Poolside Agent CLI vs. VT Code

Feature	Poolside Agent CLI	VT Code

Tagline	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal	Semantic AI coding agent with LLM-native code understanding
Website	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool	https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode
Language	go	rust
Release Date	October 25, 2025	September 12, 2025
Last Updated	June 25, 2026	June 28, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	basic
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	No
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	No	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	Poolside Assistant, VS Code, Visual Studio	VS Code, Zed, Cursor, Windsurf
Hooks / Extensions	No	Yes
Web Search	Yes	Yes
Local Model Support	No	Yes
Context Window	(Point) 64K - 128K (Malibu, Laguna)	Model-dependent; auto-summarization
Supported Models	Laguna M.1, Laguna XS.2, Malibu, Point and OpenRouter with over 300+ supported models.	API compatible models for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, xAI, DeepSeek, Z.AI, Ollama, LM Studio and 400+ models on OpenRouter
Supported Subscriptions	—	GitHub Copilot ChatGPT
Pricing Model	Subscription	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	$0, Enterprise	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool	https://github.com/vinhnx/vtcode
Development State	active	active