Kilo Code Alternative
Stop paying monthly for cloud agent features. Own the whole IDE.
Kilo Code's extension is free, but KiloClaw is $9/mo, credit packs run $19 to $199/mo, and inference fees stack on top. Bodega One is a standalone IDE with AI chat, autonomous agent, and verification built in. Pay once. Keep it forever.
What you're paying. What you could own.
Kilo Code
- KiloClaw cloud agent: $9/mo ($8/mo on 6-month plan) plus inference costs
- Kilo Pass credits: Free tier ($20 signup credits), then $19 to $199/mo for more
- Costs stack: KiloClaw + inference + credits = multiple monthly bills
- Extension only. Requires VS Code or JetBrains to run.
- No built-in permission model. Ask mode and Auto mode, but no verification layer.
Bodega One
- One-time purchase: $79 Personal, $109 Pro. No monthly fees.
- Standalone IDE. No VS Code dependency. No editor lock-in.
- Permission model: Ask, Plan, and Act modes with QEL verification.
- BYOLLM: 10+ LLM providers. Swap models in seconds.
- Air-gap mode: 9 enforcement layers. Zero bytes leave your machine.
What KiloClaw charges monthly for. And what Kilo Code never built.
One-Time Purchase
$79 once. KiloClaw is $9/mo plus inference fees. Kilo Pass credits run $19 to $199/mo on top. Multiple bills that stack. Bodega One is one purchase. Everything included.
Standalone IDE
Electron 40 desktop app with Monaco editor, AI chat, and autonomous agent in one window. Not an extension bolted onto someone else's editor. No VS Code required. No JetBrains required. It runs on its own.
Permission Model
Ask, Plan, and Act modes give you control over what the agent does. Kilo Code has Ask and Auto, but no verification layer between the agent deciding and the code landing. Bodega One catches mistakes before they hit your workspace.
QEL Verification
Quality Enforcement Layer runs three verification levels on every code change. Pattern checks, compile gates, structural verification. Not a linter. A verification pipeline that catches what raw LLM output misses.
Air-Gap Privacy
Nine independent enforcement layers block network access. Tool filtering, shell command blocking, auto-updater blocking, git IPC blocking, and more. Disable one and the other eight still hold. Zero bytes leave your machine.
Purpose-Built
Bodega One was designed from scratch as a standalone AI IDE. Kilo Code is a fork of Roo Code, which is a fork of Cline. Each layer of forking adds complexity and inherits assumptions from the original architecture. We started with a clean foundation.
The numbers. The architecture. The difference.
Cost Over Time (KiloClaw vs Bodega One)
| Period | KiloClaw | Bodega One |
|---|---|---|
| 1 month | $28-208+ | $79 one-time |
| 6 months | $168-1,248+ | $79 one-time |
| 12 months | $336-2,496+ | $79 one-time |
| 24 months | $672-4,992+ | $79 one-time |
| 36 months | $1,008-7,488+ | $79 one-time |
KiloClaw ($9/mo or $8/mo on 6-month plan). Kilo Pass credits ($19-199/mo) and inference costs are separate. Check kilo.ai/pricing for current rates.
IDE Architecture
Kilo Code is a VS Code extension. It inherits the host editor's constraints. Bodega One is a 3-process Electron app with 156 frontend components and 83 backend services. Purpose-built from the ground up.
Permission Model
Kilo Code gives you Ask mode and Auto mode. No verification layer. Bodega One adds QEL: three levels of automated verification that catch issues before changes reach your files.
Air-Gap Architecture
Kilo Code does not offer an air-gap mode. Bodega One's air-gap mode enforces 9 independent layers of network isolation. Zero bytes leave your machine.
Code that lands clean.
Every file Bodega One writes passes through three verification levels before the change lands. Pattern and compile checks after every write. Micro-proof gates every second write. A full structural verifier at loop end. Not a linter. A verification pipeline. Kilo Code does not have this.
Incremental Verification
Pattern and compile check after every file write.
Micro-Proof Gates
tsc / py_compile runs every second write.
Full Verification
Structural verifier post-loop. Pass threshold 80 for new files.
Switching from
Kilo Code.
Kilo Code is free and open source. Why should I pay for Bodega One?+
Kilo Code the extension is free with BYOK. But cloud features add up: KiloClaw is $9/mo, Kilo Pass credits run $19 to $199/mo, and inference fees stack on top. Light users spend $20-40/mo, heavy users $100-250+/mo. Bodega One is $79 once. No monthly fees, no metered inference, no renewal.
Does Bodega One support as many models as Kilo?+
Kilo supports 500+ models through broad provider integrations. Bodega One supports 10+ providers with 15 curated presets covering Ollama, LM Studio, OpenAI, Groq, Together AI, OpenRouter, Azure OpenAI, and more. We prioritize deep integration and hardware-aware model recommendations over raw model count.
I use Kilo's orchestrator mode. Does Bodega One have something similar?+
Yes. Bodega One includes a multi-agent system with 5 coordination tools: spawn_worker, delegate_task, stop_worker, get_worker_status, and get_job_result. It also has an Architect/Editor dual-model mode where a strong model plans and a fast model executes. Both go beyond basic orchestration.
What about per-message revert?+
Kilo Code offers per-message revert and session forking. Bodega One does not have these features today. We track changes through the agent loop and QEL verification catches issues before they land, but granular message-level rollback is not part of the current architecture.
Is Bodega One open source?+
No. Bodega One is a commercial product with a one-time purchase license. We believe in local-first architecture and full data ownership, but the codebase is not open source. Your data stays on your machine. The code stays on ours.
When is Bodega One available?+
Beta opens May 2026. Full launch is July 6, 2026. Join the waitlist now and you will be first to know when beta invites go out.
Stop paying monthly for cloud features. Own the whole IDE.
One-time purchase. Standalone IDE. 23 built-in tools. An autonomous agent that verifies its own work. Your code stays on your machine.
Join the Waitlist$79 Personal. $109 Pro. One-time. Windows, macOS, Linux.