Cline vs Perplexity

FeatureClinePerplexity
CategoryCoding AssistantsAI Search
PricingFree (open-source)Free + Pro $20/mo
GitHub Stars18,000—
PlatformsmacOS, Linux, WindowsWeb, iOS, Android
Features
  • ✓ VS Code extension
  • ✓ Browser use
  • ✓ Terminal access
  • ✓ Multi-model
  • ✓ File editing
  • ✓ Real-time search
  • ✓ Citations
  • ✓ Follow-up questions
  • ✓ File upload
  • ✓ API
  • ✓ Collections
Tags
codingvscodeautonomousopen-source
searchresearchcitationswebapi