What is Cline?
An AI coding assistant with parallel research agents (subagents) that explore codebases independently without filling the main agent's context window.
Cline pricing
We don't have Cline's full plan breakdown yet (its pricing page resisted automated reading). Here's what we could confirm. Always check live pricing for exact numbers.
Usage-based billing; ClinePass subscription option available
What Cline does
The capabilities that matter for ai coding assistants, normalised so it lines up with every alternative. “-” means we haven't confirmed it, not that it's missing.
- Form
- CLI agent
- Autonomy level
- Agentic
- Editor / surface support
- VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, TUI
- Model source
- -
- Self-hostable / air-gapped
- ✓
- Codebase context
- Repo-wide indexing
- Multi-file edits
- ✓
- Runs commands / tools
- ✓
- Zero-data-retention option
- -
- Enterprise controls
- ✓
- Language coverage
- -
- Pricing model
- Usage credits
- Open-source client
- -
Platform & deployment
Independently observed- CLI
- Cloud / SaaS
- Self-hosted
Integrations (1)
Independently observed- MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Cline alternatives
Other ai coding assistants we track, ranked by the same independent score.
The Vioscale score: one lens on the evidence
Not user reviews and not a paid placement: a confidence-weighted blend of the independent signals below (adoption, activity, security posture, and more), which you can sort and re-weight yourself. Vendors can correct their listing but can never move their rank, and stars are weighted low as a vanity metric. It is one way to read the evidence for Cline, not the verdict.
| Signal | Score | Weight | Contribution | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | 67 | 32.00 | 2147.8 | ✓ |
| Price Level | 80 | 10.00 | 800.0 | ✓ |
| Pricing Transparency | 25 | 16.00 | 400.0 | ✓ |
| Integrations | 9 | 18.00 | 155.8 | ✓ |
| Reliability | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
| Security Posture | 0 | 12.00 | 0.0 | - |
Computed . Re-weight it by intent, or see the full method.
All data & sourcesshow ↓
Every value we hold, with its source, retrieval date, and confidence. This is the evidence behind the score: don't trust it, verify it.
Features
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Capabilities | {"form":"cli_agent","autonomy":"agentic","pricing_model":"usage_credits","runs_commands":true,"self_hostable":true,"editor_support":"VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, TUI","codebase_context":"repo_wide","multi_file_edits":true,"enterprise_controls":true} | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |
Integrations
| Attribute | Value | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Count | 1 | mediumsource · 2026-08-03 · 60% |