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Greptile vs Potpie

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.

The short answer

Free plan
Both have one
Public API
Both have one
Best fit
Greptile: Teams whose bugs come from cross-file coupling rather than local mistakes · Potpie: Teams with large or legacy codebases where agents lack project context
Platforms
Greptile: Web · Potpie: Web, VS Code extension, Slack app
Trust score
About even — Greptile 87, Potpie 85

From our own records as of each tool's last check. Anything we have not confirmed is left out rather than guessed. How we verify

GreptileIndexes the whole repo, then reviews pull requests with cross-file context rather than diff-only context.PotpieOpen-source context layer that turns a codebase and its tickets into a graph so coding agents can plan, answer and debug.

Side by side

FactGreptilePotpie
CategoryCode Review & QualityAI Coding Assistants
Pricing modelFreemiumFreemium
Starts at$30/seat/mo—
Public APIYesYes
Trust score87 / 10085 / 100
PlatformsWeb, APIWeb, API, VS Code extension, Slack app
CompanyGreptileMomenta Softwares Inc.
Launched20232024
Last verifiedSep 6, 2026Oct 2, 2026

What our research says

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

Potpie

A fit for engineering teams whose agents keep getting lost in large or legacy repositories and who want a shared context layer they can run themselves. The free CLI and Apache license make it easy to try on one repo. Smaller teams may find the enterprise framing and custom pricing more than they need.

Pros

  • Apache 2.0 open source with an active public repository
  • Plugs into Claude Code, Codex, Cursor and OpenCode
  • Indexes GitHub, Linear, Jira and Confluence as well as code
  • Enterprise tier offers self-hosting, audit trails and on-premise deployment

Cons

  • Paid pricing is only available through a sales form
  • Benchmark and customer figures on the site are self-reported
  • Product line spans several names, including Specialists, Forge, Recipes and Trace, which takes time to learn

Which one fits

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

Choose Potpie if you need

  • Teams with large or legacy codebases where agents lack project context
  • Organizations that want a self-hostable, open-source context layer

Greptile vs Potpie: the questions people ask

Is Greptile cheaper than Potpie?

Greptile starts at $30/seat/mo. Potpie has a free tier; what its paid plans cost is not confirmed by us yet.

Does Greptile or Potpie have a free tier?

Both: Greptile has a free tier, and Potpie has a free tier.

Which has a public API, Greptile or Potpie?

Both ship a public API, so either can be built on; the fact table above shows the platforms each one runs on.

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