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Goose vs. Refact.ai

At a glance

At a glance

Goose

Best for

Best for developers who want a local, model-agnostic agent that automates work beyond writing code.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized

Refact.ai

Best for

Best for developers who want an agent, chat and autocomplete in one open-source tool, with a self-hosted option for privacy.

  • Freelancers
  • Small and mid-sized
  • Enterprise

Cataleo does not name a winner. Both statements come from the vendors themselves.

Full Comparison

Criterion Goose Refact.ai
Starting price Free, open source Apache 2.0. You pay only for the usage of whichever LLM provider you connect, and local models through Ollama cost nothing. Free tier; Pro $10 / month The free plan includes unlimited completions and limited daily agent use. Enterprise is custom, with on-premise deployment and fine-tuning.
Free trial Free, open source (Apache 2.0) Free tier
Commercial use Yes Yes
Output A local agent that writes code, runs tools and automates tasks Agentic coding, chat and completion in the IDE
API Yes, an API for embedding the agent elsewhere Bring your own key
Hosting Runs locally on macOS, Linux and Windows Cloud or self-hosted on-premise
Where it runs A native desktop app for macOS, Linux and Windows, a terminal CLI, and an API for embedding it elsewhere; built in Rust Plugins for VS Code and JetBrains IDEs, with Visual Studio, Neovim and Sublime Text in beta
Inline completions No, an agent rather than an inline autocomplete tool Yes, real-time completion on Qwen2.5-Coder with retrieval for context
Agent mode Yes, with subagents for parallel tasks and Recipes, portable YAML workflows that also run in CI/CD Yes, an autonomous agent that plans and executes multi-step tasks
Model choice 15+ providers including Anthropic, OpenAI, Google, Azure, Bedrock, OpenRouter and local models through Ollama; existing Claude, ChatGPT and Gemini subscriptions work over the Agent Client Protocol Claude and GPT models built in, plus bring-your-own-key for Gemini, Grok and DeepSeek
Data control Runs on your own machine and can run fully local against Ollama Self-hosted, on-premise deployment keeps code private
Ecosystem fit 70+ extensions over the Model Context Protocol, including databases, APIs, GitHub and Google Drive, with custom extensions possible IDE plugins across VS Code and JetBrains, open source with a self-hosted server
Deployment On-premise more entries Cloud (SaaS), On-premise
Onboarding Documentation and knowledge base Documentation and knowledge base
Company size Freelancers, Small and mid-sized more entries Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
Integrations GitHub, Google Drive, Ollama, OpenRouter, AWS Bedrock, Azure Not stated

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The short version

Key Differences

  • Starting price Goose Free, open source Refact.ai Free tier; Pro $10 / month
  • Free trial Goose Free, open source (Apache 2.0) Refact.ai Free tier
  • Deployment Goose On-premise Refact.ai Cloud (SaaS), On-premise
  • Company size Goose Freelancers, Small and mid-sized Refact.ai Freelancers, Small and mid-sized, Enterprise
  • Hosting Goose Runs locally on macOS, Linux and Windows Refact.ai Cloud or self-hosted on-premise

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The trade-offs

Strengths and Limitations

Goose

Strengths

  • Free and open source under Apache 2.0, with no paid tier
  • Runs locally and can be pointed at local models, so code need not leave the machine
  • Vendor-neutral governance under the Linux Foundation
  • Recipes make a workflow portable across a team and runnable in CI/CD

Limitations

  • No inline code completion and no editor of its own
  • You supply and pay for model access yourself
  • Setup and upkeep are on the user, with no hosted service to fall back on

Refact.ai

Strengths

  • Open source with a self-hosted, on-premise option
  • Agent, chat and completion in one plugin
  • Broad model choice through bring-your-own-key

Limitations

  • Free plan caps daily agent runs
  • Some IDE plugins are still in beta

Plans

Pricing

Goose

  • Open source $0 Free and open source under Apache 2.0. You pay only for the usage of whichever LLM provider you connect.
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Refact.ai

  • Free $0 Unlimited completions, limited daily agent use, 32k context chat.
  • Pro $10 Per month. 40 agent requests per day, 64k context chat.
  • Enterprise Not stated Custom. On-premise deployment and fine-tuning.
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What users say

Review Scores · opens after launch

Goose

Ease of use
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Refact.ai

Ease of use
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User interface
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Onboarding
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Support and service
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Value for money
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Features
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Where this comes from

Where this comes from

Goose https://goose-docs.ai · no check date recorded yet

Refact.ai https://refact.ai · no check date recorded yet

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