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The 18 best coding agents that run in your pipeline (2026)

The best coding agents that run in your pipeline in October 2026 are Orbi, Kilo Code and goose.

18 agents compared · entry plans $20 to $22.80 a month · 14 with a free plan · prices checked 2 September–23 October 2026

Reviewed by The Agents Index editorial team.

The ranking
  1. OrbiVerified
  2. Kilo Code
  3. goose
  4. Gemini Code Assist
  5. Augment Code

All picks at a glance

#AgentBest forStarts at
1OrbiVerifiedIt acts on pull requests end to end and is bound to your CI resultFree, then $29/month
2Kilo CodeReviews can fire automatically on PR creation, and Cloud Agent sessions can be started by webhookFree, then $15/month
3gooseDevs who want an open source coding agent that reuses an existing Claude or ChatGPT planFree
4Gemini Code AssistTeams standardized on VS Code or JetBrains who are already on Google CloudFrom $22.80/month
5Augment CodeEngineering leaders at organizations who want AI agents running full SDLC loops end to endFrom $20/month

Checked between 2 September 2026 and 23 October 2026.

All 18 in the ranking

About this list

18 of 30 coding agents match “In your pipeline”. Of the rest: 8 on some plans only, 4 no, 0 unknown.

How the coding agents matching “In your pipeline” differ: 16 of 18 also match “Reviews code”, against 2 of 12 in the rest of the category.

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  1. Editor’s pick

    #1

    OrbiVerified

    Best forIt acts on pull requests end to end and is bound to your CI result: the merge gate requires a concluded, mergeable check state, and the release gate uses the repository's GitHub Actions run.

    Price
    Free, then $29/month · source

    In your pipeline: Yes — It acts on pull requests end to end and is bound to your CI result: the merge gate requires a concluded, mergeable check state, and the release gate uses the repository's GitHub Actions run.“The release's test acceptance is your repository's CI result — the GitHub Actions check runs on the release commit”What Orbi Cloud is, 'RELEASES — You start the release, Orbi runs it' · checked 2026-10-14

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  2. Best forReviews can fire automatically on PR creation, and Cloud Agent sessions can be started by webhook.

    Price
    Free, then $15/month · source

    In your pipeline: Yes — Reviews can fire automatically on PR creation, and Cloud Agent sessions can be started by webhook.“Kilo Code Reviewer integrates with GitHub, GitLab, and Bitbucket (coming soon). You can trigger reviews automatically on PR creation or manually when needed.”FAQ, "How do I integrate it with my workflow?" · checked 2026-09-02

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  3. #3

    Best forDevs who want an open source coding agent that reuses an existing Claude or ChatGPT plan

    Price
    Free · source

    In your pipeline: Yes — A dedicated tutorial installs the pinned CLI inside GitHub Actions, runs goose on each pull request and comments the result, and notes parallel sessions keep isolated state.“goose supports running multiple concurrent sessions with isolated state, making it safe to run parallel jobs in your CI/CD pipeline.”Running Multiple goose Instances in Parallel · checked 2026-10-23

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  4. Best forTeams standardized on VS Code or JetBrains who are already on Google Cloud

    Price
    From $22.80/month · source

    In your pipeline: Yes — Acts on pull requests through the Gemini Code Assist on GitHub app, quoted at 100+ PR reviews per day; its enterprise version is in Preview. No other CI runner integration is documented.“Gemini Code Assist on GitHub brings the power of Gemini to the pull request process by acting as a code reviewer.”Opening paragraph · checked 2026-09-02

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  5. Best forEngineering leaders at organizations who want AI agents running full SDLC loops end to end, with humans at the quality gates, rather than inline completion assistants.

    Price
    From $20/month · source

    In your pipeline: Yes — Print mode runs the agent non-interactively in pipelines and a GitHub Actions wrapper exists, though non-interactive mode can be excluded from an enterprise agreement.“Print Mode: Add the --print flag (e.g., auggie --print "your instruction") to execute the instruction once without the UI. ... Perfect for automation, CI/CD pipelines, and background tasks”Using Auggie in your automations section · checked 2026-10-22

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6

Junie

Developers and teams already standardized on a JetBrains IDE who want an agent

Free, then $10/month

Free, then $10/month
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7

Warp

Developers and teams who want one open platform that runs and coordinates multiple coding agents

Free, then $20/month

Free, then $20/month
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8

CodeRabbit

Engineering teams, using a coding agent or writing code by hand, that want automatic

Free, then $30/month

Free, then $30/month
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9

Factory

Engineering organizations that want AI agents handling more of the SDLC than code generation alone

From $20/month

From $20/month
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10

Letta

Developers and researchers who specifically need an agent whose memory, skills

Free, then $20/month

Free, then $20/month
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11

Codex CLI

Developers who already pay for a ChatGPT plan and want a terminal-native agent with granular

Free, then $20/month

Free, then $20/month
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12

OpenCode

Developers who want a genuinely free, fully open-source coding agent that works

Free, then $10/month

Free, then $10/month
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13

OpenHands

Open source-minded engineering teams and enterprises that want a self-hostable coding agent platform

Free, then $0.10/1m input tokens

Free, then $0.10/1m input tokens
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14

Cline

Developers and teams who want a transparent, open-source, model-agnostic agent they fully control

Free, then $9.99/month

Free, then $9.99/month
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15

Devin

Engineering teams offloading well-scoped migration tasks without adding headcount

Free, then $20/month

Free, then $20/month
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16

Claude Code

Developers and teams who want a terminal-native, scriptable agent that composes with CI

From $20/month

From $20/month
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17

Cursor

Professional developers who want a powerful AI agent woven into a familiar VS Code-based editor

Free, then $20/month

Free, then $20/month
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18

GitHub Copilot

Enterprise and team developers already in GitHub and mainstream IDEs who want governed

Free, then $10/month

Free, then $10/month
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FeatureOrbiVerifiedKilo CodegooseGemini Code AssistAugment CodeJunieWarpCodeRabbitFactoryLettaCodex CLIOpenCodeOpenHandsClineDevinClaude CodeCursorGitHub Copilot
DescriptionOpen-source agent line turning labelled GitHub Issues into reviewed merges and tagged releases, self-hosted or hosted.Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at provider rates.Open source AI agent for code and workflows, with desktop app, CLI, MCP extensions and your own model keys.Google's per-seat AI coding assistant and agent for IDEs, the terminal and GitHub pull requests.Cosmos platform running fleets of coding agents across review, ticket-to-PR, verification and incidents.JetBrains coding agent for the terminal, JetBrains IDEs and CI, running on hosted or your own model keys.Agentic development environment: a terminal, a standalone agent CLI, and unattended cloud coding agents.AI code review across pull requests, IDE and CLI, with agentic fixes, pre-merge checks and security review.Droid coding agents that run in the desktop app, CLI, IDEs, CI and Factory-managed cloud computers.Stateful agent harness, cloud and SDK for agents with persistent, git-versioned memory.OpenAI's terminal coding agent for inspecting, editing and running repository code from the shell.Open source AI coding agent for the terminal, desktop, IDE and browser, with any LLM provider.Open-source software engineering agent with GUI, CLI, SDK and an enterprise control plane.Open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and CI, running on whichever model you bring.Cloud AI software engineer that takes a ticket, works in its own VM, and opens a pull request.Agentic coding tool from Anthropic that edits your codebase, runs commands, and opens pull requests.Coding agent in a desktop editor, terminal CLI, cloud VMs and CI, priced per seat plus token usage.GitHub's AI coding assistant and cloud agent, from editor completions to pull-request review.
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Questions buyers ask

Which coding agents that run in your pipeline are the best?

Orbi, Kilo Code and goose lead our ranking for October 2026.

Which agent here costs the least?

Orbi, Kilo Code and goose and 11 more have a free plan. The lowest paid plan is Augment Code, from $20/month. Price checked on 22 October 2026.

Which agents here have a free plan?

14 of the 18: Orbi, Kilo Code, goose, Junie and Warp and 9 more.

How much do coding agents that run in your pipeline cost?

Entry plans run from $20 to $22.80 a month, and half cost $20 or less.

When were these prices checked?

Between 2 September 2026 and 23 October 2026, each read on the maker's own pricing page.

Sources and method

Every price here was read on the agent maker's own pricing page.

All 18 sources

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This ranking

  • 18 agents ranked
  • paid plans $9.99-$100
  • 14 free or freemium
  • verified 23 October 2026
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