Greptile alternatives

Firetrail vs. Greptile: codebase context versus change judgment

Greptile's pitch is context: it indexes your whole repository as a graph so its comments can point at code the diff never touched. That is a real advantage for cross-file bugs, and it is not what Firetrail does. If you're searching for “Greptile alternatives”, this page separates the two reasons people look, then shows the two products side by side. Facts were read on Greptile's own pages on September 4, 2026.

updated September 4, 2026 · every fact links to where we checked it

on a pull request

What each one actually posts

Greptile · codebase-aware review bot

Reviews the lines, with context

  • Indexes the repository as a graph of files, functions and dependencies, so a comment can say how the change affects a distant part of the system.
  • Parallel agents post inline comments with suggested fixes, about three minutes after the PR opens. Fix with your agent hands a comment to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or Devin; Fix All batches them.
  • Learns from feedback: 👍/👎 reactions and replies. Their docs say it stops commenting on what you don't care about after two to three weeks.
  • Custom rules in plain English, a greptile.json, chat over the codebase and a Greptile MCP for agents; TREX, a testing agent that writes and runs tests for a PR.
  • GitHub and GitLab; self-hosting in your own AWS environment on Enterprise.
that's us

Firetrail · change-impact intelligence

Judges the change

  • One comment per PR, updated in place, plus a neutral check. No inline comments.
  • A Future Debug Cost score with an itemized breakdown from ten named checks: mixed intents, refactor tangled with a behavior change, config blast radius, untested logic, undisclosed changes, cognitive load, and more.
  • Up to ten reviewers with different specialties, each landing on a yes/meh/no verdict on the whole change, with findings and the files involved.
  • Intent drift (said vs. did), a patch-coverage estimate with no CI setup, and the PR Quiz so the author proves they know what they're shipping.
  • Origin tracing: from a bugfix back to the PRs that introduced the lines, with their scores at the time. Review Brief, Security Audit and Rework plans through the Firetrail MCP in your coding agent.

Greptile's repository graph and Firetrail's diff-only reading are opposite design choices, made for different jobs. Neither is wrong; the second one is explained on our security page.

side by side

Feature by feature

✓ does it · ◐ partly, see the note · — doesn't. Greptile facts from its site and pricing page; Firetrail facts from ours.

GreptileFiretrail
Inline comments on the changed lineswith suggested fixesone comment per PR, by design
Reasons about code outside the diffwhole-repository graphonly Firetrail's own history of your PRs: a “risky history” note when a PR touches code a past bugfix traced back to
Hands fixes to your coding agentFix with your agent / Fix AllRework plans executed by your agent through the Firetrail MCP; Business
Writes tests for the PRTREX, three credits per runestimates how much of the added code the PR's own tests reach instead
A risk score for the change, comparable across PRsFuture Debug Cost, 0–100, itemized
Verdicts from several specialized reviewersone on Free, three on Starter, six on Pro, ten on Business
Says whether the PR should be split, and howMulti-Intent check on every PR; a Rework plan per PR on Business
Detects changes the description never mentionedintent drift, Pro and up
Traces bugfixes back to the PRs that caused themorigin tracing, Business
Learns from your feedback👍/👎 and repliesagree/disagree on findings
Custom checks in plain Englishcustom rulescustom classifiers, 10 on Pro, unlimited on Business; they never move the score
Can block mergesas a required check, if you configure itopt-in Merge Checks bound to facts, simulation first; Business
MCP for coding agentsGreptile MCPReview Brief, Security Audit, Rework
Self-hostingEnterprise
PlatformsGitHub, GitLabGitHub
What it readsThe diff plus a graph of the entire repositoryThe diff, title and description only (details)
PricingStarter is free with 50 review credits a month for one developer; Pro is $30 per seat per month with 50 credits per seat and $1 per extra credit (a standard review is one credit, a TREX test-writing run is three); Enterprise is custom with self-hosting and SSO.Free for one repository and 50 PRs a month. Starter $24, Pro $39 and Business $49 per active developer per month (about two months off billed yearly), each with 50 analyzed PRs per seat per month, then $1 per PR ($0.75 on Business). Pushes and re-runs of an already-counted PR are free.
when Greptile is the better choice

Stay with Greptile if this is you

  • Your bugs are cross-file: a changed function whose callers three modules away now break. A diff-only reader can't see that; Greptile is built to.
  • You want inline comments with a fix attached, and a button that sends the fix to the agent you already use.
  • You're on GitLab. Firetrail is GitHub only.
  • You need self-hosting with your own model provider.
  • You want a reviewer that gets quieter as it learns your team's preferences, and you're willing to spend a few weeks training it.
when you'd add Firetrail

Add Firetrail (or switch) if this is you

  • The PRs that hurt were not wrong on any line. They were too big, did three things, quietly changed a timeout, or shipped without a test that mattered. Firetrail's checks are aimed at exactly those patterns.
  • You want a number that means the same thing on every project, with a breakdown you can argue with, and a team view of where risk concentrates.
  • You want proof, later, that the risk scores pointed at the right PRs: origin tracing works backwards from every bugfix.
  • You'd rather the vendor not index your repository at all. Firetrail never clones it; the PR's diff is the whole payload.
other Greptile alternatives

If you want a different inline bot

faq

Firetrail and Greptile, the practical questions

Can I run Firetrail and Greptile on the same repository?

Yes. Both are GitHub Apps; Greptile posts inline comments, Firetrail posts one comment and a neutral check. Neither replies to the other.

Greptile understands my whole codebase. Doesn't Firetrail need that too?

For finding cross-file bugs, yes, and that's Greptile's job. For judging a change (is it one deliverable, is it disclosed, is it tested, how will it feel to maintain) the diff plus the PR's own description is most of the signal, and reading only that keeps the payload small and auditable. Firetrail adds its own history of your PRs, which is how it knows a file has bitten you before.

Is Firetrail cheaper than Greptile?

Greptile Pro is $30 per seat with 50 review credits per seat and $1 per extra credit; a re-review after a push spends another credit. Firetrail Pro is $39 per active developer with 50 distinct PRs per seat and $1 per extra PR; pushes and re-runs of a counted PR are free, which matters because teams average about two runs per PR. Firetrail Starter is $24 with the four core checks and three reviewers, and Free covers one repository with one reviewer.

Does Firetrail write tests like Greptile's TREX?

No. Firetrail estimates how much of the added production code the PR's own tests reach, shows the untested line ranges, and its QA reviewer, Mike, says which cases are missing when he is in the project's lineup. Writing the tests is your agent's job; a Rework plan tells it which ones.

Which is better for pull requests written by Claude Code or Cursor?

Different jobs. Greptile finds line-level and cross-file problems in the generated code. Firetrail tells you whether the PR is several deliverables, whether the description matches the diff, whether the risky part is tested, and plans the split for your agent. For agent-heavy teams we'd run both.

how we checked

Where we read each fact

Keep Greptile. Add the layer that judges the change.

Connect one repository on the Free plan and compare the two comments on your next real PR.