Graphite vs Kilo Code Reviews

Graphite combines AI reviews with stacked PRs and merge queues. Kilo Code Reviews posts feedback to GitHub or GitLab and lets you choose a supported review model within the broader Kilo platform.

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Best for:

Graphite

Teams already using Graphite's stacked PR workflow
Organizations committed to Graphite's continuous-merge style
Teams that prefer a bundled, single-vendor solution

Kilo Code Reviews

Teams wanting supported review model choice within Kilo's 500+-model hosted catalog
Organizations that prefer working directly with GitHub
Projects that prefer separately metered inference and compute to bundled review allowances

Feature-by-feature comparison

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

Pricing

Graphite

Free Hobby; paid seat plans with billing-term and feature differences

Kilo

Individual platform access is free. Teams costs $15/user/month; Enterprise is custom. Paid inference and cloud compute are separate. Kilo Gateway charges provider rates with no inference markup; a 5% processing fee applies to card purchases of credits, including optional Kilo Pass. Seat subscriptions and non-card payments are excluded from that processing fee. BYOK covers inference through your provider, not Kilo cloud compute.

AI Models

Graphite

Vendor-managed models; AI subprocessors include Anthropic and OpenAI

Kilo

Choose a supported review model; 500+ hosted models across Kilo Gateway

Platform

Graphite

Integrates with GitHub

Kilo

Integrated with GitHub and larger Kilo platform

Automatic PR Reviews

Graphite

✅

Kilo

✅

Review Styles

Graphite

Out-of-box reviews, rule templates, custom rules, and exclusions

Kilo

Strict, Balanced, Lenient

Focus Areas

Graphite

Bug-focused reviews with configurable security, performance, and other rules

Kilo

✅ (Security, Performance, Bugs, Style, Tests, Docs)

Custom Instructions

Graphite

Custom prompts, file-based rules, exclusions, and PR-level filters

Kilo

✅ Full custom instructions

IDE Support

Graphite

Web/GitHub review workflow; VS Code extension and CLI for stacking

Kilo

Desktop (beta), VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Cloud

Open Source

Graphite

Commercial hosted review service

Kilo

MIT IDE/CLI clients; source-available Gateway and Cloud backend

Feature	Graphite	Kilo Code Reviews
Pricing	Free Hobby; paid seat plans with billing-term and feature differences	Individual platform access is free. Teams costs $15/user/month; Enterprise is custom. Paid inference and cloud compute are separate. Kilo Gateway charges provider rates with no inference markup; a 5% processing fee applies to card purchases of credits, including optional Kilo Pass. Seat subscriptions and non-card payments are excluded from that processing fee. BYOK covers inference through your provider, not Kilo cloud compute.
AI Models	Vendor-managed models; AI subprocessors include Anthropic and OpenAI	Choose a supported review model; 500+ hosted models across Kilo Gateway
Platform	Integrates with GitHub	Integrated with GitHub and larger Kilo platform
Automatic PR Reviews	✅	✅
Review Styles	Out-of-box reviews, rule templates, custom rules, and exclusions	Strict, Balanced, Lenient
Focus Areas	Bug-focused reviews with configurable security, performance, and other rules	✅ (Security, Performance, Bugs, Style, Tests, Docs)
Custom Instructions	Custom prompts, file-based rules, exclusions, and PR-level filters	✅ Full custom instructions
IDE Support	Web/GitHub review workflow; VS Code extension and CLI for stacking	Desktop (beta), VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Cloud
Open Source	Commercial hosted review service	MIT IDE/CLI clients; source-available Gateway and Cloud backend

Graphite sources: pricing and platform features, review customization, and AI subprocessors. Kilo: pricing and component licenses.

Key Benefits of Kilo Code Reviews

Pick Your Model

Choose a supported review model for the task. Kilo Gateway offers 500+ hosted models overall. Graphite manages model selection and lists Anthropic and OpenAI as AI subprocessors.

Works with GitHub Directly

No proprietary UI required. Kilo reviews appear as native GitHub comments. Keep your existing workflow without switching to a different PR interface.

Usage-Based Pricing

Hosted reviews consume inference and cloud compute separately, including with BYOK. Individual platform access is free; team seats, optional Kilo Pass, and card credit purchase fees are separate parts of the total cost.

Configurable Review Styles

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

Custom Focus Areas

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

Open Source

Kilo's VS Code, JetBrains, and CLI clients are MIT-licensed. Gateway and Cloud backend code are source-available under a separate license; these licenses do not establish Desktop's license.

Part of the Platform

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

Custom Instructions

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

Multi-IDE Support

Kilo offers Desktop (beta), VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, and Cloud. Local agent review is distinct from hosted PR review, and local execution does not imply local model inference.

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.

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Parallel Agents (CLI)

Run agents in separate worktrees to isolate changes. Parallel work still needs review, testing, and conflict resolution when branches merge.

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Agent Manager

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

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Sessions

Resume supported sessions across IDE, CLI, and Cloud workflows. Tools, credentials, and capabilities can differ between interfaces.

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Voice Prompting in the IDE

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

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Auto Top Ups

Auto top up when your balance gets low—available for individuals and organizations. No more manually adding credits—keep building without interruption.

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