Cline

Open-source agent for the editor, terminal, and desktop.

Cline's pricing page says the open-source extension is free and that you pay for model inference, either with your own API keys or with Cline credits. ClinePass is an optional $9.99/month subscription for selected open models. Enterprise is the tier that lists SSO, audit logs, and a team dashboard. The GitHub repository is Apache 2.0.

Checked 15 Oct 2026 · Official site

Pricing

As of 15 Oct 2026.

Pricing tiers for Cline
Tier	Price	Billing	What the page states
Open source	$0 for the tool	No seat fee. Inference is separate.	VS Code extension CLI Client-side architecture Own API keys or Cline usage billing
ClinePass	$9.99/month	Optional monthly subscription.	2–5x usage versus standard API rates on selected open models Separate provider from usage-billing 5-hour, weekly, and monthly usage limits
Enterprise	Unknown	Contact. Dollar price not on the pricing page.	JetBrains extension listed here SSO SLA Dedicated support Centralized billing Role-based access Team dashboard Audit logs

The open-source tier has no seat fee. Inference is usage-based or bring-your-own-key.
ClinePass is $9.99/month and is optional. Docs say it offers 2–5x the usage of standard API rates on selected open coding models.
The pricing page does not publish a dollar price for Enterprise.
The pricing page lists the JetBrains extension under enterprise features. The GitHub README also links a public JetBrains Marketplace install. Both statements are recorded. This page does not guess which one a buyer will get.

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Feature matrix

Features for Cline
Price
Published from	Tool $0source No seat fee. Optional ClinePass is $9.99/month. Inference is extra if you do not bring a key.
Free tier	Yessource The extension is free. Inference is not.
Product
Open source	Yessource Apache License 2.0 on the GitHub repository. The pricing page also calls the individual tier open source.
Agent edits code	Yessource The overview says Cline can read and write files, run commands, and use a browser, with approval on each action.
Inline completion	Unknownsource The overview does not describe inline tab completion.
Surfaces
CLI	Yessource CLI is listed on the open-source tier.
Models
Bring your own key	Yessource The FAQ says you can bring API keys from OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others.
MCP	In release notessource v4.1.24 says an MCP server or hook that exits early no longer crashes the extension host. A plan-by-plan support matrix was not on the pricing page.
Surfaces
Cloud agent	Unknownsource The pricing page does not describe a hosted cloud agent that edits a remote VM.
Price
Team or enterprise admin	Enterprisesource Enterprise lists SSO, a team dashboard, RBAC, and audit logs. The price is not published.

Models

The pricing FAQ names provider keys for OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, and others, and lists providers including Anthropic, Gemini, OpenAI, OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex, Groq, Cerebras, Vercel AI Gateway, and DeepSeek. ClinePass docs list GLM-5.3, GLM-5.3 Flash, Kimi K3, DeepSeek V4 Pro, DeepSeek V4.1 Flash, MiMo-V2.5, MiMo-V2.5-Pro, MiniMax M3, Muse Spark 1.3 Contributor, Qwen3.8 Max, Qwen3.7 Max, and Qwen3.7 Plus. The v4.1.24 notes say that with no model chosen, the Cline and OpenRouter providers use Claude Sonnet 5.5.

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Platforms

VS Code extension and CLI. Named on the open-source pricing tier and in the docs overview. source
Desktop app for macOS and Windows. The GitHub README says to download the desktop app for macOS and Windows. Linux desktop is not named in that line. source
JetBrains. Pricing lists the JetBrains extension on Enterprise. The README links the JetBrains Marketplace plugin. source

Changelog

13 Oct 2026

Cline — Cline v4.1.24

With no model selected, the Cline and OpenRouter providers use Claude Sonnet 5.5. The notes also add Claude Haiku 5.5 to the catalog and say turning reasoning off no longer fails on GPT-6 Astra, GPT-6.1 Sol, Claude Fable 5, or Claude Opus 5.5.

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