Claude Code vs IBM Bob

Feature	Claude Code	IBM Bob

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	Your AI SDLC (Software Development Lifecycle) partner from IBM
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://bob.ibm.com
Language	typescript	javascript
Release Date	February 22, 2025	September 2, 2025
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	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	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains	Bob IDE
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M tokens	Model-dependent
Terminal Bench	#2 · 57.9% ±3.8 (Terminal-Bench 4.0) ¹
AA Coding Agent Index	70% · Fable 5.1 (max, with fallback)	-
Supported Models	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Multi-provider (IBM-managed)
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	—
Pricing Model	Subscription	Freemium
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free / $20-200/mo
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/IBM/ibm-bob
Development State	active	active