Groq Code CLI vs. Plandex

Feature	Groq Code CLI	Plandex

Tagline	A lightweight, customizable open-source CLI coding agent by Groq	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://github.com/build-with-groq/groq-code-cli	https://plandex.ai
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	July 30, 2025	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	No	No
Git Integration	none	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	No	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	No	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	2M tokens effective
Supported Models	Groq Compound Models, GPT-OSS, Llama, Qwen, Kimi K2 DeepSeek, Mistral (via Groq)	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	BYOK	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK)	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/build-with-groq/groq-code-cli	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	active