SWE-Agent Pricing

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Plan	Price	Notes
Open Sourceofficial source ↗	$0checked 2026-08-26	MIT license, autonomous software engineering agent benchmarked on SWE-bench, BYOK LLM API usage (OpenAI, Anthropic)

structured from cited official pricing sources: “SWE-agent is a free, open-source autonomous software engineering research project created by Princeton University (MIT license). There are no software fees; users pay directly for their own LLM API consumption.”

Self-hosting cost

SWE-Agent is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

Free & cheaper AI Coding Assistants

same category, free plan or open-source license

Claude CodeClaude Code is included with Anthropic subscription tiers starting at $20/month for Claude Pro, $100/month for Claude Max (5x), $200/month for Claude Max (20x), and $30/user/month for Claude Team ($25/user/month billed annually). Alternatively, developers can use the CLI via pay-as-you-go Anthropic API keys billed strictly per token consumed.CursorCursor offers a free Hobby tier with core editor access, Composer, and Tab completions. Paid individual plans start with Cursor Pro at $20/month ($16/month billed annually) featuring a $20 third-party model allowance and unlimited Cursor models, followed by Pro+ at $60/month and Ultra at $200/month for high-volume developers. Team plans include Teams Standard at $40/user/month ($32/user/month billed annually) and Teams Premium at $120/user/month (5x usage). Enterprise tier provides custom pricing with SAML SSO and SCIM, and on-demand usage is available for pay-as-you-go model overage.AmpAmp pricing (vendor_documented, as-of 2026-09-17): free Hobby tier with all product features, pay-as-you-go orbs or free own Runners, and BYOK / linked ChatGPT (and other) subscriptions with no Amp token fees or limits on non-Enterprise tiers. Optional Individual plans: Megawatt $20/month and Gigawatt $200/month, each bundling included agent usage and orb minutes (vendor Individual cards describe ~45,000 minutes of orb time). Teams workspaces add sharing and pooled credits at no extra workspace fee; members can sit on Hobby, Megawatt, or Gigawatt. Enterprise is custom (SCIM, audit/network controls, pooled credits, priority support).DevinDevin offers a Free tier for evaluation, a Pro tier at $20/month for individual developers, a high-capacity Max tier at $200/month for power users, and a Teams plan starting at $80/month plus $40/seat/month. Custom Enterprise plans are billed based on Agent Compute Units (ACUs).

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FAQ

How much does SWE-Agent cost?

SWE-agent is a free, open-source autonomous software engineering research project created by Princeton University (MIT license). There are no software fees; users pay directly for their own LLM API consumption.

Does SWE-Agent have a free plan?

Yes — SWE-Agent is open source and free to use.

Can you self-host SWE-Agent for free?

SWE-Agent is open source under the MIT license. Self-hosting does not add a software license fee, but you still pay for infrastructure, operations, and any external model or API usage.

What are free or cheaper SWE-Agent alternatives?

Claude Code, Cursor, Amp are in the same category with a free plan or open-source license.

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