Poolside Agent CLI vs. Qwen Code

Feature	Poolside Agent CLI	Qwen Code

Tagline	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal	An open-source AI agent that lives in your terminal
Website	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool	https://qwen.ai/qwencode
Language	go	typescript
Release Date	October 25, 2025	August 1, 2025
Last Updated	June 25, 2026	June 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	AI Lab
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio	VS Code, Zed, JetBrains IDEs
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)	Model dependent
Supported Models	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.	Qwen series models, compatible with OpenAI, Anthropic, Gemini APIs, including models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Subscription	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	$0, Enterprise	Free (1,000 req/day)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (Apache-2.0)
Source Code	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool	https://github.com/QwenLM/qwen-code
Development State	active	active