Week 45
Latest
JunieReleaseJunie Eco mode hands implementation to a lower-cost modelGitHub CopilotPlansGitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed userSierraReleaseSierra launches Compliance Console for outbound agentsGitHub CopilotReleaseGitHub Copilot Fusion becomes generally availableGitHub CopilotReleaseGitHub Agentic Workflows become generally availableAmpPlatformAmp launches an Android appMicrosoft 365 CopilotReleaseLearning Agent and admin-deployed custom MCP connectors arrive in CopilotKiroPlansKiro replaces its upgrade discount with a free first month and 500 trial creditsGleanReleaseGlean release 565 adds agent import/export and an Azure Files connectorGoogle AntigravityReleaseAntigravity 2.28 adds a built-in browser and any-file attachmentsSynthesiaReleaseSynthesia launches a Localization API for dubbing videos at scaleRunwayReleaseRunway launches Runway Ads for generating and publishing ad variantsOpenCodeReleaseOpenCode 2.2 adds Desktop plugins and a refreshed desktop appOpenAI CodexReleaseGPT-6.1 Terra becomes available in Codex
Verified
ToolMarketCap
ClineCline Bot · IDE assistants
Entry price
Not yet verified
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
43/100

Editor extension vs editor extension

3Verified differences2Shared2Not yet verified
GitHub CopilotGitHub · IDE assistants
Entry price
$10/mo
Free tier
Yes
Logged activity · 90d
71/100

Cline vs GitHub Copilot

3Verified differences1Pricing differences · 1 not verified for both1Cline · verified changes 30d3GitHub Copilot · verified changes 30d
Entry priceGitHub Copilot starts at $10/mo; no paid monthly price is verified for Cline.
Free tierBoth offer a verified free tier.
DeliveryShared delivery: Editor extension.
Last 30 daysCline logged 1 verified change, GitHub Copilot 3 verified changes.
Evidence5 of 7 compared facts are verified for both; 2 only for Cline.

At a glance

Verified values · no winner is picked
Cline and GitHub Copilot: price, free tier, licence, self-hosting, enterprise
DimensionClineGitHub Copilot
Entry priceNot yet verified$10/mo
Free tierYesYes
Open sourceYesNot yet verified
Self-hostingYesNot yet verified
Enterprise (SSO + offering)YesNot yet verified
Switch from ClineSwitch from GitHub CopilotAdd Cline to a stackAdd GitHub Copilot to a stack

Where they differ

3
Editor integrations
ClineVS Code — JetBrains on Enterprise
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official pricing page

cline.bot/pricing: the free Open Source plan lists "VS Code Extension"; Enterprise adds "JetBrains Extension".

https://cline.bot/pricing ↗
GitHub CopilotVS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Vim, Neovim, Azure Data Studio, Xcode, Eclipse
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot — official plans page

github.com/features/copilot/plans: "Start using Copilot in your favorite platforms" lists VS Code, Visual Studio, Xcode, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, and Eclipse (plus GitHub, Raycast, and SQL Server Management Studio); plan features list "Agent mode use in VS Code, Visual Studio, JetBrains, Eclipse, and Xcode"; FAQ: "GitHub Copilot is available as an extension in Visual Studio Code, Visual Studio, Vim, Neovim, the JetBrains suite of IDEs, and Azure Data Studio."

https://github.com/features/copilot/plans ↗
Business model
ClineOpen source — free, with usage-based AI inference or your own API keys
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official pricing page

cline.bot/pricing: "You only pay for AI inference credits when you use AI models." "You can bring your own API keys".

https://cline.bot/pricing ↗
GitHub CopilotFreemium — Free, paid individual plans (Pro, Pro+, Max) and organization plans (Business, Enterprise), with usage billed in GitHub AI Credits
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot — official plans page

github.com/features/copilot/plans lists Free, Pro, Pro+, and Max individual plans and Business and Enterprise organization plans, and states "GitHub AI Credits are how you pay for AI usage in GitHub Copilot."

https://github.com/features/copilot/plans ↗
Enterprise
ClineCustom pricing — SSO, SLA, dedicated support, centralized billing, role-based access
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official pricing page

cline.bot/pricing, Enterprise: "SSO", "SLA", "Dedicated Support", "Centralized Billing", "Role Based Access Control".

https://cline.bot/pricing ↗
GitHub CopilotUS$39 per user per month — GitHub.com integration and organization codebase indexing
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot — official plans page

github.com/features/copilot/plans prices Enterprise at "$39 per user / month"; its FAQ states Copilot Enterprise integrates into GitHub.com and can index an organization's codebase.

https://github.com/features/copilot/plans ↗

Pricing face-off

USD list price · monthly billing
ClineFree tier: Yes
No paid price verified yet
GitHub CopilotFree tier: Yes
Entry price · Pro
$10/mo
Free$0/mo
Pro$10/mo
Business (per user)$19/mo
Enterprise (per user)$39/mo
Pro+$39/mo
Max$100/mo
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot — official plans page
https://github.com/features/copilot/plans ↗

Current verified offers

Commercial information · never part of the comparison
Verified offer

Copilot Pro free for verified teachers and popular OSS maintainers

$0/mo instead of $10/mo
  • Verified teachers on GitHub Education, or maintainers of a popular open-source repository; eligibility is re-evaluated every month.
  • Copilot Pro
docs.github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 29 Oct 2026
GitHub Docs — Plans for GitHub Copilot (individual plans)

Verified teachers and maintainers of popular open source projects may be eligible for free access to Copilot Pro.

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/concepts/billing/individual-plans ↗
View offer ↗
Verified offer

Copilot Student free for verified students

$0/mo
  • Verified students on GitHub Education; eligibility is re-evaluated every month.
  • Copilot Student plan (an allowance of GitHub AI Credits; excludes third-party agents; Auto model selection only)
docs.github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 29 Oct 2026
GitHub Docs — Access GitHub Copilot for free as a student

Verified students on GitHub Education get free access to Copilot's features.

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot/how-tos/copilot-on-github/set-up-copilot/enable-copilot/set-up-for-students ↗
View offer ↗

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Where they match

2Toggle
Delivery
ClineEditor extension — plus a desktop app, a CLI, and an SDK
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official site

cline.bot: "One open source agent runtime. Use it in your editor, your terminal, or embed it in your own products." "Cline for Desktop: the coding agent as a native desktop app."

https://cline.bot ↗
GitHub CopilotEditor extension — plus GitHub.com, Copilot CLI, a desktop app, and GitHub Mobile
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot — official plans page

github.com/features/copilot/plans navigation lists Desktop App, Copilot in VS Code, Agents on GitHub, and Copilot CLI; its FAQ states Copilot is available as an editor extension, in terminals, natively in GitHub.com, and in GitHub Mobile.

https://github.com/features/copilot/plans ↗
Free tier
ClineYes — free open-source extension; pay only for AI inference
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official pricing page

cline.bot/pricing: "Cline is free for individual developers. Pay only for AI inference on a usage basis - no subscriptions".

https://cline.bot/pricing ↗
GitHub CopilotYes — Copilot Free, limited chat and agent usage
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot — official plans page

github.com/features/copilot/plans lists Free at $0 with "Limited chat and agent usage"; "Free plan supports CLI and agent mode."

https://github.com/features/copilot/plans ↗

Not yet verified for one or both

2
Platforms
ClinemacOS, Windows, Linux
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official site

cline.bot: Cline for Desktop "Download for Mac", "Download for Windows", "Download for Linux" — "macOS, Windows & Linux".

https://cline.bot ↗
GitHub CopilotNot yet verified
Single sign-on
ClineEnterprise tier only — SSO
cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official pricing page

cline.bot/pricing, Enterprise "Custom": "SSO, SLA & Dedicated Support".

https://cline.bot/pricing ↗
GitHub CopilotNot yet verified

References

Links — shown, never counted as differences
Documentation
Clinedocs.cline.bot
docs.cline.bot
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — official documentation

Cline's documentation, linked as Docs from cline.bot.

https://docs.cline.bot ↗
GitHub Copilotdocs.github.com/en/copilot
docs.github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026
GitHub Copilot — official documentation

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot returned HTTP 200 with the GitHub Copilot documentation.

https://docs.github.com/en/copilot ↗
Changelog
Clinegithub.com/cline/cline/releases
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 2 Oct 2026
Cline — GitHub releases

Cline release notes are published as GitHub releases of cline/cline.

https://github.com/cline/cline/releases ↗
GitHub Copilotgithub.blog/changelog/label/copilot
github.blog
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 1 Oct 2026
GitHub Changelog — Copilot

The GitHub Changelog's Copilot label (and its RSS feed) returned dated Copilot entries, latest Sep 30, 2026.

https://github.blog/changelog/label/copilot ↗
Source repository
Clinegithub.com/cline/cline
github.com
ObservedHigh confidenceVerified 31 Oct 2026
Cline — official repository

Public repository linked from cline.bot/enterprise.

https://github.com/cline/cline ↗
GitHub CopilotNot yet verified

Recent record

Each side’s own record · not a score
Recent record of Cline and GitHub Copilot, side by side
ReadingClineGitHub Copilot
Verified changes1 in 30 days · 3 in 90 days · IDE assistants median 13 in 30 days · 7 in 90 days · IDE assistants median 1
Last verified change16 Oct 2026 · 21 days ago28 Oct 2026 · 9 days ago
Activity · 90 days43 · above the IDE assistants median of 3971 · above the IDE assistants median of 39
Latest list-price moveNo verified priceNone observed
Pricing on recordNo verified price6 verified plans · verified monthly entry price $10
Comparable facts7 of 7 verified5 of 7 verified

Cline · latest 3

  1. Release

    Cline begins rolling out Cline Cloud sessions

    Cline 4.1.25 starts a gradual rollout of Cloud sessions: tasks run in a hosted sandbox on a chosen GitHub repo and branch and keep running after the editor closes.

    github.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 16 Oct 2026
    Cline — GitHub releases
    https://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/v4.1.25 ↗
  2. Release

    Cline for Desktop cloud sessions get the same models as Cline on the web

    Cloud sessions can use Cline Usage-Billing, ClinePass, and ClineFree models, and a new cloud session waits until a model is ready before sending.

    github.com
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 2 Oct 2026
    Cline — GitHub releases
    https://github.com/cline/cline/releases/tag/desktop-v0.0.41 ↗
  3. Release

    Cline releases Cline Desktop, an open-source app for open-weight models

    Cline releases an early version of Cline Desktop, an open-source desktop app focused on open-weight models, available for Mac with a Windows beta.

    cline.bot
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 14 Sept 2026
    Cline — blog
    https://cline.bot/blog/cline-desktop-an-open-source-app-for-open-weight-models ↗

GitHub Copilot · latest 3

  1. Plans

    GitHub Enterprise now includes Copilot for every licensed user

    Enterprises working with a GitHub or Microsoft account team can get Copilot included with GitHub Enterprise, with AI usage metered against an enterprise budget; users without a GitHub Enterprise license can use Copilot Standalone at $10 per user per month. Self-serve availability is coming in stages.

    github.blog
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026
    GitHub — changelog
    https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-enterprise-now-includes-access-to-github-copilot ↗
  2. Release

    GitHub Copilot Fusion becomes generally available

    Copilot Fusion routes and orchestrates models per task at Standard, High or Max effort, on all Copilot plans, with a limited-time 30% discount on model costs for paid plans.

    github.blog
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026
    GitHub — changelog
    https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-route-and-orchestrate-models-with-github-copilot-fusion ↗
  3. Release

    GitHub Agentic Workflows become generally available

    Agentic Workflows, which run coding agents inside GitHub Actions from natural-language Markdown definitions, reach general availability; the default Copilot CLI engine requires a Copilot license.

    github.blog
    ObservedHigh confidencePublished 28 Oct 2026
    GitHub — changelog
    https://github.blog/changelog/2026-10-28-github-agentic-workflows-generally-available ↗

Keep comparing

Both in IDE assistants
ClineFull record →GitHub CopilotFull record →Cline alternatives→GitHub Copilot alternatives→Cline pricingnot verifiedGitHub Copilot pricing6 plans
Compared using 19 verified facts · oldest record verified 1 Oct 2026. Tools appear in URL order, alphabetically by identifier — it implies no ranking.