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 (10 vs 0). 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 | latest |
| Entry cost | Free tier · from $20/mo | from $20/mo |
| Pricing tiers | Free free · Pro $20 · Pro+ $60 · Ultra $200 | Pro $20 · Team (Standard seat) $25 · Team (Premium seat) $125 · Enterprise $20 |
| Model stack | all models · Auto model · Claude / GPT (multiple models) · Claude / GPT / proprietary models (unspecified but multi-model) · Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Claude 3.5 Sonnet / GPT-4o · Claude 3.5 Sonnet / GPT-4o / Trae models · Claude Sonnet 4.5 · Claude/GPT/custom models · disclosed models not mentioned in pricing text · disclosed models on pricing but not named · Doubao · GPT-4o · GPT-5.2 · TraeCode · Unspecified AI models · unspecified models | Claude 3.5 Sonnet · Fable 5 · Fable 5.1 · Haiku · Haiku 4.5 · Haiku 5.5 · Opus · Opus 5 · Opus 5.5 · Sonnet · Sonnet 3.5 · Sonnet 5 · Sonnet 5.5 |
| Context window | model dependent | Up to 1M varies by model |
| Public API | ||
| Routes models | ||
| Changes / 30d | 0 | 10 |
| 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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