# Greptile

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/greptile/

7 people recommended Greptile in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 15 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Criticized more than recommended, mainly for excessive noise and nit comments; those who recommend it see it as an AI code reviewer that goes beyond linters.

Summary written by Claude from the comments below.

## What people warn about

- Billing and unpaid trial work complaints (5 comments in the sample): "Was unfortunate to read about the instances of OSS contributors being billed for their usage though." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47967883)) "Along with Greptile they were doing 7day weeks of unpaid labor from “trial periods" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47458092)) "They were not paid at all, they were working long-term on a "trial period" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47461414))
- Noisy comments and false positives (3 comments in the sample): "based on my experiences with $$$ focused eval products that you can buy right now, e.g…" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47733209)) "Greptile literally spams PRs with overwhelming verbiage slop and often actively dangerous recommendations." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47601931)) "excessive noise and nit comments" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46775082))

## Why people recommend it

- Useful AI code review (3 comments in the sample): "leveraging AI code reviewers like Greptile is the way to go" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46736898)) "So far I've been pretty happy with Greptile" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46770406)) "had a pretty decent code review" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48550125))
- Described as a great product (2 comments in the sample): "Greptile is an awesome product, not sure where the scam is there" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47459022)) "Greptile is a great product and I hope you succeed." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46771085))

## Other AI code reviewers people recommend

- [Cursor Bugbot](https://hackerapproved.com/p/cursor-bugbot/): 16 recommend, 6 mixed, 4 criticize
- [GitHub Copilot code review](https://hackerapproved.com/p/github-copilot-code-review/): 7 recommend, 5 mixed, 26 criticize

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://www.greptile.com/)

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Greptile", https://hackerapproved.com/p/greptile/ (7 recommend, 1 mixed, 15 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.