--- title: "CodeBuddy pricing, platforms and integrations" description: "Tencent Cloud's AI coding assistant. It ships as the CodeBuddy Code CLI, a desktop IDE and an IDE plugin." canonical_url: "https://whichcoding.tools/tools/codebuddy" --- # CodeBuddy > Tencent Cloud's AI coding assistant. It ships as the CodeBuddy Code CLI, a desktop IDE and an IDE plugin. - **Layer**: Terminal agent, AI-native IDE, Editor extension - **Vendor**: Tencent Cloud - **Platforms**: macOS, Windows, Linux - **Editors**: VS Code, JetBrains, Zed - **License**: Proprietary - **Pricing**: Free tier - **Status**: Active - **JSON**: /api/v1/tools/codebuddy.json ## Links - [Website](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/overview) - [Pricing](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/ide/Account/pricing) - [Docs](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/installation) ## Pricing | Plan | Price | Included | Beyond that | Notes | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Free (individual) | Free | 100 credits/mo. 100 base credits per month, no monthly bonus credits. | Blocked until upgrade. Credit top-up packs are limited to active Pro and Team subscribers. | 5,000 real-time code completions per month, unlimited during the promotional period; 3 automated tasks per month, 99 during the promotional period; Auto model routing, all models available during the promotional period; 30 bonus credits per day while the limited-time active-user reward lasts | | Pro (individual) | $10/mo (per user · $8/mo billed annually · 7-day trial) | 2,000 credits/mo. 1,000 base credits plus 1,000 bonus credits per month. | Credit packs. Optional top-up pack of 500 credits for $15.00, valid for 1 month. | Unlimited real-time code completion; 15 automated tasks per month, 99 during the promotional period; All models available, with gradual early access to new features; 50 bonus credits per day while the limited-time active-user reward lasts | | Team (team) | $40/mo (per user · $40/mo billed annually) | 1,000 credits/mo. 1,000 credits per seat per month, pooled across the team. | Credit packs. Team top-up packs range from 2,000 credits for $40.00 to 200,000 credits for $4,000.00, valid 6 months. | Admin console; Unified billing management; Supports use across IDEs and CLIs | Base and bonus credits are issued monthly and do not roll over, bonus credits expire one month after being credited. Source: [codebuddy.ai/docs/ide/Account/pricing](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/ide/Account/pricing), verified 2026-09-15. ## Works with What CodeBuddy runs, and what can run CodeBuddy. "With your existing login" means the wrapped tool's subscription is reused, no second bill. ### Runs inside - [JetBrains AI](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/jetbrains-ai) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): AI Assistant and the Junie agent in JetBrains IDEs. Completions on JetBrains models are free, cloud agents draw from monthly AI Credits. Claude Agent and Codex plug in over ACP. - [Zed](https://whichcoding.tools/tools/zed) (via ACP, Free with your existing login): Open source editor written in Rust with GPU rendering. Hosts external agents such as Claude Code, Codex and Gemini CLI over ACP at no charge, with its own hosted models on Pro. ## Models - **Providers**: Vendor models, DeepSeek - **Bring your own key**: BYOK - **Local models**: Yes Built-in models include Tencent's Hunyuan and DeepSeek. A models.json file can add any OpenAI-format endpoint, including a local one such as http://localhost:11434/v1/chat/completions. ## Features - **Parallel agents**: Several agents running at once - **Subagents**: The agent can delegate to child agents - **MCP client**: Connects to MCP servers - **ACP agent**: Can be hosted by ACP clients such as Zed - **Sandboxing**: Runs commands in an isolated sandbox - **Mobile companion**: Follow or drive sessions from a phone - **Scheduled tasks**: Automations that run on a schedule - **Checkpoints**: Snapshot and roll back agent changes - **Plugins**: Extensible through plugins or a marketplace - **Hooks**: Run your own commands at lifecycle points ## Install - **npm**: `npm install -g @tencent-ai/codebuddy-code` - **brew**: `brew install Tencent-CodeBuddy/tap/codebuddy-code` - **curl**: `curl -fsSL https://www.codebuddy.cn/cli/install.sh | bash` ## License - **SPDX**: Proprietary - **Kind**: Proprietary ## Sources Every fact above points at a vendor page and the date someone last checked it. | Source | Covers | Verified | | --- | --- | --- | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/ide/Account/pricing](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/ide/Account/pricing) | pricing | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/installation](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/installation) | platforms | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/ide/Introduction](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/ide/Introduction) | platforms, models, general | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/models](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/models) | models | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/overview](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/overview) | general, features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/ide-integrations](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/ide-integrations) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/mcp](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/mcp) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/sub-agents](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/sub-agents) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/agent-teams](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/agent-teams) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/hooks-guide](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/hooks-guide) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/checkpointing](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/checkpointing) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/plugins](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/plugins) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/bash-sandboxing](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/bash-sandboxing) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/scheduled-tasks](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/scheduled-tasks) | features | 2026-09-15 | | [codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/remote-control](https://www.codebuddy.ai/docs/cli/remote-control) | features | 2026-09-15 | Source data: [content/tools/codebuddy.yml](https://github.com/benjamincanac/whichcodingtools/blob/main/content/tools/codebuddy.yml) ## Related - [Compare CodeBuddy with another tool](https://whichcoding.tools/compare?tools=codebuddy) - [All terminal agents](https://whichcoding.tools/layers/harness) Data: CC BY 4.0. 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