Kilo Pricing & Cheaper Ways to Pay
$0 open-source coding agent; Kilo Pass credits from $19/month, no markup
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What Kilo costs
We don't know of a live discount, trial or promo for Kilo right now. These are its normal prices.
- Open Source extension$0/month
VS Code, JetBrains and CLI; use local models or your own key
- Kilo Gateway$0/month
$0 base; pay provider rates with zero markup
- Kilo Pass Starter$19/month
Non-expiring balance plus monthly bonus credits
- Kilo Pass Pro$49/month
Up to 50% bonus credits
- Kilo Pass Expert$199/month
Up to 50% bonus credits
- Teams$15/month
Per user; analytics, shared modes, central billing
- EnterpriseCustom
Custom: SSO/SCIM, audit logs, SLA
Not in the US?
What changes where you live.
- Outside the US
- Same USD price; model costs depend on the provider
What Kilo does
Kilo is an open-source AI coding agent that runs inside VS Code, JetBrains, and the CLI, and connects to more than 500 AI models through one interface. It has a genuine $0/month free tier built on a rotating free model catalog plus bring-your-own-key routing for Mistral and Gemini, with paid Kilo Pass credits starting at $19/month once you need heavier or frontier-model usage.
- Kilo Gateway: 500+ models at exact provider rates, zero markup
- Free model catalog with about a dozen active free models
- BYOK support for Mistral, Gemini, and other providers
- Shared context across VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and cloud agents
- Auto Model routing that picks a model per task
- Subagent delegation for larger jobs
- MCP support for connecting external tools
- Slack integration with shared agent context
Alternatives to Kilo
What else does the job, and what it costs.
| Tool | Why people look at it | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Cline | Similar open-source agent with a flat add-on instead of a credit balance | Price: $0 base, ClinePass $9.99/month |
| Cursor | One flat subscription, no credit balance to manage | Price: from $20/month |
| GitHub Copilot | The simplest flat monthly fee with no usage tracking | Price: from $10/month |
| Google Antigravity | A full agent IDE from Google rather than an editor extension | Price: $0 to start |
Questions about Kilo
What does Kilo Code really cost?
The extension is $0. Models bill through your own API key, or through Kilo Gateway / Kilo Pass at provider rates with no markup. Kilo Pass balances start at $19 a month and don't expire.
Is there a student discount?
Not on Kilo's official pricing page as of our check. Kilo Pass adds bonus credits on top of what you load.
Is Kilo cheaper than Cursor or Copilot?
For light use it is usually cheaper, since you pay only for tokens used. There is no flat cap, so heavy use can cost more than a $10 to $20 subscription.
