Codex CLI vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	Codex CLI	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	Lightweight coding agent that runs in your terminal	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://openai.com/codex	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	rust	go
Release Date	April 30, 2025	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	June 29, 2026	June 25, 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	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, Zed (via ACP)	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	Model-dependent	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)
Terminal Bench 2.0	#6 · 82.0% ±2.2 ¹
Supported Models	All frontier GPT, Codex models: GPT-5.6 Sol / Terra / Luna, GPT-5.5, GPT-5.4 pro, GPT-5.3-Codex, optional custom models.	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT	—
Pricing Model	Subscription	Subscription
Free Tier	No	Yes
Price Range	$20-200/mo	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/openai/codex	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	active	active