Does Claude Code support non-Anthropic models like GPT or Gemini?

No. The fact sheet lists Claude Code as locked to Anthropic models with no GPT or Gemini support out of the box.

What are Pieces' pricing tiers?

The fact sheet does not record verified plans or prices for Pieces beyond noting it is freemium with a free tier that restricts cloud-synced snippets and active AI features.

Claude Code vs Pieces: How They Actually Differ

Claude Code is a terminal-based agent that edits files and ships PRs using Anthropic's Claude models. Pieces is a desktop companion that captures snippets and context for an AI assistant to reference. Pick Claude Code if you want an agent that acts in your terminal; pick Pieces if you want a persistent memory layer for your workflow.

Compiled 2026-08-28 from our catalogue entries for Claude Code and Pieces.

The short answer

Pick Claude Code if: You are comfortable in the terminal and want an agent that edits files, runs commands, and ships pull requests, and you are happy to stay inside the Anthropic model family.
Pick Pieces if: You want a local-first workspace that saves code snippets, screenshots, and browsing context, with a conversational assistant that can reference what you have stored.
Cheapest way in: Claude Code has a Free tier at $0. Pieces is freemium, but the fact sheet does not record its starting price.
What we could not compare: Pieces has no verified plans on file, so prices, tiers, and limits beyond the free-tier note are unknown. Detailed model lists for Pieces are also not recorded.

Both sit in the AI Coding Agents category, but they cover different jobs. Claude Code is an agent that operates inside your terminal and on your codebase. Pieces is a desktop companion that stores the material you work with and feeds it back to a conversational assistant when you ask.

The platforms also differ. Claude Code runs on web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext, and jetbrains-plugin. Pieces runs on mac, win, linux, vscode-ext, and jetbrains-plugin, plus a browser extension, and needs its companion desktop app installed alongside the IDE plugins for full functionality.

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	Pieces
Pricing model	Paid	Freemium
Starts at	Free — $0	Not recorded
Runs on	web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext, jetbrains-plugin	mac, win, linux, vscode-ext, jetbrains-plugin
Category	AI Coding Agents	AI Coding Agents
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.

Where Claude Code is the better fit

First-class support for Anthropic Claude Opus, Sonnet, and Haiku.
Native MCP server protocol support, acting as both client and server.
Skills, hooks, and slash commands let teams encode their own workflow primitives, and a Free tier is available at $0.

Full Claude Code entry · Claude Code pricing, verified

Where Pieces is the better fit

Captures and stores code snippets, screenshots, and browsing context in a unified local-first workspace.
Dedicated plugins for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, plus a browser extension.
Includes a conversational assistant that can reference previously saved snippets and context.

Full Pieces entry

Which one should you pick?

A solo developer who lives in the terminal and wants an agent to edit files and open PRs.

Claude Code

It runs in the terminal, edits files, executes commands, and ships pull requests, and it supports skills, hooks, and slash commands for repeatable workflows.

A small team that wants a shared, private scratchpad of code snippets, screenshots, and browsing context an AI can pull from later.

Pieces

It captures snippets, screenshots, and browsing context into one workspace and ships with a conversational assistant that references saved material.

A developer who wants MCP-based extensibility and workflow primitives they can encode themselves.

Claude Code

It supports MCP natively as both client and server, and exposes skills, hooks, and slash commands for team-defined workflows.

A developer who does not want to learn a terminal-first agent and prefers an IDE- and browser-side experience.

Pieces

It integrates through VS Code and JetBrains plugins plus a browser extension, with a desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux.

Frequently asked questions

Does Claude Code support non-Anthropic models like GPT or Gemini?: No. The fact sheet lists Claude Code as locked to Anthropic models with no GPT or Gemini support out of the box.
Can Pieces work without the desktop app?: Full functionality requires installing the companion Pieces desktop app in addition to the IDE plugins.
What are Pieces' pricing tiers?: The fact sheet does not record verified plans or prices for Pieces beyond noting it is freemium with a free tier that restricts cloud-synced snippets and active AI features.
Where can Claude Code run?: Web, mac, win, linux, cli, vscode-ext, and jetbrains-plugin.
Is Pieces a coding agent that edits files?: The fact sheet describes Pieces as a context-and-memory layer rather than a coding agent. It sits beside editors and agents, not in place of 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/pieces — checked 2026-06-14 · 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.

## Pieces (/tools/pieces)
Tagline: AI dev companion for snippets, screenshots of code, and conversational context across IDEs and browsers.
Category: AI Coding Agents
Pricing model: freemium
Starts at: Not recorded
Platforms: mac, win, linux, vscode-ext, jetbrains-plugin
Public repo: none listed
Docs: none listed
Verified plans: none on file
Strengths on file: Captures and stores code snippets, screenshots, and browsing context in a unified local-first workspace.; Provides dedicated plugins for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs alongside a browser extension.; Runs as a desktop application on macOS, Windows, and Linux.; Includes a conversational assistant that can reference previously saved snippets and context.
Limits on file: Free tier restricts the number of cloud-synced snippets and active AI features.; Full functionality requires installing the companion Pieces desktop app in addition to IDE plugins.
Pieces is an AI dev companion for saving snippets, code screenshots, and conversational context across your IDEs and browser.
Its idea is a local-first memory for your workflow: it captures snippets, screenshots, and browsing context into one workspace, with plugins for VS Code and JetBrains plus a browser extension, and a conversational assistant that can reference what you've saved.
It's for developers who want a persistent, private scratchpad the AI can draw on, running as a desktop app on macOS, Windows, and Linux. Two notes: the free tier limits cloud-synced snippets and active AI features, and full functionality needs the companion desktop app alongside the IDE plugins.
It's a context-and-memory layer rather than a coding agent — it sits beside the editors and agents, not in place of them.

Change log

2026-08-28 — First published, compiled from the catalogue entries for Claude Code and Pieces.