Plandex vs. Toad

Feature	Plandex	Toad

Tagline	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks	A unified interface for AI in your terminal
Website	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://batrachian.ai
Language	go	python
Release Date	March 14, 2024	December 18, 2025
Last Updated	June 11, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	No	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	No	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	No	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	No	Yes
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	2M tokens effective	Depends on underlying agent
Supported Models	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.	Compatible with AI coding agents and models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, xAI, Kimi, OpenHands via ACP
Pricing Model	Free	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (self-hosted)	Free
Source Code Availability	Open Source (MIT)	Open Source (AGPL-3.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex	https://github.com/batrachianai/toad
Development State	inactive	active