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The most cost efficient
Cloud Coding Agent

Approximately 30% cheaper than Codex with a nearly 94% cache hit rate

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Metaphor desktop workspace showing coding tasks and an agent updating a GitHub integration

Features

With a world-class harness
Build from anywhere

Tested on the Terminal-Bench dataset with GPT-5.5 and Opus 4.8

More accuracy
Less cost

Lower cost than Codex
28%
Lower cost than Claude
23.1%
Metaphor cache hit rate
93.7%
Cost versus accuracyInternal test results: Metaphor achieved 88.7% accuracy with a relative cost of 72, compared with Codex at 66.7% accuracy and a relative cost of 100, and Claude at 73.6% accuracy and a relative cost of 93.6 (30% higher than Metaphor). Higher accuracy and lower cost are better.Accuracy (%) · Higher is better020406080100020406080100120Relative cost · Codex = 100 · Lower is betterMetaphor: 88.7% accuracy, relative cost 72Metaphor 88.7%Codex: 66.7% accuracy, relative cost 100Codex 66.7%Claude: 73.6% accuracy, relative cost 93.6Claude 73.6%
Coming soon

Your workspace, on the go

Start tasks, follow progress, and review changes from your phone with the upcoming Metaphor mobile app

Concept of the upcoming Metaphor mobile app showing task progress and a code review on a phone

Feels like your local workspace
Runs in the cloud

See exactly what changed

Review your agent’s work line by line to see every addition and deletion, leave comments, and decide what’s ready to commit

Metaphor Changes view showing file diffs with highlighted additions and deletions

Edit files like they’re on your computer

Browse your project and edit file contents directly, making a quick fix or working alongside your agent in a familiar code editor

Metaphor Files view with a project file tree and an open TypeScript configuration file

Your own terminal, ready to run

Run tests, install dependencies, or check Git status with a dedicated terminal that gives you direct access to your cloud workspace, just like working locally

Metaphor dedicated terminal running git status inside the workspace

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