Trae: score, price and alternatives in 2026
AI IDE with coding agents. Trae is made by ByteDance and ranks #85 of 100 in our ranking of AI agents, with a score of 65/100.
- Score
- 65/100
- Overall rank
- #85
- Coding rank
- #26 of 27
- Company
- ByteDance
Trae pricing
Free $0; Lite $8/mo; Pro $20/mo; Pro+ $60/mo; Ultra $200/mo (cheaper yearly).
Checked against the vendor's page on . Official pricing page.
How Trae scores
Free-to-start AI IDE; prices not confirmed. It does best on autonomy, ease of access and pricing transparency. It loses points on security & governance and adoption.
Scores are editorial judgments on a 1 to 5 scale per criterion, weighted to a total out of 100. How the scoring works.
Trae alternatives
- GitHub Copilot (coding agent) (90/100, #2): Cloud coding agent and code review, the safest enterprise default for many teams.
- Claude Code (87/100, #3): Terminal-native coding agent with a permission-gated execution loop.
- OpenAI Codex (84/100, #6): Delegates coding tasks to cloud and local agents inside ChatGPT plans.
- Cursor (78/100, #12): AI-first IDE with a multi-file agent; the most cited daily driver for developers.
See the full ranking of 100 AI agents, with search and filters.
Frequently asked questions
How much does Trae cost?
Free $0; Lite $8/mo; Pro $20/mo; Pro+ $60/mo; Ultra $200/mo (cheaper yearly). We checked this on the vendor's official page on 2026-10-31; prices change often, so confirm there before you buy.
Does Trae have a free plan?
Yes, its own pages list a free tier or free edition. Limits differ by plan: Free $0; Lite $8/mo; Pro $20/mo; Pro+ $60/mo; Ultra $200/mo (cheaper yearly).
What is Trae?
AI IDE with coding agents. It is made by ByteDance and sits in our Coding category.
How good is Trae compared with other AI agents?
It scores 65/100, which is #85 of 100 agents overall and #26 of 27 in Coding. Closest alternatives: GitHub Copilot (coding agent) (90/100), Claude Code (87/100) and OpenAI Codex (84/100).
How is the score calculated?
Each agent gets 1 to 5 on 8 weighted criteria; the points add up to a total out of 100. The scores are Deyron Labs editorial judgments, not benchmarks.
Our independence
Scores and positions are never for sale, and vendors do not review or edit this page. There are no sponsored or affiliate links on it. If that ever changes, the links will be labeled. Spotted a wrong detail? Suggest a correction and include the official page that shows it. Visit Trae's official site.