CodeRabbit vs Kilo Code Reviews

CodeRabbit is a popular standalone reviewer. Kilo's Code Reviews is part of your entire development workflow. Same models, same credits, same platform.

Best for:

CodeRabbit

  • Teams wanting a standalone code review tool
  • Organizations already committed to CodeRabbit's workflow
  • Teams that prefer a fragmented toolset

Kilo Code Reviews

  • Organizations wanting model flexibility (500+ options)
  • Projects where token-based pricing makes more sense than per-seat
  • When platform-switching friction isn't wanted

Feature-by-feature comparison

A practical comparison of pricing model, model choice, review configurability, and platform integration.

Pricing
CodeRabbitCodeRabbit
$24-30/month per developer
KiloKilo
Pay-per-token, same credits as Kilo Code
AI Models
CodeRabbitCodeRabbit
Fixed selection
KiloKilo
500+ models, choose per review
Automatic PR Reviews
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KiloKilo
Inline GitHub Comments
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KiloKilo
Review Styles
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KiloKilo
Strict, Balanced, Lenient
Focus Areas
CodeRabbitCodeRabbit
KiloKilo
✓ (Security, Performance, Bugs, Style, Tests, Docs)
Custom Instructions
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KiloKilo
Part of Dev Platform
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KiloKilo

Key Benefits of Kilo Code Reviews

Pick Your Model

Choose from 500+ models for reviews. Use a fast model for quick feedback, a reasoning model for complex PRs. Same model selection as Kilo Code.

Usage-Based Pricing

Pay for what you use. Same credit system across all of Kilo. Reviews scale with usage, not headcount.

Configurable Review Styles

Strict for production code. Balanced for everyday PRs. Lenient for prototypes and WIP. Match the review intensity to the code.

Custom Focus Areas

Tell the reviewer what matters: security vulnerabilities, performance issues, bug detection, code style, test coverage, documentation gaps. Or all of them.

Part of the Platform

The platform reviewing your code can be the same one that helped write it. Never leave Kilo to build, review, and deploy.

Custom Instructions

Add context about your codebase, conventions, or areas that need extra attention. Shape how the agent thinks about your code.

Code Reviews are one part of the platform. With Kilo, You Also Get:

Cloud Agents

Access Kilo from the web without a local machine. Run resource-exhaustive tasks in the cloud and sync results back to your local environment.

Parallel Agents (CLI)

Run multiple agents without conflicts. Tackle frontend, backend, testing, and documentation simultaneously for faster development.

Deploy

One-click deployments from within Kilo. Push to production with the same context and workflow you used to build.

App Builder

Visual editor to prototype apps. See changes live and iterate quickly. Export to Kilo when you're ready to move beyond visual editing.

Managed Indexing

Semantic search across your repositories for context-aware responses. Build on top of your existing codebase with full understanding.

Agent Manager

Stop and start agents in one click. Switch contexts easily between different tasks without losing progress.

Sessions

Persistent across all interfaces, resume and share from anywhere. Your context and progress carry seamlessly between App Builder, IDE, CLI, and Cloud. Build from anywhere without losing progress.

Voice Prompting in the IDE

Speak your prompts naturally in the IDE. No typing needed—just talk and code.

Auto Top Ups

Auto top up when your balance gets low. No more manually adding credits—keep building without interruption.

Try Kilo Code Reviews

Already using Kilo Code? Code Reviews uses the same credits.