PipeXP vs Swarmia

Swarmia measures engineering: DORA, cycle time, AI adoption and cost, and agent PRs, with Slack and Teams nudges. It reports what happened. PipeXP shows what is happening now, run by run and PR by PR.

Sources for the above:[1][2][3][6][8][12]

Facts about Swarmia as of 25 Sep 2026, each linked to its source. PipeXP as shipped on that date.

Where Swarmia wins

Free under 10 developers, trial with no card, open sign-up.[1]
DORA, benchmarks and investment reports, and surveys answered in Slack or Teams. PipeXP has pulse surveys on the web only.[1][13]
AI cost in dollars (beta, list price) across Copilot, Cursor, Claude Code and Codex. PipeXP has tokens, not dollars.[2][4][12]
Slack and Teams nudges you can reply to, SSO and SOC 2.[8][10][11]

Where PipeXP wins

A live board of agent runs, including runs on developers' machines. Swarmia shows agent PRs after the fact.[3][13]
Stalled run flags, which Swarmia does not have, and agents' questions answered from the board, which our research did not find.
Whose turn on every PR, named. Swarmia shows a PR's status, not who must move next.[6]
A daily personal Needs me summary. Swarmia's per-person digest is weekly.[7][8]

Side by side

The features that decide most sales. "Not found" means our research found no source either way.

Live board of agent runs
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNo
Swarmia: Cloud agents view shows PR throughput, merge % and batch size after the fact, not runs[3]
Runs on developers' own machines
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNo
Swarmia: Claude Code data arrives via OpenTelemetry or Analytics API as usage totals, no per-run view[13]
Runs from several agent vendors
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNo
Stalled or slow run flags
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNo
Answer an agent's question from a web board
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNot found
PR inbox
PipeXPYesSwarmiaPartly
Swarmia: Real-time team PR view with a personal "Participating" filter[6]
Whose turn, per PR
PipeXPYesSwarmiaPartly
Swarmia: PRs shown as in progress, waiting for review or merge; no named next actor[6]
Rubber-stamp approval flags
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNot found
Tester sign-off
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNot found
Main is red alert
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNot found
Cost per PR or outcome
PipeXPPartlySwarmiaPartly
PipeXP: Tokens per run and per ticket, not dollars per PR
Swarmia: Token usage per issue and initiative in the focus summary (beta)[4]
Time split: agent, CI, people
PipeXPYesSwarmiaNot found
AI code review
PipeXPNoSwarmiaNo
Swarmia: Measures other review agents (Copilot, Bugbot, Claude, Codex, CodeRabbit); does not review[5]
Reviewer routing
PipeXPPartlySwarmiaNot found
PipeXP: Drag to a reviewer lane, tester auto-assign; no ownership routing
Merge queue
PipeXPNoSwarmiaNot found
DORA metrics
PipeXPNoSwarmiaYes
Swarmia: All four DORA metrics[1]
Slack
PipeXPNoSwarmiaYes
Swarmia: DMs for review requests, approvals, failed CI[8]
Microsoft Teams
PipeXPYesSwarmiaYes
Swarmia: Works, but "does not yet support all of the notification types"[8]
Daily personal digest
PipeXPYesSwarmiaPartly
Swarmia: Daily digest is per team; per-person digest is weekly[7][8]
SAML SSO
PipeXPNoSwarmiaYes
PipeXP: SSO planned with WorkOS (PR #59 open)
Swarmia: Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google[11]
SOC 2 Type II
PipeXPNoSwarmiaYes
Swarmia: SOC 2 Type 2[10]
Permanent free tier
PipeXPNoSwarmiaYes
PipeXP: Free up to 3 contributors, but sign-up is not open yet (waitlist)
Swarmia: Free under 10 developers[1]
Self-serve sign-up
PipeXPNoSwarmiaYes
PipeXP: Waitlist for about 10 design partners first
Swarmia: "Start free trial" at app.swarmia.com/signup[1]
Jira
PipeXPNoSwarmiaYes
Swarmia[1][13]
Linear
PipeXPYesSwarmiaYes
Swarmia[1][13]

PipeXP and Swarmia, feature by feature
Feature	PipeXP	Swarmia	Swarmia detail
Live board of agent runs	Yes	No	Cloud agents view shows PR throughput, merge % and batch size after the fact, not runs[3]
Runs on developers' own machines	Yes	No	Claude Code data arrives via OpenTelemetry or Analytics API as usage totals, no per-run view[13]
Runs from several agent vendors	Yes	No
Stalled or slow run flags	Yes	No
Answer an agent's question from a web board	Yes	Not found
PR inbox	Yes	Partly	Real-time team PR view with a personal "Participating" filter[6]
Whose turn, per PR	Yes	Partly	PRs shown as in progress, waiting for review or merge; no named next actor[6]
Rubber-stamp approval flags	Yes	Not found
Tester sign-off	Yes	Not found
Main is red alert	Yes	Not found
Cost per PR or outcomePipeXP: Tokens per run and per ticket, not dollars per PR	Partly	Partly	Token usage per issue and initiative in the focus summary (beta)[4]
Time split: agent, CI, people	Yes	Not found
AI code review	No	No	Measures other review agents (Copilot, Bugbot, Claude, Codex, CodeRabbit); does not review[5]
Reviewer routingPipeXP: Drag to a reviewer lane, tester auto-assign; no ownership routing	Partly	Not found
Merge queue	No	Not found
DORA metrics	No	Yes	All four DORA metrics[1]
Slack	No	Yes	DMs for review requests, approvals, failed CI[8]
Microsoft Teams	Yes	Yes	Works, but "does not yet support all of the notification types"[8]
Daily personal digest	Yes	Partly	Daily digest is per team; per-person digest is weekly[7][8]
SAML SSOPipeXP: SSO planned with WorkOS (PR #59 open)	No	Yes	Okta, Microsoft Entra ID, Google[11]
SOC 2 Type II	No	Yes	SOC 2 Type 2[10]
Permanent free tierPipeXP: Free up to 3 contributors, but sign-up is not open yet (waitlist)	No	Yes	Free under 10 developers[1]
Self-serve sign-upPipeXP: Waitlist for about 10 design partners first	No	Yes	"Start free trial" at app.swarmia.com/signup[1]
Jira	No	Yes	[1][13]
Linear	Yes	Yes	[1][13]

Swarmia pricing

Free$0. All Standard features except HRIS and Swarmia AI, under 10 developers[1]
Standard$45 a dev a month, annual. All modules: AI, surveys, capitalisation, productivity[1]
Enterprise$55 a dev a month, annual. Adds on-prem integrations, HRIS, professional services[1]
AI adoption and cost$5. Adoption, activity and cost metrics[1]
Developer surveys$9. Surveys, Slack reminders, benchmarks[1]
Software capitalization$18. Capitalisation, investment balance[1]
Productivity and AI impact$23. AI impact, code, issue and DORA metrics, working agreements[1]

PipeXP pricing

Free$0. For a small team trying coding agents on one repo.
Team$25 per active contributor a month. For teams where agents write most of the code.
Business$45 per active contributor a month. For companies that need single sign-on and an audit trail.
EnterpriseCustom. For larger organisations with provisioning, compliance and contract needs.

All plans and limits

Use both?

Use both if you already run Swarmia: Swarmia for DORA and cycle-time reporting, PipeXP as the daily ops board.[1][6][12]

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Sources

All accessed 25 Sep 2026. Prices and features change fast; check the source before you rely on a number. Something wrong? Tell us and we will fix it.