Open Code ReviewvsSourcery
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Open Code Review
Alibaba · Code review agent
#96OSSMCP
Panel
6.74 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.0
- Usefulness
- 6.8
- Cost
- 8.3
- Longevity
- 5.7
“The command is ocr, so half your team will assume the review is being scanned in from a fax.”
Sourcery
Sourcery · Code review agent
#78
Panel
6.00 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 | Open Code Review | Sourcery |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Code review agent | Code review agent |
| Runs | local | cloud |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | web, macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | Yes | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | No | No |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | No |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | any | OpenAI, Anthropic, Azure OpenAI |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | seat |
| Starts at | n/a | $12/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | No |
| License | Apache-2.0 | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | 43,231 | n/a |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Open Code Review | 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 | 6.0 | 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 | 6.8 | 6.0 | Open Code Review — The reported figures come from a self-authored 200-pull-request benchmark claiming higher precision at roughly a ninth of the tokens, with no methodology published to check either number. |
| La Inversora | 6.8 | 6.5 | Open Code Review — A hyperscaler released this free in May 2026 with nothing attached to sell, so its lifespan is a function of one internal team's mandate, not of a market. |
| La Jefa | 6.0 | 6.3 | Sourcery — Sixty Team seats is $1,440 a month, GitHub Enterprise Server and self-hosted GitLab are covered, and the pricing page says nothing about SSO, SCIM or audit logs. |
| El Hacker | 8.0 | 4.0 | Open Code Review — Apache-2.0, a global npm install, and an MCP client, so I can bolt my own servers onto the review and read every rule that produced a comment. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.