Blackbox AI CLI vs. Plandex

Feature	Blackbox AI CLI	Plandex

Tagline	Feature-rich AI coding agent in your terminal	Open source AI coding agent for large projects and real world tasks
Website	https://www.blackbox.ai/cli	https://plandex.ai
Language	typescript	go
Release Date	September 20, 2025	March 14, 2024
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	No
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	No
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	No
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	Yes
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	No
Voice Mode	Yes	No
IDE Integration	35+ IDE integrations including VS Code, JetBrains	None - terminal only
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	No
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model Dependent	2M tokens effective
Supported Models	400+ models including Opus, GPT, Gemini, Qwen, GLM, Grok, Minimax (free), Mimo, Llama, Kimi, Mistral, DeepSeek	Any OpenAI-compatible models and 400+ models from OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	Free
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free (BYOK) / $10-40/mo	Free (self-hosted)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (GPL-3.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/blackboxaicode/cli	https://github.com/plandex-ai/plandex
Development State	active	active