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Stage
What Stage is
Stage is a web-based code review product that organizes pull requests into chapters showing intent, dependencies, and relevant diffs. A unified dashboard brings pull requests from repositories together with chapter context. Its Stagent assistant answers review questions and cites the files and lines supporting each answer. GitHub comments and approvals synchronize in both directions, while configured status checks, required reviews, and merge rules continue working. The Starter plan is free without a time limit for public repositories and includes the full platform, reviewer dashboard, AI summaries and chapters, pull-request risk assessments, and Stagent chat. Team costs $30 per user per month and adds unlimited private repositories, organization sync, team settings, and a dedicated Slack channel. Enterprise pricing is custom, with SAML SSO, role-based controls, audit logs, security review, onboarding, support SLAs, and invoice billing. Stage says review-time code is sent to model providers for analysis and not used to train models.
Who it suits
Stage suits development teams reviewing GitHub pull requests who want structured context and AI-assisted answers. The free Starter plan is aimed at public repositories, while private repositories require Team or Enterprise.
What it does well
- Free Starter plan for public repositories
- Pull requests organized into contextual chapters
- AI answers cite files and lines
- Two-way GitHub comment and approval sync
- Team plan includes private repositories
What to know first
- Only GitHub is listed as a code host
- Code diffs are sent to Anthropic
- AI chats and generated content are stored
- Team costs $30 per user per month
Plans
| Plan | Billed and limits | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Starter | Unlimited public repositories · Full Stage platform · Reviewer dashboard · AI review summaries and chapters · PR risk assessments · Stagent chat | Free |
| Team | per user / month · Unlimited private repositories · GitHub organization sync · Team-wide review settings · Dedicated Slack channel | $30 a month |
| Enterprise | Custom · SAML SSO · Role-based access controls · Audit logs · Security review · Invoice billing · Dedicated onboarding · Support SLAs · Custom MSA | On request |
As stagereview.app lists them, read 11 Oct 2026. The maker's own page has the final word.
Verdict
Stage adds chapter-based organization and cited AI assistance to GitHub review workflows. Check its data handling and plan requirements before using it with private code.
Facts from Stage's own pages
- AI assistant
- Stagent answers code review questions with citations to the files and lines behind its answers. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- AI data
- The privacy policy says code diffs and pull request content are sent to Anthropic and that AI-generated content and pull request chats are stored in Stage’s database. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Code handling
- The site says code is sent to model providers for analysis at review time and is not used to train models. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Dashboard
- Its unified dashboard shows pull requests across repositories with chapters and context at a glance. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Data deletion
- The privacy policy says repository data and AI-generated content are deleted when access to the associated repositories is revoked. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- GitHub sync
- Comments and approvals sync both ways with GitHub, while status checks, required reviews, and merge rules continue to work as configured. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Integrations
- Stage connects with GitHub, and the Team plan includes a dedicated Slack channel. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Open-source use
- Stage says its Starter plan is free without a time limit for public repositories. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Stage organizes pull requests into structured chapters that surface intent, dependencies, and relevant diffs. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Security
- The privacy policy says Stage uses encryption in transit and at rest, access controls, and regular security reviews. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The Enterprise plan includes support SLAs and dedicated onboarding. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
- Team
- Stage says it was built by two engineers frustrated with GitHub’s code review interface; its cofounders are Charles Pan and Dean Stratakos. · stagereview.app, 11 Oct 2026
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