OpenBlock vs. Plandex

Feature	OpenBlock	Plandex

Tagline	A self-improving coding agent that handles the full dev lifecycle	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://openblocklabs.com/	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	March 16, 2026	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	May 14, 2026	June 11, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - Terminal onle	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	2M tokens effective
Supported Models	400+ via OpenRouter (Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok, open-source)	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	$10-100 (credit-based)	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	N/A	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	inactive