AutoHand vs. IBM Bob

Feature	AutoHand	IBM Bob

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent that reads, reasons, and writes code across your project	Your AI SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) partner from IBM
Website	https://autohand.ai	https://bob.ibm.com
Language	typescript	javascript
Release Date	March 21, 2026	September 2, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	May 20, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains	Bob IDE
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	Model-dependent
Supported Models	200+ via OpenRouter: Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini, Ollama, llama.cpp, MLX	Multi-provider (IBM-managed)
Pricing Model	Freemium	Freemium
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / Paid (commercial >$5M ARR)	Free / $20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli	https://github.com/IBM/ibm-bob
Development State	active	active