RaccoonvsSupermaven
Generated from the two spec rows. Green marks the better value where a spec has a clear direction. Everything else is just different.
Raccoon
SenseTime · IDE extension
#272
Panel
3.71 spec wins
- Reliability
- 3.2
- Usefulness
- 2.7
- Cost
- 6.2
- Longevity
- 2.8
“The name is a backronym for Raccoon is Another Code CO-pilOt and Navigator, which is the most work anyone has done on this product.”
Supermaven
Supermaven (Cursor / Anysphere) · IDE extension
#273
Panel
2.70 spec wins
- Reliability
- 3.5
- Usefulness
- 2.8
- Cost
- 3.2
- Longevity
- 1.3
“Built by the inventor of Tabnine, bought by Cursor, and now a changelog entry for Cursor Tab.”
Spec by spec
| Spec | Raccoon | Supermaven |
|---|---|---|
| Architecture | ||
| Category | IDE extension | IDE extension |
| Runs | cloud | local |
| Platforms | macos, linux, windows | macos, linux, windows |
| Context window | not documented | 1M tokens |
| Protocols | ||
| MCP client | No | No |
| MCP server | No | No |
| Capabilities | ||
| Runs terminal commands | No | No |
| Multi-file edits | No | No |
| Git operations | No | No |
| Browser control | No | No |
| Sandboxed execution | No | No |
| Multi-agent orchestration | No | No |
| Headless / CI mode | No | No |
| Models | ||
| Backbone | undisclosed | Supermaven, GPT-4o, Claude 3.5 Sonnet |
| Bring your own model | No | No |
| Local models | No | No |
| Cost | ||
| Pricing model | free | subscription |
| Starts at | $0/mo | $10/mo |
| Free tier | Yes | Yes |
| Bring your own key | No | No |
| Openness | ||
| Open source | No | No |
| License | proprietary | proprietary |
| GitHub stars | n/a | 1,458 |
Which one would each critic pick
| Critic | Raccoon | Supermaven | Pick |
|---|---|---|---|
| El Juez | — | — | not enough reviews |
| El Amigo | 4.5 | 3.3 | Raccoon — Pick this only if your organisation already standardised on this vendor; pick Supermaven if you simply want fast completions and can choose for yourself. |
| El Crítico | 4.0 | 2.8 | Raccoon — Your buffer is sent to a cloud service whose model is not named on the listing, and no retention or training policy accompanies it. |
| El Profesor | 3.8 | 4.0 | Supermaven — The 1M-token completion context was the design claim and it was never measured publicly; the chat panel used GPT-4o and Claude 3.5 Sonnet, so the proprietary model only covered autocomplete. |
| La Inversora | 3.8 | 2.3 | Raccoon — A large listed AI company shipping a free assistant with no revenue line is running a defensive placement, and defensive placements get cut when the quarter is hard. |
| La Jefa | 3.8 | 1.8 | Raccoon — Zero for sixty seats and zero enterprise surface to go with it: no console, no provisioning, no retention terms and no supplier contact for a questionnaire. |
| El Hacker | 2.5 | 2.3 | Raccoon — Proprietary, no key of mine, no local weights, no protocol and no source, so there is nothing here I can change and nothing I would keep. |
Picks are derived from each critic's own scores. Humans vote on matchups on the duels page.