Kilo Code vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	Kilo Code	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	The all-in-one agentic engineering platform	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://kilo.ai	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	October 15, 2025	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	July 15, 2026	August 14, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	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	No	No
IDE Integration	VS Code, JetBrains, Cursor, Windsurf, Trae AI	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	Kilo Gateway managed AI models and supports 500+ AI models including Anthropic, GPT, Gemini, Custom AI models.	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Supported Subscriptions	ChatGPT GitHub Copilot SuperGrok OpenCode Go / Zen X Premium Kilo Pass Ollama Cloud MiniMax Token Plan	—
Pricing Model	Freemium, Usage Based, Subscription, Free, BYOK	Subscription, Subscription, BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	No
Price Range	Free forever (individual users, BYOK), $19/mo (Kilo Pass), $15/mo (teams)	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/Kilo-Org/kilocode	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	active	active