Critique vs CodeRabbit.
CodeRabbit is an AI code review tool that posts line-level feedback on every pull request and summaries for reviewers. It prices per developer per month, runs primarily on a fixed vendor stack, and is popular with small to mid-sized GitHub teams.
Quick answer
CodeRabbit is a polished, single-model review bot sold per developer seat. Critique is a multi-model, credit-metered review pipeline: every PR runs through a scout, a lead model, and specialist sub-agents you can swap at will. If your team cares about model choice, audit transparency, or a free chat lane alongside automated review, Critique is the better fit.
Critique
Multi-model agentic code review for GitHub. Scout + lead + specialist sub-agents on every PR. Credit pool pricing from $12/mo, shared across the team.
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CodeRabbit
Per-seat pricing scales linearly with team size. A 12-person team on CodeRabbit Pro lands around $180–288/mo. The equivalent Pro plan on Critique is $35/mo shared across the team for 2,000 credits (~400 reviews).
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| Capability | Critique | CodeRabbit |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model | Credit pool (team-shared) | Per developer seat |
| Starting price | $12 / month (Standard) · $5 / month student | ~$15–24 / dev / month |
| Model routing | 20+ frontier models as lead or sub-agent, user-selectable | Fixed vendor stack |
| Specialist sub-agents | Security, tests, architecture, performance specialists on every PR | One-pass review with summary |
| Free chat lane | Critique Chat free for signed-in users; does not burn review credits | Chat features gated or paid |
| Fix agent | Remedy applies patches, runs validation, opens follow-up PRs | Comment-only in most tiers |
| Repository indexing | 2 free slots + unlimited for students/OSS | Organization-tier perk |
| Student / OSS | $5/mo with unlimited indexing and referral perks | Limited free OSS tier |
| Credit transparency | Every review shows lead + sub-agent + depth math | Seat = unlimited, cost hidden |
| Multi-language depth | Polyglot with hybrid retrieval (Python, TS, Go, Rust, Java, Kotlin, Swift, Solidity, Terraform, etc.) | Top mainstream languages strong; rarer stacks weaker |
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Why teams pick Critique
- You want to route different PRs through different lead models (e.g. GPT-5.4 for architecture PRs, Kimi K2.6 for cheap high-throughput).
- Your team is cost-sensitive but PR volume is bursty — credits flex; seats do not.
- You need a free chat lane for repo Q&A that does not eat into review budget.
- You want an explicit fix agent (Remedy) that can actually land patches, not just comment.
- You are a student or OSS maintainer and $5/mo with unlimited indexing matters.
When CodeRabbit is the right pick
- Your entire engineering team fits in the free tier and will never hit overage.
- You strongly prefer a single-vendor, single-model setup with no configuration surface.
- Your workflow is heavily tied to CodeRabbit's IDE integrations specifically.
Questions teams ask us.
01Is Critique a good alternative to CodeRabbit?
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CodeRabbit is a polished, single-model review bot sold per developer seat. Critique is a multi-model, credit-metered review pipeline: every PR runs through a scout, a lead model, and specialist sub-agents you can swap at will. If your team cares about model choice, audit transparency, or a free chat lane alongside automated review, Critique is the better fit.
02What does Critique cost compared to CodeRabbit?
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Per-seat pricing scales linearly with team size. A 12-person team on CodeRabbit Pro lands around $180–288/mo. The equivalent Pro plan on Critique is $35/mo shared across the team for 2,000 credits (~400 reviews). Critique's public pricing: Standard $12/mo, Pro $35/mo, Ultra $129/mo (all credit-pool, team-shared). Student and OSS maintainers get $5/mo with unlimited repository indexing.
03Which models does Critique use that CodeRabbit does not?
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Critique routes 20+ frontier and mid-tier LLMs — GPT-5.4, Claude Opus 4.7, Gemini 3 Pro, Kimi K2.6, GLM-5, Grok 4, and more — as either the lead reviewer or specialist sub-agents on every PR. You pick which model drives each run; Critique handles caching, fallback, and credit accounting.
04Can I use Critique alongside CodeRabbit?
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Yes. Many teams keep CodeRabbit for its unique strength (see "When CodeRabbit is the right pick" below) and add Critique as the multi-model review layer on every PR for independent coverage. Install the Critique GitHub App; it does not conflict with other review bots.
05How do I switch from another review tool to Critique?
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Install the Critique GitHub App on your organisation, pick the repos you want reviewed, optionally import your existing review policy (language, severity floor, custom instructions), and keep your current tool running in shadow for a week to compare findings. Most teams archive the older tool within two sprints.
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See Critique on your own repo.
Create an account, try Critique Chat for free on any repo you have access to, and install the GitHub App on a single repo to see the multi-agent review panel in action before rolling out.