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Clixad vs Elbow

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Clixad compared with Elbow
DetailClixad logo ClixadElbow logo Elbow
What it doesFree AI coding agent for your terminal with no API key or monthly subscription More intelligence per engineer
StageMVP Not given
FoundedNot given Not given
Based inDE Not given
Pricing modelFreemium Paid
Pricing25,000 credits on signup. Five models (GPT-5 Nano, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Claude Haiku 5.5, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite) free daily up to 60,000 credits per account. Premium models cost credits. Earn credits via offerwall offers, daily streaks, rating answers (every 50th turn), inviting Not given
Key features
  • Free access to five AI models daily (GPT-5 Nano, Gemini 2.5 Flash-Lite, Claude Haiku 5.5, DeepSeek V4 Flash, Gemini 3.5 Flash-Lite) up to 60,000 credits per account per day
  • GitHub sign-in with no API keys needed
  • Reads and searches files, edits code, and runs commands with explicit user approval
  • Access to 13 models from five vendors on a single shared balance
  • Optional ads in terminal (can be disabled) shown in up to three marked locations
  • Earn credits through offerwall offers, daily streaks, rating answers, inviting others, and surveys
  • 25,000 signup bonus credits
  • User code and prompts never shared with advertisers
  • Premium models available (Claude Opus 5.5, GPT-6 Sol) via earned or purchased credits
  • No mandatory subscription or monthly renewals
  • Works with Claude Code, Codex, Conductor, T3 Code
  • Fast, Balanced and Thinking modes with automatic optimization
  • Monthly budgets for organization, teams and individuals
  • Alerts at 80% and 100% budget by email and Slack
  • Spend tracking by repository, team and session
  • Session history with steps, duration and cost
  • Failover between providers when one slows down
  • Audit log and device management
  • Self-updating CLI for engineers
  • Transcript control and compliance options
What makes it different
  • Completely free to start with 25,000 signup credits and five free models daily, no API key or credit card required
  • Access 13 AI models from five vendors (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, DeepSeek, more) on one shared balance
  • Earn credits through optional offers and activities rather than paying subscription fees
  • Ad-supported model keeps free tier sustainable long-term without trial-to-paid conversions
  • All changes require explicit user approval via diff review before being applied
  • Four times the work per dollar compared to Opus 5.5
  • Engineers keep their existing tools, prompts and settings
  • Intelligent cost optimization that picks thinking mode for each step
  • Complete visibility into team AI spending and usage
  • Engineers never hold provider keys, reducing security risk
Free planNot given Not given
Open sourceNot given Not given
PlatformsNot given Not given
Public APINot given Not given
Community votes00
DR (Domain Rating by Ahrefs)1 no change since last check3 no change since last check
Trust Flow (Majestic)10
Citation Flow (Majestic)2812
Referring domains (Majestic)551

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