Claude Code vs. Standard Code

Feature	Claude Code	Standard Code

Tagline	An agentic coding tool that lives in your terminal	Cloud-hosted agent loop with local file and shell execution via a terminal CLI
Website	https://claude.ai/code	https://standardcode.ai
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	February 22, 2025	June 25, 2026
Last Updated	September 4, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
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	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	1M tokens
Terminal Bench 2.0	#52 · 58.0% ±2.9 ¹
Supported Models	Claude Fable 5 / Mythos 5 (Restricted Availability), Opus 4.8, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Haiku 4.5	Unlimited One (undisclosed open-weight models), Sama One (OpenAI via ChatGPT subscription)
Supported Subscriptions	Claude Code	ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Subscription	Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	No	No
Price Range	$17-200/mo	$49/mo per line ($5 first week)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code	N/A
Development State	active	active