Write code: AI Tools Compared

AIGIS

Coding assistants & IDEs

Core capabilities include: Create business applications from requirements; Design data models and system structures; Preview and refine applications online.

• Create business applications from requirements
• Design data models and system structures

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Aippy

App & UI builders

Create and evolve interactive games and small applications through AI conversation.

• Turn ideas into playable projects
• Try existing projects and remix them

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AIRUNCODE

Coding assistants & IDEs

Local-first coding-agent runtime for your own provider keys and local models.

• 2 x 48-hour keys per week

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aiXcoder

Coding assistants & IDEs

An AI development platform for code, requirements, tests and enterprise workflows.

• Use code agents in IDEs and the command line
• Support requirements, testing and documentation

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Amazon Q Developer

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI coding assistant for IDEs and the AWS console, with Java transformation.

• Free: 50 agentic requests per month
• Pro: higher request limits; the exact current counting method is inconsistent across sources

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Augment Code

Coding assistants & IDEs

Coding agents and code context with shared usage-based billing. Standard and Business support up to 50 seats.

• Up to 50 seats, 20 USD shared usage/month, 50 concurrent Cosmos sessions
• Cosmos, Auggie CLI, VS Code, JetBrains, Context Engine and GitHub PR code review

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AutonomyAI

Coding assistants & IDEs

OS for product teams: discover, plan, and build to a review-ready PR in the existing codebase. Priced by task allotment, not per seat. Not Cursor alone.

• Seed $125, Starter $425, Teams $1,000 per month
• Priced by task allotment, not Cursor alone

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Base44

App & UI builders

Build web apps with AI and integrated database, login, and hosting; building and runtime credits are separate.

• AI creates and edits web apps; outputs and access permissions need review
• Database, login, and hosting included; custom backend functions from Builder

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Blackbox AI

Active · enterprise only

Coding assistants & IDEs

Enterprise inference and coding agents with token billing, annual commitments and model-dependent privacy controls.

• API, CLI, VS Code, Agents API and remote-agent environments; custom SLAs and rate limits
• No platform, credit-purchase or seat fee; negotiated token discounts from 5% for closed and 10% for open models

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Bolt.new

App & UI builders

Build websites and full-stack apps directly in the browser.

• Bolt Lite USD 9/month on Forge; sign-ups through 2026-10-14
• Bolt Forge as a third agent on individual Pro, up to 50× through 2026-10-14

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BuildShip

App & UI builders

Build backends and AI agents with visual nodes and custom code; executions are metered in credits.

• Visual backend flows with custom code, databases, webhooks and schedules
• Keyless AI or your own API keys, with different metering

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Busabase

Coding assistants & IDEs

Open-source database and workspace for AI agents, with paid cloud seats.

• A database and workspace for what AI agents produce.
• Cloud seats are billed annually; self-hosting is free.

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Catenary

Coding assistants & IDEs

Local-first spatial IDE for orchestrating multiple AI coding agents on a zoomable canvas with terminals, editor, and Git worktrees.

• Canvas-based orchestration of multiple AI coding agents (including Claude Code, Codex, Cursor) with visual wires between terminals, editor, and browser
• No subscription: one-time lifetime purchase instead of a monthly price

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Cekura

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI testing and monitoring for voice and chat agents.

• Automated testing and monitoring for voice and chat agents.
• No card for the first user, plus a Startup monthly bundle.

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Claude Code

Coding assistants & IDEs

Anthropic’s agentic tool for software work in the terminal and supported development environments.

• Terminal tool for software work
• VS Code, JetBrains, and compatible editors

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Cline

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI coding agent for VS Code and terminal CLI.

• AI coding agent for VS Code and terminal CLI
• BYOK with costs from the selected model or API provider

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CodeBuddy

Coding assistants & IDEs

Core capabilities include: Use the context of a software project; Generate, modify and explain code; Handle development tasks with terminal tools.

• Use the context of a software project
• Generate, modify and explain code

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CodeGeeX

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI programming assistant for code generation, completion, comments, translation, and questions.

• Code generation and completion
• Comments and code translation

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Coderblock

App & UI builders

AI app builder: a prompt becomes a full-stack web app. Not Cursor, not Claude Code, and not Codex.

• AI app builder for full-stack web apps from a prompt, with a model picker on the homepage
• Community 0 USD ongoing; Pro launch 20 USD/month at 240 USD/year; Business launch 40 USD/month at 480 USD/year

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Context.dev

Coding assistants & IDEs

API for agents that scrapes, crawls, and answers from web pages.

• API for agents that scrapes, crawls, and answers from web pages.
• One credit pool for scrape, crawl, and answers.

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CoreSpeed

Coding assistants & IDEs

One MCP endpoint for agents, with connected apps and memory. Not DocsAlot and not Octri.

• One MCP endpoint for Claude Code, Codex, Cursor, and other agents.
• Free is 0 USD with 3,000 credits over 90 days. Pro is 20 USD a month with 10,000 credits.

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CtrlOps

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI terminal and multi-server fleet from the desktop, priced per user. Not just a classic SSH panel.

• Monthly $7, Yearly $70, Lifetime $149 per user
• AI terminal, not just an SSH panel

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Cursor

Coding assistants & IDEs

Work across codebases in a VS Code-based editor with an agent, chat, and autocomplete.

• AI agent in the code editor for reading, writing, and refactoring
• Chat and inline edits with frontier models (including Claude, GPT)

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Devin

Renamed

Coding assistants & IDEs

Desktop and cloud coding agents from the unified Windsurf offering.

• Inline edits and Tab completions unlimited in all plans
• Frontier models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google on Pro plan

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Factory

Coding assistants & IDEs

Agentic coding Droids plan, write, and test code across the CLI, IDE, GitHub Actions, Slack, and Linear, and open pull requests themselves.

• One Droid runs across the CLI, IDE integrations (VS Code, JetBrains, Vim), browser, GitHub Actions, Slack, and Linear with shared context
• Model-agnostic: choose Claude, GPT, Gemini, or Grok, plus a free Droid Core pool of open-weight models

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FastRouter

Coding assistants & IDEs

OpenAI-compatible LLM gateway with 0 USD markup on model costs. Not OpenRouter.

• LLM gateway with 0 USD markup on model costs. Not OpenRouter.
• Starter is 0 USD. Pro is 199 USD a month or 1990 USD a year.

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Floot

App & UI builders

Build and host full-stack web and mobile apps from Claude, ChatGPT, or Cursor over remote MCP. Not Lovable alone.

• Free $0, Pro $25, Power $100 per month
• Remote MCP for Claude and ChatGPT, not Lovable alone

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GitHub Copilot

Coding assistants & IDEs

Work on code in the IDE, terminal, and GitHub with autocomplete, chat, and coding agents.

• Code auto-completion in all major IDEs (VS Code, JetBrains, Neovim, etc.)
• Copilot Chat for questions, refactoring, and explanations directly in the editor

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Google Antigravity

Coding assistants & IDEs

Google's agentic development platform (IDE, CLI, and agent manager) for orchestrating AI coding agents across multiple workspaces.

• Agent manager for running and coordinating multiple AI coding agents in parallel
• Integrated IDE (Integrated Development Environment), CLI, and agent manager in one tool

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Jules

Coding assistants & IDEs

Google's autonomous, asynchronous coding agent that clones GitHub repos, plans, and executes tasks.

• Clones GitHub repos to a cloud VM, plans and executes fixes, features, and tests
• Asynchronous background operation instead of interactive chat session

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Kilo Code

Coding assistants & IDEs

Open-source agentic coding assistant for VS Code, JetBrains and CLI with a freely chosen model source.

• Open-source extensions for VS Code and JetBrains plus a CLI
• Models through Kilo Gateway at provider rates, your own keys, or locally

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Kimi Code

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI coding agent for desktop, terminal and editor with a Kimi membership.

• Search codebases and prepare changes across files
• Run commands, builds and tests within the project

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Kiro

Coding assistants & IDEs

Kiro is AWS's agentic development platform that turns prompts into executable specifications and implements code using parallel AI agents with automated testing.

• AI code IDE based on Code OSS (open-source foundation of VS Code) with native AWS integration
• Spec-driven development: AI generates requirements, design, and task documents from prompts

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KloudMate

Coding assistants & IDEs

Observability with an AI assistant for logs, metrics, traces, and root-cause analysis.

• Logs, metrics, and traces with an AI assistant for investigation.
• Free is 0 USD, Pro is 99 USD per month, with no per-seat price.

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Lovable

App & UI builders

AI software engineer that builds full-stack web apps with frontend, backend and database from prompts.

• Complete web apps with frontend, backend, and database directly from natural language prompts
• No code required; pro-code editing via GitHub sync also available for developers

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Lune Research

Coding assistants & IDEs

Scientific search for AI agents across conference papers and citations.

• Searches conference literature and research guidance for connected AI agents.
• Free is 10 requests per day, Pro is 4.99 USD, Max is 9.99 USD.

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Maestri

Coding assistants & IDEs

Native macOS infinite canvas for orchestrating Claude Code, Codex, and OpenCode over PTY. Not Superset.

• Free $0 forever, download with no account
• macOS canvas for agent terminals over PTY, not Superset

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Maniana

App & UI builders

Build apps and sites by describing them; each product starts with an AI virtual office.

• Build and publish apps and sites from a sentence, doc, or sketch
• Virtual Office with Frontdesk, Support, Marketing, Planning, and Sales

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Muse Code

Coding assistants & IDEs

Meta's coding agent for terminal and CI on Muse Wonder and Muse Spark; billed via API tokens or a flat subscription.

• muse CLI with interactive and headless modes
• Muse Wonder (preview, 2026-10-12) on pay-as-you-go and every plan; Muse Wonder Full only on Power Usage and Maximum Usage

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Octri

Coding assistants & IDEs

API docs, SDKs, monitoring, and an MCP server from one OpenAPI spec. Not Mintlify and not DocsAlot.

• AI docs, SDKs, monitoring, and an MCP server in one plan.
• Free is 0 USD, Starter 49 USD, Growth 99 USD, Business 249 USD a month, plus tax.

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OpenAI Codex

Coding assistants & IDEs

OpenAI's agentic coding tool (CLI, IDE extension, cloud agent), billed via ChatGPT plans or the API.

• Agentic coding via CLI, IDE extension, web/cloud, and iOS
• GPT-6 Astra for demanding coding and repository tasks (rollout in progress)

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OpenCode

Coding assistants & IDEs

Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal.

• Open-source AI coding agent for the terminal with no proprietary lock-in
• Supports Anthropic Claude, OpenAI, Google Gemini, xAI Grok, and more via your own API key

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Opengeni

Coding assistants & IDEs

Open-source runtime for AI agents, Apache 2.0. Cloud is model cost plus 5 percent. Not OpenAI.

• Open-source agent runtime, Apache 2.0, license 0 USD. Not OpenAI.
• Cloud: model cost plus 5 percent. Example 100 USD plus 5 USD equals 105 USD.

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Polylane

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI on-call for production: it detects issues and opens pull requests.

• Detect production issues and fix them with a pull request.
• Monthly credits, with a lower yearly price.

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Qoder

Coding assistants & IDEs

Agentic coding platform with IDE, CLI, JetBrains plugin, repo wiki, and delegated development tasks.

• AI coding assistant with chat, code completion, and commit message generation
• Browser-based IDE-free access via the Qoder web client

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Replit

App & UI builders

Develop web apps in the browser with an agent, database, hosting, and deployment.

• Complete cloud IDE (Integrated Development Environment) and agent platform in the browser
• Replit Agent creates complete apps from prompts including deployment and database

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Shipper

App & UI builders

AI agent that builds, hosts, and equips complete web and mobile apps, online stores, and bots with marketing/ops automation, all via chat.

• AI agent builds complete web and mobile apps from a chat description without code
• Backend, database, authentication, and hosting are set up automatically

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Solid

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI agents with their own computers, accounts, and budgets. Setup, purchases, and long jobs under customer budget. Not Cursor alone.

• Starter $40, Pro $160, Max $640 / month, trial $20 credit
• AI agents with computers, accounts, and budgets, not Cursor alone

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Sourcegraph

Active · enterprise only

Coding assistants & IDEs

Code search, Deep Search, and Cody for large codebases.

• Organisation-wide code search and AI-powered Deep Search
• Batch Changes for changes across many repositories

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Staffcoder

Coding assistants & IDEs

Browser IDE with AI-assisted coding challenges in real frameworks.

• Coding challenges in real frameworks, in the browser, with AI assistance.
• Free is 0 USD with 1 hour per week, Pro is 10 USD per month.

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Supermaven

Coding assistants & IDEs

Fast AI code-completion tool with a 1M-token context window for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and Neovim.

• AI code completion with a 1 million token context window for large codebases
• Support for Visual Studio Code, JetBrains IDEs, Neovim, and other editors

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Superset

Coding assistants & IDEs

Workspace to orchestrate Claude Code, Codex, and other coding agents. Parallel worktrees, automations, remote hosts, mobile.

• Free $0, Pro $20 / user / month or $15 yearly
• Orchestrates coding agents in worktrees, not Cursor alone

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Tabnine

Coding assistants & IDEs

Enterprise coding assistant for cloud, VPC, and air-gapped deployments.

• Code completion and AI chat in popular IDEs
• Deploy as SaaS, in your own VPC, or air-gapped

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Tiden

Coding assistants & IDEs

Intent verification for coding agents with specs and a quality gate.

• Intent verification for coding agents with specs and a quality gate.
• 14-day trial; annual −20% on product fees.

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Trae

Coding assistants & IDEs

ByteDance's AI-powered coding IDE (TraeCode) with agentic features for automated software development.

• ByteDance AI-powered coding IDE with agentic features
• 5,000 autocompletions per month on the free plan

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v0

Renamed

App & UI builders

Build, edit, and deploy web applications from prompts.

• Build and edit web applications from prompts with an agent, code editor, and visual preview
• GitHub sync and Vercel deployments

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Warp

Coding assistants & IDEs

Terminal, CLI agent, and cloud agents with credit billing.

• Modern terminal with Warp Agent CLI for AI-assisted command-line tasks
• Cloud agents and codebase indexing for extended collaboration

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Weave

Coding assistants & IDEs

Engineering and AI-token intelligence plus Weave Router 2.0 for coding agents (Claude Code, Codex, Cursor).

• Starter $0, Pro $50/engineer/month
• Router 2.0: 5% of routed inference, not LiteLLM alone

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Whacka

App & UI builders

AI app building with hosting, database and publishing from a conversation.

• Develop interfaces, data and workflows by description
• Add authentication, files and notifications

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Windsurf

Coding assistants & IDEs

AI-native code editor with an agentic coding assistant (Cascade), built by Cognition, the makers of Devin.

• Cascade AI agent (now Devin Local) for autonomous coding and refactoring
• Unlimited tab completions in the editor

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