AutoHand vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	AutoHand	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent that reads, reasons, and writes code across your project	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://autohand.ai	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	March 21, 2026	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	June 25, 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	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent; auto-compaction	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)
Supported Models	200+ models via OpenRouter: Claude, GPT, Grok, Gemini, DeepSeek, GLM	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT	—
Pricing Model	Freemium	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / Paid (commercial >$5M ARR)	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/autohandai/code-cli	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	active	active