# Trae Review

> Trae review: Low-priced AI IDE (Free/Lite/Pro/Pro+/Ultra); product family now split into TraeCode (IDE) and TraeWork (web/desktop/mobile workspace built on.

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Low-priced AI IDE (Free/Lite/Pro/Pro+/Ultra); product family now split into TraeCode (IDE) and TraeWork (web/desktop/mobile workspace built on SOLO). Owner per brief: ByteDance - the legal entity could not be read from a primary source (privacy policy/ToS are client-rendered); enterprise page cites Douyin as a customer. Chats may be used for training unless Privacy Mode is on.

See pricing · facts verified Oct 2, 2026

## What we know about Trae

Trae is a ai coding agents platform: low-priced AI IDE (Free/Lite/Pro/Pro+/Ultra); product family now split into TraeCode (IDE) and TraeWork (web/desktop/mobile workspace built on SOLO). Owner per brief: ByteDance - the legal entity could not be read from a primary source (privacy policy/ToS are client-rendered); enterprise page cites Douyin as a customer. Chats may be used for training unless Privacy Mode is on. This profile tracks every Trae fact we have verified, each linked to a primary source and dated.

Trae does not publish a public per-minute rate we have been able to verify, so the price figure here stays blank until we can confirm one. We would rather show nothing than a guessed number; if you have a current Trae quote, it is the fastest way for us to close that gap.

On capabilities, Trae covers enterprise plan (contact sales), pick the model per task, zero data retention option, soc 2, self-hosted / vpc deployment, and autonomous multi-file edits, and does not offer checkpoints / rollback. Each of those is verified against Trae's own docs or dashboard, not marketing copy.

For compliance, with Trae: SOC 2 Type II is in place. If you are in a regulated space, confirm the current posture with Trae before you commit, since these change plan by plan.

In total we track 27 verified facts for Trae today, each linking the primary source it came from so you can check our work - and vendor claims we have not measured ourselves are labeled as such on the Trae fact sheet below.

## Fact sheet

### Pricing

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| How usage is metered | $ usage pool + per-token | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| What the free plan allows | Free ($0): "Limited monthly allowance" of Dollar Usage | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Cheapest paid plan (monthly) | $20 | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Cheapest paid plan (annual) | $16.70 | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Top individual plan | $200 | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Usage included at entry tier | $20/month Dollar Usage (Pro) | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Rate-limit window | monthly Dollar Usage allowance | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Price beyond the plan | On-Demand Usage: billed by token at the model provider's... | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/on-demand-usage) |
| Bring your own API key | true | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/models) |
| Enterprise plan (contact sales) | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://www.trae.ai/enterprise) |

### Capabilities

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Models available | Seed-2.1-Turbo, GPT-6-Astra/Sol/Luna +13 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/models) |
| Default model | Auto mode | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Pick the model per task | ✓  true (paid plans) | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |

### Compliance & trust

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Trains on your code? | Chats | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/privacy-mode) |
| Zero data retention option | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://www.trae.ai/enterprise) |
| SOC 2 | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://www.trae.ai/enterprise) |
| Self-hosted / VPC deployment | ✓  Enterprise: SaaS or VPC | Oct 2 | [source](https://www.trae.ai/enterprise) |

### Build experience

| Fact | Value | Verified | Source |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Where it runs | TraeCode desktop IDE (IDE mode + SOLO mode) +4 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/trae-solo-is-now-available) |
| Autonomous multi-file edits | ✓  true | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/what-is-trae) |
| Runs terminal commands | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/auto-run-and-security) |
| Background / cloud agents | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/new-plans-and-billing) |
| Parallel agents | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/multitasking) |
| MCP support | ✓  true | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/add-mcp-servers) |
| Codebase indexing | ✓  Yes | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/codebase-indexing) |
| Project rules files | Memories: ~/.trae/memory/user_profile.md (global) +2 more | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/memories) |
| Checkpoints / rollback | ✗  No | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/auto-run-and-security) |
| Code review | true | Oct 2 | [source](https://docs.trae.ai/ide/what-is-trae) |

## Trae head-to-head

| Comparison | Record | Per use case |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Trae vs Cursor](https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/cursor-vs-trae/) | won 2 · lost 3 · tied 2 | Beginners: won; Enterprise: lost; Free Plans: won; Local Models: tie; Open Source: tie; Terminal Workflows: lost; VS Code: lost |

Source: https://www.versusref.com/coding-agents/tools/trae/