Kodus vs Propel
Kodus is the open-source PR review agent Kody: Teams around $10 per developer per month (about $8 billed annually), self-hosted version free under AGPLv3, bring-your-own API key for models, covering GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOps, with natural-language custom review rules, per the current record; note the Teams price is not the whole bill, as model API usage is extra. Propel calls itself an AI Tech Lead: it reviews pull requests by understanding architecture, codebase and policies, learning team coding patterns. Per the official pricing page reviewed on 2026-11-01, the Starter plan costs $24 per developer per month billed annually; the old draft's around $30 per user per month third-party figure is corrected to this verified annual figure, and the monthly-billing price was not verified. We ran no hands-on test and do not judge review quality. Budget-sensitive teams wanting bring-your-own models or self-hosting look at Kodus; teams wanting an out-of-the-box architecture-aware reviewer look at Propel, after checking its higher-tier pricing.
| Decision point | Kodus | Propel |
|---|---|---|
| Best suited to | Engineering teams that want AI code review without per-seat SaaS lock-in | Engineering teams that want architecture-aware pull request review |
| Plans and cost | Teams: $10 per developer/month billed monthly ($8 billed annually), plus your own model API costs. Self-hosted: free under AGPLv3. Pricing per vendor comparison pages checked October 2026; confirm on kodus.io. | Verified on the official pricing page reviewed on 2026-11-01: the Starter plan costs $24 per developer per month, billed annually. Recheck official pricing before purchase. |
| Limitations | Bring-your-own-model means the $8-10/dev/month Teams price is not the whole bill - your model API usage is extra. Self-hosted AGPLv3 is free but you operate it. Kodus rebranded its site around Orbital | The reviewed pricing page shows annual billing with a save-20% note; only the Starter annual figure was adopted, and the monthly-billing price was not verified. |
Use the same input
A 10-person team wants every PR on GitHub auto-reviewed, with non-technical managers seeing weekly code activity.
What a successful result must preserve
Review coverage (four platforms vs GitHub-first), bring-your-own-model ability, price including separately billed model costs for Kodus, and extras, using currently verified figures only.
Evidence and test status
Comparison of the vendors' published positioning and the current tool records reviewed 2026-11-01/02. No hands-on test was run; no quality winner is declared.
- Kodus — Kodus | Open Source AI Code Review ↗
- Propel — Official pricing page ↗ (reviewed 2026-11-01)