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AI Agent Pricing Index, October 2026
Price in Coding agents
$45a month
Pricier than 20 of the other 21 agents with a monthly price.
Price checked 9 September 2026.
What we checked on Zencoder
Writes code
Generates and modifies code across many files and languages from one prompt, then validates its own output and self-corrects on lint or test failures.
The Coding Agent is Zencoder's primary development tool that generates, modifies, and refactors code across multiple files and languages.
Debugs and fixes
A dedicated Fix a Bug workflow investigates root cause, writes a solution document for review, then implements the fix and confirms the regression is gone.
The agent implements the fix, runs tests, and verifies the regression is resolved. Results go into implementation.md.
Writes tests
Writing tests is named as a first-class task type, and after each task Zenflow runs the repository's own linters, type-checkers and test suites as verification.
Zenflow Code works directly within your codebase to execute complex multi-file engineering tasks — such as implementing large features, refactoring…
Reviews code
Review is a separate workflow step that can be assigned a different model than the one that wrote the code, and agents can review incoming pull requests.
Automated code reviews | Agent reviews incoming pull requests and posts feedback
Whole-codebase work
Agents work across a whole repository on any plan, but the cross-repository indexing that carries a change through several services starts at Pro Plus and is admin-configured.
Multi-Repository Search is available for users on Pro Plus and Pro Max plans. Repository and Connections management requires Owner or Manager role…
Ships it
It commits, pushes the task branch and opens a pull request with a pre-filled description, and can auto-push, but no page claims it deploys to an environment.
Zenflow pushes the task branch and opens the PR on GitHub.
Runs autonomously
Agents complete tasks unattended on a schedule or from a repository event, load context, edit, run tests and publish results without a person approving each step.
deployed as headless workers that live in your CI/CD systems... they load the repo map, follow their instructions, plan edits, run tests, and publish…
Multi-agent
Several agents run at once in separate Git worktrees, and a single workflow can hand planning, implementation and review to different agents and models.
Zenflow's parallel execution model lets you run multiple agents simultaneously across different tasks.
Agent permissions
Every saved preset carries a permission mode, MCP tool calls prompt per invocation unless marked always-allow, and committing or pushing is a separate opt-in setting.
Agents request explicit permission before invoking MCP tools:
Claude
Anthropic models are in the managed catalogue on paid plans and Claude Code can be chosen as the runtime; the Opus tiers require Pro Plus or above.
Anthropic | Haiku 4.5, Sonnet 4.6, Opus 4.6, Opus 4.7
GPT
OpenAI models are in the managed catalogue on paid plans and the Codex CLI can run as the agent runtime; the largest GPT tier needs Pro Plus or above.
OpenAI | GPT-5.3 Codex, GPT-5.4, GPT-5.4-mini, GPT-5.5
Open models
Open-weight models are not sold in the managed catalogue; you reach them by declaring your own Ollama or vLLM endpoint in settings.json and paying for that inference yourself.
Local models: Run open-source models via Ollama or vLLM on your machine
Model choice
You pick the model per chat and per workflow step from a published catalogue, and can switch mid-task; Auto routing is one option rather than the only path.
Zencoder has a model selector in the chat input. Use the dropdown to pick which LLM runs your messages. The options you see depend on your plan and…
In your editor
Marketplace plugins put the agent inside VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and Android Studio, where diffs are reviewed and accepted without leaving the editor.
Zencoder's IDE plugins provide standard AI co-pilot functions and coding agents directly inside your favorite editor.
On the command line
Terminal agents are supported as runtimes — its own Zen CLI plus Claude Code and Codex — but the docs frame them as hosted inside the editor rather than as a standalone Zencoder terminal product.
Zencoder acts as a host for external AI coding CLIs, giving them IDE integration, multi-repo context, custom agents, and skills. You pick the…
In your pipeline
Headless agents can be triggered from GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket or a webhook and act on pull requests, but that autonomous-flows capability is sold as a paid add-on from Pro Plus upward.
It's a paid addon (Pro Plus plan or higher). Contact sales via
In a browser
The main app is a desktop download; the only documented browser route to it is installing Zenflow on your own VPS, while auth.zencoder.ai covers administration and analytics rather than agent work.
Once logged in, you'll see the onboarding screen of Zenflow and now can work with it through browser remotely
Self-hosted
Zenflow can be installed on a VPS you own, and a full private deployment running orchestration and inference inside your network is listed as an Enterprise-plan feature.
A private deployment gives you deeper control by running agents, orchestration, and inference on infrastructure you operate.
How it meters
Billing is a per-seat fee plus metered credits: each paid seat carries a monthly credit allowance (30,000 Pro, 80,000 Pro Plus, 180,000 Pro Max) that expires at cycle end, every LLM call burns credits scaled by a model multiplier, and $20 minimum top-ups cover overage.
Zencoder uses a usage-based credit model. Every paid plan includes a flat seat price plus a monthly credit allowance. Credits are consumed by LLM…
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Free credit
5,000 free credits, once, at signup.
7-day Pro trial (5,000 credits) Free trial ends after 7 days or 5,000 credits, whichever comes first.
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Free tier
Sign-up is self-serve with no sales call: a 7-day Pro trial carrying 5,000 credits starts from the pricing page, and a standing $0 Free plan remains afterwards, though that free plan bundles no credits and runs on your own API key with Open/Auto models only.
All plans — including Free — support BYOK. Calls made through your own API key don't consume bundled credits. You still pay the seat fee on paid…
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API access
Org API keys authenticate CI integrations and the VPS install, but the only REST endpoint documented is organisation usage analytics, gated to Pro Plus and an Owner or Manager role.
API access is available for users on Pro Plus plans and above. Requires Owner or Manager role permissions within your organization.
MCP server
Zencoder consumes MCP servers rather than publishing one, so another agent has no documented MCP endpoint through which to query or drive it.
Zencoder acts as an MCP client — it connects to MCP servers that expose specific capabilities like database queries, API calls, or browser automation.
Bring your own key
Your own OpenAI or Anthropic key works on every plan and those calls consume no credits, and custom providers go further with local, VPC or third-party endpoints.
All plans — including Free — support BYOK. When you use your own API key (OpenAI, Anthropic, or Gemini), LLM calls go through your key and do not…
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A company can buy it
Seats are bought and managed centrally: an Owner controls billing and members, Managers handle users and repositories, and Enterprise terms are quoted by sales.
Owner | Full organization control — billing, users, settings, repositories
Seat model
Priced per user per month with a credit allowance attached to each seat; seats are freed and reassigned from the admin panel and no minimum seat count is published.
Per-seat credits that refresh each month.
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Pooled budget
Credits pool across the organisation with admin-set per-user caps from Pro Plus upward, while the Pro tier is listed as per-seat credits only.
Pooled across all seats with per-user caps.
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Admin controls
Admins cap how much of the shared pool each user may burn, choose which repositories agents can index and read, and can restrict repository access to named emails.
Admins can set a max-% cap of the org credit pool per user... A user who hits their cap is blocked from further usage until the admin re-allocates or…
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Audit log
Authentication, user-management, configuration and usage events are recorded and exportable as CSV, but only from Pro Plus upward — the entry Pro tier has none.
Available on Pro Plus, Pro Max, and Enterprise plans.
Single sign-on
SAML 2.0 and OIDC are supported with enforced SSO-only login and automatic provisioning, but the capability begins at Pro Plus rather than the entry paid tier.
Available on Pro Plus, Pro Max, and Enterprise plans... SAML 2.0 and OIDC support
Opt out of training
Training on customer code is refused outright rather than offered as a toggle, and code context is described as processed ephemerally unless persistence is switched on.
No model training on your code — Your code is never used to train or fine-tune any AI model
Data residency
No hosting region or jurisdiction is named for the managed cloud and no region picker is documented; the published answer to a residency mandate is to run a private deployment yourself.
Private deployments are recommended for regulated industries, strict data-residency mandates, air-gapped environments, and teams with proprietary…
Getting out
Audit logs and analytics export as CSV and repository indexes are deletable on demand, but plan credits expire every billing period with no rollover and top-ups are non-refundable.
No. Plan credits expire at the end of your monthly billing period. Top-up credits, however, remain usable.
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Certifications
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001 and ISO 42001 certification are claimed alongside GDPR compliance, with reports offered through a hosted trust centre.
SOC 2 Type II, ISO 27001, and ISO 42001. Full audit trails, zero code storage, zero model training on your data.
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Zencoder price and terms
Terms
- Free plan
- YesYes
The terms in full
A standing $0 Free plan exists but bundles no credits: it is BYOK only, with Open/Auto models, per the docs plan table ('Free | $0 | Credits / Month: BYOK only | Models: Open / Auto'). Separately, every paid plan opens with a 7-day Pro trial of 5,000 credits, ending after 7 days or 5,000 credits, whichever comes first; leftover trial credits do not carry over. The pricing page's own plan cards show only the paid tiers, so the Free plan appears in its FAQ ('All plans — including Free — support BYOK') and in the docs plan table.
What needs a higher plan
- Pro Plus
- Whole-codebase work, API access, Pooled budget, Audit log, Single sign-on
- Enterprise
- Self-hosted, Data residency
For AI agents
- MCP server
- No
- API
- PartlyPro Plus
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Zencoder alternatives
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7 more alternatives
All 9 publish a price.
- JunieFree, then about $11 a seat a monthJetBrains coding agent for the terminal, JetBrains IDEs and CI, running on hosted or your own model keys.
- Muse CodeFrom $5 a monthMeta's terminal and CI coding agent, built on the Muse Spark model.
- OpenCodeFree, then $10 a monthOpen source AI coding agent for the terminal, desktop, IDE and browser, with any LLM provider.
- CursorFree, then $8 a monthCoding agent in a desktop editor, terminal CLI, cloud VMs and CI, priced per seat plus token usage.
Questions about Zencoder
- How much does Zencoder cost?
- Zencoder is free to use. From zencoder.ai/pricing, checked 29 October 2026.
- Does Zencoder have an API or an MCP server?
- It has an API on Pro Plus. It has no MCP server.
- Is Zencoder open source, and can you host it yourself?
- You can host it yourself on Enterprise.
- What have we checked on Zencoder?
- 34 facts, under these headings: What it does, how much it does unattended, which models it runs on, where you use it, whose machine it runs on, what it costs to run, buying it for a team, what happens to your code.
- How do we check Zencoder?
- We hold 34 facts on Zencoder, quoted from 22 pages. Facts and price last checked 29 October 2026.
Sources and changes
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- zencoder.ai/pricing
- docs.zencoder.ai/faq/pricing
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/security
- docs.zencoder.ai/clis/overview
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/private-deployments
- docs.zencoder.ai/learn/enterprise-best-practices/ci-cd-automation
- zencoder.ai/
- docs.zencoder.ai/admin/agents
- docs.zencoder.ai/clis/custom-agent
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/analytics-api
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/coding-agent
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/mcp-deep-dive
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/models
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/multi-repo
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/team-administration
- docs.zencoder.ai/features/universal-cli-platform
- docs.zencoder.ai/get-started/install-ide-plugin
- docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/blast-agents
- docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/integrations/github
- docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/overview
- docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/vps-setup
- docs.zencoder.ai/zenflow/workflows/fix-a-bug
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