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26 AI coding tools and agents. Filter by the kind of work, then open a listing for the preliminary score, the pricing note, and what we tried. Scores do not move because someone paid.

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AI IDE
Cursor
Anysphere
8.2
A desktop code editor with inline edits and agents that can change a repo and run commands.
Free Hobby plan and paid plans. Confirm the current price on cursor.com.
Preliminary · Free start
CLI agent
Claude Code
Anthropic
8.4
Anthropic's terminal agent for reading a repo, editing files, and running commands.
Needs a paid Claude plan or API usage. Confirm the current terms on anthropic.com.
Preliminary
App builder
v0
Vercel
7.6
Vercel's prompt-to-UI tool for React interfaces, with a path into a real project.
Free starting allowance and paid plans. Confirm the current price on v0.dev.
Preliminary · Free start
App builder
Bolt
StackBlitz
7.2
A browser app builder from StackBlitz that scaffolds a project and runs a preview.
Free allowance and paid plans. Confirm the current price on bolt.new.
Preliminary · Free start
App builder
Lovable
Lovable
7.4
A chat app builder that creates a web app and can publish it.
Free and paid plans. Confirm the current price on lovable.dev.
Preliminary · Free start
App builder · Cloud agent
Replit Agent
Replit
7.0
Replit's agent for building and deploying an app inside a Replit project.
Agent features sit on Replit's paid plans. Confirm the current price on replit.com.
Preliminary
AI IDE
Windsurf
Cognition
7.5
An AI IDE with inline edits and an agent. Cognition acquired the product in 2025.
Free tier and paid plans. Confirm the current price on windsurf.com.
Preliminary · Free start
Editor extension
GitHub Copilot
GitHub
8.0
GitHub's assistant for completions, chat, and agent edits inside editors you already use.
Free plan plus paid Pro, Pro+, Business, and Enterprise plans. Confirm the current price on github.com.
Preliminary · Free start
Cloud agent
Devin
Cognition
7.1
A cloud software-engineering agent that works in its own environment, not only in your editor.
Paid team plans. Confirm the current price on devin.ai.
Preliminary
CLI agent · Cloud agent
Codex
OpenAI
7.8
OpenAI's coding agent, in a CLI and inside ChatGPT on paid plans.
Included with paid ChatGPT plans, or billed as API usage for the CLI. Confirm on openai.com.
Preliminary
CLI agent
Aider
Aider
7.7
An open-source terminal pair programmer. You pay the model provider, not a seat.
Open source. You pay the model provider you connect.
Preliminary · Open source · Free start
Editor extension
Continue
Continue
6.9
An open-source autopilot for VS Code and JetBrains. Connect your own model.
Open-source extension. Model use is billed by whoever hosts the model.
Preliminary · Open source · Free start
Editor extension
Cline
Cline
7.3
An open-source VS Code agent that can edit files, run commands, and browse.
Open source. You pay the model API you connect.
Preliminary · Open source · Free start
Editor extension
Roo Code
Roo Code
7.0
An open-source VS Code agent in the Cline family, with modes for different jobs.
Open source. You pay the model API you connect.
Preliminary · Open source · Free start
CLI agent
Amp
Sourcegraph
7.2
Sourcegraph's coding agent for the terminal and editor, aimed at larger codebases.
Paid plans. Confirm the current price on ampcode.com.
Preliminary
Cloud agent
Jules
Google
6.8
Google's asynchronous coding agent. You assign a task and it works on a cloned repo.
Confirm access and price on jules.google.com. We are not quoting a figure.
Preliminary
CLI agent
Warp
Warp
7.3
A terminal with an agent that can run commands and edit a project from the prompt.
Free plan and paid plans. Confirm the current price on warp.dev.
Preliminary · Free start
AI IDE
Zed
Zed Industries
7.1
A fast collaborative editor with inline AI edits and an agent panel.
Editor is free and open source. Hosted AI features have their own plan. Confirm on zed.dev.
Preliminary · Free start
Editor extension
Amazon Q Developer
Amazon Web Services
6.6
AWS's coding assistant for IDEs, with extra help around AWS APIs.
Free tier and a paid Pro tier. Confirm the current price on aws.amazon.com.
Preliminary · Free start
Editor extension
Junie
JetBrains
6.9
JetBrains' coding agent inside IntelliJ IDEA and the other JetBrains IDEs.
Part of JetBrains' AI service. Confirm the current price on jetbrains.com.
Preliminary
AI IDE
Augment
Augment Code
7.0
A coding assistant that indexes the repo so chat and edits can cite your own code.
Paid plans. Confirm the current price on augmentcode.com.
Preliminary
Cloud agent
OpenHands
OpenHands
6.7
An open-source platform for software-engineering agents you can run yourself.
Open source. You pay for the machine and the model.
Preliminary · Open source · Free start
CLI agent
Gemini CLI
Google
7.1
Google's open-source terminal agent, powered by Gemini, with a free usage allowance.
Open source. A free Gemini quota, then paid API usage. Confirm the current quota on the repo.
Preliminary · Open source · Free start
AI IDE
Trae
ByteDance
6.5
ByteDance's AI IDE, with chat edits and an agent inside a desktop editor.
Free and paid tiers exist; regional availability varies. Confirm on trae.ai.
Preliminary · Free start
AI IDE
Kiro
Amazon
6.8
Amazon's agentic IDE. It writes a spec before it edits, then works through tasks.
Preview access. Confirm price and availability on kiro.dev.
Preliminary
Editor extension
Tabnine
Tabnine
6.4
A code-completion assistant for existing editors, with private and air-gapped deployment options.
Free basic plan and paid plans, including private deployment. Confirm on tabnine.com.
Preliminary · Free start