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HeyDeer vs CodeRabbit
CodeRabbit charges for every developer who opens a pull request. HeyDeer charges one workspace plan with shared credits, and every developer is included. A 10-person team shipping 100 PRs a month pays $14 on HeyDeer and $240 on CodeRabbit Essentials.
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Free starts with 1,000 credits in your first month, then 300 each month. No credit card required.
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Pricing at a glance
| Topic | HeyDeer | CodeRabbit |
|---|---|---|
| How you pay | One workspace plan with shared credits | Per developer who opens PRs |
| Price | Free available; paid plans from $9 a month per workspace | $24 (Essentials) or $48 (Team) per developer a month, billed annually |
| Developers | Unlimited, no seat fees | Every PR author is a paid seat |
| Custom checks | Every plan | Team plan and above |
| Review limits | No hourly caps per developer | 5 (Essentials) or 8 (Team) reviews per developer an hour, fewer after heavy use |
| Free access | 1,000 credits in the first month, then 300 each month; no credit card | 14 days, no credit card |
What the same workload costs
Each developer opens 10 PRs a month, and each PR is reviewed once.
| Developers | PRs a month | HeyDeer | CodeRabbit Essentials | CodeRabbit Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 | 30 | $6Free + add-on credits | $72 | $144 |
| 5 | 50 | $9Starter | $120 | $240 |
| 10 | 100 | $14Starter + add-on credits | $240 | $480 |
| 25 | 250 | $39Pro | $600 | $1,200 |
| 50 | 500 | $66Pro + add-on credits | $1,200 | $2,400 |
HeyDeer on the cheapest plan for the credits, at our calculator’s Standard estimate for a PR with up to 200 changed lines and a few repository checks. CodeRabbit at its annual rates. USD list prices before tax. Estimate your own workload
Frontier review quality
HeyDeer reviews with frontier models. Each change is examined from independent perspectives, and every finding is checked against your code before it’s posted.
Our evaluationWhat 6,000+ review runs taught us about useful feedback6,132 review runs on our own pull requests, scored on findings worth fixing, minus false positives.Why teams switch from CodeRabbit to HeyDeer
- No seat fees. Every plan includes unlimited developers and repositories, so adding a developer adds no seat charge.
- Checks on every plan. Repository checks are included on every plan, including Free. CodeRabbit keeps custom checks for Team and above.
- No hourly caps. Review a burst of PRs before a release without waiting for a per-developer limit to reset.