Comparison
Cross Platform Terminal vs Warp
An AI-first terminal with its own agent, cloud features and team collaboration layer. Warp’s own site →
| Feature | Cross Platform Terminal | Warp |
|---|---|---|
| Platforms | Linux, Windows (macOS in progress) | macOS 10.14+, Linux, Windows 10 and 11 (x64 and ARM64) |
| Windows | Native, identical to the Linux build | Native |
| Licence | Proprietary | Proprietary |
| Price | €7.49/month or €67.41/year, no free tier | Free tier; Build $20/month; Max $200/month; Business $50/user/month; Enterprise on request |
| Rendering | GPU, whole grid in one draw call | GPU-accelerated |
| Configuration | In-app settings, per-profile | In-app settings, with cloud-synced Warp Drive |
| Session persistence | Opt-in detachable sessions, no multiplexer needed | Not a detach/reattach model |
| Agent awareness | Detects 8 agent CLIs and reports five states per pane | Its own — Warp Agent, plus cloud agents on paid tiers |
Where Warp is the better choice
- The far larger AI feature surface: its own agent, cloud agents, Warp Drive, team collaboration.
- There is a free tier, and it runs on macOS today.
- Blocks, the command palette and the editing model are genuinely better than a plain terminal for a lot of people.
Where CPT is the better choice
- CPT does not want to be your agent. It surfaces the agents you already run — Claude Code, Copilot, Codex, Gemini, Aider, Cursor, opencode, Amp — and tells you what each one is doing. Warp is best when you use Warp's agent.
- Price: €7.49/month against $20/month for Warp's first paid tier.
- A dockable workspace with edge rails, pinned panes and per-view layouts, plus detachable local sessions.
The short version
Warp is the closer competitor here, and if you want the terminal itself to be the AI product, Warp is further down that road with a free tier. CPT bets the other way: bring your own agent CLI, and the terminal's job is to show you its state and stay out of the way.