What AI code review actually costs
In 2026 code review got a meter, right as coding agents multiplied PR volume. Here is the sticker price against the documented bill, every figure sourced.
Sticker price against the real bill.
GitZoid
$19 flat · whole team · up to 50 repos
GitHub Copilot code reviewBlocks reviews
Sticker
$10 to $100
a month for individuals, plus per-user Business and Enterprise
Documented bill
$180
projected for one month by a user dashboard, per press
How it actually bills
Two meters since June 2026: AI Credits ($0.01 each, shared with chat and agents) plus Actions minutes on private repos. Credits never roll over.
Documented real-world cost
822 credits gone in one request (54% of a monthly quota). Press projected a $180 June bill.
When the budget runs out
Reviews are blocked when the credit budget is hit, per GitHub's docs.
Cursor BugbotKeeps billing
Sticker
$1 to $1.50
a run, staff stated. No seat fee, no published rate card
Documented bill
$150 to $200+
a month projected on 20 PRs, from a user's own math
How it actually bills
Per run, and a run fires on every PR update by default. No published rate card. Migration off the old $40 seat is typically one-way.
Documented real-world cost
A single PR can trigger 7 to 10 runs. 20 PRs a month projects to $150 to $200+ on top of Cursor.
When the budget runs out
Open-ended. On Individual plans it drains your coding usage, then bills on-demand.
Devin Review (Cognition)Keeps billing
Sticker
$80 + $40
Teams base plus each dev. Individual Pro $20, Max $200
Documented bill
None published
their own post: costs should not feel open-ended
How it actually bills
A usage allowance, then extra at API pricing. They moved the default trigger from every commit to on PR open to contain cost.
Documented real-world cost
Their own words: they do not want review costs to feel open-ended or hard to reason about.
When the budget runs out
Open-ended. Extra usage billed at API pricing.
GreptileSkips reviews
Sticker
$30
a seat a month, 50 credits included, then $1 a review
Documented bill
$300
a month for a 10-dev team before overage, our math
How it actually bills
50 credits per seat, 1 per review (TREX costs 3), then $1 each. Sold unlimited at $30 until March 2026, then metered.
Documented real-world cost
A 10-dev team is $300/mo before any overage (our math from their rates).
When the budget runs out
Past a flex-usage dollar cap, Greptile skips extra reviews. Included ones still run. No cap means $1 each, open-ended.
QodoBills to your cap
Sticker
$30
Pro Team a month (up to 30 users), plus credit packs
Documented bill
$1.67
a review, worked out from their own pack sizing
How it actually bills
Credit-metered at $0.012 each, pooled. Bigger PRs cost more. Credits expire monthly, no rollover.
Documented real-world cost
Their own pack sizing works out to about $1.67 a review, well above the $30 sticker.
When the budget runs out
Overage keeps billing to a cap you set. When the trial ends, reviews pause until you pick a plan.
MacroscopeAuto-refills
Sticker
$0.05/KB
of diff reviewed, $0.50 minimum a review
Documented bill
$0.50 to $35
a review in their own examples, small fix to large refactor
How it actually bills
Prepaid balance with auto-refill. Every customer was migrated off the old $30 seat by April 2026.
Documented real-world cost
Their own examples: small fix $0.50, medium feature $1.50, large refactor $35.
When the budget runs out
Auto-refill keeps spend going. Default caps: $10 a review, $50 a PR.
EllipsisPauses agents
Sticker
2x tokens
usage priced, with a platform fee equal to token cost
Documented bill
$0.74
a review in their own example, half of it the fee
How it actually bills
Exited flat review. Tokens at cost, plus CPU and memory meters, plus a platform fee equal to 100% of token usage. Effective token cost doubles.
Documented real-world cost
Their own example: a $0.74 review is $0.37 tokens plus a $0.37 fee.
When the budget runs out
Agents pause until the next cycle once the cap is hit.
CubicUpgrade wall
Sticker
$30 to $99
a dev a month, with reviewed-lines caps per tier
Documented bill
None published
and no price published for lines beyond the cap
How it actually bills
Seat price plus a reviewed-lines cap: 40k lines per dev on Team, 80k on Pro. Their own report says merged code volume tripled in a year.
Documented real-world cost
Blank. No real-world bills documented, and no price for extra lines is published.
When the budget runs out
Hit the cap and the options are the 2.5x Pro tier or Enterprise. Beyond-cap pricing is not published.
CritiqueHalts reviews
Sticker
$19
Solo, hard-metered at 750 credits. Pro $49, Team $149
Documented bill
15 to 250
reviews a month on Solo, varies by model and PR size
How it actually bills
The $19 is hard-metered: 750 credits, cost varies by model and PR size. Credits reset monthly, no rollover.
Documented real-world cost
A review runs 3 to 50+ credits by model, so Solo is roughly 15 to 250 reviews a month. You cannot know your coverage.
When the budget runs out
A low-balance gate halts automated review before the next run.
Some tools stop reviewing when the budget runs out. Others keep billing. GitZoid does neither: every PR stays covered for $19 a month.
Put a patrol on every repo.
Connect a repo and the first review posts on your next pull request. No new tool to learn. GitZoid works inside GitHub.