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CodeRabbit vs Greptile

Two fact sheets from our own research, side by side — pricing, platforms, API access and status re-checked by us rather than quoted from the vendors. CodeRabbit starts at $24, Greptile at $30. Both have a free tier. Both ship a public API.

CodeRabbitAI reviewer that comments on GitHub and GitLab pull requests, triages them by risk and flags security issuesGreptileIndexes the whole repo, then reviews pull requests with cross-file context rather than diff-only context.

Side by side

FactCodeRabbitGreptile
CategoryCode Review & QualityCode Review & Quality
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$24 month$30 seat_month
Public APIYesYes
PlatformsWeb, Vscode ExtWeb, API
CompanyCodeRabbit, Inc.Greptile
Launched20232023
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Sep 6, 2026

What our research says

CodeRabbit

The most sensible fit is a team merging a steady stream of agent-generated PRs that no human can fully read. The catch is the fair-usage meter: even paid seats are capped at a handful of PR reviews per developer per hour, and the bot's default verbosity takes tuning.

Pros

  • Installs on GitHub/GitLab in minutes and starts commenting immediately
  • Free forever for public open-source repositories
  • Review surface extends to IDE and CLI, not just the PR page
  • Learns team conventions over time and applies them to later reviews

Cons

  • Per-hour review caps apply on every tier, including Enterprise
  • Comment volume can feel noisy until you tune it down
  • API access and self-hosting are locked behind the Enterprise tier

Greptile

The full-repo index is the difference that matters - it flags cross-file breakage that diff-only reviewers miss entirely. Billing only for developers who actually got a review that month is a fairer meter than flat per-seat. The 50 credits per seat go quickly on an active team, and $1 per extra review is where the real bill forms.

Pros

  • Indexes the whole codebase, so reviews carry cross-file context
  • Learns from the PR comments your team already writes
  • Seats bill only for developers who actually received a review that period
  • GitHub and GitLab plus an MCP server, an API and a self-hosting option

Cons

  • Credit model means an active repo will exceed the 50 included reviews per seat
  • Overage at $1 per review adds up quietly on a busy month
  • Free tier is capped at a single active developer

Which one fits

Choose CodeRabbit if you need

  • Teams reviewing high volumes of AI-generated pull requests
  • Open-source maintainers, since public repos are reviewed free
  • Organizations that want review, PR triage and security scanning from one vendor

Choose Greptile if you need

  • Teams whose bugs come from cross-file coupling rather than local mistakes
  • Enforcing repo-specific conventions through custom rules
  • Orgs that need self-hosted review for code that cannot leave their network

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