Basic/Advanced AI models

Basic models are free, while advanced models provide best results.

Bito's Team Plan users can either start a conversation with Basic AI Models (e.g. GPT-4o mini, Claude Haiku, Nova Lite 1.0, and similar models) or more Advanced AI Models (e.g. o3-mini, DeepSeek-V3 (served from the US and Europe), GPT-4o, Claude Sonnet 3.5, and best in class AI models). In contrast, the Free Plan users are limited to using only Basic AI Models.

By default, the Team Plan utilizes Advanced AI Models.

To switch between Basic and Advanced AI models, open the drop-down menu in the bottom-right corner of the Bito panel and select your preferred model.

You can also continue your previous chat sessions by selecting them from the Chat Session History tab.

Below, you'll find an easy guide on how to do this.

This guide will help you understand when to use Basic and when to use Advanced AI models. You will also learn how to select and chat with these models in the Bito chatbox.

When to use Basic vs Advanced AI Models?

Basic AI Models

These models are designed to provide essential AI capabilities for most everyday coding tasks. They offer a solid starting point for generating boilerplate code, writing documentation, explaining code snippets, and solving simple coding problems.

While using Basic AI models, your prompts and the memory of the chat are limited to 40,000 characters (about 18 single-spaced pages).

They are also less expensive in terms of API costs. So, if you are frequently asking less-important questions in the Bito chatbox, then these Basic AI models will definitely help you save costs.

Advanced AI Models

These models are more suitable for high-complexity tasks that require long/complex prompts and advanced reasoning.

They provide more accurate and relevant code snippets, comments, or solutions to complex coding problems.

Additionally, when using Advanced AI models, your prompts and the chat memory can extend up to 240,000 characters (about 110 single-spaced pages). This means that these models can process your entire code files, leading to more accurate answers.

So, if you are looking for the best results for complex tasks, then go with Advanced AI models.

Advanced AI Models are only available in Bito's Team Plan. If you have not subscribed to it yet, then head over to our Pricing Page to learn more about it. One of the key features of Team Plan is "AI that Understands Your Code".

How to Chat with Basic/Advanced AI Models?

When you open the Bito plugin in VS Code or JetBrains IDEs, the "AI Chat" tab is displayed by default. This tab includes a drop-down menu at the bottom-right corner that allows you to select the AI model you want to chat with.

The available AI models are categorized under two sections "BASIC" and "ADVANCED". You can either let Bito auto-select an AI model or manually pick one that best suits your needs.

To use Advanced AI Models, you need a Bito Team Plan. For details about the costs, please visit our Pricing page.

Once you select an AI model and start a chat with it, the drop-down menu will disappear, and your chosen model will handle the entire chat session.

If you want to change the AI model, click the New Chat icon located in the bottom-left corner of the Bito plugin pane. In the new chat session, select a different model from the drop-down menu.

Tip: Instead of starting a new conversation each time you want to switch between the Basic and Advanced AI models, you can revisit and continue your previous chats by navigating to the Chat Session History tab in the plugin. This allows you to pick up where you left off with any AI model.