Plandex vs. Poolside Agent CLI

Feature	Plandex	Poolside Agent CLI

Tagline	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal
Website	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool
Language	go	go
Release Date	March 14, 2024	October 25, 2025
Last Updated	June 11, 2026	June 25, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	AI Lab
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	No	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	No
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio
Hooks / Extensions	No	No
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	No
Context Window	2M tokens effective	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)
Supported Models	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.
Pricing Model	Free	Subscription
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (self-hosted)	$0, Enterprise
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Proprietary Software
Source Code	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool
Development State	inactive	active