ByteDance
Trae / Trae Agent
ByteDance's AI IDE and open-source Trae Agent project, covering Builder/SOLO-style IDE workflows plus a modular CLI/research agent for software-engineering tasks.
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Attributed output
No signal we can detect yet
n/aAttributed outputNo signal we can detect yetCommits and PRs on public GitHub provably produced by this agent. Exact if it is visible through its own bot or workflow, an estimate if measured through attribution it declares (these can swing 30 to 40 percent between measurement runs at multi-million scale), and a floor either way.#30
Index rank
of 34 tracked agents
#30Index rankof 34 tracked agentsn/a
Business signal
No sourced business metric
n/aBusiness signalNo sourced business metric$3/mo entry
Entry price
Token-based membership tier
$3/mo entryEntry priceToken-based membership tierNot published
npm demand/wk
Public npm counter
Not publishednpm demand/wkPublic npm counterWeekly package downloads as an install-demand floor; adjusted when the vendor's main install channel is no longer npm.Market
Developer output
No signal we can detect yet
Trae / Trae Agent works through the developer's own identity and leaves nothing public we can currently attribute to it on its output, so its public footprint is invisible \u2014 not absent, and not a sign of low usage. Agents in this group are ordered by their sourced business and traction signals instead.
- Index rank
- #30 of 34
- Demand share
- No public npm package
- Business signal
- No sourced business metric
- GitHub share
- 1% of tracked stars
- npm channel
- No public npm package
Best fit
Direct competitors
- Trae closes a major IDE coverage gap from the awesome-code-agents list.
- The row combines proprietary Trae IDE with the public ByteDance Trae Agent repo because both are part of ByteDance's coding-agent footprint.
All sourced signals (2)ExpandHide
| Signal | Value | Type | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| GitHub stars | 11,639 | Public metric | High |
| Membership pricing update | $3-$100/month token-based tiers | Official | Medium |
Pricing And Economics
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Trae moved to token-based membership benefits with tiers described from $3/month to $100/month.
- Entry price
- $3/mo entry
- Top self-serve price
- $100/mo
- Pricing unit
- Token-based membership tier
- Token transparency
- Credit proxy
- Included usage
- Official Trae blog says membership benefits changed to token-based pricing with four tiers from $3 to $100/month.
- Overage path
- Not consistently published in the public blog summary; region and plan rules may vary.
Retail Token Equivalent
No stable token-per-dollar conversion was extracted from official public docs.
| Plan | Price | Allowance | Unit | Token / Overage Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trae entry tier | $3/mo | Token-based membership tier. | tokens/credits | |
| Trae upper self-serve tier | $100/mo | Highest self-serve tier described in the membership update. | tokens/credits |
Trae moved to token-based membership benefits in February 2026, with official blog guidance describing tiers from $3/month to $100/month.
- Official Trae blog says the 2026 membership update moved to token-based pricing.
- Model availability can vary by region and product surface.
- The open-source Trae Agent repo gives a public traction signal separate from the proprietary IDE.
Company And Funding
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- Ownership
- Private
- Founded
- 2012
- Headquarters
- Singapore / Beijing
- Employees
- ByteDance ~150,000
- Parent company
- ByteDance
- Total raised
- Not applicable
Trae is a ByteDance product; ByteDance is privately held.
Product
Providers
Model families
Capabilities
Tradeoffs
- Official model availability is region-dependent
- Trae Agent repo is not the entire proprietary IDE product