GitarvsSourcery
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Gitar
Sonar · Code review agent
#67
Panel
6.12 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.8
- Usefulness
- 6.7
- Cost
- 5.8
- Longevity
- 6.0
“Free for OSI-licensed public repositories, so it will fix your side project and invoice your employer.”
Sourcery
Sourcery · Code review agent
#78
Panel
6.01 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.8
- Usefulness
- 5.8
- Cost
- 6.3
- Longevity
- 6.2
“Draws a diagram of your code changes, which is more attention than the changes usually get.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Gitar | Sourcery |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Code review agent | Code review agent |
| Runs | cloud | cloud |
| Platforms | web | web, macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | Yes | No |
| Git operations | YesGitar commits fixes to the branch and can auto-approve or block merges on the Pro tier. | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | undisclosed | OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI |
| Bring your own model | Yes"Bring Your Own LLM API Key" is listed as an Enterprise-tier feature only. | Yes |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | seat | seat |
| Starts at | $20/mo | $12/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | n/a | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Gitar | Sourcery | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.8 | 7.0 | Sourcery — Pick Sourcery if you want the same reviewer on uncommitted changes in your editor and on the pull request; pick CodeRabbit if you only need the bot on the PR. |
| El Crítico | 5.8 | 6.5 | Sourcery — The status check that can block a merge exists on GitHub only, so the same review is a gate on one host and a comment on the other. |
| El Profesor | 6.5 | 6.0 | Gitar — Verification is delegated to the pipeline rather than asserted, which is the correct design, though nothing is published about how the loop terminates. |
| La Inversora | 7.0 | 6.5 | Gitar — The ownership question is already answered: Gitar is joining Sonar, so this is now a feature inside a code-quality suite rather than a standalone bet. |
| La Jefa | 6.5 | 6.3 | Gitar — Core is $20 and Pro $40 per user per month, so sixty engineers is $1,200 or $2,400 before anything else, and self-hosted code hosting is Enterprise only. |
| El Hacker | 4.0 | 4.0 | no preference |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.