For engineering teams on GitHub

Code Intelligence Platform for GitHub Teams With Semantic Code Search and Codebase Q&A

CodeIndex reads your GitHub repositories and turns them into something the whole team can question. Search by what code does, ask how a feature works, and get an answer that cites the exact files and lines. No servers to run, no enterprise contract, and one flat price for the team.

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Short answer

A code intelligence platform indexes your source code so people can search it by meaning and get answers about how it works, instead of grepping and asking a senior engineer. For a 5 to 20 person team on GitHub, CodeIndex does this as a hosted service for $49 a month (5 users) or $149 a month (20 users) billed annually. Sourcegraph is the enterprise option at $16,000 a year and up, and Augment Code fits teams that want an AI coding agent on top.

$49/mo

Starter, billed annually ($99 monthly). 5 users, 10 repos

$149/mo

Pro, billed annually ($299 monthly). 20 users, 50 repos, API

File types indexed, vendor and build output skipped

14 days

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CodeIndex showing a map of how payment files connect next to a plain-English answer with file citations

See how the code connects, then ask it why

Code intelligence is useful when it answers the question you actually have, like how a failed payment gets retried. CodeIndex follows the path through the webhook, the retry job and the mailer, and shows you the lines it read so you can check the answer in one click.

What a code intelligence platform should do for a small team

Big platforms bundle batch changes, code monitors and dozens of integrations. Most teams under 20 people use two things every day: finding code and understanding it. CodeIndex is built around those two jobs.

Semantic code search

Search for "rate limiting on the public API" and find the middleware even if nobody named it that. Results rank by meaning, not by matching a string.

Codebase Q&A with citations

Ask "what happens when a subscription is canceled mid-cycle?" and get an answer that links the files and line ranges it used, so nobody has to trust a black box.

Private GitHub repos on every plan

Connect public or private repositories from the first day of the trial. Starter covers 10 repos, Pro 50 and Enterprise has no limit.

Cross-repo answers

Questions often span a frontend, an API and a worker. CodeIndex searches every repo you connect, so the answer can follow the request across services.

Flat team pricing

Starter covers 5 users and Pro covers 20 for one price. PMs, QA and support can ask questions without anyone counting seats.

API access on Pro

Pipe answers into Slack bots, internal portals or scripts. Pro and Enterprise include the API, with an audit log of 30 days and 1 year.

Code intelligence platforms compared on price and fit

An honest look at four tools teams shortlist. Sourcegraph and Augment Code do more than CodeIndex. The question is whether a team of 5 to 20 needs, and wants to pay for, the extra.

	CodeIndex	Sourcegraph	Augment Code	Sourcebot
Pricing model	Flat per team	Enterprise contract	Flat plan plus metered usage	Per user, self-hosted
Entry price	$49/month annual, $99 monthly (5 users)	Starts at $16,000 a year	$20/month with $20 of usage, up to 50 seats	Free Basic, Pro $20 per user a month
20 person team	$149/month annual, $299 monthly	$16,000+ a year	$100/month Business plus usage beyond $100	$400/month plus your servers and LLM bill
Hosting	Hosted	Cloud or self-hosted	Hosted	Self-hosted only
Semantic search	Yes	Keyword and regex, plus Deep Search	Through its Context Engine	Yes
Plain-English answers with file citations	Yes	Yes, Deep Search	Yes, in chat and agents	Yes, with your own LLM key
AI coding agent that writes code	No	Amp spun out as a separate product	Yes, a core strength	No
Batch changes across repos	No	Yes	Not a core feature	No
Code hosts	GitHub only	GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket and more	Check with vendor	Many, including GitLab and Gitea
Self-serve signup	Yes, 14-day trial	No, sales-led	Yes	Yes, you deploy it
SSO	Enterprise plan	Yes	Listed on all plans	Pro plan

Prices from each vendor's pricing page as checked in September 2026. Augment Code usage is billed at model list price plus a 40% service fee on LLM usage, per its docs. Sourcebot needs your own hosting and LLM provider.

From GitHub repo to answers in about ten minutes

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Paste a repo URL

Start the 14-day trial on Starter, Pro or Enterprise. Your card is charged only when the trial ends.
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Let it index

CodeIndex reads 40 file types and skips node_modules, vendor folders, lockfiles and build output, so the index stays about your code.
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Ask the questions that slow you down

Try the five that cost your seniors the most time: where is X handled, what calls Y, what breaks if Z changes, why was this written this way, where do we test it.
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Invite the team

Add engineers, PMs and support. Everyone asks in plain English and every answer points back to the source.

Where teams use code intelligence every week

Onboarding new engineers

A new hire asks where refunds are handled and gets the files, not a calendar invite. See our developer onboarding tool page for the full workflow.

Impact checks before a change

Before touching a shared model, ask what reads and writes it across every connected repo.

Support and incident questions

Support engineers ask why an error appears for one customer and get the code path that produces it.

Replacing an enterprise quote

Teams that got a $16,000 Sourcegraph quote use CodeIndex for search and Q&A instead. The Sourcegraph alternative page has the side by side.

What is a code intelligence platform?

A code intelligence platform is software that indexes your source code and lets people search, navigate and question it by meaning. It sits between plain text search, which only matches strings, and an AI coding agent, which writes code. The core job is helping people understand a codebase faster and with fewer interruptions to senior engineers.

The term covers a wide range. Sourcegraph used it for code search plus batch changes and code insights across thousands of repos. Other vendors use it for security testing or for measuring AI-written code. For a product team on GitHub, the practical meaning is simple: can anyone on the team find the right file and understand what it does in minutes?

How much does a code intelligence platform cost?

Prices run from free self-hosted tools to enterprise contracts. Sourcegraph starts at $16,000 a year on its Enterprise plan. Sourcebot is free to self-host, with Pro at $20 per user per month plus your own servers and LLM bill. Augment Code charges a flat $20 or $100 a month for up to 50 seats, then meters usage at model list price plus a 40% fee.

CodeIndex is $49 a month for 5 users, $149 for 20 and $499 for unlimited users on annual billing, or $99, $299 and $999 month to month. AI questions are included in the plan: 1,000 a month on Starter and 10,000 on Pro, so the bill does not move with usage.

Is Sourcegraph a code intelligence platform?

Yes. Sourcegraph describes itself as a code intelligence platform, and it is the best known one. It combines code search, Deep Search answers, batch changes and code insights, and sells it as an Enterprise plan starting at $16,000 a year. Its free and Pro Cody plans closed to new signups in 2025, which is why smaller teams now look elsewhere. Our Sourcegraph pricing breakdown shows what that means per developer.

Code search or code intelligence for your team

Code search finds where a string or symbol appears. GitHub search already does that well for exact names and regex, and it is included in your plan. Code intelligence answers the next question: what does this code do, what calls it and what happens if it changes. If your team mostly asks the second kind of question, search alone leaves the senior engineer as the bottleneck.

If you are still comparing search tools, our guide to the code search tool for private GitHub repos puts GitHub search, CodeIndex, Sourcebot and Sourcegraph side by side.

When another platform is the better choice

Pick Sourcegraph if you have hundreds of developers across GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket and need batch changes. Pick Augment Code if you want an agent that writes and edits code with deep repo context. Pick Sourcebot if code must never leave your servers and someone on the team is happy to run it. CodeIndex is for GitHub teams that want search and cited answers today, hosted, at a fixed team price.

Frequently asked questions

What does a code intelligence platform do?

It indexes source code so people can search it by meaning, jump between definitions and references, and ask plain-English questions about how the code works. Good platforms cite the files behind every answer. Some also add batch changes, code insights or AI agents that write code.

Which code intelligence platform is best for a small team?

For a team of 5 to 20 on GitHub, a hosted tool with flat pricing is usually the best fit, because it needs no servers and does not charge per seat. CodeIndex costs $49 a month for 5 users or $149 for 20 on annual billing. Sourcegraph's $16,000 yearly minimum is built for much larger teams.

Does CodeIndex work with private repositories?

Yes. Every plan, including the 14-day trial, indexes private and public GitHub repositories. Starter covers 10 repos, Pro 50 and Enterprise has no limit.

Does CodeIndex support GitLab or Bitbucket?

No. CodeIndex works with GitHub only today. Teams with code on GitLab or Bitbucket should look at Sourcegraph, Sourcebot or Augment Code, which support several hosts.

Can I self-host CodeIndex?

No. CodeIndex is a hosted service. If your policy requires code to stay on your own infrastructure, Sourcebot is a self-hosted option and Sourcegraph offers a self-hosted Enterprise deployment.

Is there a trial?

Yes. Every plan starts with a 14-day trial of the plan you choose. The card is collected at checkout and charged only when the trial ends.

Code intelligence for the whole team, one flat price

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