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GAI coding assistant and agents for editors, terminal, desktop and GitHub
Free, from $10/mo
Kilo Code vs Tabby
Pricing, features, platforms and who each one suits — side by side.
K
Choose Kilo Code if…
- you want the lower entry price ($15/mo vs $19/mo)
- you work on macOS, Windows, Linux
- you're in its core audience: software developers, engineering teams
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Choose Tabby if…
- you're in its core audience: software developers, small development teams
Side by side
Feature Kilo Code Tabby
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starting price$15/mo$19/mo
Free plan
Free trial
API
Open source
GitHub stars27.8K—
Agent mode
Tab completion
CLI / terminal—
Cloud agents—
AI PR review—
Bring your own key—
Local / self-hosted models
PlatformsVS Code, JetBrains, Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, Slack, Self-hostedSelf-hosted, VS Code, JetBrains, Web
CategoryCode AssistantsCode Assistants
CompanyKilo Code, Inc.TabbyML, Inc.
Based inUnited States—
Founded2025—
Part ofAnaconda—
Key features
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
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
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Kilo Code
Free & Open SourceFree
Teams$15/user/month
EnterpriseCustom
Kilo PassFrom $19/mo
Tabby
CommunityFree
Team$19/mo per seat
EnterpriseCustom
Tabby Cloud (Pochi)Usage-based
Strengths and limitations
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
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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