Kilo Code vs Gemma 4
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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Open-source AI coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal and the cloud, with free models, your own keys or pay-as-you-go credits
Open weights you run and license yourself
- Free access
- Kilo Code: Free access
- Gemma 4: Free access
- Paid from
- Kilo Code: USD 0.33 to $1.20 per hour
- Gemma 4: No fixed price listed
- Plans listed
- Kilo Code: 9
- Gemma 4: 1
- Public API
- Kilo Code: Not confirmed
- Gemma 4: Yes
Where Kilo Code and Gemma 4 differ
- Pricing checkPrices confirmed for Kilo Code; pricing review due for Gemma 4.
- PlansKilo Code lists 9 plans and Gemma 4 lists 1.
Head to head
Each value from the tool’s profile and the vendor’s own pages
| Kilo Code | Fact | Gemma 4 |
|---|---|---|
| Access and price | ||
| Free access availableFree and open source · USD 0 | Free accessSame | Free access availableOpen weights (Apache 2.0) · 0 |
| USD 0.33 to $1.20 per hourCloud compute · billed per second | Lowest listed paid plan | No fixed price listed |
| Free open-source agent; models paid separately (free, own keys or credits); Kilo Pass from $19/month; Teams $15/user/month | Pricing model | Free open weights (Apache 2.0); you supply the hardware |
| 9 | Plans listedDiffers | 1 |
| Not confirmed | Public API | Yes |
| Not confirmed | Card to start | Not confirmed |
| Not confirmed | Open source | Yes |
| What it is for | ||
| Developers who want one open-source coding agent across editor, terminal and cloud, and are comfortable managing model spend separately from the tool | Built for | Running an open model locally for code and text work |
| Coding | CategorySame | Coding |
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| How current | ||
| Profile sources checked | ||
| Prices confirmed · Nov 5, 2026 | Pricing checkDiffers | Pricing review due · Sep 29, 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
Kilo Code
Prices confirmed · Nov 5, 2026- Free and open sourceUSD 0
- Auto Free, BYOK or localUSD 0 a month
- Kilo GatewayUSD 0 a month plus usage
- Kilo Pass StarterUSD 19 per month
- Kilo Pass ProUSD 49 per month
Show 4 more plans
- Kilo Pass ExpertUSD 199 per month
- TeamsUSD 15 per user per month
- EnterpriseCustom
- Cloud computeUSD 0.33 to $1.20 per hourbilled per second
Strengths and limits
Kilo Code
Strengths
- Free open-source clients: The VS Code extension, JetBrains plugin and CLI are MIT-licensed and free to install, with no mandatory subscription for individuals.
- Many ways to pay for models: Free models, local models, your own provider keys or Gateway credits at provider rates, so you can avoid Kilo inference spend entirely.
- Several surfaces, one agent: The same agent is offered in VS Code, JetBrains, the terminal, the cloud and Slack, and cloud sessions can be resumed locally per the FAQ.
Limits to plan around
- Total cost is not one number: Platform, model inference, a 5% processing fee on top-ups and cloud compute are billed as separate parts, so a monthly bill has to be assembled.
- Cloud compute is extra even with your own keys: The pricing FAQ says bringing your own keys covers model inference, not the container that runs a cloud agent.
- Paid credits expire: Paid credits, including automatic top-ups, expire one calendar year after purchase; the 5% processing fee is non-refundable.
Gemma 4
Strengths
- Permissive license: Apache 2.0 allows commercial use, modification and redistribution without a separate Gemma agreement.
- Runs offline: Downloaded weights work without an account or network connection once installed.
- Published memory table: Google lists approximate memory for every size at 16-bit, 8-bit and 4-bit precision.
Limits to plan around
- Hardware is your cost: The 31B model needs 17.5 GB even at 4-bit, before context memory.
- No paid hosted tier on the Gemini API: The pricing page lists only a free tier, and free-tier content is used to improve Google products.
- Older training data: The pre-training data has a January 2025 cutoff, so later events need to be supplied in the prompt.
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