CodePeer - The Ultimate Critique Alternative

Looking for a powerful Critique alternative? CodePeer fills the gap. Engineers who leave Google often cite Critique as the thing they miss the most.

For ex-Googlers and other professionals seeking a Critique-like experience, we've outlined how CodePeer measures up. The table below provides an honest comparison of the most cherished features of Google's Critique code review tool with CodePeer, highlighting where CodePeer matches, falls short, or even exceeds expectations.

Feature comparison

Critique

Google's much beloved internal code review tool.

Review Dashboard

Review Dashboard

Dashboard showcasing all pull requests your involved in.

Yes
Attention Set

List of pull requests currently waiting on you.

Yes
Who's Turn to Act

Showcases who a pull request is waiting on.

Yes
Pull Requests Go Green

When pull requests reached an approved state, the status turns green and you rejoice.

Yes
Time Estimates

View estimates for how long a review should take and plan your schedule accordingly.

Snooze

Snooze pull requests you want to tackle later to keep your inbox actionable.

Remaining Items

Quickly see a breakdown of the work you have remaining (discussions, files, and lines of code to review) for each pull request.

Reviews

Pre-Review Tools

Assists in polishing changes before review, showing diffs, build and test results, and style checks.

Yes
Turn Tracking

Track who needs to take the next action on a pull request.

Yes
Notifications

Companion Chrome extension that notifies you when your action is needed and see your review queue.

Yes
Merge Functionality

Changes are submitted and committed within Critique itself.

Yes
Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation speed via amazing keyboard shortcuts.

Yes
Comment History Table

View analysis and history and comments of the PR in a tabular format that makes it much easier to understand the progress of a PR with multiple rounds of code

Yes
IDE Integration

Integration with code editors.

Yes
Issue Tracker Integration

Integration with issue/bug tracking software.

Yes
Linkification of Code & Comments

Auto linkification of both code and comments.

Yes
Anonymized Reviews

Code reviews can also be anonymized, where the code author can be kept anonymous from the reviewer.

Yes

Diffs

Revision History

Snapshots code when reviews are submitted and allow comparison between any two revisions.

Yes
Diff from Last Review

Pick up where you left off and only view changes since you last reviewed the files.

Yes
Side by Side Diff

Ability to compare two versions of a file side-by-side.

Yes
Unified Diff

Ability to compare two versions of a file in a single pane.

Syntax Highlighting

Diffing enhanced with syntax highlighting

Yes
Intraline Diffing

Highlight partial changes to an individual line of code.

Yes
Ignores Whitespace

Ignore whitespace changes to simplify the diff.

Yes
Cross References

Yes
Move Detection

Detect code that moved to simplify the review process.

Yes

Comments

Blocking & Non-Blocking Comments

Identify blocking issues that prevent pull request merging until resolved, or provide informational feedback and suggestions.

Yes
Comment Anywhere

Comment on any file and any line, with no restrictions.

Yes
Context Maintained

Comments intelligently maintain context/position as code evolves, ensuring they are always relevant.

Yes
Anyone Can Comment

Anyone can comment on a change and there are features to track review progress and resolve comments.

Yes
"Please Fix"

Reviewers have the option to click “Please fix” on an analysis generated comment as a signal that the author should fix the issue.

Yes
Consistent Terminology

Social adoption of consistent terminology/tagging of comments (eg: optional, fyi, nit, etc.)

Yes
Discussion Resolution Flow

Guide individual discussions to a satisfactory resolution, verified by all necessary participants.

Discussion Assignment

Assign discussions to the responsible participant to ensure accountability.

Other

AI Tools

Helpful AI tools to aid your code review process.

Yes
GitHub Integration

Full two-way data sync'ing of pull requests, reviews, comments, reactions and more.

Live Team Status

See who's online and what pull requests your teammates are currently working on.

Elegant Design

We labor over the UX so you don’t have to. CodePeer helps you get stuff done and gets out of the way.

Light and Dark Mode

Choose between light and dark mode to manage your eye strain.

Ridiculously Fast

Heavily optimized for performance, because milliseconds matter.

CodePeer

A modern approach to code reviews for forward-thinking teams.

Review Dashboard

Review Dashboard

Dashboard showcasing all pull requests your involved in.

Yes
Attention Set

List of pull requests currently waiting on you.

Yes
Who's Turn to Act

Showcases who a pull request is waiting on.

Yes
Pull Requests Go Green

When pull requests reached an approved state, the status turns green and you rejoice.

Yes
Time Estimates

View estimates for how long a review should take and plan your schedule accordingly.

Yes
Snooze

Snooze pull requests you want to tackle later to keep your inbox actionable.

Yes
Remaining Items

Quickly see a breakdown of the work you have remaining (discussions, files, and lines of code to review) for each pull request.

Yes

Reviews

Pre-Review Tools

Assists in polishing changes before review, showing diffs, build and test results, and style checks.

Yes
Turn Tracking

Track who needs to take the next action on a pull request.

Yes
Notifications

Companion Chrome extension that notifies you when your action is needed and see your review queue.

Yes
Merge Functionality

Changes are submitted and committed within Critique itself.

Yes
Keyboard Shortcuts

Navigation speed via amazing keyboard shortcuts.

Yes
Comment History Table

View analysis and history and comments of the PR in a tabular format that makes it much easier to understand the progress of a PR with multiple rounds of code

IDE Integration

Integration with code editors.

Issue Tracker Integration

Integration with issue/bug tracking software.

Yes
Linkification of Code & Comments

Auto linkification of both code and comments.

Anonymized Reviews

Code reviews can also be anonymized, where the code author can be kept anonymous from the reviewer.

Diffs

Revision History

Snapshots code when reviews are submitted and allow comparison between any two revisions.

Yes
Diff from Last Review

Pick up where you left off and only view changes since you last reviewed the files.

Yes
Side by Side Diff

Ability to compare two versions of a file side-by-side.

Yes
Unified Diff

Ability to compare two versions of a file in a single pane.

Yes
Syntax Highlighting

Diffing enhanced with syntax highlighting

Yes
Intraline Diffing

Highlight partial changes to an individual line of code.

Yes
Ignores Whitespace

Ignore whitespace changes to simplify the diff.

Yes
Cross References

Move Detection

Detect code that moved to simplify the review process.

Comments

Blocking & Non-Blocking Comments

Identify blocking issues that prevent pull request merging until resolved, or provide informational feedback and suggestions.

Yes
Comment Anywhere

Comment on any file and any line, with no restrictions.

Yes
Context Maintained

Comments intelligently maintain context/position as code evolves, ensuring they are always relevant.

Yes
Anyone Can Comment

Anyone can comment on a change and there are features to track review progress and resolve comments.

Yes
"Please Fix"

Reviewers have the option to click “Please fix” on an analysis generated comment as a signal that the author should fix the issue.

Consistent Terminology

Social adoption of consistent terminology/tagging of comments (eg: optional, fyi, nit, etc.)

Yes
Discussion Resolution Flow

Guide individual discussions to a satisfactory resolution, verified by all necessary participants.

Yes
Discussion Assignment

Assign discussions to the responsible participant to ensure accountability.

Yes

Other

AI Tools

Helpful AI tools to aid your code review process.

Beta
GitHub Integration

Full two-way data sync'ing of pull requests, reviews, comments, reactions and more.

Yes
Live Team Status

See who's online and what pull requests your teammates are currently working on.

Yes
Elegant Design

We labor over the UX so you don’t have to. CodePeer helps you get stuff done and gets out of the way.

Yes
Light and Dark Mode

Choose between light and dark mode to manage your eye strain.

Yes
Ridiculously Fast

Heavily optimized for performance, because milliseconds matter.

Yes