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LiveReview vs Plango

LiveReview and Plango are both security & identity tools. LiveReview is aimed at developers and small businesses, while Plango is aimed at developers and freelancers. Plango costs less, from $4.99/mo versus $32/mo for LiveReview. Only LiveReview has a free plan.

LiveReview

AI code review that risk-scores PRs and auto-approves the safe ones

Plango

Mac security suite that guards your machine from AI coding agents

PricingFreemium · $32Paid · $5
Starting price$32/mo$4.99/mo
Free planYesNo
Free trial—7 days
Built forDevelopers, Small businesses, EnterpriseDevelopers, Freelancers
Platformswebmacos
CountryINUS
Rating——

Choose LiveReview if

Engineering teams with high PR volume who want human reviewers to focus only on risky changes.

  • Cuts reviewer load by approving low-risk changes, not just commenting
  • Pricing is based on reviewed diff lines with unlimited members on Premium
  • Useful free tier with built-in AI, no API key needed

Look elsewhere if: Teams that need SOC 2 Type II assurance or dedicated security scanning (Snyk).

Choose Plango if

Solo developers and freelancers on Apple silicon Macs who let AI coding agents run commands on their own machine.

  • Low single price of $4.99 a month
  • Trial needs no card and does not auto-convert
  • Works with Claude Code, Cursor, Codex, Gemini CLI and more

Look elsewhere if: Teams that need central policy across many machines or Windows and Linux coverage (Snyk).

LiveReview vs Plango pricing

LiveReview

  • Free$030k reviewed LOC/mo, up to 3 team members, unlimited projects
  • Premium$32/mo100k LOC/mo, unlimited members; bands up to $1,024 for 3.2M LOC
  • EnterpriseCustomSelf-hosted deployment and models, SSO, custom domain, SLA

Plango

  • Plango$4.99/moOne Mac at a time, transferable; no annual option

LiveReview · Key features

  • Risk score for every PR combining LLM, ML and code-graph analysis
  • Policy-based auto-approval of the lowest-risk 30 to 50 percent of changes
  • Replay a draft policy on past PRs before turning it on
  • Per-repo and per-path rules with force-approval and recorded reason
  • Works with GitHub, GitLab, Bitbucket, Gitea and Azure DevOps
  • CI/CD gates built from jq rules over review findings

Cons

  • Vendor states it is not SOC 2 Type II certified
  • ML risk model adds little until it has your production feedback
  • Self-hosting, SSO and SLA only on custom Enterprise pricing

Plango · Key features

  • Agent guard that blocks dangerous actions by AI coding agents
  • Inventory and guarding of connected MCP servers
  • Vetting of skills and plugins before agents trust them
  • Moves .env secrets into the macOS Keychain
  • Finder-tagged folders kept out of AI agents' reach
  • Project CVE scanning and outbound firewall

Cons

  • macOS only, Apple silicon and macOS 15 or newer
  • Requires at least 16 GB of RAM
  • No team or fleet plan yet

LiveReview vs Plango: FAQ

Which is cheaper, LiveReview or Plango?

Plango starts at $4.99/mo and LiveReview at $32/mo. Both prices are checked on the vendors' own pricing pages.

Do LiveReview and Plango have a free plan?

LiveReview has a free plan. Plango has no free plan, a 7-day free trial.

Which is better for small businesses, LiveReview or Plango?

LiveReview lists small businesses as a core audience, while Plango is aimed more at developers and freelancers.

Not sure yet?