Continue vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	Continue	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	The open-source AI code assistant	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://continue.dev	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	August 21, 2025	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	June 16, 2026	June 25, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	basic	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains IDEs	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)
Supported Models	Claude Opus / Sonnet / Haiku, GPT-5 / pro / mini, Gemini, Mistral, DeepSeek, Qwen, Llama, Local models for Ollama	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10/mo	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/continuedev/continue	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	inactive	active