Trae
A Cursor-style AI IDE from ByteDance with a builder mode and heavily subsidised pricing.
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Trae vs Claude Code
Trae (ByteDance) and Claude Code (Anthropic) both sit in Coding. Claude Code shipped more tracked changes in the last 30 days (16 vs 3). Every value below comes from the latest crawl of the vendors' own pages.
| Attribute | Trae ByteDance | Claude Code Anthropic |
|---|---|---|
| Segment | Coding | Coding |
| Version | 2.1 | stable |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $20/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Pro $20 · Pro+ $60 · Ultra $200 | Claude Pro $20 · Claude Team (Standard seat) $25 |
| Model stack | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Claude/GPT/custom models · disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text · Doubao · GPT-4o · GPT-5.2 · TraeCode · Unspecified AI models | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 |
| Context window | model dependent | 200k |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 3 | 16 |
| Origin | China | Global |
| Capabilities | Builder mode, SOLO agent, Multi-file edits, MCP support, Rules files, Unlimited Autocomplete, TRAE IDE - SOLO mode, Concurrent cloud tasks | 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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