Auto Free routes you to free models through Kilo Gateway where available. Kilo Code is an open-source AI coding agent with extensions for VS Code and JetBrains plus a CLI. The platform plan is free for individuals, and AI inference is billed separately: you can use Auto Free, which routes to free models where available, bring your own provider keys, run local models with Ollama or LM Studio, or pay provider rates through the Kilo Gateway. Teams is $15 per user a month. A credit purchase carries a 5% processing fee. Reviews are mixed. A G2 reviewer values having no vendor lock-in, while Trustpilot reviewers report loops, heavy token use and a declined refund, and a Reddit poster loved the quality but found API usage too expensive.
Free tier quotas
Platform plan
Free and open source for individuals. Usage is billed separately
Interfaces
Open-source VS Code, JetBrains and CLI extensions
Free models
Auto Free routes to free models through Kilo Gateway where available
Your own keys
Bring your own Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Azure, AWS Bedrock or other provider keys
Local models
Run local models with Ollama or LM Studio
Gateway
Pay-as-you-go hosted inference at exact provider rates, with a 5% credit purchase processing fee
Not in the free tier
Shared agents, centralized billing and analytics start on Teams, $15 per user a month
Last sniffed Oct 11, 2026. Always confirm on the official pricing page.
👍 Good boy
+The platform plan is free and the extensions are open source, so you can use free or local models at no model cost.
+A G2 reviewer at a small web agency said the biggest win is the total lack of vendor lock-in.
+Pricing says inference stays at provider rates with no markup, and the gateway supports 500+ models across 60+ providers.
+A Reddit poster who found API usage too expensive still said the quality and accuracy are top-notch and that it handles tough coding problems better than most tools they tried.
+A r/kilocode poster who is a game studio product owner said they were blown away by their first naive use.
👎 Watch out
−Trustpilot reviewers describe it getting stuck in loops and spending lots of tokens for poor results.
−A Trustpilot reviewer wrote that support declined a refund, pointing to the user agreement and the rule that any usage disqualifies refunds.
−A Trustpilot reviewer claimed Kilo Code is 10x more expensive than GitHub Copilot in VS Code. That is one reviewer's experience, not a measured comparison.
−A r/CLine comparison thread listed slow sequential execution of multi-step plans and high token use among its drawbacks.
−Free models are available only where offered, so the quality and supply of Auto Free can change.
−G2 shows only 4 reviews, so its 4.9 rating is a tiny sample.
The catch
Kilo separates three costs: the platform plan (free for individuals), AI inference and cloud compute. Inference is where the money goes, so choose Auto Free, a local model or your own key if you want to keep it near zero.
Buying credits through Kilo Gateway carries a 5% processing fee. Kilo Pass is $19 a month and up for bonus credits.
Trustpilot reviewers report token-hungry loops and a refund refusal after use. Reddit and G2 reviewers are more positive, and the G2 sample is only 4 reviews.
The pricing page does not state commercial-use terms or a card requirement for the free tier, so both are left as unknown.
What’s included
✓VS Code, JetBrains and CLI extensions
✓Agentic coding assistant
✓Code completion and generation
✓Auto Model routing
✓Auto Free routing to free models
✓Bring your own keys
✓Local models via Ollama and LM Studio
✓Kilo Gateway with 500+ models
✓Cloud agents and code review billed per hour
✓Open source
Free tier value
Generosity
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Estimated value
A free open-source agent with free-model and bring-your-own-key options
Feature parity
Free: open-source VS Code, JetBrains and CLI extensions, Auto Free, bring your own key or local.
Screenshots
Kilo homepageKilo Code pricing page
Paid plans
Teams, $15 per user per month
Usage analytics, AI adoption score, shared custom agents, centralized billing, shared BYOK, team management, data privacy controls and priority support. A 14-day Enterprise trial is offered.
Enterprise, custom
Model and provider limits, audit logs, SSO, OIDC and SCIM, SLA commitments and dedicated support channels.
Kilo Pass, from $19 per month
A monthly AI credit subscription with up to 50% bonus credits. Tiers are Starter $19, Pro $49 and Expert $199.
Cloud compute, usage based
Code Review $0.33 an hour, Cloud Agent Small $0.60 an hour, Standard $1.20 an hour, billed per second.
Common questions
Is Kilo Code free?
The platform plan and extensions are free. Inference is billed separately unless you use free models, local models or your own keys.
What is Auto Free?
It routes work to free models through Kilo Gateway where available.
Is there a fee on credits?
Credit purchases carry a 5% processing fee.
Can I use my own API keys?
Yes. Individuals can bring keys from Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Azure, AWS Bedrock and others.
Change history
Checked October 22, 2026
Pricing read from the Kilo pricing page. Review evidence from Trustpilot, G2 and Reddit search excerpts. Commercial use and card requirement left as unknown.
