Sourcegraph
Evaluate Sourcegraph for cross-repository understanding and governance, using its current enterprise contract rather than a legacy Cody subscription.
- Starting price
- Enterprise from USD 16,000/year
- Free access
- No public free-plan allowance listed
- Billing unit
- Minimum annual enterprise contract and AI credits
- Platform
- Code hosts, browser search, MCP, API and CLI
- Verified
- 31 Oct 2026
Overview
What you provide
- Connect authorised repositories and ask a concrete code-understanding, investigation or migration question.
What you get
- The platform returns code search and navigation results, AI-assisted investigations and reviewable batch-change workflows.
Choosing this tool
Sourcegraph positions its current platform as a context and oversight layer for engineers and coding agents. Code search, Deep Search and batch changes address an organisation-wide codebase, while an IDE assistant can be enough for an individual change. Compare GitHub Copilot for an assistant integrated into GitHub and supported editors, or Cursor for an editor-and-agent subscription. Neither comparison should imply those seat plans include Sourcegraph’s cross-code-host deployment and administration scope.
A decision worked through
USD 16,000 divided by twelve is about USD 1,333.33/month for budgeting, but the published commitment is annual. The page does not support calculating a per-user or per-query price without a quote.
Sourcegraph alternatives for enterprise code search and ai codebase context
Compare Sourcegraph with GitHub Copilot, Cursor for this workflow, including the billing unit and the work left to your team.
| Product | Price / unit | Free allowance | Input → output | Key limit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SourcegraphRead profileOfficial source ↗ | Enterprise from USD 16,000/year | No public free allowance listed | Repositories become searchable code context. | Included AI-credit quantities require a quote. |
| GitHub CopilotRead profileOfficial source ↗ | Pro USD 10/month | Free with limited chat and agent use | Code context becomes assistant changes and reviews. | Agent work consumes AI credits; extra usage is separate. |
| CursorRead profileOfficial source ↗ | Plus displayed USD 8/month | Free with limited AI use | Repository context becomes editor and agent assistance. | Plus lists Grok models only; third-party models have separate usage billing. |
Setup & workflow
- Choose a representative cross-repository investigation with a known answer.
- Validate search and agent context using the intended access permissions.
- Request explicit credit, deployment and support terms before committing.
Requirements & installation
- Inventory code hosts and access policies before requesting a scope-specific annual proposal.
Limits & review
- Included AI credits are not a published unlimited-use promise. Legacy Cody prices are not used here, and optional support and additional usage need written contract terms.
Your part
- Review repository permissions, validate code references and test any generated or batch-applied change.
Sources & verification5
This profile is based on official sources, not a hands-on product test.
Vendor descriptions and demos document advertised features. Editorial guidance is based on these sources.
- Official Sourcegraph pricingsourcegraph.com
- Official Sourcegraph productsourcegraph.com
- Sourcegraph official referencesourcegraph.com
- GitHub Copilot official referencegithub.com
- Cursor official referencecursor.com
