Claude Code vs OpenCode
Both tools bring an agentic coding assistant to your terminal, but Claude Code locks you into Anthropic's models while OpenCode lets you route requests through any of 75+ LLM providers. The real choice is between a tightly integrated single-vendor experience and a provider-agnostic setup you can tune to your own cost and model preferences.
How to choose
Decision axis: Single-vendor depth vs. multi-provider flexibility
Pick Claude Code if…
Pick this if you want the tightest possible integration with Anthropic's models and are comfortable paying for a tool that is purpose-built around Claude's strengths in codebase understanding and autonomous edits.
Pick OpenCode if…
Pick this if you want to switch between LLM providers, control costs by routing to cheaper models, or avoid vendor lock-in while still getting a capable agentic coding agent in the terminal.
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| Summary | Agentic Terminal Coding Assistant | Open Source Terminal AI Agent |
| Community Score | 100/100 | 27/100 |
| Pricing | ✓ Free | ✓ Open Source |
| API - Haiku 4.5$1 usage-based | — | |
| API - Sonnet 4.6$3 usage-based | — | |
| API - Opus 4.7$5 usage-based | — | |
| Pro$17/mo | — | |
| Team Standard$20/mo | — | |
| Max$100/mo | — | |
| Team Premium$100/mo | — | |
| EnterpriseContact Sales | EnterpriseContact Sales | |
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| Platform | CLI, API, SDK | WINDOWS, MACOS, LINUX, Web, API, VSC_EXTENSION, CLI |
| API / SDK | API + SDK | API + SDK |
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| Developer | Anthropic, Inc. | Anomaly Innovations |
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| Data refreshed | Aug 30, 2026 | Aug 24, 2026 |
