# Alternatives to Cline > Source: https://theagentsindex.com/cline/alternatives (current datasheets, evidence-ranked) Candidates share the baseline category or are previously researched peers. Requirements, preserved strengths, explicit trade-offs and research coverage decide the order; paid tier does not. ## Shortlist ### 1. Junie JetBrains coding agent for the terminal, JetBrains IDEs and CI, running on hosted or your own model keys. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cline:** - [Seat model: yes — Priced per named user on every tier, with each seat carrying its own credit allowance; no minimum seat count or upper ceiling is published on any plan page.](https://www.jetbrains.com/ide-services/ai-enterprise/) - [Opt out of training: yes — Training on your code is off unless you switch it on, the exclusion is ticked on every tier including free, and the commitment is contractually extended to model subcontractors.](https://www.jetbrains.com/legal/docs/terms/jetbrains-ai-service/) **Trade-offs against Cline:** - [Self-hosted: partial — The agent binary always runs on your machine and models can be local, but running the surrounding JetBrains AI service on your own infrastructure is ticked for AI Enterprise alone.](https://www.jetbrains.com/ai-ides/buy/) - [Open source: no — The public repository carries installers, model profiles and a plugin rather than agent source, and its licence section reserves all rights and points at proprietary service terms.](https://github.com/JetBrains/junie) - [Admin controls: partial — A developer can constrain the agent locally through the allowlist file on any tier, but organisation-wide policy such as company MCP rules is an enterprise capability.](https://www.jetbrains.com/ide-services/ai-enterprise/) [View Junie](https://theagentsindex.com/junie) ### 2. Devin Cloud AI software engineer that takes a ticket, works in its own VM, and opens a pull request. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cline:** - [In a browser: yes — Hosted web app at app.devin.ai; each session carries its own shell, embedded IDE and browser you can take over.](https://docs.devin.ai/get-started/devin-intro) - [MCP server: yes — An authenticated MCP server at mcp.devin.ai lets any MCP client create sessions, query repositories and manage playbooks.](https://docs.devin.ai/work-with-devin/devin-mcp) - [Seat model: yes — Teams charges $40 per full seat with unlimited free flex seats, under an $80/month account floor and no seat ceiling.](https://docs.devin.ai/admin/billing/self-serve) **Trade-offs against Cline:** - [Model choice: partial — You pick the model in Devin CLI, or leave it to the Adaptive router; cloud Devin sessions document no model selector.](https://docs.devin.ai/cli/models) - [Self-hosted: partial — Outposts runs session execution on machines you operate, but the agent loop stays in Cognition's cloud.](https://docs.devin.ai/cloud/outposts/overview) - [Open source: partial — Only the Outposts Kubernetes orchestration operator is published as open source; no source distribution is documented for Devin itself.](https://docs.devin.ai/cloud/outposts/overview) [View Devin](https://theagentsindex.com/devin) ### 3. Kilo Code Open source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, CLI and cloud, with 500+ models at provider rates. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cline:** - [In a browser: yes — Cloud Agents are driven from a browser dashboard, and there is a Slack surface.](https://kilo.ai/) - [MCP server: yes — First-class MCP client with a marketplace and private org servers.](https://kilo.ai/) - [Pooled budget: yes — Teams share one Gateway balance and shared BYOK keys; Enterprise adds sub-org budgets and per-user limits.](https://kilo.ai/teams) **Trade-offs against Cline:** - [Agent permissions: partial — Auto-approve exists, but the OS-level sandbox that bounds it is experimental and Linux/macOS only.](https://kilo.ai/enterprise) - [Self-hosted: partial — The MIT clients can be forked and self-hosted and inference can be fully local, but Gateway, Cloud Agents and team administration are Kilo-hosted.](https://kilo.ai/) - [API access: partial — Cloud Agent sessions can be launched by HTTP webhook and usage data has documented OpenAPI endpoints; no public API for driving the agent itself is documented.](https://kilo.ai/cloud) [View Kilo Code](https://theagentsindex.com/kilo-code) ### 4. Cursor Coding agent in a desktop editor, terminal CLI, cloud VMs and CI, priced per seat plus token usage. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cline:** - [In a browser: yes — Cloud agents are started and managed from the browser, and also from iOS, Slack, GitHub, Bitbucket and Linear.](https://cursor.com/docs/cloud-agent) - [Seat model: yes — Billed per active paid seat with no published floor or ceiling; two paid seat types plus a free admin-only seat, changeable mid-cycle.](https://cursor.com/docs/account/teams/pricing) - [Opt out of training: yes — Privacy Mode is available on every plan, settable by the user or enforced by a team admin, and is on by default for Enterprise; it does not cover BYOK requests.](https://cursor.com/docs/enterprise/privacy-and-data-governance) **Trade-offs against Cline:** - [Open models: partial — All inference is hosted: the catalogue includes GLM 5.2 from Z.ai and Kimi K3 from Moonshot, but there is no path to point Cursor at open weights you run.](https://cursor.com/docs/models-and-pricing) - [Self-hosted: partial — Only tool execution moves to your machines: Cursor still runs the agent loop, inference and planning, and the Self-Hosted Pool needs Enterprise. The Enterprise FAQ says there is no on-premises deployment.](https://cursor.com/docs/cloud-agent/self-hosted) - [Open source: no — The Terms of Service forbid deriving or accessing the source; the /licenses page covers only third-party open source components used inside the IDE.](https://cursor.com/terms-of-service) [View Cursor](https://theagentsindex.com/cursor) ### 5. Codex CLI OpenAI's terminal coding agent for inspecting, editing and running repository code from the shell. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cline:** - [In a browser: yes — Codex cloud is a hosted surface reachable from the browser and from the CLI via codex cloud.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/cloud) - [Seat model: yes — Per-user pricing with a two-seat floor and no published ceiling; monthly billing costs $25 per user.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/pricing) **Trade-offs against Cline:** - [Whole-codebase work: partial — Documented for repository-wide exploration and multi-step plans; the vendor states no repo-wide migration guarantee.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/agent-configuration/subagents) - [Claude: no — Sign-in and model support are OpenAI models only; no Anthropic model appears in any documented model list.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/auth) - [Model choice: partial — You pick the model per run and can define custom providers, but the first-party catalogue is OpenAI models only.](https://learn.chatgpt.com/docs/config-file/config-advanced) [View Codex CLI](https://theagentsindex.com/codex-cli) ### 6. Factory Droid coding agents that run in the desktop app, CLI, IDEs, CI and Factory-managed cloud computers. **Research coverage:** 35/35 criteria **Where it improves on Cline:** - [In a browser: yes — Sessions sync to app.factory.ai in any browser, with nothing to install.](https://docs.factory.ai/) - [Seat model: yes — Teams is $60/mo plus $40/mo per seat, capped at 10 seats; Business is up to 150 seats, Enterprise unlimited.](https://docs.factory.ai/pricing/organizations) **Trade-offs against Cline:** - [Self-hosted: partial — The agent always runs on your machine, and a dedicated airgap build exists, but airgap builds are Enterprise-only and not publicly distributed.](https://docs.factory.ai/enterprise/airgapped-deployment) - [Open source: partial — The CI action is a public repository; the Droid agent itself ships as binaries, with no source offered.](https://docs.factory.ai/software-factory/code-review-ci) - [Free tier: no — The published plan list starts at Pro $20/mo; no free tier or trial is offered, though Droid Core and a BYOK allowance are free within a paid plan.](https://docs.factory.ai/pricing/individuals) [View Factory](https://theagentsindex.com/factory-ai) ## Method Unknown data is never treated as a benefit or a trade-off. Featured placement is labelled but cannot alter recommendation order.