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JetBrains AI Assistant vs Kilo Code
JetBrains AI Assistant or Kilo Code? Their plans monthly and yearly, the capabilities their makers state, security and latest updates, side by side — read from the makers' own pages.
In inglese
In short
- Both: Inline completion, Chat about your code, Agent that edits files, JetBrains IDEs, Choice of models, Self-hosted
- Only Kilo Code states: Knows the whole codebase, Runs commands, Reviews pull requests, VS Code, Command line, API
JetBrains AI Assistant
AI coding assistance integrated into JetBrains IDEs for chatting, generating, explaining, and improving code.
Plans
AI Assistant — Personal
- $8.33/month billed annually
- $10.00/month
AI Assistant — Commercial
- $16.67/month billed annually
- $20.00/month
Prices checked 2026-09-25 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Inline completion — “Generate or update code from natural language prompts and receive inline code completion and next edit suggestions.” source
- Chat about your code — “Ask questions about your code, navigate your project structure, and get relevant insights based on your current context.” source
- Agent that edits files — “Delegate complex, multi-step tasks to AI-powered agents that can work across multiple files and handle larger changes.” source
- JetBrains IDEs — “AI Assistant is a collection of AI-powered features and coding agents integrated into JetBrains IDEs.” source
- Choice of models — “This flexibility allows you to choose the AI models and services that best fit your development workflow.” source
- Self-hosted — “Flexible deployment: cloud, on-premises, or isolated environments.” source
Security
- SOC 2 Type II — “The new SOC2 Type II report for products below is now available here” source
- SOC 2 — “The new SOC2 Type II report for products below is now available here” source
- GDPR — “GDPR audit report summary” source
Kilo Code
Open-source AI coding agent for IDEs, CLI, cloud, and mobile, with model choice, code generation, debugging, and automation.
Plans
Free & Open Source
Free
- Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions
- Agentic coding assistant
- Code completion & generation
- Works with any AI model
Teams
- $15 /user/month
- Usage analytics & reporting
- AI adoption score
- Shared agent modes
- Centralized billing
- Shared BYOK
- Team management
Enterprise
Price on request
- Limit models and/or providers
- Shared Private Gateway BYOK
- Audit logs
- SSO, OIDC, & SCIM support
- SLA commitments
- Dedicated support channels
Prices checked 2026-09-24 on the maker’s page.
Capabilities
- Inline completion — “Fast inline completion including multiline suggestions.” source
- Chat about your code — “Address Kilo directly in Slack to ask questions about your codebase, get code explanations, or create pull requests via cloud agents—all without leaving your team chat.” source
- Agent that edits files — “Code Mode. Write, refactor, and ship production-ready code with an AI agent that understands your entire codebase.” source
- Knows the whole codebase — “Semantic search across your entire codebase. Kilo builds a local index so the agent finds relevant code without you specifying files.” source
- Runs commands — “Kilo automatically detects errors, runs test suites, and recovers on failure.” source
- Reviews pull requests — “Automated code review agents that analyze pull requests, suggest improvements, catch bugs, and ensure code quality standards.” source
- VS Code — “Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions” source
- JetBrains IDEs — “Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions” source
- Command line — “Open source VS Code, JetBrains & CLI extensions” source
- Choice of models — “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.” source
- Self-hosted — “Fork, modify, self-host” source
- API — “One API to access all AI models.” source
Security
- SOC 2 — “SOC 2 Type I” source
Latest updates
- v7.7.9 (release) (v7.7.9)
Added Agent Manager tab closing and support for installing Marketplace plugins, including plugins from Git repositories.
- JetBrains 7.1.7 (JetBrains 7.1.7)
Added JetBrains support for Marketplace browsing and installs, Git- or npm-based plugins, Kilo Swarm, and pasted-text folding.
- v7.7.7 (release) (v7.7.7)
Adopted OpenCode updates and added retries for transient connection drops during permission approvals.