AI code review pricing in 2026: which tools charge per seat?
Wendy Zhang · · 9 min read
AI code review pricing decides more than the monthly bill. It decides whether you can add a contractor, an occasional contributor or a coding agent without paying for another seat, and whether a busy week of pushes doubles the cost. Tools charge in two ways: per seat, a fixed price for every developer, or per review, for the work each review does. Prices below are as of November 2026.
CodeRabbit, cubic, Graphite and GitHub Copilot charge per seat; HeyDeer, Greptile Pro and Qodo Pro Team charge no seat fees. HeyDeer is an AI code review agent for GitHub pull requests that charges one plan per workspace: for 10 developers opening 100 pull requests a month, that’s $14 a month, against $240 on CodeRabbit Essentials.
Which AI code review tools charge per seat?
Four of the nine tools below charge per seat, and five bill reviews as usage; three of those five need no paid seat at all. The cost column prices the same workload for every tool: 10 developers opening 100 pull requests a month, one review each.
| Tool | What you pay for | Seats | 10 developers / month |
|---|---|---|---|
| HeyDeer | One plan per workspace (Free, Starter $9, Pro $39 a month) with included credits | No seat fees | $14 |
| Greptile | Pro: prepaid credits at $1 each, shared by the organization | No seat fees on Pro | $100 |
| Qodo | Pro Team: a monthly credit pack shared by the team, overage at the same rate | Shared credits, up to 30 users | $211 |
| Cursor Bugbot | Each run billed as usage, about $1.00–$1.50 on average | Runs on paid Cursor plans | $100–$150 |
| Claude Code Review | Token usage per review | Runs on a Claude Team or Enterprise plan | $1,500–$2,500 (research-preview average) |
| CodeRabbit | Per developer who opens PRs: $24 (Essentials) or $48 (Team) a month, billed annually | Per seat | $240 |
| cubic | Per developer: $32 (Team) or $79.20 (Pro) a month, billed annually | Per seat | $320 |
| Graphite | Per user: $40 a month on Team, billed annually | Per seat | $400 |
| GitHub Copilot code review | Part of a Copilot plan, such as Business at $19 per seat a month; reviews use AI Credits | Per seat | $190 |
We build HeyDeer, so its figure comes from our own pricing page calculator: the Standard estimate, inside the plan’s included credits where they cover the workload. Copilot’s figure is ten Business seats, whose included AI Credits cover the reviews. Other prices are from each vendor’s pricing page, listed under Sources.
How much does AI code review cost per pull request?
A single AI review costs from well under a dollar to about $25, depending on the tool and how deep it reads. Seat-priced tools have no per-review price, so the table spreads each seat over 10 pull requests a month to make them comparable.
| Tool | Cost per review | Based on |
|---|---|---|
| HeyDeer | $0.30–$0.70 Standard, $0.50–$1.00 Deep | Credits for the work done, at the $5 per 500 credits add-on rate |
| Greptile | $1 base, $3 Plus, $10 Apex | One prepaid credit per base review |
| Cursor Bugbot | $1.00–$1.50 | Cursor’s published average per run |
| Qodo | about $2.11 | Qodo’s own estimate of reviews per credit pack |
| GitHub Copilot code review | about $1.50 | Average AI Credits for a Balanced review |
| Claude Code Review | $15–$25 | Research-preview average per review |
| CodeRabbit Essentials | $2.40 | Seat price over 10 PRs per developer |
| cubic Team | $3.20 | Seat price over 10 PRs per developer |
| Graphite Team | $4.00 | Seat price over 10 PRs per developer |
HeyDeer’s pricing calculator estimates a Standard review of up to 200 changed lines with a few repository checks at 30 to 70 credits, or $0.30–$0.70 at the add-on rate. Credits follow the work a review does, so a small change costs less than a large one, and a Deep review costs more than a Standard one.
AI code review pricing as the team grows: per seat vs usage
Seat pricing grows with headcount; usage pricing grows with pull requests. With the same 10 pull requests per developer, the gap widens as the team grows:
| Developers | HeyDeer | Greptile Pro | CodeRabbit Essentials | cubic Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | $6 | $30 | $72 | $96 |
| 5 | $9 | $50 | $120 | $160 |
| 10 | $14 | $100 | $240 | $320 |
| 25 | $39 | $250 | $600 | $800 |
| 50 | $66 | $500 | $1,200 | $1,600 |
Usage pricing suits teams where many people open a few pull requests each: occasional contributors, reviewers who rarely write code, and coding agents that open pull requests for the team. Seat pricing can come out lower for a small team that runs many reviews per developer.
Free AI code review plans and trials
Almost every AI code review pricing page starts with a free option; what it covers differs:
- HeyDeer Free: 1,000 credits in the first month and 300 a month after that, private repositories included, no credit card. Public repositories are reviewed free up to a fair-use limit.
- Greptile Starter: free for one developer, with 50 credits a month.
- CodeRabbit: free reviews in the IDE extension and CLI, at 3 reviews an hour; a 14-day trial of pull request reviews; public repositories reviewed free.
- GitHub Copilot: pull request reviews start with Copilot Pro at $10 a month.
- Graphite Hobby: limited AI reviews on personal account repositories.
For public repositories, the free AI code review tools for open source compares each vendor’s open source terms.
AI code review tools without seat fees
Each of these bills code review by usage. The first three need no other subscription.
1. HeyDeer
HeyDeer reviews GitHub pull requests against the whole repository, checks every finding against the code before posting it, and opens a fix pull request when asked. It has the highest precision in ReviewBench’s default view (a Deep review). Starter costs $9 and Pro $39 a month per workspace, with unlimited developers and repositories on every plan.
2. Greptile
Greptile Pro sells prepaid credits at $1 each, shared across the organization, and has charged no seat fees since October 2026. Deeper review levels use more credits per review. HeyDeer vs Greptile
3. Qodo
Qodo Pro Team shares a monthly credit pack across up to 30 users, with overage at the same rate. It reviews on GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, with Gerrit on Enterprise. HeyDeer vs Qodo
4. Cursor Bugbot
Bugbot has billed each run as usage since May 2026: individuals draw on their included Cursor usage first, and teams pay from prepaid credit, so it suits teams already paying for Cursor. HeyDeer vs Cursor Bugbot
5. Claude Code Review
Claude Code Review bills token usage per review for organizations on a Claude Team or Enterprise plan, which makes it the most expensive per review in this comparison. HeyDeer vs Claude Code Review
What makes AI code review pricing go up
Five things move the bill, and each tool exposes a different control for them:
- Who counts as a seat. CodeRabbit charges for developers who open pull requests; Graphite and cubic charge per user or developer. Usage-based tools ignore headcount.
- Reviews per pull request. Automatic reviews on every push multiply the count on a busy pull request. On HeyDeer, a later review covers only the commits since the last one, and a workspace can review once per pull request instead.
- Review depth. Greptile’s Plus and Apex, and HeyDeer’s Deep, read more and cost more per review than the default.
- Size of the change. Token- and credit-based pricing grows with the lines and files a review reads.
- Limits and overage. Hourly review limits on seat plans, and overage rates on credit plans, decide what happens in a busy week.
Price is half the decision; the other half is how many comments are worth acting on. The AI code review tools ranked by precision puts the same tools side by side on ReviewBench, the CodeRabbit alternatives compare plans against CodeRabbit’s, and the evaluation guide shows how to test two tools on your own pull requests.
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Frequently asked questions
How much does AI code review cost?
AI code review costs between $14 and $400 a month for 10 developers opening 100 pull requests a month, as of November 2026, with Claude Code Review far above that range at its research-preview average. A default-depth review on a usage-priced tool costs from $0.30 on HeyDeer to about $2.11 on Qodo, while seat prices run from $19 (Copilot Business) to $79.20 (cubic Pro) per developer a month, whatever the volume.
Which AI code review tools don’t charge per seat?
HeyDeer, Greptile Pro and Qodo Pro Team price AI code review by usage rather than by developer. HeyDeer charges one plan per workspace with unlimited developers, Greptile Pro sells prepaid credits shared by the organization, and Qodo Pro Team shares a monthly credit pack. Cursor Bugbot and Claude Code Review also bill usage, on top of a Cursor or Claude plan.
Does HeyDeer charge per seat?
HeyDeer charges per workspace. Every plan, including Free, covers unlimited developers and repositories, and the whole workspace shares one plan and credit balance, so adding teammates leaves the price unchanged. Reviews and fixes use credits for the work they do, and reviews of public repositories are free up to a fair-use limit.
How much does CodeRabbit cost per month?
CodeRabbit charges $24 per developer a month on Essentials and $48 on Team, billed annually, for each developer who opens pull requests, as of November 2026. Ten developers on Essentials pay $240 a month. Reviews per developer are rate-limited per hour, and public repositories are reviewed free.
How much does Claude Code Review cost per pull request?
Claude Code Review bills token usage per review for organizations on a Claude Team or Enterprise plan. Anthropic’s research-preview average was $15–$25 per review; the cost grows with the size of the change and the review settings.
Is usage-based AI code review cheaper than per-seat pricing?
Usage-based pricing usually costs less when many developers open a few pull requests each, such as teams with occasional contributors or coding agents doing much of the work. Per-seat pricing can cost less for a small team that runs many reviews per developer. Compare the monthly bill for your own pull request volume, including re-reviews after each push.
Do re-reviews cost extra on usage-based AI code review?
Re-reviews use credits on usage-based tools. On HeyDeer each review is charged for the work it does, and with Review only new changes on, the default, a later review covers only what changed since the last one. Choosing Once per PR or a lower maximum of automatic reviews keeps the count predictable.
