Pieces vs Sourcegraph Cody
A side-by-side comparison of capabilities, autonomy, integrations, and pricing to help you choose.
Short answer: choose Pieces if you want on-device ai long-term memory and copilot for developers (Copilot, freemium); choose Sourcegraph Cody if you want enterprise ai coding assistant grounded in sourcegraph's code graph (Copilot, enterprise).
| Pieces | Sourcegraph Cody | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | On-device AI long-term memory and copilot for developers | Enterprise AI coding assistant grounded in Sourcegraph's code graph |
| Type | product-with-agents | product-with-agents |
| Autonomy | Copilot | Copilot |
| Pricing | freemium · Free for individuals; Teams plan contact for pricing | enterprise · Enterprise; reported from $59/user/mo (no free/pro tier) |
| Best for | developers, smb, mid-market | enterprise |
| Deployment | self-hosted, saas | saas, self-hosted |
| Modalities | text, code | text, code |
| Models | model-agnostic, gpt, claude, gemini, llama, open-source | model-agnostic |
| Protocols | mcp | function-calling, rest-api |
| Integrations | VS Code, JetBrains IDEs, Chrome, Cursor, Claude Desktop, GitHub Copilot | VS Code, JetBrains, GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket |
| Capabilities | 5 documented | 3 documented |
Pieces
- +Local, on-device processing positioned as air-gapped and privacy-first (encrypted, with PII and API-key filtering per the vendor)
- +Cross-tool memory that spans IDEs, browsers, terminals, and chat apps, not just one editor
- +Works offline with local models and is model-agnostic (local Llama, plus GPT, Claude, Gemini)
- -Memory only captures while the app is running and is capped at a rolling ~9-month window
- -Copilot assists and recalls; it does not take autonomous actions on your behalf
Sourcegraph Cody
- +Grounded in Sourcegraph's code graph for whole-codebase context
- +Strong fit for orgs already using Sourcegraph code search
- +Enterprise security and self-hosted options
- -Free and Pro tiers were discontinued in 2025; now enterprise-only
- -Individual/agentic developer use was pushed to a separate product (Amp)
Which should you choose?
Pieces is on-device ai long-term memory and copilot for developers, best for developers, smb, mid-market. Sourcegraph Cody is enterprise ai coding assistant grounded in sourcegraph's code graph, best for enterprise. The right choice depends on the autonomy level you want, your existing integrations, and your budget, all compared above.