Google Antigravity vs Trae
A side-by-side comparison of Google Antigravity and Trae, two IDE tools, drawn from Ignaite's continuously-verified listings.
Compared from listings verified as of
At a glance
The honest brief
Google Antigravity
Agent-first VS Code fork where agents emit verifiable Artifacts — plans, screenshots, recordings — not just diffs.
- Manager view orchestrates parallel agents
- Agents produce verifiable Artifacts
- Spans editor, terminal, and browser
- Launched with Gemini 3, free in preview
- Public preview — early/unstable
- Closed source
- Ties best into Google's Gemini models
- Smaller ecosystem than Cursor
Trae
Free to start and undercuts paid AI-IDE rivals on cost, since model access is bundled rather than billed per token.
- Frontier models bundled, no API key
- Generous free tier
- VS Code-based, familiar UX
- Autonomous SOLO/Builder agent
- ByteDance telemetry privacy scrutiny
- Enterprise data-residency concerns
- Younger ecosystem than Cursor
- Usage limits on free tier