Cline
Open-source autonomous coding agent inside VS Code.
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Cline vs Claude Code
Cline (Cline) and Claude Code (Anthropic) both sit in Coding. Cline is the cheaper entry point at Free client, bring your own model key. Claude Code shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (17 vs 0). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Cline Cline | Claude Code Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | v3 | stable |
| Entry cost | Free client, bring your own model key | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | — | Claude Pro (Includes Claude Code) $20 · Claude Team (Includes Claude Code) $25 |
| Model stack | Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Gemini 2.5 Pro | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 |
| Context window | — | 200k |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 17 |
| Origin | Global | Global |
| Capabilities | Plan/act modes, MCP tools, Terminal control | Terminal agent, Repo-wide edits, Subagents, MCP servers, Hooks, Background tasks, Agentic coding CLI, VS Code extension |
Claude Code
A terminal-native coding agent that reads, edits and runs code across a whole repository.
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