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Codzee vs Greptile
On the same 20 public pull requests, Codzee found 190 of 230 planted bugs and Greptile found 152. Greptile led the early rounds and is more consistent, and we show that too.
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The benchmark
20 pull requests, 230 planted bugs.
Both tools reviewed the same 20 pull requests on a public repository in October 2026. Every comment is still on GitHub.
Time to review
Codzee about 1 minute
Greptile 3–5 minutes
Average comment length
Codzee367 chars
Greptile442 chars
Shorter is quicker to read.
Comments with a code fix
Codzee53%
Greptile22%
Same findings on a re-run
Codzee71%
Greptile82%
The same diff, reviewed twice.
See every number
| Codzee | Greptile | |
|---|---|---|
| Planted bugs found (of 230) | 190 (83%) | 152 (66%) |
| Rounds won (18 scored) | 12 | 4 |
| Bugs only this tool found | 30 | 11 |
| False positives | 0 | 1 |
| Same findings when re-run on the same diff | 71% | 82% |
| Time to review | about 1 minute | 3–5 minutes |
| Inline comments, 20 PRs | 156 | 203 |
| Average comment length | 367 characters | 442 characters |
| Comments with a code fix | 53% | 22% |
2 rounds were tied. Codzee posts at most 10 inline comments per pull request and puts the rest in its summary comment, so its inline count understates what it found.
Round by round
Where each tool did better.
Codzee won 12 rounds, Greptile won 4, and 2 were tied. Each round is a public pull request; click one to see every review.
Show as a table
| Round | Bugs planted | Codzee | Greptile |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Nightly rate arithmetic | 6 | 4 | 5 |
| 2. Promotional code security | 12 | 9 | 10 |
| 4. Seat inventory concurrency | 6 | 3 | 6 |
| 5. Test quality | 9 | 8 | 9 |
| 6. Invoice and payments, cross-file contract | 13 | 8 | 7 |
| 7. Units crossing a module boundary | 10 | 9 | 9 |
| 8. Python / TypeScript parity | 20 | 19 | 17 |
| 9. Async and state, no written contract | 19 | 18 | 14 |
| 10. Auth, with a description that lies | 18 | 17 | 14 |
| 11. Refactor hiding regressions | 11 | 9 | 8 |
| 12. Hotfix under urgency pressure | 9 | 7 | 4 |
| 13. Pure deletion | 9 | 4 | 3 |
| 14. Major-version library upgrade | 11 | 10 | 7 |
| 15. Large diff, 435 lines | 26 | 25 | 19 |
| 16. Infrastructure as code | 24 | 23 | 6 |
| 17. Sparse defects, 1 per 149 lines | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| 18. Correct answers, wrong at scale | 12 | 8 | 6 |
| 20. Finale — the classes nobody found | 12 | 6 | 5 |
Where Codzee did better
- More bugs found overall: 83% against 66%, and 12 rounds won to 4.
- Large and infrastructure changes: 23 of 24 bugs against 6 in round 16 (#17), an infrastructure-as-code round, and 25 against 19 in round 15 (#16).
- Dependencies: the only tool to flag a vulnerable dependency pin, in round 2 (#3).
- Faster: about a minute per review, against 3–5 minutes.
- More fixes: 53% of comments come with a code suggestion, against 22%, and comments are shorter (367 characters against 442).
- No false positives: Greptile had one, on the clean-code round.
- Repository security scans for leaked secrets and vulnerable packages, with a PDF report and npm fix pull requests.
Where Greptile did better
- The first five rounds: Greptile found 91% to Codzee's 73%, and won rounds 1, 2, 4 and 5.
- Concurrency bugs: 6 of 6 against 3 of 6 in round 4 (#5), Codzee's weakest round.
- Consistency: the same diff reviewed twice gave 82% of the same findings, the highest of the four tools we tested, against Codzee's 71%.
- Every finding inline, each with a P0/P1/P2 priority label. Codzee puts findings past its 10-comment limit in the summary.
- A free plan for one developer (50 credits a month), and on its Enterprise plan, GitLab Self-Managed, Bitbucket Data Center and Gitea.
Pricing
What each costs.
| Codzee | Greptile | |
|---|---|---|
| Per developer | $20 a month, or $16 billed yearly (Team); free for solo developers and open source | No seat fee (Pro) |
| How reviews are counted | 50 reviewed pull requests per developer a month, shared by the team; a PR counts once however often it is pushed to | Credits at $1 each; a review uses 1, 3 or 10 by depth |
| Free option | Free for solo developers and open source; 14-day Team trial, no card | Free for 1 developer with 50 credits a month |
Greptile prices from its pricing page on October 28, 2026; check their site for current pricing. Codzee Team includes 50 reviewed pull requests per developer a month, shared by the team.
How we tested
Read the method before the numbers.
- We wrote 20 pull requests for a travel booking and billing app with bugs planted on purpose, and saved each answer key before pushing the branch. Round 3 was clean code, to count false positives; round 19 repeated round 18, to see whether each tool finds the same things twice.
- A bug counts as found when a tool names what goes wrong, not just the line. Inline comments, summaries and check output all count.
- Real bugs we didn't plant were not scored, for any tool.
- We make Codzee, and we wrote the pull requests and the answer keys. Tools change quickly, so treat this as one test from October 2026, and run your own: every review is public on GitHub.
Questions
Codzee or Greptile?
Is Codzee a good Greptile alternative?
On our 20-PR benchmark Codzee found more planted bugs (190 against 152), reviewed faster and suggested more fixes. Greptile was more consistent run to run and stronger on concurrency, so test both on your own code.
Which is cheaper?
It depends on how many reviews you run. Codzee Team is $20 per developer a month, or $16 billed yearly, with 50 reviewed pull requests per developer included. Greptile Pro has no seat fee: you buy credits at $1 each, and a review uses 1, 3 or 10 credits depending on how deep it goes.
Can I check the results?
Yes. Both tools reviewed the same pull requests on a public GitHub repository, and every comment is still there.
Can I use both?
Yes. Both are GitHub Apps, so you can install Codzee next to Greptile on the same repositories and compare them during the 14-day trial.
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