goose vs OpenCode: pricing & features compared
Short answer: goose is free and open source, with no verified paid price. OpenCode is free and open source, with no verified paid price. Both are Terminal coding agents. Verified from each vendor's pricing page on 29 Oct 2026.
Two open-source agents you run on your own machine with the model provider of your choice.
Every cell links to the vendor page it came from. Last verified 29 Oct 2026.
Key differences (from the vendors' own pages)
- See the table below.
Side-by-side
 goose |  OpenCode | |
|---|---|---|
| Category | Terminal coding agents | Terminal coding agents |
| Free tier | Free & open source Open source (Apache 2.0) source · verified 2026-10-29 | Free & open source 100% free to use with a set of free models source · verified 2026-10-28 |
| Cheapest paid plan | Unverified source · verified 2026-10-29 | Unverified source · verified 2026-10-28 |
| All plans | Open source: Free | Free: Free |
| Platforms | macOS, Linux, Windows, CLI source · verified 2026-10-29 | Terminal, IDE, Desktop source · verified 2026-10-28 |
| Key features |
source · verified 2026-10-29 |
source · verified 2026-10-28 |
| Open source | Apache-2.0 | MIT |
| Last verified | 29 Oct 2026 | 28 Oct 2026 |
| Visit goose ↗Direct link: no affiliate ID | Visit OpenCode ↗Direct link: no affiliate ID |
Hands-on notes
Placeholder - not yet tested. This section is reserved for our own hands-on test of goose and OpenCode:
what we built, how long it took, what broke, and what it cost. Nothing here is written until we have actually used it. No ratings or reviews are shown until then.