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Recent changes
- Plans updated: Free individual plan (open source, usage billed separately). Teams at $15/user/month. Enterprise at custom pricing. AI inference via free models, BYOK, Kilo Gateway (pay-as-you-go at provider rates, no markup), or Kilo Pass subscription from $19/mo with up to 50% bonus credits. Cloud compute billed per second (e.g. Cloud Agent Standard $1.20/hr).
- Models updated: Multi-provider (500+ models across 60+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Azure, AWS Bedrock; also supports local models via Ollama or LM Studio)
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Technical Use Cases
Kilo's specialized agent architecture makes it well-suited for a range of developer workflows:
- Code Agent — Inline code generation, refactoring, and completion within VS Code or JetBrains IDEs
- Plan Agent — Architectural planning and task decomposition before implementation
- Debug Agent — Systematic fault isolation and root-cause analysis across codebases
- Ask Agent — Codebase Q&A and documentation lookup without leaving the IDE or CLI
- Cloud Agent — Long-running or compute-intensive tasks offloaded to Kilo's cloud infrastructure (billed per second at $1.20/hr for Standard tier)
Multi-model workflows: Auto Model Routing allows teams to define cost/capability trade-offs without hardcoding a single model. BYOK and local model support (Ollama, LM Studio) make it viable for air-gapped or compliance-sensitive environments.
CI/CD and project tooling: Integrations with Jira and Bitbucket support ticket-to-code and PR-linked workflows. Slack integration enables agent interactions outside the IDE.
Self-hosting: Teams with data residency requirements can self-host Kilo, leveraging the MIT-licensed codebase with full prompt and context transparency.