Does Cline have a free tier or trial?

Free-tier availability for Cline isn't confirmed in our tracker yet. Check the vendor pricing page for the current usage allowance.

Is Cline priced per seat or per usage?

Cline is priced per usage. There is no fixed seat fee — you are billed per token consumed.

How does Cline pricing compare to alternatives?

See side-by-side comparisons with SSO and governance and Not Cline on saaspricehub.io. Note that Cline bills on usage, so total cost depends on volume rather than seat count — normalise both tools to your expected monthly usage before comparing.

Has Cline changed its pricing recently?

No pricing changes recorded in the last 6 months of tracking.

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Developer & InfrastructurePublicPrices verified September 20, 2026

Cline

Cline · Developer & Infrastructure

Open-source autonomous coding agent that runs in VS Code as an extension. Cline itself is free — users bring their own LLM API key (Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Groq, OpenRouter, local models via Ollama). Cost is entirely determined by underlying LLM token usage. Popular with developers who want an agent-first coding experience but prefer to pay direct LLM costs rather than a marked-up subscription.

In other words, Cline is worth it for developers who already have LLM API access and want an autonomous coding agent without a subscription markup. The BYOK model is the differentiator — typical monthly cost is $5-50 in Claude Sonnet tokens depending on usage, which beats most $20-60/mo subscription tools if you're a light user. Heavy users can flip that math: Cursor's included credits often become cheaper at scale. Downside: no team features, no shared credits, no vendor to blame if something breaks.

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Pricing summary

Starting price

$0 / month

No monthly fees

Pricing model

Per Usage

Pay as you go

Key limit

Varies by plan

Depends on tier

Additional fees

Varies

2026-09-20 auto-check: entry remains $0 — the extension is still free, MIT-licensed and BYOK, 0% delta. STRUCTURAL CHANGE picked up: two tiers we did not track now exist. Teams was free through Q1 2026 and has since moved to $20/user/mo, though the first 10 seats stay permanently free; Enterprise is custom-quoted. Sources agreeing on the $20 Teams price: costbench.com/software/ai-coding-assistants/cline, comparedge.com/tools/cline-ai/pricing, checkthat.ai/brands/cline/pricing, fast.io/resources/cline-pricing-guide. Teams snapshotted at its $20 list price; note that the 10 free seats mean effective spend is $0 for most small teams, so the plotted line overstates real cost at low seat counts. No annual price is published for Teams — annual recorded equal to monthly rather than inventing a discount.

Free trial

No

Not applicable

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Alternatives to consider

Want a hosted product with team features? Cursor or Windsurf. Prefer subscription pricing predictability? Any of the above. Need enterprise SSO and governance? Not Cline — look at Sourcegraph Cody or Tabnine.

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Plan	Monthly	Annual	Key limit
Cline (extension)	Free	Free	free, MIT open source, BYOK — you pay model providers directly at wholesale rates, no platform markup (typical $5-50/mo in tokens)
TeamsEntry tier	$20	$20	per user/mo; first 10 seats permanently free, so small teams still pay $0
Enterprise	Custom	Custom	seat count + admin controls

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Price history

Price tracking is just getting started for Cline. Full history will build as we log changes. See what we have so far →

Common questions about Cline

Is Cline worth it?: Cline is worth it for developers who already have LLM API access and want an autonomous coding agent without a subscription markup. The BYOK model is the differentiator — typical monthly cost is $5-50 in Claude Sonnet tokens depending on usage, which beats most $20-60/mo subscription tools if you're a light user.
What are the pricing tiers of Cline?: Cline has 3 plans: Cline (extension) (free), Teams ($20/mo), Enterprise (custom).
How is Cline priced — per usage or subscription?: Cline is priced per usage. You pay for what you consume, not per seat.

Frequently asked questions

About Cline pricing.

Cline bills on usage, with paid plans from $20/month. The Teams tier includes per user/mo; first 10 seats permanently free, so small teams still pay $0. Real all-in cost may be higher depending on downstream models, telephony, or storage — see the full pricing breakdown on this page.