What are the best alternatives to Trae?

Based on documented capability coverage across the Agentic Index 14 point taxonomy, the closest alternatives to Trae among coding agents are v0 by Vercel, Cosine, Ellipsis, Graphite. Each is graded on the same public evidence, and no vendor pays for placement.

Does Trae have SOC 2, SSO and role based access control?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Trae publishes public evidence of enterprise security and identity controls, covering a compliance posture such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001, single sign on (SSO or SAML), and role based access control (RBAC). Evidence basis: Access is governed by 'Role-based permission management to prevent unauthorized access', with member activity and tool usage visible across the organization. The product is also 'SOC 2 Type 2 certified', with zero retention of code and no m. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Can you bring your own model or route between providers with Trae?

Full under the Agentic Index verification standard. Trae publishes public evidence of bring your own model and bring your own key (BYOK), and of routing tasks between models or providers rather than being locked to one. Evidence basis: The enterprise page says 'Access world-class frontier models or plug in your custom enterprise models', and the documentation carries a 'Built-in models & custom models' page, so the customer chooses the model. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

Does Trae support MCP and tool calling?

Partial under the Agentic Index verification standard. Trae publishes some public evidence of tool calling and API or SDK extensibility, but narrower than full Model Context Protocol (MCP) support as defined by the Agentic Index taxonomy. Evidence basis: TraeCode takes editor extensions ('Extensions' in the documentation) and MCP servers used by its agents, which is the agent reaching out to other tools rather than a way to drive TRAE from outside. No API or SDK for driving TRAE is readable. Graded from public evidence only against the Agentic Index 14 point capability taxonomy. No vendor pays for placement.

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Trae

Q: Who is Trae for?

individual developers and indie hackers, students and learners, rapid prototypers and vibe coders, budget conscious developers wanting frontier models free

Also known as: TRAE SOLO, Trae IDE, TraeCode

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Coding agentfirst party productVerified 2026-09-29

Entry priceFree tier with frontier model access and limited SOLO. Paid plans are Lite at $3, Pro at $10, Pro plus at $30, and Ultra at $100 a month, all token metered by Basic and Bonus usage.Full pricing detail

ByteDance's AI coding platform: TraeCode, an AI native IDE with custom agents, subagents, MCP servers and built in or custom models, plus TraeWork for background tasks, with an enterprise offering through BytePlus.

Trae is ByteDance's AI coding platform. Its coding product, now presented as TraeCode ('your 10x AI coding engineer'), is an AI native IDE, and its documentation covers custom agents, subagents, skills, rules, memories, codebase indexing, MCP servers used inside agents, editor extensions, and built in and custom models. TraeWork, with Work and Code modes, takes a defined task and runs several tasks at once in the background across desktop, web and mobile, returning the output for review.

Enterprise customers are served through BytePlus. The enterprise page lists role based permission management, SOC 2 Type 2 certification, zero retention of code with no model training on it, org wide spending caps with live consumption, and visibility into member activity and tool usage, with the option to plug in custom enterprise models. Delivery is SaaS, with a VPC option listed as coming soon.

The consumer plans are token metered monthly tiers above a free tier.

Vendor details

Canonical URL

https://trae.ai

Subcategory

AI native IDE with autonomous Builder and SOLO agents (ByteDance)

Funding status

Trae is a first party product of ByteDance, the company behind TikTok, operated through a subsidiary based in Singapore. It is not independently funded; it is backed directly by ByteDance's resources. Trae launched in early 2025 and reached more than one and a half million monthly active users and over six million registered users by late 2025. Its core agent component, Trae Agent, was open sourced in 2025.

Company status

first party product

Use cases & customers

Primary use cases

autonomous project scaffolding from natural languagefull cycle agentic development from idea to deploymentfree multi model AI coding for individualsrapid prototyping and vibe coding

Target customers

individual developers and indie hackersstudents and learnersrapid prototypers and vibe codersbudget conscious developers wanting frontier models free

Deployment options

SaaS desktop appTraeWork web and mobileVPC listed as coming soon (enterprise)

Integrations

Documentation covers MCP servers used inside agents (three transport types), editor extensions, custom agents with skills and rules, and codebase indexing; TraeWork runs on desktop, web and mobile.

In practice

You want an agent to carry work in the background. TraeWork runs several tasks at once and returns the output for you to review, on desktop, web or mobile.

You want to choose the model. TRAE offers built in frontier models and lets enterprises plug in their own custom models.

You need enterprise controls. TRAE's enterprise offering through BytePlus lists role based permissions, SOC 2 Type 2, zero code retention and org wide spending caps; its VPC option is listed as coming soon, so confirm it before planning on it.

Sources & related URLs

Research sources

https://www.trae.ai/ https://trae.ai/enterprise

Agentic Index coverage score

7.0 / 14 capabilities · 50%

Integrations & Tool Calling	Full
TRAE's documentation carries pages titled 'Use MCP servers in agents', 'In TraeCode, MCP servers support three transport types', 'Create and manage custom agents' and 'Skills', so agents take customer-added tools. That documentation lives at docs.trae.ai. Sourcedocs.trae.ai/ide/use-mcp-servers-in-agentsread 2026-09-29
Workflow Orchestration	Full
TraeWork takes a defined task, executes it and 'runs multiple tasks simultaneously in the background', and the TraeCode documentation carries a 'Subagents' page beside custom agents, so work is split across agents. Sourcedocs.trae.ai/ide/subagentsread 2026-09-29
Knowledge Grounding & RAG	Partial
The TraeCode documentation carries a 'Codebase indexing' page, so an index over the customer's code exists. The documentation at docs.trae.ai holds the detail on its persistence, scale and wider coverage. Sourcedocs.trae.ai/ide/codebase-indexingread 2026-09-29
Human Oversight & Guardrails	Partial
Enterprises can 'Set org-wide spending caps', a customer-set limit on agent work, and TraeWork returns the final output for the user to review. No approval step before an agent action commits is described beyond the TraeCode documentation at docs.trae.ai. Sourcetrae.ai/enterpriseread 2026-09-29
Security, Identity & Governance	Full
Access is governed by 'Role-based permission management to prevent unauthorized access', with member activity and tool usage visible across the organization. The product is also 'SOC 2 Type 2 certified', with zero retention of code and no model training on it. Sourcetrae.ai/enterpriseread 2026-09-29
Observability & Auditability	Not documented
The readable /enterprise page shows organization-level member activity, tool usage and spend, which is aggregate reporting. A per run record of what an agent did is not described outside the TraeCode documentation at docs.trae.ai, which carries a 'Tool panel' page. Sourcedocs.trae.ai/ide/tool-panelsread 2026-09-29
Memory & State Persistence	Partial
The TraeCode documentation carries a 'Memories' page beside 'Rules', so a memory feature exists. Its scope, lifetime and delete path sit in that documentation at docs.trae.ai. Sourcedocs.trae.ai/ide/memoriesread 2026-09-29
Deployment & Data Residency	Not documented
The enterprise page lists 'SaaS or VPC (coming soon)': the VPC option is announced, not shipped, and no region choice is stated, so only the hosted service can be bought today. Sourcetrae.ai/enterpriseread 2026-09-29
Prebuilt Agents, Templates & Packs	Partial
Agents are built by the customer ('Create and manage custom agents', 'Skills' and 'Rules' in the documentation) beside the built-in Builder named in the site metadata. No catalog of separately adoptable prebuilt agents is readable. Sourcedocs.trae.ai/ide/agentread 2026-09-29
Triggers & Channel Coverage	Partial
Work starts when a developer defines a task in TraeCode or TraeWork on desktop, web or mobile, and then runs in the background. A schedule, webhook or event that starts an agent on its own is not described outside the TraeCode documentation. Sourcetrae.ai/soloread 2026-09-29
Model Flexibility & Routing	Full
The enterprise page says 'Access world-class frontier models or plug in your custom enterprise models', and the documentation carries a 'Built-in models & custom models' page, so the customer chooses the model. Sourcetrae.ai/enterpriseread 2026-09-29
APIs, SDKs & MCP Extensibility	Partial
TraeCode takes editor extensions ('Extensions' in the documentation) and MCP servers used by its agents, which is the agent reaching out to other tools rather than a way to drive TRAE from outside. No API or SDK for driving TRAE is readable. Sourcedocs.trae.ai/ide/manage-extensionsread 2026-09-29
Testing, Debugging & Optimization	Not documented
Outside the TraeCode documentation at docs.trae.ai, nothing describes testing or evaluating an agent's work. A published benchmark of TRAE's own agent is vendor measurement, not something a buyer can run. Sourcedocs.trae.airead 2026-09-29
Browser & Computer Use	Not documented
Whether the agent operates a browser or desktop is not stated outside the TraeCode documentation at docs.trae.ai. Sourcedocs.trae.airead 2026-09-29

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Recent platform changes

2026-07-21·IntegrationsPartially Verified

Trae has integrated with the BytePlus ModelArk Coding Plan. Users can configure Trae to use the BytePlus Plan service provider, granting direct access to a suite of foundation models including DeepSeek, Kimi, GLM, and ByteDance's Seed models.

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Pricing

Free tier with frontier model access and limited SOLO. Paid plans are Lite at $3, Pro at $10, Pro plus at $30, and Ultra at $100 a month, all token metered by Basic and Bonus usage.

Flat monthly subscription tiers with token metered usage inside each. AI work draws down Basic and Bonus token credits rather than a fixed request count, so heavier context, stronger models, and more agentic execution consume the allowance faster and push a user toward a higher tier.

Free tierTrial available

Included quota

Free: about five thousand autocompletions a month, limited Basic usage, two concurrent cloud tasks, limited SOLO. Lite at $3 adds reliability but keeps two concurrent cloud tasks. Pro at $10 includes SOLO, unlimited autocomplete, fast queue priority, and ten concurrent cloud tasks. Pro plus at $30 raises this to fifteen concurrent tasks, and Ultra at $100 to twenty, for heavy agentic and parallel workloads. All paid tiers meter AI work as Basic plus Bonus token usage.

What is public

Public as of June 2026: the five tier prices, the free tier contents, token based Basic and Bonus usage, and concurrent cloud task limits per tier. Not public: exact token consumption per task, and enterprise pricing, which is arranged through BytePlus.

Billing mechanics

Flat monthly tiers from $3 to $100, with a free tier, each metering AI work as Basic plus Bonus token usage and adding more concurrent cloud tasks at higher tiers. Enterprise terms are arranged through BytePlus.

Cost watchouts

Usage is token metered, so agentic runs, large context, and stronger models burn the allowance faster than simple autocomplete, and per interaction cost is hard to see while working. Heavy users may need Pro plus or Ultra for concurrent cloud tasks. Old guides citing fixed fast request counts are outdated.

Variable cost rationale

Billing is token metered on Basic and Bonus usage, so cost tracks how much context, model power, and agentic execution each workflow consumes, and heavier autonomous runs burn the allowance quickly. Although tiers are flat monthly prices, exhausting usage forces a tier upgrade, so effective spend scales with activity. Exposure is high and, by common report, hard to predict.

Additional watchouts

Token metered cost is hard to predict. Enterprise controls (role based permissions, SOC 2 Type 2, zero code retention, spending caps) sit on the enterprise offering through BytePlus, and its VPC deployment is listed as coming soon, so confirm what the consumer plans include before using them for sensitive code.

Overage / add-ons

When a tier's Basic and Bonus token usage is exhausted, work is limited or slowed until it resets or the user upgrades. There is no separate per token overage purchase documented; the model is to move up a tier.

Sales call required

No, self serve available

Free / trial

A permanently free tier includes about five thousand autocompletions a month, limited usage, two concurrent cloud tasks, limited SOLO mode, and access to premium models like Claude, GPT, and DeepSeek without an API key. The Pro plan adds a seven day free trial.

Lowest paid plan

Lite at $3 a month is the lowest paid plan, above a free tier. The main developer plan is Pro at $10 a month.

Commercial notes

Trae undercuts paid rivals, offering frontier models and an autonomous agent free or cheaply, with Pro at $10. An enterprise offering sold through BytePlus adds role based permissions, SOC 2 Type 2, zero code retention and org wide spending caps, priced on request.

Key ambiguities

Because billing is token based, the real monthly cost depends on model choice, context size, and how much agentic and cloud execution a workflow uses, which is hard to predict from the plan price alone. Enterprise pricing is not published.

Cancellation / refund

Self serve monthly plans can be upgraded, downgraded, or canceled by the user. Enterprise terms are arranged through BytePlus. A 7 day free trial applies to the Pro plan.

Missing data

Exact token consumption per task and per model, and enterprise pricing, are not published.

Agentic Index verified 2026-06-30

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Codebuff9.0 / 14Adds documented Observability & Auditability and Deployment & Data Residency, among others

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