Warp vs TRAE
Plans, free access, limits and intended use side by side, taken from each vendor’s own pages. No score and no winner: the facts show where the two differ.
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Terminal with a built-in coding agent, an agent CLI for other terminals, and cloud agents billed in dollars of usage
Budget dollars of model usage, not messages
- Free access
- Warp: Free access
- TRAE: Free access
- Paid from
- Warp: USD 20 per month
- TRAE: USD 3 per month in the US
- Plans listed
- Warp: 5
- TRAE: 5
- Public API
- Warp: Yes
- TRAE: Not confirmed
Where Warp and TRAE differ
- Open sourceOnly Warp is open source.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Warp | Fact | TRAE |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableFree · USD 0 outside the US |
| USD 20 per monthBuild · or $18/month billed annually | Lowest listed paid plan | USD 3 per month in the USLite · $2.25 a month billed yearly; $8 per month in 12 listed countries |
| Free $0 (pay-as-you-go agent usage or own API key); Build $20/month; Max $200/month; Business $50/user/month; Enterprise custom | Pricing model | Free plan; Pro $20/month ($10 in the US) |
| 5 | Plans listedSame | 5 |
| Yes | Public API | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Yes | Open sourceDiffers | No |
| What it is for | ||
| Developers who work in the terminal and want an agent there, paid per use or through their own API key | Built for | Agentic coding in a desktop IDE on a metered budget |
| Coding | CategorySame | Coding |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026 | Pricing checkSame | Prices confirmed · Oct 2, 2026 |
Official source check for both tools. No hands-on testing and no score: “Differs” marks a documented difference, not a better tool.
Plans and prices
Warp
Prices confirmed · Oct 24, 2026- FreeUSD 0
- BuildUSD 20 per monthor $18 per month billed annually
- MaxUSD 200 per monthor $180 per month billed annually
- BusinessUSD 50 per user per monthor $45 billed annually
- EnterpriseCustom pricing
TRAE
Prices confirmed · Oct 2, 2026- FreeUSD 0 outside the US
- LiteUSD 3 per month in the USUSD 2.25 a month billed yearly; $8 per month in 12 listed countries
- ProUSD 20 per month outside the USUSD 200 billed yearly; $10 per month in the US · $7.50 a month billed yearly
- Pro+USD 60 per month outside the USUSD 600 billed yearly; $30 per month in the US · $22.50 a month billed yearly
- UltraUSD 200 per month outside the USUSD 2,000 billed yearly; $100 per month in the US · $75 a month billed yearly
Strengths and limits
Warp
Strengths
- Free terminal: The terminal and Agent CLI need no subscription; ordinary shell commands never use agent usage.
- Open source client: Warp's client source is public under AGPL v3, and the docs publish the full list of telemetry events.
- Own key on Free: Individuals and companies of 10 or fewer employees can bring an OpenAI, Anthropic or Google key on every plan, including Free.
Limits to plan around
- No bundled agent usage on Free: Free-plan purchases carry a premium: $12 buys $10 of usage.
- Billing unit in transition: Self-serve accounts moved from credits to dollars, and the pricing page still mixes both.
- Included usage expires monthly: Unused included usage does not roll over, even on annual plans.
TRAE
Strengths
- A free way to start: Outside the US, Free includes Auto mode, a limited allowance and 5,000 autocompletions a month; first-time US subscribers get a one-time 7-day Pro trial.
- Itemized usage records: The Usage page lists each charge with the model, time and amount deducted.
- Prorated refund on upgrades: Moving to a higher tier refunds the unused share of the old plan automatically.
Limits to plan around
- A budget, not unlimited use: Paid plans include a fixed dollar allowance; heavy agent work needs a higher tier or pay-as-you-go.
- Chats may train models by default: Chat content, code snippets and outputs can be used for training unless Privacy mode is on while signed in.
- Plans and prices differ by region: Subscriptions are sold only in listed countries, Lite in fewer still, and US visitors see a separate price list without a Free card.
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