ai coding assistants

ranked on multi-file changes, codebase understanding, autonomy, editor fit, and what happens when they're wrong.

5 listed · 5 researched by us · featured first, then most upvoted

Claude Code

we checked thisincluded with Claude Pro ($20/mo) / Max; api usage billed separately

an agent that lives in the terminal and touches the whole repo

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Cursor

we checked this$20 / month

the ai editor most teams actually standardise on

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GitHub Copilot

we checked this$10 / month individual

the default, and the easiest to get through procurement

#organisations-already-on

Windsurf

we checked this$15 / month

the smoothest agent flow of the gui editors

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Cline

we checked thisfree extension + your own api costs

open-source agent in vs code, bring your own key

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this page is deliberately short: a handful of ai coding assistants we looked at properly, rather than everything that exists. if you build one that belongs here, a free listing takes two minutes and $50 pins it to the top of this page.

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