CodeReviewr – AI code review that charges per token, not per developer

Last month I added up my developer subscriptions: $240/month. $2,880/year.

The worst part? I was paying $30/month for a code review tool I used twice a week. That's $7.50 per review for something that should cost under $1.

So I built CodeReviewr: AI-powered code review with pay-per-token pricing. No subscriptions. No seat licenses. Just pay for what you actually use.

Why this matters:

Solo developers and small teams do 5-20 code reviews per month, not 50-100. Paying $180-360/year for sporadic use doesn't make financial sense. Yet every major tool (CodeRabbit, GitHub Copilot, Qodo) charges per-seat, per-month regardless of usage.

That's 180,000+ freelance developers in the US alone, plus 50% of all developers working in teams under 7 people—half the market—getting squeezed by pricing that doesn't match their reality.

What we built:

• GitHub integration: full setup in under 60 seconds

• Intelligent PR analysis: Bug detection, security issues, code improvements, and more

• Usage-based pricing: $5 free credits (10-30 reviews), then pay per token, no credit card needed

• No artificial limits: Same AI, same features whether you do 5 reviews or 500

What we're NOT:

We're not replacing CodeRabbit for teams with daily review needs and enterprise budgets. We're not competing with Copilot's 20M users or Qodo's advanced testing features.

We're building for the developers everyone else forgot: solo developers on side projects, bootstrapped startups, freelancers managing client code, anyone who needs professional code review but can't (or won't) justify monthly subscriptions for twice-weekly use.

The honest trade-off:

Usage-based pricing creates uncertainty around costs. We're addressing this with clear cost estimation and usage alerts, but if you prefer predictable monthly bills regardless of usage, per-seat tools might fit better.

For developers who value fairness over predictability, paying for value instead of access, we think this model works better.

Why now?

AI code generation (Copilot, Cursor, ChatGPT) is making codebases less stable. A 2024 Uplevel study found developers using GitHub Copilot introduced 41% more bugs than their peers. The speed of AI generation creates risks. AI review provides the counterbalance but only if the pricing makes sense for your usage pattern.

What's next:

We're starting with GitHub integration and expanding based on your feedback. GitLab and Bitbucket support, custom rule configuration, team analytics—we're building what solo developers and small teams actually need, not what looks good in enterprise pitch decks.

Try it free: codereviewr.app

$5 in credits gets you started. No credit card required. If it saves you time and catches bugs, keep using it. If not, you spent nothing.

Questions about pricing, features, or how this compares to other tools? Drop them below. We're developers first, founders second and happy to talk technical details, limitations, roadmap, whatever's useful.

Here's to tools that actually work for the way we work.