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Greptile vs HOL Guard

Features, pricing, ratings, and pros and cons, side by side.

Verdict

Greptile and HOL Guard are both Coding AI tools. Both have a free plan or trial. Only Greptile is available on Web and offers an API. Only HOL Guard is available on macOS, Linux and CLI.

Best overall

Greptile

  • Software Engineers
  • Engineering Managers
  • Engineering Teams
  • Open Source Maintainers

Choose Greptile if

  • You want a tool built for automated pull request review on large codebases, enforcing team coding standards, feeding review findings to coding agents.
  • Reviews use a graph index of the whole repository, so findings can cover impact beyond the changed lines.
  • Plain-English custom rules and learning from past pull request comments adapt reviews to team standards.

Choose HOL Guard if

  • You want a tool built for approving risky agent actions locally, Protecting secrets from coding agents, Reviewing MCP servers, skills and plugins before use.
  • Open source under Apache-2.0 with public code and release history.
  • Works offline with no account on the free local tier.
Best for beginners
Greptile
Best for business
Greptile

Features

18 features compared.

  • Full-Codebase Context
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • Parallel Review Agents
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • Custom Rules
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • Learning from Comments
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • Review Summaries
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • Fix in Your Agent
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • TREX Runtime Validation
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • MCP Server and Claude Code Plugin
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • Self-Hosting
    Greptile
    Available
    HOL Guard
    Not available
  • Pre-action interception
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • Policy outcomes
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • Local audit trail
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • MCP, skills and plugin inspection
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • Layered policy
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • Plugin scanner
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • Risk check
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • Coverage matrix
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available
  • Broad agent support
    Greptile
    Not available
    HOL Guard
    Available

Pricing

Plans as listed by each vendor. Check their sites for current prices.

  • Pricing model
    Greptile
    Freemium
    HOL Guard
    Freemium
  • Free plan
    Greptile
    Yes
    HOL Guard
    Yes
  • Starting price
    Greptile
    $0
    HOL Guard
    $0
  • Plans
    Greptile
    3 plans
    HOL Guard
    5 plans

Greptile plans

  • Starter

    $0

    Free for one active developer

    • 1 active developer
    • unlimited repositories
    • 50 credits/month

  • Pro

    Most popular

    $30/user/mo

    Teams, marked Recommended on the pricing page

    • 50 credits per seat
    • unlimited repositories and users
    • custom rules
    • unlimited external app connections
    • $1 per additional credit

  • Enterprise

    Custom

    Organizations at scale

    • Self-hosting option
    • SSO/SAML
    • GitHub Enterprise support
    • dedicated Slack support channel
    • custom DPA and terms

HOL Guard plans

  • Free

    $0

    Local protection on one machine, no account required

    • Local scanning and command interception
    • On-device decisions and change diffs
    • Local policy
    • Offline support
    • Local leaked-secret scanning

  • Solo

    $4.99/month

    Personal Cloud memory across two devices

    • 2 devices
    • 30-day retention
    • 1 GB storage
    • Monitoring of up to 5 GitHub repositories
    • 250 credential validity checks per month

  • Pro

    $15/month

    Longer history and alerts for one person

    • 5 devices
    • 180-day retention
    • 5 GB storage
    • Audit log sync
    • Alert notifications
    • Policy versioning

  • Team

    $30/user/mo

    Shared policy and fleet visibility for teams

    • Up to 25 devices
    • 365-day retention
    • 25 GB plus 5 GB per seat
    • Shared policy
    • Owner queues
    • Fleet dashboards

  • Enterprise

    Custom/custom

    Identity review, evidence export and self-hosted deployment review

    • Identity and access review
    • Redacted evidence export via webhook
    • Volume pricing
    • Self-hosted or VPC deployment review

Our ratings

Scored out of 10 by the Finder Atlas editorial team. Last reviewed October 2026.

Greptile
8.0overall
HOL Guard
7.8overall

  • Ease of Use

    Greptile
    8.2
    HOL Guard
    Not rated

  • Feature Depth

    Greptile
    8.4
    HOL Guard
    Not rated

  • Value for Money

    Greptile
    7.6
    HOL Guard
    Not rated

  • Performance & Speed

    Greptile
    7.8
    HOL Guard
    Not rated

  • Documentation & Support

    Greptile
    8.0
    HOL Guard
    Not rated

  • Action Interception

    Greptile
    Not rated
    HOL Guard
    8.0

  • Agent Coverage

    Greptile
    Not rated
    HOL Guard
    7.8

  • Ease of Setup

    Greptile
    Not rated
    HOL Guard
    7.5

  • Transparency & Openness

    Greptile
    Not rated
    HOL Guard
    8.6

  • Pricing Clarity

    Greptile
    Not rated
    HOL Guard
    7.2

Scores weigh documented features, plan value, platform coverage, integrations and user feedback. A missing score means we have not rated that area yet.

Pros and cons

Greptile

Pros

  • Reviews use a graph index of the whole repository, so findings can cover impact beyond the changed lines.
  • Plain-English custom rules and learning from past pull request comments adapt reviews to team standards.
  • Works with GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket, and hands findings to Claude Code, Cursor, Codex or Devin.
  • Self-hosting and air-gapped deployment are available for regulated organizations.
  • Free tier for one developer, free use for qualified open source, and 50% off for early startups.

Cons

  • Third-party comparisons report more false positives than some competitors; one competitor-run test claims nearly 60% of comments were nitpicks or false positives, which should be read as a rival's claim.
  • Pro costs $30 per seat per month and extra credits cost $1 each, with Plus and Apex reviews using 3 and 10 credits.
  • Self-hosting, SSO/SAML and GitHub Enterprise support require the custom-priced Enterprise plan.
  • Focused on pull request review only; it is not an editor or coding assistant.

HOL Guard

Pros

  • Open source under Apache-2.0 with public code and release history
  • Works offline with no account on the free local tier
  • Lets you approve or block actions instead of only logging them
  • Covers MCP servers, skills, plugins and package installs, not just shell commands
  • Publishes a coverage matrix and states its limits openly

Cons

  • Coverage depth varies by agent and event type, and some integrations are alpha
  • Install instructions cover macOS and Linux; Windows support is not stated
  • Cloud tiers add cost, and annual prices are not listed
  • Site has no visible terms or company address on the product page

Platforms

  • Web
    Greptile
    Supported
    HOL Guard
    Not supported
  • Windows
    Greptile
    Not supported
    HOL Guard
    Not supported
  • macOS
    Greptile
    Not supported
    HOL Guard
    Supported
  • iOS
    Greptile
    Not supported
    HOL Guard
    Not supported
  • Android
    Greptile
    Not supported
    HOL Guard
    Not supported
  • API
    Greptile
    Supported
    HOL Guard
    Not supported
  • Browser Extension
    Greptile
    Not supported
    HOL Guard
    Not supported
  • Linux
    Greptile
    Not supported
    HOL Guard
    Supported
  • CLI
    Greptile
    Not supported
    HOL Guard
    Supported

Integrations

Greptile

7 integrations
  • GitHub
  • GitLab
  • Bitbucket
  • Claude Code
  • Cursor
  • Codex
  • Devin

HOL Guard

7 integrations
  • Claude Code
  • Codex
  • Cursor
  • OpenCode
  • GitHub Copilot CLI
  • GitHub Actions
  • MCP servers

Company

  • Company
    Greptile
    Greptile
    HOL Guard
    Hashgraph Online DAO LLC
  • Founded
    Greptile
    2023
    HOL Guard
    Not listed
  • Headquarters
    Greptile
    San Francisco, CA
    HOL Guard
    Not listed
  • Listing
    Greptile
    Claimed
    HOL Guard
    Claimed

Frequently asked questions

Is Greptile better than HOL Guard?

It depends on your workflow. Greptile is built for automated pull request review on large codebases, enforcing team coding standards, feeding review findings to coding agents. HOL Guard is built for approving risky agent actions locally, Protecting secrets from coding agents, Reviewing MCP servers, skills and plugins before use.

What are the key feature differences between Greptile and HOL Guard?

Greptile: AI code review that checks every pull request against your full codebase context. HOL Guard: Local approvals for AI coding agent actions before they touch your machine.

Does Greptile or HOL Guard have a free plan?

Yes, both do. Greptile is freemium and HOL Guard is freemium, and each has a free plan or trial.

Which is cheaper, Greptile or HOL Guard?

Both can be used for free. Paid plans differ in limits and features, so compare the tiers in the pricing table above.