AI Coding Tools
Agents take a written instruction and change many files on their own, running tests and iterating. That is a much larger productivity change than autocomplete, and a much larger review burden. These handle feature-sized work with the least hand-holding; Cline is the one to start with if you would rather approve every step than trust the whole run.
Best for developers who delegate whole changes and review the diffs
Claude Code is Anthropic's coding agent for developers who delegate whole changes instead of taking suggestions as they type. It reads a repository, edits files and runs commands, and works in the terminal, IDEs, the desktop app and the browser.
$17/mo
starting price
Best for VS Code users who want an AI editor, agents and PR review from one vendor
Cursor is an AI code editor built on the VS Code codebase, for developers who want an agent, Tab completion and pull request review in one tool. A one-click import brings over VS Code extensions, settings and keybindings.
Free plan
paid from $20/mo
Best for developers who want to approve each step and choose the model they pay for
Cline is an open-source coding agent for VS Code, JetBrains IDEs and the terminal, for developers who want to approve each step and pick their own model. The agent itself is free; you pay Cline or a provider for inference.
Free plan
starting price
Best for teams turning well-specified tickets into pull requests in the background
Devin is an autonomous coding agent from Cognition that takes tickets from Jira, Linear, Slack or Microsoft Teams, works on its own cloud machine and returns a pull request. It suits teams with backlogs of well-defined, testable work.
Free plan
paid from $20/mo
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AI Coding Tools by the numbers
$20/mo
Median starting price
0%
Offer a free trial
75%
Have a free plan
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Computed from the published pricing of the 4 AI Coding Tools products in this list. Pricing last checked against vendor pages October 3, 2026.
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