Cosine (formerly Genie) vs Factory vs Jules vs JetBrains AI
A side-by-side look at scores, pricing and features — with RECATOOLS' ASEAN-aware verdict for each.
Cosine (formerly Genie)
A London lab's coding agent and Lumen models, from terminal to air-gap...
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Jules
Google's async Gemini agent that clones your repo and opens pull reque...
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| RECATOOLS Score | 7 / 10 | 7.3 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 | 7.4 / 10 |
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| Pricing | Subscription | Subscription | Freemium | Freemium |
| Free tier | — | No free plan is published; every listed plan is paid | Free: 15 tasks per rolling 24 hours, 3 concurrent | AI Free: 3 AI Credits per 30 days, unlimited code completion, local models via Ollama/LM Studio; not in Android Studio or Community editions |
| Paid from | $19/month (Starter, 4M Cosine Credits); larger plans to $999 a month | Pro $20/mo; Teams $60/mo + $40/seat; Business and Enterprise custom | S$28.99/month via Google AI Pro, as shown in Singapore (USD not shown here) | AI Pro $10/mo (10 credits); AI Ultimate $30/mo; AI Enterprise $60/user/mo billed annually |
| Has API | ✗ | ✓ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Open source | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ | ✗ |
| Free to use | ✗ | ✗ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Users | — | — | — | Built into JetBrains IDEs (12.5M+ users); AI is opt-in via free/paid tiers |
| Founded | 2024 | 2023 | 2025 | 2000 |
| Maker | — | Independent (The San Francisco AI Factory, Inc.) | JetBrains | |
| Verdict | Cosine has moved from a single benchmark-headline agent to a full platform: CLI, desktop and cloud surfaces, parallel agents in isolated MicroVMs, explicit modes and approval gates on every write. The Lumen models target... |
Factory is one of the most ambitious enterprise coding-agent platforms, with strong deployment options — private cloud, on-premises and air-gapped — and fresh capital to keep building, plus offices in Sydney and Tokyo. I... |
Jules suits well-scoped chores you would rather hand off than watch: bug fixes, dependency bumps, tests and small refactors, delivered as a pull request after you approve its plan. Scheduled tasks, CI auto-fixes, a CLI a... |
JetBrains AI is the natural choice for developers who already live in IntelliJ IDEA, PyCharm or Rider: chat, completion and now three coding agents — JetBrains' own Junie, out of beta since June 2026, plus Claude Agent a... |
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Comparisons cover up to 4 tools. Scores are RECATOOLS editorial assessments; verify current pricing on each vendor's site.