Self-serve verified migration vs enterprise platform
Codemod starts at $1,000/month.
Refactyl starts at $19.
Codemod is a serious enterprise platform for modernizing migrations across thousands of repos. If you're one team with one scary migration, that's a lot of platform (and a $1,000/month floor) for a job you need done once, done right, and proven to compile. Refactyl does the verified migration, self-serve, from $19. No sales call. No platform to adopt.
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The honest read
Codemod and Refactyl agree on the important thing: migrations should be compiler-aware, not vibes-based. The difference is who each tool is built for. Codemod sells a code-intelligence platform with campaigns, dashboards, and field engineers to enterprises running modernization programs. Refactyl sells one thing to one kind of team.
If you're standardizing migrations across 500 repos with a compliance team in the room, Codemod is built for you. If you need one migration (JS→TS, Vue 2→3, Next Pages→App Router, Express→Fastify) proven to compile by Friday, with a public benchmark you can reproduce before you trust us and no enterprise contract to sign: that's what Refactyl is for. No platform to adopt. No `any` to inherit. No sales call to see the price.
Side-by-side comparison
| Feature | Refactyl | Codemod |
|---|---|---|
| Entry price | $19/mo, or project quote | $1,000/mo (Team tier) |
| Self-serve, no sales call | Yes | Free tier only |
| Public, reproducible head-to-head benchmark | Yes | Not published |
| Real-compiler gate + Verify & Repair loop | Yes | Compiler-aware code graphs |
| Enterprise campaigns across thousands of repos | No | Yes |
| SOC2 / BYOC / on-prem | Roadmap | Yes |
| Best for | One team, one verified migration | Enterprise modernization programs |
Where each tool wins, honestly
Where Refactyl wins
- Entry price: $19/mo or a one-off project quote, no $1k/mo floor
- Self-serve, try before you buy, no sales call to see the product
- Public, reproducible benchmark: named competitors, dual metric, open harness
- Real-compiler gate on every file, with tsc/next build/compiler-sfc as the judge
- One sharp promise: a migration proven to compile, or a clear flag
- Ungated playground: try Express→Fastify in the browser, no account
Where Codemod wins
- Enterprise scale: campaign orchestration across thousands of repos
- SOC2, BYOC, and on-prem available today
- Migration-as-a-service with certified field engineers
- Code intelligence platform for ongoing modernization programs
- Named enterprise logos and compliance-team-ready contracts
“If you're modernizing at enterprise scale with a compliance team in the room, Codemod is built for you. If you need one migration proven to compile by Friday, that's us.”
Who Refactyl is for
Solo devs, indie teams, and agencies who need verified migrations without an enterprise contract.
The $199–$1,000/month gap between self-serve tools and Codemod's Team floor is where most real migrations live. One scary JS→TS, a Vue 2→3 across a real app, or a Next.js upgrade that has to ship clean. That's a verified-migration job, not a platform purchase.
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Verified migration, self-serve. No sales call.
One free migration per month, up to 100 files. Compiler-verified output or a clear flag on every file that needed manual attention, before anything downloads.
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