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AI Coding Plans & Agents Compared

All major AI coding subscriptions on one page: prices, models, context limits, free tiers and recommendations. More providers than any other comparison portal.

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36 of 36 providers
Provider ↕ From /month ↕ Top models Context Free tier Best for Link
Anthropic
 $20 Claude Opus 4Claude Sonnet 4 200K tokens ✓ Power-users wanting the strongest reasoning model in-terminal Website →
Anysphere
 $20 Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro model-dependent — Devs who want AI inside a familiar editor Website →
GitHub/Microsoft
 $10 GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro model-dependent ✓ Teams already in the GitHub ecosystem Website →
Google
 Free Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Flash 1M–2M tokens ✓ Long-context files and Google Cloud/Firebase users Website →
Codeium/Windsurf
 $15 Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5SWE-1 model-dependent ✓ Teams wanting an agentic IDE alternative to Cursor Website →
Replit
 $25 Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Replit-internal model-dependent — Zero-setup app building + hosting in one place Website →
open source (community)
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 ProQwen3 model-dependent ✓ Devops who want a transparent, hackable agent Website →
open source (community)
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 ProQwen3 model-dependent ✓ Power-users wanting custom modes & subagents Website →
Tabnine (Braintrust)
 $9 Tabnine proprietaryon-prem models n/a ✓ Enterprises with strict data/IP requirements Website →
Sourcegraph
 $9 Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro large repo context ✓ Large, multi-repo codebases needing code search + AI Website →
z.ai (Zhipu)
 $3 GLM-4.6GLM-4.5-Air 200K tokens ✓ Cost-effective flat-rate agentic coding Website →
MiniMax
 Free MiniMax M2abab 1M+ tokens ✓ High-context, cost-effective coding via API Website →
Moonshot AI
 $0 Kimi K2Moonshot-v1 2M tokens ✓ Feeding entire repos/docs into context Website →
Alibaba Cloud
 Free Qwen3-CoderQwen2.5-Coder 256K–1M tokens ✓ Self-hosters and open-weight fans Website →
DeepSeek
 $0 DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek-R1DeepSeek-Coder-V2 128K tokens ✓ Budget-conscious coding with frontier-ish quality Website →
Amazon Web Services
 Free Amazon QAnthropic Claude model-dependent ✓ AWS shops wanting inline chat, agents & security scans Website →
Augment
 $20 Augment proprietaryfrontier models large codebase context — Large, complex codebases needing deep repo context Website →
Continue (open source)
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 ProQwen3 model-dependent ✓ Devs wanting a hackable, provider-agnostic copilot Website →
Paul Gauthier (open source)
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5DeepSeek model-dependent ✓ Terminal-first devs who want git-native AI edits Website →
Refact
 Free Refact-1.6frontier models model-dependent ✓ Teams wanting self-hostable open-weight coding LLMs Website →
Bito
 Free GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro model-dependent ✓ Devs wanting chat + completions + code review in one Website →
Z.ai (Zhipu) / Tsinghua
 Free CodeGeeX-4open weights model-dependent ✓ Devs wanting a free, open-source multilingual copilot Website →
Blackbox
 Free Blackbox proprietaryfrontier models model-dependent ✓ Quick code answers, snippets & autocomplete on a budget Website →
Sourcery / Sourcegraph
 Free frontier models repo context ✓ Teams wanting automated refactoring & code review Website →
Phind
 Free Phindfrontier models model-dependent ✓ Developers researching answers & code online Website →
StackBlitz
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro model-dependent ✓ Building & shipping fullstack apps from a prompt Website →
Vercel
 Free GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro model-dependent ✓ Frontend devs generating UI & Next.js components fast Website →
Lovable
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5 model-dependent ✓ Building & shipping fullstack apps with minimal coding Website →
Zed Industries
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro model-dependent ✓ Devs wanting a fast native editor with AI built in Website →
Cognition
 $20 Devin (Cognition) agentic sandbox — Offloading well-scoped engineering tasks to an autonomous agent Website →
Warp
 Free GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro model-dependent ✓ Terminal-first devs wanting AI command help & agents Website →
Qodo
 Free frontier models repo context ✓ Teams focused on tests, coverage & AI code review Website →
BigCode / Hugging Face
 Free StarCoder2StarCoder2-Instruct 16K tokens ✓ Self-hosters wanting a free open-weight code model Website →
All Hands AI (open source)
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5open models model-dependent ✓ Devs wanting a transparent autonomous agent they control Website →
Pythagora (open source)
 Free GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4 model-dependent ✓ Devops experimenting with prompt-to-app generation locally Website →
Void (open source)
 Free Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5local models model-dependent ✓ Privacy-focused devs wanting an open-source AI IDE Website →

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Claude Code

Anthropic
Agentic terminal coding on Claude Sonnet/Opus.
From /month$20
Context200K tokens
Billingsubscription + usage
Claude Opus 4Claude Sonnet 4
Limits
Pro: ~45 msgs/5h; Max: 5x–20x Pro usage
Free tier: limited free credits on console
  • Top-tier reasoning
  • Strong agentic tool use
  • First-class CLI
  • Usage caps can hit fast on Pro
  • Premium pricing
Go to Claude Code → Details →

Cursor

Anysphere
AI-first VS Code fork with Composer + Tab.
From /month$20
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingsubscription
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
Pro: 500 fast premium requests/mo
Free tier: Hobby: 50 fast + slow requests/mo
  • Best-in-class autocomplete (Tab)
  • Multi-file Composer
  • Model choice
  • Credit-based fast requests
  • Editor lock-in
Go to Cursor → Details →

GitHub Copilot

GitHub/Microsoft
The default AI pair programmer for the IDE.
From /month$10
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingsubscription
GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
Generous multi-model usage; agent mode
Free tier: Free tier for students/maintainers + limited monthly
  • Deep GitHub integration
  • Multi-model
  • Enterprise features
  • Less aggressive agentic loop than Cursor
  • Usage controls vary by plan
Go to GitHub Copilot → Details →

Gemini Code Assist

Google
Gemini-powered completions + agent in IDE & Firebase.
From /monthFree
Context1M–2M tokens
Billingfreemium + subscription
Gemini 2.5 ProGemini 2.5 Flash
Limits
Free: 180 chat/agent + 6,000 completions/day
Free tier: yes — generous free individual tier
  • Huge context window
  • Strong free tier
  • GCP integration
  • Best within Google ecosystem
  • Agent maturity still catching up
Go to Gemini Code Assist → Details →

Windsurf

Codeium/Windsurf
Agentic IDE with Cascade flows.
From /month$15
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingsubscription + credits
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5SWE-1
Limits
Pro: flexible flow-based credits
Free tier: yes — limited free tier
  • Cascade multi-step agent
  • Strong enterprise story
  • Own SWE-1 model
  • Newer ecosystem
  • Credit accounting can be opaque
Go to Windsurf → Details →

Replit Agent

Replit
Build & deploy whole apps from a prompt in the cloud.
From /month$25
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingsubscription + usage
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Replit-internal
Limits
Monthly checkpoints + agent usage
Free tier: limited Starter tier
  • Full cloud dev environment
  • Deploy-from-prompt
  • Great for prototyping
  • Less control than local IDE
  • Usage can add up
Go to Replit Agent → Details →

Cline

open source (community)
Open-source autonomous coding agent for VS Code.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
BillingBYO-key (usage)
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 ProQwen3
Limits
whatever your API key allows
Free tier: free software (model usage billed separately)
  • Fully open source
  • Works with any API provider
  • Transparent plans
  • You manage & pay for model usage
  • Less polish than commercial IDEs
Go to Cline → Details →

Roo Code

open source (community)
Open-source VS Code agent fork with custom modes.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
BillingBYO-key (usage)
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 ProQwen3
Limits
whatever your API key allows
Free tier: free software (model usage billed separately)
  • Custom modes/subagents
  • Open source
  • Highly configurable
  • You supply & pay for the model
  • Steeper config
Go to Roo Code → Details →

Tabnine

Tabnine (Braintrust)
Privacy-first completions; self-hosted models.
From /month$9
Contextn/a
Billingsubscription
Tabnine proprietaryon-prem models
Limits
per-seat
Free tier: basic free tier
  • Strong privacy/SOC2 story
  • Self-hosted option
  • Enterprise focus
  • Weaker than frontier models on agentic tasks
  • Smaller community
Go to Tabnine → Details →

Cody

Sourcegraph
AI coding assistant that knows your whole codebase.
From /month$9
Contextlarge repo context
Billingsubscription
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
multi-model with repo-graph context
Free tier: limited free tier
  • Whole-codebase context via code graph
  • Multi-model
  • Enterprise search
  • Best value is in big repos
  • Editor experience varies
Go to Cody → Details →

GLM Coding Plan (z.ai)

z.ai (Zhipu)
GLM-4.6 agentic coding with a flat-rate coding plan.
From /month$3
Context200K tokens
Billingflat subscription (prompt quota)
GLM-4.6GLM-4.5-Air
Limits
prompt-quota based, not token-priced
Free tier: promotional free credits
  • Flat-rate pricing
  • Strong agentic GLM models
  • Low cost
  • Newer ecosystem in West
  • Quota can cap heavy bursts
Go to GLM Coding Plan (z.ai) → Details →

MiniMax M-Series

MiniMax
Frontier Chinese model with strong coding/agentic results.
From /monthFree
Context1M+ tokens
Billingusage
MiniMax M2abab
Limits
API rate limits
Free tier: promotional free tier
  • Huge context
  • Competitive benchmarks
  • Low usage pricing
  • Thin native tooling
  • Mostly API-only
Go to MiniMax M-Series → Details →

Kimi (Moonshot)

Moonshot AI
Ultra-long-context model good for big-codebase tasks.
From /month$0
Context2M tokens
Billingusage
Kimi K2Moonshot-v1
Limits
API rate limits
Free tier: free web/app tier for chat
  • Massive context
  • Agentic K2
  • Cheap long-context
  • API-only coding UX
  • Less Western tooling
Go to Kimi (Moonshot) → Details →

Qwen Coder (Alibaba)

Alibaba Cloud
Top open-weight coding models, API or self-host.
From /monthFree
Context256K–1M tokens
Billingusage / self-host
Qwen3-CoderQwen2.5-Coder
Limits
hardware or API limits
Free tier: open-weight models are free
  • Open weights, self-hostable
  • Strong coding benchmarks
  • Cheap at scale
  • DIY tooling/integration
  • Self-host ops overhead
Go to Qwen Coder (Alibaba) → Details →

DeepSeek Coder

DeepSeek
Strong reasoning coding model at very low API cost.
From /month$0
Context128K tokens
Billingusage
DeepSeek-V3DeepSeek-R1DeepSeek-Coder-V2
Limits
API rate limits
Free tier: promotional free credits
  • Extremely cheap
  • Good reasoning
  • Open weights available
  • Capacity/cap throttling at peak
  • Less polished tooling
Go to DeepSeek Coder → Details →

Amazon Q Developer

Amazon Web Services
AWS-native AI coding assistant (formerly CodeWhisperer).
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + subscription
Amazon QAnthropic Claude
Limits
Free: monthly usage caps; Pro: higher limits
Free tier: yes — perpetual free tier
  • Deep AWS integration
  • Security scanning
  • Generous free tier
  • AWS-centric
  • New signups sunset after May 15, 2026
Go to Amazon Q Developer → Details →

Augment Code

Augment
Context-engine IDE agent built for large enterprise codebases.
From /month$20
Contextlarge codebase context
Billingsubscription + credits
Augment proprietaryfrontier models
Limits
credit-based usage since Oct 2025
Free tier: limited trial
  • Huge codebase context
  • Strong enterprise story
  • Fast completions
  • Credit-based costs can climb
  • Newer vendor
Go to Augment Code → Details →

Continue.dev

Continue (open source)
Open-source AI coding autopilot for VS Code & JetBrains.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
BillingBYO-key (usage)
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 ProQwen3
Limits
whatever your API key allows
Free tier: free software (model usage billed separately)
  • Fully open source
  • Any local or cloud model
  • VS Code + JetBrains
  • You manage & pay for model usage
  • Less polish than paid IDEs
Go to Continue.dev → Details →

Aider

Paul Gauthier (open source)
AI pair programming in the terminal that edits your git repo.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
BillingBYO-key (usage)
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5DeepSeek
Limits
whatever your API key allows
Free tier: free software (model usage billed separately)
  • Git-native workflow
  • Works with any API provider
  • Lightweight CLI
  • CLI only
  • You supply & pay for the model
Go to Aider → Details →

Refact.ai

Refact
Open-weight LLMs + hosted agent with autonomous mode.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + credits
Refact-1.6frontier models
Limits
Free: daily agent cap; Pro: coin-based
Free tier: yes — personal free tier
  • Open-weight, self-hostable models
  • Autonomous agent
  • Strong free tier
  • Smaller ecosystem
  • Coin accounting takes getting used to
Go to Refact.ai → Details →

Bito

Bito
AI assistant with chat, completions, CLI & code reviews.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + subscription
GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
Free: 250 completions/mo
Free tier: yes — free single seat
  • All-in-one assistant
  • AI code reviews
  • CLI companion
  • Usage-based add-ons
  • Lesser-known brand
Go to Bito → Details →

CodeGeeX

Z.ai (Zhipu) / Tsinghua
Multilingual open-source coding assistant (100+ languages).
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + subscription
CodeGeeX-4open weights
Limits
Free: limited credits; Pro: 500 credits
Free tier: yes — generous free tier
  • Open weights, self-hostable
  • 100+ languages
  • Strong free tier
  • Behind frontier models on hard tasks
  • Smaller community
Go to CodeGeeX → Details →

Blackbox AI

Blackbox
AI coding assistant & code-aware search for devs.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + subscription
Blackbox proprietaryfrontier models
Limits
Free: unlimited chat, basic completions
Free tier: yes — unlimited chat
  • Very cheap Pro tier
  • Unlimited free chat
  • Code search
  • Less agentic depth
  • Quality below frontier models
Go to Blackbox AI → Details →

Sourcery

Sourcery / Sourcegraph
AI refactoring & code-review agent (strong for Python).
From /monthFree
Contextrepo context
Billingfreemium + subscription
frontier models
Limits
Free: 20 issue investigations/mo
Free tier: free for open-source repos
  • Automated refactoring
  • AI code review
  • Strong Python support
  • Narrow refactoring focus
  • Now folded into Sourcegraph
Go to Sourcery → Details →

Phind

Phind
Answer engine for developers with code search & generation.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + subscription
Phindfrontier models
Limits
Free: daily search cap
Free tier: yes — free tier
  • Great dev search
  • Cited answers
  • Strong free tier
  • Search-focused, not a full IDE agent
  • Credits can run out
Go to Phind → Details →

Bolt.new

StackBlitz
Prompt-to-app builder running fullstack in the browser.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + tokens
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
token-based; Pro: 10M tokens/mo
Free tier: yes — daily token allowance
  • Deploy-from-prompt
  • Zero-setup browser IDE
  • Fast prototyping
  • Token costs on big apps
  • Less control than local dev
Go to Bolt.new → Details →

v0 (Vercel)

Vercel
Generative UI — build React/Next.js components from prompts.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + credits
GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
credit-based
Free tier: yes — limited free credits
  • First-class Next.js/React output
  • Vercel deploy integration
  • Fast UI gen
  • Frontend/UI focused
  • Credits run out on heavy use
Go to v0 (Vercel) → Details →

Lovable

Lovable
Conversational fullstack app builder for non-coders & devs.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + credits
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5
Limits
credit-based
Free tier: yes — limited free credits
  • Deploy-from-prompt
  • Beginner-friendly
  • Fullstack output
  • Credit-based
  • Less granular control
Go to Lovable → Details →

Zed (AI)

Zed Industries
High-performance editor with built-in AI & edit predictions.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + usage
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
Pro: $5 tokens included, then usage
Free tier: free trial
  • Blazing-fast native editor
  • Inline AI edits
  • Token-based flexibility
  • Smaller ecosystem
  • Token usage adds up
Go to Zed (AI) → Details →

Devin

Cognition
Autonomous AI software engineer handling whole tasks end-to-end.
From /month$20
Contextagentic sandbox
Billingsubscription + usage (ACU)
Devin (Cognition)
Limits
ACU-based; ~$9/h of Devin time
Free tier: no — paid only
  • Truly autonomous end-to-end agent
  • Parallel tasks
  • PR-ready output
  • Expensive at scale
  • Needs well-scoped tasks
Go to Devin → Details →

Warp

Warp
Agentic terminal with built-in AI for commands & workflows.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
Billingfreemium + subscription
GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4Gemini 2.5 Pro
Limits
Free: no AI credits; Pro: ~1,500 credits/mo
Free tier: yes — core terminal free
  • AI-native terminal
  • Frontier model access
  • Workflow automation
  • Recent price hikes
  • Terminal-only focus
Go to Warp → Details →

Qodo (ex-CodiumAI)

Qodo
AI code review, test generation & quality focused agents.
From /monthFree
Contextrepo context
Billingfreemium + credits
frontier models
Limits
Free: ~75 PRs/mo; paid credit-based
Free tier: yes — generous free tier
  • Strong test generation
  • AI code review
  • Coverage focus
  • Quality/coverage niche
  • Credit-based
Go to Qodo (ex-CodiumAI) → Details →

StarCoder2 (BigCode)

BigCode / Hugging Face
Open-weight code LLM family for self-hosted completion.
From /monthFree
Context16K tokens
Billingself-host / usage
StarCoder2StarCoder2-Instruct
Limits
hardware or API limits
Free tier: open-weight models are free
  • Open weights, self-hostable
  • Commercially usable
  • Free
  • DIY integration
  • Lags frontier models
Go to StarCoder2 (BigCode) → Details →

OpenHands (ex-OpenDevin)

All Hands AI (open source)
Open-source autonomous agent that codes, browses & runs commands.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
BillingBYO-key (usage)
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5open models
Limits
whatever your API key allows
Free tier: free software (model usage billed separately)
  • Fully open source
  • Autonomous multi-tool agent
  • Self-hostable
  • You supply & pay for the model
  • Setup required
Go to OpenHands (ex-OpenDevin) → Details →

GPT-Pilot

Pythagora (open source)
Open-source research agent that builds whole apps step by step.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
BillingBYO-key (usage)
GPT-5Claude Sonnet 4
Limits
whatever your API key allows
Free tier: free software (model usage billed separately)
  • Fully open source
  • Prompt-to-app
  • Runs locally
  • Research-grade polish
  • You supply & pay for the model
Go to GPT-Pilot → Details →

Void

Void (open source)
Open-source, privacy-first Cursor alternative IDE.
From /monthFree
Contextmodel-dependent
BillingBYO-key (usage)
Claude Sonnet 4GPT-5local models
Limits
whatever your API key allows
Free tier: free software (model usage billed separately)
  • Fully open source
  • Local-model support
  • Privacy-first
  • Young project
  • You supply & pay for the model
Go to Void → Details →

Frequently asked questions (FAQ)

Which AI coding plan is the best?

It depends on your use case. For maximum reasoning quality in the terminal, Claude Code leads; for a polished editor experience, Cursor or Windsurf; for budget users, GLM/z.ai, DeepSeek or Qwen; for self-hosters, the open-source agents Cline & Roo Code.

Are there genuinely free options?

Yes. Gemini Code Assist, Cline, Roo Code, Qwen, DeepSeek, MiniMax and Kimi offer meaningful free tiers or are open source (you only pay for the model usage of your own API key).

Subscription vs. usage API — which is worth it?

Subscriptions (Cursor, Copilot, Claude Pro/Max) are predictable and have soft caps. Usage APIs (DeepSeek, Qwen, GLM, OpenAI) are often cheaper at high volume but unpredictable in price. Agents like Cline/Roo combine an open-source client with your own usage API.

How up-to-date are the prices?

Providers change prices and limits frequently. We maintain the data centrally in providers.json and update regularly — always verify on the provider site before signing up.

What about privacy & enterprise?

Tabnine and Cody (Sourcegraph) have strong privacy/self-host stories; GitHub Copilot and Windsurf offer enterprise plans with SOC2/admin controls.

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