Which one has a free tier?

Claude Code lists Free at $0. For Greptile, the fact sheet is inconsistent: verified plans include 'Starter Free', while the Starts at field lists Pro $30 per seat per month and the Limits state there is no free tier.

Do either of them work outside the terminal?

Claude Code works on web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext and jetbrains-plugin. Greptile's limits on file say review is only available on the web platform, with no IDE plugin or CLI.

Can either of them use models other than Claude?

Claude Code is locked to Anthropic models with no GPT or Gemini support out of the box. Greptile's fact sheet states it uses large language models to reason about cross-file relationships, but does not name which models.

Do they both ship pull requests?

Both interact with pull requests, in different roles. Claude Code edits files and ships PRs from the terminal. Greptile reads PRs in the connected Git host and posts review comments on them.

Claude Code vs Greptile: How They Actually Differ

Claude Code suits a solo developer who lives in the terminal and wants Claude-native extensibility, with free and cheap entry points. Greptile suits a team that wants whole-codebase pull request reviews posted directly on PRs.

Compiled 2026-08-24 from our catalogue entries for Claude Code and Greptile.

The short answer

Pick Claude Code if: you want a terminal-first Claude agent that edits files and ships PRs, with MCP, skills, hooks and slash commands, and you want a free plan to start.
Pick Greptile if: you want a reviewer that reads the entire repository before commenting, posts notes on PRs in your Git host, and your code lives on GitHub or GitLab.
Cheapest way in: Claude Code Free at $0 to start, then Pro at $17 per month with annual subscription discount or $20 billed monthly. For Greptile, the fact sheet conflicts: the 'Starts at' field lists Pro at $30 per seat per month and the limits state there is no free tier, while the verified plans list a 'Starter Free' tier — we could not reconcile this from the sheet.
What we could not compare: Greptile's free tier is contradicted by the sheet — Starts at says Pro $30/seat/month and Limits says no free tier, but verified plans include 'Starter Free'. The platforms field lists 'cli' for Greptile, yet Limits say there is no CLI client. The fact sheet also does not specify which LLMs Greptile uses, only that it uses large language models.

Claude Code and Greptile both sit in the AI Coding Agents category, but they solve different problems. Claude Code is a developer-facing agent that runs in the terminal, edits files, executes commands and ships pull requests. Greptile is a reviewer that reads the whole repository and posts comments on pull requests in the connected Git host.

Claude Code is model-anchored: first-class support for Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, with MCP natively as both client and server, and skills, hooks and slash commands for custom workflows. Greptile is host-anchored: it integrates with GitHub and GitLab, reasons about cross-file relationships and project conventions, and limits its surface to a web platform.

Side by side

Every cell is a field on our catalogue entry for that tool, copied as recorded. Rows where the two differ come first; blank fields say so rather than being filled in.

	Claude Code	Greptile
Starts at	Free — $0	Pro — $30 /seat/month
Runs on	web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext, jetbrains-plugin	web, cli
Category	AI Coding Agents	AI Coding Agents
Pricing model	Paid	Paid
Public source code	No public repo listed	No public repo listed
Public docs	Not listed	Not listed

Public source code: From the repository link on each catalogue entry, not a licence audit.

What each one costs

Headline plans copied from our own verified pricing pages — Claude Code read 2026-08-24, Greptile read 2026-08-21. Follow either link below for the full tier breakdown and its source.

	Claude Code	Greptile
Entry plan	Free — $0	Starter — Free
Plan 2	Pro — $17 / month with annual subscription discount, or $20 if billed monthly	Pro — $30 /seat/month
Plan 3	Max (5x or 20x) — From $100 / month	Enterprise — Custom pricing

Where Claude Code is the better fit

First-class support for Claude Opus, Sonnet and Haiku, with native MCP client and server support.
Skills, hooks and slash commands let teams encode their own workflow primitives.
Available on web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext and jetbrains-plugin, and starts with a Free $0 tier.

Full Claude Code entry · Claude Code pricing, verified

Where Greptile is the better fit

Analyzes the entire repository context rather than only the changed lines in a pull request.
Posts review comments directly on pull requests in the connected Git host.
Integrates with GitHub and GitLab and reasons about cross-file relationships and project conventions.

Full Greptile entry · Greptile pricing, verified

Which one should you pick?

A solo founder comfortable in the terminal

Claude Code

It edits files, runs commands and ships PRs from the CLI, with skills and hooks for custom workflows and a free tier to try it.

A small team that wants codebase-aware PR review on GitHub or GitLab

Greptile

It reads the whole repo, posts comments on pull requests, and reasons about cross-file relationships and project conventions.

A developer who wants an IDE plugin rather than a terminal agent

Claude Code

It ships a vscode-ext and a jetbrains-plugin alongside its CLI. Greptile's review functionality is limited to the web platform per its limits on file.

Frequently asked questions

Which one has a free tier?: Claude Code lists Free at $0. For Greptile, the fact sheet is inconsistent: verified plans include 'Starter Free', while the Starts at field lists Pro $30 per seat per month and the Limits state there is no free tier.
Do either of them work outside the terminal?: Claude Code works on web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext and jetbrains-plugin. Greptile's limits on file say review is only available on the web platform, with no IDE plugin or CLI.
Can either of them use models other than Claude?: Claude Code is locked to Anthropic models with no GPT or Gemini support out of the box. Greptile's fact sheet states it uses large language models to reason about cross-file relationships, but does not name which models.
Do they both ship pull requests?: Both interact with pull requests, in different roles. Claude Code edits files and ships PRs from the terminal. Greptile reads PRs in the connected Git host and posts review comments on them.

What we compared

This page states nothing that is not in the two catalogue entries below. The exact text used to write it is reproduced here so you can check our reading, and both tools link through to their own pages and to the vendor.

/tools/claude-code — checked 2026-05-25 · official site
/tools/greptile — checked 2026-06-13 · official site

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## Claude Code (/tools/claude-code)
Tagline: Anthropic's official CLI agent for Claude — runs in the terminal, edits files, executes commands, and ships PRs.
Category: AI Coding Agents
Pricing model: paid
Starts at: Free — $0
Platforms: web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext, jetbrains-plugin
Public repo: none listed
Docs: none listed
Verified plans (read 2026-08-24): Free $0 | Pro $17 / month with annual subscription discount, or $20 if billed monthly | Max (5x or 20x) From $100 / month
Strengths on file: First-class support for Anthropic Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku.; MCP server protocol is natively supported as both client and server.; Skills, hooks, and slash commands let teams encode workflow primitives.
Limits on file: Locked to Anthropic models — no GPT or Gemini support out of the box.; Terminal-first UX has a learning curve for developers expecting an IDE.
Claude Code is Anthropic's official command-line agent for Claude — it runs in the terminal, edits files, executes commands, and ships pull requests.
Its strength is depth on Claude and extensibility: first-class support for Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku, native MCP as both client and server, and skills, hooks, and slash commands that let teams encode their own workflow primitives.
It's for developers comfortable in the terminal who want an agent that acts, not just autocompletes. Two trade-offs: it's locked to Anthropic models — no GPT or Gemini out of the box — and the terminal-first UX has a learning curve if you're expecting an IDE.
In the stack it's the terminal-first agent next to IDE-native Cursor and the open, model-agnostic Aider.

## Greptile (/tools/greptile)
Tagline: AI-powered code review that comments on PRs by understanding the entire codebase, not just the diff.
Category: AI Coding Agents
Pricing model: paid
Starts at: Pro — $30 /seat/month
Platforms: web, cli
Public repo: none listed
Docs: none listed
Verified plans (read 2026-08-21): Starter Free | Pro $30 /seat/month | Enterprise Custom pricing
Strengths on file: Analyzes the entire repository context rather than only the changed lines in a pull request.; Posts review comments directly on pull requests in the connected Git host.; Integrates with GitHub (and GitLab) repositories to ingest and review code.; Uses large language models to reason about cross-file relationships and project conventions during review.
Limits on file: No free tier is offered; access requires a paid plan.; Review functionality is only available through the web platform, with no IDE plugin or CLI client.; Code must be hosted on a supported Git provider, creating dependency on that integration.
Greptile is an AI code reviewer that comments on pull requests by reading the whole codebase, not just the diff.
Its edge is whole-repo context: it analyzes the entire repository rather than only the changed lines, reasoning about cross-file relationships and project conventions, and posts its comments straight onto PRs in your Git host (GitHub and GitLab).
It's for teams that want reviews aware of the broader codebase, not line-by-line diff checks. Caveats: there's no free tier — it's paid only — review runs only through the web platform with no IDE plugin or CLI, and your code has to live on a supported Git provider.
It's a PR-review tool like CodeRabbit, distinct from the in-editor assistants.

Change log

2026-08-24 — First published, compiled from the catalogue entries for Claude Code and Greptile.