Cline CLI vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	Cline CLI	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	Autonomous coding agent right in your terminal	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://cline.bot	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	October 2, 2025	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	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Zed, Neovim, Emacs	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent (up to 1M)	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)
Supported Models	AI models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Mistral, DeepSeek, Meta, Azure, Cerebras, 30+ providers	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT Claude Code	—
Pricing Model	Freemium	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $20/mo per user	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/cline/cline	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	active	active