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tool: "Cline"
slug: "cline"
category: "Developer & Infrastructure"
pricing_model: "Per Usage"
pricing_transparency: "Public"
entry_price_monthly: 0
entry_price_annual: 0
annual_discount_pct: 0
native_currency: "USD"
free_plan_available: false
free_trial_days: null
enterprise_pricing_available: false
number_of_plans: 3
key_limit_metric: null
last_checked_date: "2026-09-20"
last_manually_verified: null
verification_status: "Auto-Verified"
vendor_pricing_page: "https://cline.bot/pricing"
vendor_website: "https://cline.bot"
source: https://saaspricehub.io/tools/cline
---

# Cline pricing

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.

## Current entry price

**$0/month** billed monthly. **$0/month** billed annually.

## All tiers

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

## Pricing model

- **Model:** Per Usage
- **Key limit metric:** Not specified
- **Free plan:** No
- **Free trial:** No separate trial
- **Enterprise pricing:** Not offered
- **Native currency:** USD

## Verification

- **Last automated check:** 2026-09-20
- **Last manual verification:** Not manually verified
- **Verification status:** Auto-Verified
- **Source:** https://cline.bot/pricing

## Recommendation

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.

## Alternative 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.

## Vendor context

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.

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*Pricing data maintained by SaaS Price Hub. Human-readable page: [https://saaspricehub.io/tools/cline](https://saaspricehub.io/tools/cline). All prices in USD unless otherwise noted. This file is machine-readable and updated within 24 hours of any tracked price change.*