ProvalvsShippie
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Proval
seoes · Code review agent
#211OSS
Panel
5.91 spec wins
- Reliability
- 5.7
- Usefulness
- 5.7
- Cost
- 7.3
- Longevity
- 5.0
“It can be configured to reply only when mentioned, a courtesy no human reviewer has ever extended to anyone.”
Shippie
Matt Carey · Code review agent
#177OSSMCP
Panel
6.33 spec wins
- Reliability
- 6.0
- Usefulness
- 6.2
- Cost
- 8.0
- Longevity
- 5.2
“You summon the reviewer by typing /shippie review, which is the first code review process anyone has ever voluntarily started.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Proval | Shippie |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | Code review agent | Code review agent |
| Runs | local, cloud | local, cloud |
| Platforms | linux, web | macos, linux, web |
| Context window | not documented | not documented |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | Yes |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | Yes |
| Multi-file edits | No | No |
| Git operations | Yes | Yes |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | Yes | Yes |
| Headless / CI mode | Yes | Yes |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | OpenAI-compatible, Ollama, llama.cpp | Anthropic, OpenAI, OpenRouter, Cloudflare Workers AI |
| Bring your own model | Yes | Yes |
| Local models | Yes | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | byok | byok |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $0/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | Yes | Yes |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | Yes | Yes |
| License | AGPL-3.0 | MIT |
| GitHub stars | 102 | 2,502 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Proval | Shippie | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 6.3 | 6.3 | no preference |
| El Crítico | 4.8 | 6.0 | Shippie — It runs inside your automation with a provider key stored as a repository secret, and the review can be started from a comment on the pull request. |
| El Profesor | 6.0 | 6.3 | Shippie — Review is an agent loop with repository exploration rather than a single prompt over a diff, which is the difference between reading a change and understanding it. |
| La Inversora | 4.5 | 6.0 | Shippie — Formerly Code Review GPT, still one maintainer, still no price, and now competing with vendors that have raised money specifically to win this category. |
| La Jefa | 6.3 | 6.0 | Proval — One container image against our own Git host, which is the shortest path to production on this board, and there is still no console and no audit export. |
| El Hacker | 7.8 | 7.5 | Proval — AGPL-3.0 and it takes any compatible endpoint, including Ollama and llama.cpp, so the one tool that reads all my code never has to phone anyone. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.