JetBrains Junie vs Kilo Code

JetBrains Junie8.8Visit Kilo Code7.1Visit

Higher score JetBrains Junie #6 in AI Coding Assistants 8.8/10 Free plan · 30-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 4 of 5 features Try JetBrains Junie

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Kilo Code #23 in AI Coding Assistants 7.1/10 Free plan · 14-day trial Free planFree trial✓ 5 of 5 features Visit Kilo Code

• JetBrains Junie fits best

  JetBrains users needing autonomous coding

• Kilo Code fits best

  Teams wanting agents, indexing, and cloud workflows

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Side by side

Feature	JetBrains Junie 8.8/10 Visit ↗	Kilo Code 7.1/10 Visit ↗
At a glance
Editor score	8.8	7.1
Ranking	#6 in AI Coding Assistants	#23 in AI Coding Assistants
Best for	JetBrains users needing autonomous coding	Teams wanting agents, indexing, and cloud workflows
Pricing model	Free plan + paid	Free plan + paid
Starting price	$8.33/user/mo (best)	$15/user/mo
Free plan	✓	✓
Free trial	30 days	14 days
Free trial length	30 days	14 days · no card needed
Deployment	Cloud, Desktop	Cloud, Self-hosted, Mobile
Platforms	Web, Windows, macOS, Linux	Web, iOS, Android
Support	Community, Docs	Community, Docs
Compliance	SOC 2	SSO/SAML
Integrations	12 integrations	3 integrations
Built for	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise	Solo, Small business, Mid-market, Enterprise
Features JetBrains Junie 4/5 · Kilo Code 5/5
Code completion	Not checked yet	✓ (best)
Chat assistance	✓	✓
Coding agent	✓	✓
Codebase indexing	✓	✓
Terminal access	✓	✓
Specs
Supported IDEs	IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate, PyCharm Pro, WebStorm, GoLand, IntelliJ IDEA Community, PhpStorm, RubyMine, RustRover, CLion, Rider, Android Studio	VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm
Our review
Pros	Plans support autonomous coding, terminal execution, testing, and verification. Works with JetBrains IDEs, Android Studio, GitHub, GitLab, and CI/CD workflows. Supports BYOK, custom endpoints, locally running models, and persistent guidelines.	Open-source extensions for VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI Parallel agents use isolated Git worktrees with semantic codebase indexing Supports hosted, BYOK, and local models, plus cloud agents and reviews
Cons	The strongest fit is concentrated around JetBrains IDEs and Android Studio. The Free to Start plan includes 5 AI credits. More frequent coding-agent use is positioned for the $25 AI Ultimate plan.	AI inference and cloud compute may be billed separately from platform access Advanced governance and collaboration features require paid tiers Multiple model and credit options can make usage planning more involved
Our verdict	JetBrains Junie is an AI coding agent for developers who want assistance beyond chat-based code suggestions. It can analyze codebases, plan and execute multi-step tasks, edit files, run terminal commands, execute tests, verify changes, and… Read the review →	Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding assistant for individual developers and engineering teams. It combines natural-language chat, code completion, generation, refactoring, debugging, code review, and specialized coding agents across VS… Read the review →

Strengths and trade-offs

• JetBrains Junie — where it wins

  • Plans support autonomous coding, terminal execution, testing, and verification.
  • Works with JetBrains IDEs, Android Studio, GitHub, GitLab, and CI/CD workflows.
  • Supports BYOK, custom endpoints, locally running models, and persistent guidelines.

  Where it doesn't

  • The strongest fit is concentrated around JetBrains IDEs and Android Studio.
  • The Free to Start plan includes 5 AI credits.
  • More frequent coding-agent use is positioned for the $25 AI Ultimate plan.

• Kilo Code — where it wins

  • Open-source extensions for VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI
  • Parallel agents use isolated Git worktrees with semantic codebase indexing
  • Supports hosted, BYOK, and local models, plus cloud agents and reviews

  Where it doesn't

  • AI inference and cloud compute may be billed separately from platform access
  • Advanced governance and collaboration features require paid tiers
  • Multiple model and credit options can make usage planning more involved

• JetBrains Junie8.8/10 · Free plan · 30-day trial

  A capable autonomous coding agent for developers already working in the JetBrains ecosystem.

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• Kilo Code7.1/10 · Free plan · 14-day trial

  A flexible coding assistant with agents, indexing, model choice, and team controls.

  Visit Kilo CodeFull verdict →