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Releavo vs BMAD Method

BMAD Method is a free, open-source set of AI agents that runs inside Claude Code or Cursor and writes the brief, PRD, architecture and stories into your repo. Releavo follows the same chain, but as a shared workspace: product owners, designers and clients work in it without a coding tool, and every doc is signed off by the role that owns it.

The short answer

Pick BMAD Method if you're a developer or a small technical team working in your own repo and coding tool, and you want a free, structured way to plan before you build.

Pick Releavo if the people who decide what gets built don't live in a terminal: the product owner, designers, QA and the client need to read, comment on and approve the docs, and you want the docs kept in step with Jira, Figma and the code.

Side by side

ReleavoBMAD Method
What it isA hosted (or self-hosted) workspace with its own AI agentOpen-source agents and workflows that run inside your AI coding tool
Doc chainBrief, PRD, UX spec, architecture, epics, readiness check, storiesBrief, PRD, UX, architecture, epics and stories, an implementation readiness gate
Who uses itThe whole team in a browser or desktop app, including people who never open a repoWhoever runs the coding tool
ApprovalEvery AI edit is a draft; the doc's owner approves it, enforced in the databaseYou review in your own repo; no roles or sign-off
Where docs liveIn the project, with versions, drafts and changes; mirrored to Jira or Confluence if you likeMarkdown files in your repo
ConnectorsJira, Confluence, Linear, Notion, GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, Figma, Sentry, any MCP serverCarries docs into your existing workflow; no connectors found
Follows the codeReads each push and pull request and updates the stories it touchesDeveloper agent works in the repo as you build
Writes codeBuilds a story in its own dev box, on its own branch, with a draft pull requestYes, in your coding tool
PriceFree with 500 AI credits a month; Team $30 and Pro $80 per seat a month. Client stakeholders are freeFree and open source (MIT); you pay for your coding tool's model

BMAD Method's details are from its own site, checked October 11, 2026. Prices are in US dollars. Something out of date? Write to [email protected].

Where BMAD Method is stronger

  • It's free and open source, and it runs where you already work: your repo and your coding tool.
  • No new tool for developers. Install it as skills or a Claude Code plugin and you're planning in minutes.
  • A large community, and modules beyond software delivery (test architecture, game development, creative work).
  • The process sizes itself to the work, from a quick fix to a full product.

Where Releavo is different

  • The people who approve aren't in the repo. In most teams the product owner, designer and client never open Claude Code. In Releavo they read the docs, comment and approve in a browser or the Mac and Windows apps.
  • Sign-off is a rule, not a habit. Each doc has an owner: the product owner approves the PRD, the tech lead the architecture. Releavo can't approve its own drafts, and approved versions are never overwritten.
  • It stays in step with the rest of your tools. Bring a Jira backlog in or send stories out, show Figma frames live in the UX spec, and let Releavo follow your repositories.
  • Roles get their own view. A developer sees their stories with full context, QA sees what's ready to test, the client sees a read-only summary.

Using them together

Releavo's MCP server works with Claude Code, so a developer can keep their own coding setup and ask Releavo for a story's full context (criteria, epic, architecture, UX spec) before building it, then move the story and link the pull request.

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Try Releavo on your own project

Start free with your team. Client stakeholders who read, comment and approve never need a seat.

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