider subscriptions
- Purchased credits stay valid for 12 months
- The free tier does not allow buying extra credits
- The IDE plugin for Air is in alpha
- Mobile app is listed as coming soon
- AI Free is not available in Android Studio or the Community editions of PyCharm and IntelliJ IDEA
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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