agent · ai-coding-agents
Blackbox AI vs Kilo Code
55 fields both were evaluated on, 25 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 30 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Blackbox AI | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | “Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 | |
| Explainability· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | “Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | “SSO sign-in across every surface One commit covers the full organization”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Evaluation coverage· | “Independent measurements, not claims. Artificial Analysis independently measured our output speed on NVIDIA Nemotron 3 Ultra.”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Blackbox AI | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Operating environment· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack “Kilo works where you work. Build alone or with your team. VS Code JetBrains IntelliJ PyCharm WebStorm CLI Cloud Agents Slack”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | Blackbox AI | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Third-party evaluations· | “Independent measurements, not claims. Artificial Analysis independently measured our output speed”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Data handling· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Blackbox AI | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model· | Per-token Enterprise commits “Per-token Enterprise commits · rates improve with spend”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | “Aligned pricing Models at cost. No markup. No lock-in.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Price point· | $1.40, $1.90, $0.74, $0.32, $0.60 “zai glm-5.2 Text 1M $1.40 DEPLOY moonshotai kimi-k2.7-code-highspeed Code 262K $1.90 DEPLOY moonshotai kimi-k2.7-code Code 262K $0.74 DEPLOY nvidia nemotron-3-ultra-550b-a55b Text 1M $0.32 DEPLOY alibaba qwen3.7-plus Text 1M $0.32 DEPLOY minimax minimax-m3 Text 1M $0.60”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | |
| Availability· | ||
| Deployment options· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Cloud “Choose where to start with Kilo VS Code JetBrains CLI Cloud”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Integrations· | “The Agents API, the VS Code extension, and the CLI.”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack “VS Code JetBrains IntelliJ PyCharm WebStorm CLI Cloud Agents Slack”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Blackbox AI | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Model provider· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | |
| Open weights· | open-weight model “Enterprise Inference runs the open-weight model that you choose”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | “500+ models, zero markup: frontier, open weight, or your own keys.”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Blackbox AI | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| Protocols supported· | MCP (Model Context Protocol) “Does Kilo support MCP (Model Context Protocol)?”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 | |
| Tool use· | “Agents & tooling The Agents API, the VS Code extension, and the CLI.”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | no public information kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Multi-agent· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | “Agent command center One portal for every agent Control every agent from one place across IDEs, CLI, and cloud. Local and cloud agents Parallel isolated worktrees”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 |
| Open source· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | MIT-licensed open source; vendor states users can inspect, fork, modify and self-host the agent. “Open source No black boxes. Inspect everything. Audit the prompt, context window, and decisions in MIT-licensed source. Fork, modify, self-host”kilo.ai · checked Sep 9, 2026 |
| Marketplace presence· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Blackbox AI | Kilo Code |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | 5M+ developers, including engineers at the world's largest companies “5M+ developers, including engineers at the world's largest companies, build with BLACKBOX.AI”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | |
| Deployment scale· | 5M+ developers, including engineers at the world's largest companies “5M+ developers, including engineers at the world's largest companies, build with BLACKBOX.AI”blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 17, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations | Vendor-reported: "5M+ Kilo Coders" and "10T+ tokens processed every month". No independent counter is named. “5M+ Kilo Coders 10T+ tokens processed every month”kilo.ai · checked Sep 9, 2026 |
| Target sectors· | developers at the world's most innovative companies “Trusted by developers at the world's most innovative companies”kilo.ai · checked Aug 8, 2026 | |
| Documented incidents· | no public information blackbox.ai · checked Aug 7, 2026 | Disclosed a security incident at business-intelligence provider Metabase impacting Kilo Code data (originally Aug 7, 2026), with the latest update posted Aug 14, 2026 23:19 UTC. “Metabase Incident Impacting Kilo Code Data August 14, 2026 23:19 UTC Update Aug 7, 2026”kilo.ai · checked Aug 18, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 16, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
Disclosed by neither
Both Blackbox AI and Kilo Code publish nothing on these 30 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 30 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Autonomy level
- Human oversight
- Goal complexity
- Action space
- Initiative
- High-risk domains
- Supported regions
- Support model
- Fine-tuning
- Context window
- API access
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Usage restrictions
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Runtime governance
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
Questions
- How do Blackbox AI and Kilo Code compare on operating environment?
- Blackbox AI: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: VS Code, JetBrains, IntelliJ, PyCharm, WebStorm, CLI, Cloud Agents, Slack.
- How do Blackbox AI and Kilo Code compare on user base?
- Blackbox AI: 5M+ developers, including engineers at the world's largest companies. Kilo Code: 5M+ "Kilo Coders" (self-reported user count)..
- How do Blackbox AI and Kilo Code compare on deployment scale?
- Blackbox AI: 5M+ developers, including engineers at the world's largest companies. Kilo Code: Vendor-reported: "5M+ Kilo Coders" and "10T+ tokens processed every month". No independent counter is named..
- How do Blackbox AI and Kilo Code compare on target sectors?
- Blackbox AI: ENTERPRISE. Kilo Code: developers at the world's most innovative companies.
- How do Blackbox AI and Kilo Code compare on documented incidents?
- Blackbox AI: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: Disclosed a security incident at business-intelligence provider Metabase impacting Kilo Code data (originally Aug 7, 2026), with the latest update posted Aug 14, 2026 23:19 UTC..
- How do Blackbox AI and Kilo Code compare on deployment options?
- Blackbox AI: no public information disclosed. Kilo Code: VS Code, JetBrains, CLI, Cloud.