JetBrains Air vs Sweep AI (2026)

JetBrains Air

by JetBrains

Sweep AI

by Sweep

Pros

• ✓Runs several coding agents in parallel inside JetBrains IDEs, including Junie, Codex, Claude Agent, GitHub Copilot and any ACP-compatible agent, with no lock-in to one vendor.
• ✓Agents get the IDE's code intelligence and built-in tools, and every change opens as an IDE diff that can be reviewed and commented on line by line.
• ✓Air Governance Basic is free for JetBrains business customers and adds centralized billing, spending limits, SSO and AI analytics across agents and providers.

Limitations

• –Air in IDEs and Air Teams are both in early access, mobile access is listed as coming soon, and cloud runs are still rolling out to remaining customers.
• –Cloud runs currently require a JetBrains AI subscription, and usage beyond the free Junie Lite runs is paid in AI credits or through the developer's own provider keys.
• –Model and agent controls, centralized MCP management and managed provider keys need Air Governance Business at $20 per seat per month, and audit logs and SCIM need Enterprise.

Pros

• ✓A custom Tab autocomplete model built for the JetBrains code intelligence layer, with unlimited autocomplete on every paid plan.
• ✓Remote MCP servers with OAuth 2.0 and 2.1, web search and fetch tools, and AI code review for branch diffs.
• ✓SOC 2 compliance with zero data retention by default, and Privacy Mode keeps code out of model training.

Limitations

• –The VS Code and Zed extensions are newer than the JetBrains plugin, which Sweep built first.
• –Chat, code generation and advanced completions draw on monthly API credits, so heavy users may need automatic top-ups.
• –The Free Trial is limited to 1,000 autocompletes and $5 in API credits.