Claude Code vs Plandex

Feature	Claude Code	Plandex

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	February 22, 2025	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	August 19, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains	None - Terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	1M tokens	2M tokens effective
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	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	—
Pricing Model	Subscription	Free
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$17-200/mo	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	inactive