Cline vs Operator
Direct comparison of Cline (from Cline) and Operator (from OpenAI). Want a 3- or 4-way comparison? Open the multi-agent tool →
| Cline Cline | Operator OpenAI | |
|---|---|---|
| Overview | ||
| Vendor | Cline | OpenAI |
| Category | coding | browser |
| Release date | — | — |
| Source | open source | proprietary |
| License | Apache-2.0 | — |
| Pricing | Free OSS · pay-as-you-go for hosted models | ChatGPT Pro |
| Base models | ||
| Capabilities | idefile_ioshell_execbrowser_use | browser_useweb_navigationform_filltask_completion |
| Capability | ||
| gpt.buzz Index | 20.5 | 10.0 |
| SWE-bench Verified | 58.0% | — |
| SWE-bench Pro | — | — |
| Terminal-Bench 2.0 | — | — |
| GAIA | — | — |
| WebArena | — | 65.8% |
| Adoption | ||
| OpenRouter · daily | 435.7B | — |
| OpenRouter · cumulative | 4.54T | — |
| GitHub stars | — | — |
| Links | ||
| Links | ||
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