Comparison · Cline Bot Inc.

TODO for AI
vs Cline

By Marcell Havlik, founder of TODO for AI · Updated

Open-source VS Code agent extension, bring your own keys, plan and act modes. Here is where each one wins, with numbers, and who should pick which.

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FactClineTODO for AI
InterfaceIDE extensionWeb, desktop, mobile, CLI, IDE (Zed, JetBrains, VS Code), voice
ModelsAny provider (BYOK)Claude, GPT, Gemini, Grok and other supported models
SourceOpenEdge + CLI public
Starts atFreeFree
Facts verified 2026-09-15. Pricing is public list price.

Key takeaways

  • Models. Cline model choice: Any provider (BYOK). TODO for AI includes Claude, GPT, Gemini and Grok on paid plans. Pick the model for each job; let another review the result.
  • Benchmark. TODO for AI scored 91.0% on Terminal-Bench 2.1 with Opus 5.5 (high) (own harness, 81/89 tasks, 2026-10-26; not an official leaderboard submission).
  • Price. Cline pricing: Free extension. Tokens billed by your provider. TODO for AI has a free plan (Claude Sonnet only), then Starter $20, Pro $100 or Ultra $200 a month with the supported multi-vendor catalog.
  • Shared business work. TODO for AI: Your whole team and its AI agents, on one board. Shared company context, brand voice and memory. AI working in your connected tools, signed-in browser and machines.
  • Included usage. One shared pool of credits, with the cloud VM and browser included. Personal session and weekly limits apply. Credit usage depends on the model; see the pricing page for plan details.
  • Who should pick which. Pick Cline if you want an open agent inside VS Code. Pick TODO for AI if you want tasks to keep running after you close the editor.
Multi-vendor
models, vs any provider (byok)
Your machines
PC, cloud VM, real Chrome
Any CLI
is an integration, not just MCP
Free
from, vs Free
Architecture at a glance
Cline
Models
AnthropicOpenAIGoogleAny provider (BYOK)
Runs in
IDE extension
Where it lives
Your laptop, while open
Produces
Code
PRs
SEO
Email
Ads
TODO for AI
Models
AnthropicOpenAIGooglexAIDeepSeekSupported vendors
Cross-vendor review
Runs in
Your PC
Cloud VM
Real Chrome
Your IDE
Voice
Where it lives
Always-on cloud VM · vault · your logins
Produces
Code
SEO
Email
Ads
Social
CRM
Struck-through outputs are outside Cline's scope. TODO for AI runs the same models plus the rest, from a machine that stays on.
Positioning

Where our product fits

Where the work lives

One board for the company’s work.
People decide. Agents do the work.

Your whole team and its AI agents, on one board. Shared company context, brand voice and memory. AI working in your connected tools, signed-in browser and machines.

Chase the invoice. Ship the website update. Prepare the report. Fix the code. Every task keeps its request, contributors and result together, ready for the next colleague or agent to pick up.

Keep Cline where it fits. Bring the rest of the company’s backlog here.

Plans and usage limits
Context

What Cline is, and where it stops

Cline is the most popular open agent inside VS Code. Plan and act modes, strong MCP support, any model through your own keys. For a developer who wants an agent without leaving the editor and without a closed vendor, it is a sensible default.

Its limits are the editor's limits. It runs while VS Code runs, on your machine, on your tokens. There is no cloud, no browser automation beyond what an MCP server gives you, and no concept of a team.

VS Code users who want an open agent with their own keys.
Why people switch

Three reasons Cline users look elsewhere

01
Editor bound

Tasks stop when the editor closes. Nothing runs overnight or on a schedule.

02
Token costs on frontier models

Bring your own key means bring your own bill, and agentic loops on Opus add up quickly.

03
Code only

Marketing, SEO, email and ops are out of scope.

Scores

Six dimensions that decide it

Six dimensions, 0 to 5
Cline 15/30TODO for AI 28/30
Model freedom5 · 5 /5
Which vendors and models you can run
Long-running work1 · 5 /5
Persistent machine, scheduling, parallel tasks
Beyond code1 · 5 /5
Marketing, ops, browser, email, not only repos
Openness5 · 4 /5
Source available, self-host, extend
Team & permissions1 · 5 /5
Roles, pooled usage, tool approvals
Cost predictability2 · 4 /5
Included usage, limits and additional charges
Feature by feature

How does Cline compare to TODO for AI, feature by feature?

TODO for AI vs Cline, feature by feature. Verified 2026-09-15.
FeatureClineTODO for AI
Persistent cloud VM
A hosted workspace with persistent files, separate from the machines you connect.
No
Yes
Model choice
Any (BYOK)
Supported models across vendors
Cross-vendor review
Review GPT output with Claude, or the other way around.
No
Yes
Drives your real browser
Browser extension (Chrome, Firefox) plus cloud browsers.
No
Yes
Business tasks, not only code
SEO, email, ads, social, CRM via CLI tools.
No
Yes
Any CLI as an integration
MCP
Any binary
Voice control
No
Yes
People and agents on one board
Colleagues and agents work the same list. Items show who contributed and which agent ran them; filter the board by person.
No
Yes
Many agents, each configured
Each agent gets its own model, prompt, tools and permissions. Runs remain subject to usage limits.
One agent
Configured per task
Projects for the whole company
Engineering, marketing, ops, finance: separate projects and agents, one team and one bill.
No
Unlimited, shared
Team roles and usage
Pooling is not exclusive to TODO for AI. A shared budget does not remove personal session or weekly limits.
No
Shared credits, per-seat limits
Tool permissions
Basic
Allow, approve, block
Open runtime
Yes
Edge + CLI public
Pricing

What it costs

Cline
Free

Free extension. Tokens billed by your provider.

TODO for AI
Free

Hobby free (Sonnet only), Starter $20, Pro $100, Ultra $200. Paid plans include the supported multi-vendor model catalog.

Verdict

Bottom line

Our take
Cline is a good open agent for VS Code. TODO for AI is the place to send the work that should not depend on your editor being open, with supported models on one credit budget.