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TaglineOpen-source VS Code agent. Reads + writes + runs.Google's answer. Best integrated with Workspace + free for a lot.AI search done right. Cited answers, not chat theater.Run any open-source AI model with an API call.
CategoryCodingChatbotsResearchDev Platform
PricingFree (open source) + your API costsFree + $20/mo Advanced (bundled with 2TB Drive)Free + $20/mo ProPay per second of compute
Best forVS Code users who want agentic coding without changing IDEs.Anyone already on Google, research tasks, summarizing long documents.Replacing Google for any question where you want a cited answer in seconds.Developers using open-source models (Flux, SDXL, Whisper, etc).
Strengths
  • Free extension for VS Code
  • Plan + Act modes
  • Model-agnostic (Claude, GPT, local)
  • Sees terminal output and iterates
  • Native Google Workspace integration
  • Very long context (1M+)
  • Deep Research feature
  • Free tier is generous
  • Sources every claim
  • Fast, current answers
  • Pro Search runs multi-step research
  • Spaces for persistent context
  • Tens of thousands of models (image, video, audio, LLMs)
  • One-line API for any model
  • Cog framework for custom model deploy
Weaknesses
  • Can burn tokens fast if not watched
  • Less polished than Cursor
  • Writing quality trails Claude
  • Over-refusals on edge content
  • UI is cluttered
  • Not a general chatbot
  • Answers can be shallow on complex topics
  • Cold starts on less-popular models
  • Pricing gets real at scale
Kai's verdictA-tier. Best free agentic option in VS Code. Use with Claude for best results.A-tier. The Deep Research feature is genuinely useful. Don't sleep on it if you're already paying Google.S-tier for search. I use it before Google now. If you're still Googling everything, try this for a week.S-tier for open-source model APIs. The default in this space.
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