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Both review pull requests on the major code hosts and learn from your team. MergeHarbor prices reviews in pooled credits, includes an audit log on every plan, and adds compliance evidence for every merged change.

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Information about CodeRabbit is from its public website as of October 21, 2026. Sources

At a glance

Pooled credits instead of hourly limits

MergeHarbor's plans are Essentials $25, Team $55 and Advanced $85 per active developer per month ($20, $45 and $70 billed annually), with 100, 200 or 300 review credits each, pooled across the organization. CodeRabbit's paid plans are $24 to $72 per developer per month billed annually, with a per-developer hourly review limit and optional usage-based reviews at $0.25 per reviewed file.[1][2]

Audit log on every plan

Every MergeHarbor plan includes a tamper-evident audit log. CodeRabbit lists audit logs on its Enterprise plan.[2]

Compliance evidence for every merged change

On Advanced and Enterprise, MergeHarbor seals a change-management record for each merged pull request and checks it against policies written as code, mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSS. CodeRabbit's public pricing lists audit logs and API access on Enterprise; per-change evidence records are not described.[2]

Detailed comparison

Numbers in brackets link to the CodeRabbit page each fact comes from. Plan names are shown where a capability depends on the plan.

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CapabilityMergeHarborCodeRabbit
Review quality approach
Codebase contextYes.Code graph, text index and semantic index of each repositoryYes.Agentic exploration of the codebase in a sandboxed clone[3]
Static analysisYes.Built-in checks for secrets, injection risks, unsafe settings and risky migrations, free of creditsYes.50+ static analyzers, linters and SAST tools[3]
Verification of findingsYes.A second pass tries to disprove findings before they are posted; disproved findings are never postedYes.Lists a Verification agent among its review agents[3]CodeRabbit's architecture page names the agent without describing how it works
Review depthStandard, Deep, Max (1, 3, 10 credits) and Auto; Deep from Team, Max from AdvancedReview profiles: Quiet, Chill, Assertive[4]
TestsYes.Proof runs write and run tests that try to reproduce findings (Team, Advanced and Enterprise)Yes.Unit test generation (Team plan and above)[2]Different purposes: MergeHarbor's tests check its own findings; CodeRabbit's generate tests for the code
Learns from team feedbackYes.Yes.Learnings[5]
Workflow
Merge readinessYes.Merge gate: one verdict, a 0–100 readiness score and a checklist, advisory or enforcedYes.Pre-merge checks (custom checks on Team and above); error mode can block merges with the request-changes workflow[6]
Reviews in the terminalYes.mh CLIYes.CLI and VS Code extension[7]
Deployment & data
Self-hostingYes.Enterprise: Kubernetes (Helm) or AWS (Terraform)Yes.Enterprise with 500 or more seats[8]
Your own model provider accountsHosted: no, reviews run on MergeHarbor's models, included in every plan. Self-hosted (Enterprise): your own provider accountsSelf-hosted only; hosted reviews use OpenAI and/or Anthropic[9]Self-hosted model connection: [8]
Customer code used to train modelsNeverNever[9]
Security & compliance
SOC 2No SOC 2 report yet; readiness work under way, Type I audit plannedYes.SOC 2 Type II, audited annually[10]
Single sign-on and audit logYes.SSO on Enterprise; audit log on every planYes.Enterprise[2]
Compliance evidence per merged change, mapped to SOC 2, ISO 27001 and PCI DSSYes.Advanced and EnterpriseNot stated publicly[2]
Integrations
GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and Azure DevOpsYes.Every plan; GitHub Enterprise Server, GitLab Self-Managed and Bitbucket Data Center on EnterpriseYes.Including GitHub Enterprise Server, GitLab self-managed and Bitbucket Data Center[11]Bitbucket Cloud and Azure DevOps are Beta at MergeHarbor; self-managed hosts are on its Enterprise plan
Gitea, Forgejo and PerforceYes.BetaNot listed[11]
Jira and LinearYes.Yes.[12]
Chat agent in SlackYes.Apps for Slack, Microsoft Teams and Google Chat: questions about pull requests, review summaries and fix pull requestsYes.CodeRabbit Agent for Slack[13]
Pricing
Free planNo free plan: a 14-day free Team trial, and free reviews for public open-source repositoriesFree: unlimited repositories; pull request summaries only, reviews in the IDE and CLI[1]
Paid plansEssentials $25, Team $55 and Advanced $85 per active developer per month ($20, $45 and $70 billed annually)Essentials $24, Team $48, Advanced $72 per developer per month billed annually ($30, $60, $90 monthly)[1]
How usage is metered100, 200 or 300 credits per active developer by plan, pooled; $0.25 per extra creditHourly review limit per developer (5 to 12 by plan); optional usage-based reviews at $0.25 per reviewed file with a monthly cap[2]
Open-source projectsPublic repositories on github.com, gitlab.com, bitbucket.org, gitea.com and codeberg.org reviewed freeFree for public repositories[1]
Trial14 days of Team, no card required14 days of Advanced[1]

Where MergeHarbor stands out

Cost you can plan for

Pooled credits, a monthly budget, a per-pull-request credit cap and a cost breakdown for every review. Light users leave room for heavy ones.

One merge verdict

The merge gate combines findings, proof runs, linked issue criteria, tests, change risk and approvals into a verdict, a readiness score and a checklist, with presets from Relaxed to Regulated.

Audit log on every plan

Roles, API keys and a hash-chained audit log are part of every plan.

Evidence your auditors can use

On Enterprise, every merged pull request gets a sealed change-management record, checked against policies you write as code.

Where CodeRabbit may fit better

No tool is right for every team. These are cases where CodeRabbit may suit you better, based on what it publishes.

  • You need a SOC 2 Type II report today

    CodeRabbit says it is SOC 2 Type II audited annually. MergeHarbor does not yet have a SOC 2 report; readiness work is under way and a Type I audit is planned.[10]

  • You want a large installed base

    CodeRabbit says it is trusted by 17K customers across 6M repositories and names customers on its homepage. MergeHarbor is a newer product.[4]

  • You want many linters in one review

    CodeRabbit runs 50+ static analyzers, linters and SAST tools as part of its reviews.[3]

  • You want free private-repository use for a whole team

    CodeRabbit's Free plan covers unlimited public and private repositories with pull request summaries and IDE and CLI reviews. MergeHarbor has no free plan for private repositories: it offers a 14-day free trial, and free reviews for public open-source repositories.[1]

  • You want a Slack agent for more than pull requests

    CodeRabbit offers an agent in Slack that can investigate issues, plan implementations and open pull requests, billed separately by agent minute.[13]

Frequently asked questions

Can I switch from CodeRabbit?

Yes, though configuration is not converted automatically: mh import does not read CodeRabbit's configuration today. Path-based instructions map to rules with paths in .mergeharbor/, and general instructions to the instructions setting; mh config check validates the result. Your team's feedback history starts fresh, and MergeHarbor learns from it again.

Does MergeHarbor catch more bugs than CodeRabbit?

We don't claim that. We publish our own benchmark, 34 real bugs in 33 pull requests plus 7 clean changes, with every case and result, but we have not run CodeRabbit on these cases, so it is not a comparison. The fairest test is a trial on your own repositories.

How does pricing compare?

MergeHarbor's plans are Essentials $25, Team $55 and Advanced $85 per active developer per month ($20, $45 and $70 billed annually), with 100, 200 or 300 pooled credits each and $0.25 per extra credit. CodeRabbit's paid plans are $24, $48 and $72 per developer per month billed annually, with hourly review limits and optional usage-based reviews. Check both pricing pages for current terms.

Can we use our own model provider accounts?

Not on the hosted service: MergeHarbor runs every review on its own models, included in your plan, so you never supply, share or pay for model API keys. Self-hosted Enterprise deployments use your own model provider accounts.

Can we run both during an evaluation?

Yes. MergeHarbor reviews only the repositories you select, so you can try it on a few repositories while the rest stay as they are.

Have another question? Talk to our team

Sources

CodeRabbit pages, checked on October 21, 2026:

  1. [1]docs.coderabbit.ai/management/plans
  2. [2]coderabbit.ai/pricing
  3. [3]docs.coderabbit.ai/overview/architecture
  4. [4]coderabbit.ai
  5. [5]docs.coderabbit.ai/knowledge-base/learnings
  6. [6]docs.coderabbit.ai/pr-reviews/pre-merge-checks
  7. [7]docs.coderabbit.ai/overview/ide-cli-review
  8. [8]docs.coderabbit.ai/self-hosted/overview
  9. [9]docs.coderabbit.ai/faq
  10. [10]coderabbit.ai/security
  11. [11]docs.coderabbit.ai/platforms/overview
  12. [12]docs.coderabbit.ai/connections/issue-trackers
  13. [13]docs.coderabbit.ai/slack-agent/index

MergeHarbor facts come from our own pages:

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