G
GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
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JetBrains AI vs Tabby
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
J
Choose JetBrains AI if…
- you want the lower entry price ($10/mo vs $19/mo)
- you're in its core audience: software developers, jetbrains ide users
T
Choose Tabby if…
- you want open source you can self-host or audit
- you work on Self-hosted, VS Code
- you're in its core audience: software developers, small development teams
Side by side
Feature JetBrains AI Tabby
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$10/mo$19/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
Agent mode
Tab completion—
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
Bring your own key—
Local / self-hosted models—
MCP support—
PlatformsWeb, JetBrainsSelf-hosted, VS Code, JetBrains, Web
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
Rank in its category#7 of 12#12 of 12
CompanyJetBrains s.r.o.TabbyML, Inc.
Based inCzech Republic—
Founded——
Part of——
What you'd pay
The cheapest plan that fits, per month, billed yearly where the plan offers it.
| Team size | JetBrains AI | Tabby |
|---|---|---|
| 1 person | $60 AI Enterprise | $19 Team |
| 5 people | $60 AI Enterprise | $95 Team |
| 20 people | $60 AI Enterprise | $380 Team |
Work it out for your team
- TabbyTeam$19/mo
- JetBrains AIAI Enterprise$60/mo
The cheapest paid plan with a published price that fits. Custom and sales-quoted plans aren't included.
What the free plans include
JetBrains AI
Free plan limits aren't published.
Tabby
- Community plan: up to 5 users
- Local deployment
- Includes Code Completion, Answer Engine, In-line chat & Context Provider
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
T Tabby
- Context-aware code completion in the IDE
- Answer Engine for coding questions with cited sources
- Inline chat inside the code editor
- Context providers connecting docs and data sources
- Self-hosting on consumer-grade GPUs
- No external database or cloud service required
- Pochi agent for planning and executing tasks
- SSO, usage analytics and telemetry policies on Enterprise
Plans and prices
From each vendor's site. Prices change — confirm before buying.
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
Tabby
CommunityFree
Team$19/mo per seat
EnterpriseCustom
Tabby Cloud (Pochi)Usage-based
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
Tabby
- Open source and self-hostable
- Free Community plan for up to 5 users
- Supports VS Code, Neovim, Eclipse and many JetBrains IDEs
- Tab Completion on Tabby Cloud is free with no usage limits
- Free plan is limited to 5 users
- SSO and telemetry policy controls require the Enterprise plan
- Enterprise pricing is only available by contacting sales
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