Codebuff vs. Neovate Code

Feature	Codebuff	Neovate Code

Tagline	AI coding assistant for your terminal	A code agent to enhance your development
Website	https://codebuff.com	https://neovateai.dev
Language	typescript	typescript
Release Date	November 4, 2024	March 19, 2025
Last Updated	April 28, 2026	April 28, 2026
Provider Type	Independent	Independent
MCP Support	Yes	Yes
Multi-Agent Support	Yes	Yes
Git Integration	deep	deep
Multi-File Editing	Yes	Yes
Auto Test Running	Yes	Yes
Sandbox / Permissions	Yes	No
Image / Multimodal Input	Yes	Yes
Voice Mode	No	No
IDE Integration	None - terminal only	Zed
Hooks / Extensions	Yes	Yes
Web Search	Yes	No
Local Model Support	Yes	Yes
Context Window	Model-dependent	Model-dependent
Supported Models	Any supported OpenRouter model	20+ providers including: Anthropic, OpenAI, Gemini, DeepSeek, Groq and 400+ supported models on OpenRouter.
Pricing Model	Freemium	BYOK
Free Tier	Yes	Yes
Price Range	Free 500 credits/mo / $100-500/mo	Free (BYOK)
Source Code Availability	Open Source (Apache-2.0)	Open Source (MIT)
Source Code	https://github.com/CodebuffAI/codebuff	https://github.com/neovateai/neovate-code
Development State	active	active