No free plan
Claude Code
Anthropic
Anthropic's coding agent that reads your repo, edits files and runs commands for you.
- From
- $20/mo
- Skill
- Technical
Checked 23 Sep 2026
Coding
AI for people who already write code: suggestions as you type, chat about your codebase, and agents that can make changes across many files. The big differences are which editor it lives in and how usage is billed.
If you only try oneGitHub Copilot
Developers who work in VS Code, JetBrains or on GitHub and want inline completions plus a choice of Claude, GPT and Gemini models at a low entry price.
Free plan
Cline
Cline Bot Inc.
Free, open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains and terminal; bring your own key.
- From
- Free + usage
- Skill
- Technical
Checked 23 Sep 2026
Limited free plan
Cursor
Anysphere (SpaceX / SpaceXAI)
AI-first code editor (a VS Code fork) with agents that edit across your whole codebase.
- From
- $20/mo
- Skill
- Some setup
Checked 23 Sep 2026
Limited free plan
GitHub Copilot
GitHub (Microsoft)
AI pair programmer in your editor and on GitHub: completions, chat and coding agents.
- From
- $10/mo
- Skill
- Some setup
Checked 23 Sep 2026