AI Code Review Tools

Tools that review pull requests automatically with LLMs, usually as a GitHub/GitLab app that comments inline and suggests fixes. Status and plans re-checked on vendor pages on 2026-10-02 (unchanged from 2026-09-30 for the five original tools); vendor performance claims are not independently verified.

ToolStatus / ownershipPricing (vendor page)
CodeRabbitIndependent; vendor claims 17K customers and 6M repositories (not re-checked); GitHub and GitLab, plus IDE/CLI reviews and Slack/Discord agentsEssentials, Team and Advanced tiers per developer (annual or monthly billing); Enterprise custom; free for public repos; 14-day trial; usage-based reviews per reviewed file
GitHub Copilot code reviewPart of github-copilot; Pro, Pro+, Max, Business, Enterprise; also VS Code, JetBrains, Xcode, Azure DevOps (preview)Billed in AI Credits (Lite and Balanced review tiers) plus GitHub Actions minutes
greptileIndependent; full-codebase graph contextFree Starter (1 dev); Pro per seat with 50 credits, extra credits purchasable; free for qualified open source
graphiteCursor announced a definitive agreement to acquire it on 2025-12-19; product stays independent (no closing announced as of 2026-10-02; Wikipedia still lists the deal as pending); stacked PRs plus AI reviewsHobby free; Starter; Team per user (unlimited AI reviews)
Qodo (qodo)Independent; agentic PR review with rules system, GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket/AzurePro Team (up to 30 users, credit-based); Enterprise for 30+ users; 14-day trial
Cursor Bugbot (cursor)Part of Cursor; reviews PRs on GitHub (incl. Enterprise Server), GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps; also via Cursor CLI/agentsUsage-based (rates on Cursor pricing page, not captured)
Claude Code Review (Claude Code)Anthropic; research preview for Team and Enterprise; multi-agent review on GitHub PRs, tuned with CLAUDE.md / REVIEW.md; local /code-review command on any planToken-billed through usage credits (vendor docs)

Observations

  • Billing is moving to usage/credit models (Copilot, Greptile, Qodo, Bugbot, Claude Code Review) rather than flat per-seat.
  • Review is converging with coding agents: Cursor cloud agents now appear inside Graphite, and Copilot review can open fix PRs (preview).
  • Reviewers complement, not replace, human review; rules files (AGENTS.md-style instructions, see agents-md) steer what they flag.
  • Greptile - dedicated note for the Greptile reviewer

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