The considerations that are actually local, rather than the ones every vendor page repeats.
The repository is the product, so the value is in an agent that can hold more of it in view than a single file.
Every mainstream AI tool sends your prompt to a model hosted overseas, because there is no New Zealand frontier model to send it to. That is not a reason to avoid them, but it is worth deciding deliberately rather than discovering later. See who is actually building AI here.
A desktop AI agent for Windows, built in Auckland, New Zealand. It reads your files, runs your terminal and drives your browser. Billed per token with a free monthly allowance and no subscription. See pricing, the FAQ, or who builds it.