Poolside Agent CLI vs. Zot

Feature	Poolside Agent CLI	Zot

Tagline	Work with Poolside Agents from your terminal	Yet another coding agent harness.
Website	https://docs.poolside.ai/cli/pool	https://zot.sh
Language	go	go
Release Date	October 25, 2025	April 18, 2026
Last Updated	August 14, 2026	September 4, 2026
Provider Type	AI Lab	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	low
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	None
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.	Models from Anthropic, OpenAI, Kimi, DeepSeek, Google Gemini/Vertex, GitHub Copilot, Bedrock, Azure and 300+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Subscription, Subscription, BYOK	Free
Free Tier	No	No
Price Range	$0, Enterprise	$0
Source Code Availability	Proprietary Software	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/poolsideai/pool	https://github.com/patriceckhart/zot
Development State	active	active