agent · ai-coding-agents
Refact.ai vs Vercel Agent
55 fields both were evaluated on, 26 of them different — including where one discloses something the other does not. Every value links to the document it came from. 29 further fields are disclosed by neither and are listed at the end rather than tabled.
Assurance
| Field | Refact.ai | Vercel Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Audit trail· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Explainability· | “Reasoning . . . Reasoned through it I’ll confirm the current cache-purge command shape, then request approval to purge vercel-site .”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Runtime governance· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Permissions are tailored to your specific request, limited to the relevant teams, projects, and tools, and nothing more.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Permission scopes· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Permissions are tailored to your specific request, limited to the relevant teams, projects, and tools, and nothing more.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Agency
| Field | Refact.ai | Vercel Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Autonomy level· | “Autonomous AI agent Delegate your coding tasks end-to-end Just describe what you need — Refact.ai Agent plans, executes, and deploys.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Human oversight· | “It works like another developer in your IDE, integrating with your codebase and stack, while letting you preview and control the process.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Human-in-the-loop, always Sandboxed execution keeps experimentation safe, and any impactful change only goes live with your explicit approval.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Goal complexity· | “AI that answers questions, investigates production issues, takes approved actions, and reviews code.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Action space· | “Refact.ai Agent accesses your resources and handles related operations autonomously, mimicking your workflow.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Operating environment· | Runs inside the developer's IDE, working against their codebase and stack “It works like another developer in your IDE, integrating with your codebase and stack, while letting you preview and control the process.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Built into your dashboard.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 2, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Initiative· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Every production issue becomes a complete investigation, helping your team move from alert to resolution faster with less manual debugging.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Safety
| Field | Refact.ai | Vercel Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Usage restrictions· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Vercel Agent never trains on customer code if your Vercel Team's data sharing settings are set to 'off' or you are on an Enterprise plan.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Data handling· | On-premise deployment offered as the data-control option; no retention, training-use or deletion terms published on the page checked “On-premise deployment keeps your code private and fully under your control. It provides maximum security and complete data ownership.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Vercel Agent never trains on customer code if your Vercel Team's data sharing settings are set to 'off' or you are on an Enterprise plan.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Practicality
| Field | Refact.ai | Vercel Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing model· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Vercel Token Rate plus provider inference costs.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Price point· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Availability· | Hosted service being discontinued - the homepage carries a banner stating Refact Cloud is shutting down soon “Refact Cloud is shutting down soon”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | |
| Deployment options· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Built into your dashboard.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 Not in our latest capture. We captured this page again on Sep 2, 2026 and this quote was not there. How we re-check citations |
| Integrations· | no public information refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “GitHub repository cloning failed before the acme-store build began.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Support model· | "Priority support and onboarding" named as a paid-tier feature; no response times or remedies published “Priority support and onboarding”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Foundation models
| Field | Refact.ai | Vercel Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Base models· | “Powered by Qwen2.5-Coder model and Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model provider· | “Use Claude 4, GPT-4o, or GPT-4o mini with AI Agent or for chat queries. Bring your own key Connect your API key and use any LLM: Gemini, Grok, OpenAI, Deepseek, and others.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Model swappable· | “Bring your own key Connect your API key and use any LLM: Gemini, Grok, OpenAI, Deepseek, and others.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Fine-tuning· | “Fine-tune LLMs Train AI on your stack to customize its behavior.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Vercel Agent never trains on customer code if your Vercel Team's data sharing settings are set to 'off' or you are on an Enterprise plan.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Ecosystem
| Field | Refact.ai | Vercel Agent |
|---|---|---|
| Tool use· | “Refact.ai Agent accesses your resources and handles related operations autonomously, mimicking your workflow.”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | “Worked with 2 tools Requesting access 1 Confirm the vercel-site project Read the project metadata for vercel-site in the vercel team so the cache command targets the right project. 2 Purge the CDN cache Run the Vercel cache purge for vercel-site , limited to the CDN cache.”vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Open source· | Self-described as open source in the homepage headline; no licence named on the page checked “Your Open-Source, Autonomous AI Agent”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
| Marketplace presence· | Plugins published for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs (PyCharm, WebStorm, GoLand, IntelliJ, CLion), Visual Studio, Neovim and Sublime Text; several marked beta “Download Refact.ai plugins: VS Code JetBrains Visual Studio beta Neovim beta Sublime Text beta PyCharm WebStorm GoLand IntelliJ CLion”refact.ai · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Impact
| Field | Refact.ai | Vercel Agent |
|---|---|---|
| User base· | no public information vercel.com · checked Aug 1, 2026 |
Disclosed by neither
Both Refact.ai and Vercel Agent publish nothing on these 29 fields. That is a finding about the category rather than a difference between them, so it is recorded here instead of as 29 identical table rows. Each is shown with its source check on the individual profiles.
- Deployment scale
- Target sectors
- High-risk domains
- Documented incidents
- Supported regions
- Open weights
- Context window
- Protocols supported
- Multi-agent
- API access
- Safety evaluations
- Red teaming
- Safety policy
- Model or system card
- Incident reporting
- Third-party evaluations
- Insurance available
- Insurance carriers
- Coverage limits
- Indemnification
- Liability cap
- Tamper-evident log
- Compliance certifications
- Regulatory alignment
- Outcome-based pricing
- Settlement mechanism
- Dispute process
- SLA terms
- Evaluation coverage
Questions
- How do Refact.ai and Vercel Agent compare on support model?
- Refact.ai: "Priority support and onboarding" named as a paid-tier feature; no response times or remedies published. Vercel Agent: no public information disclosed.
- How do Refact.ai and Vercel Agent compare on open source?
- Refact.ai: Self-described as open source in the homepage headline; no licence named on the page checked. Vercel Agent: no public information disclosed.