Looking beyond Devin? These AI Coding Tools tools are the closest fits based on our testing and 3+ verified reviews.
Best for autonomous, feature-sized work by terminal-comfortable developers
Claude Code is the most autonomous mainstream option: a terminal-first agent that reads a codebase, plans, edits across many files, runs tests and iterates. It rewards developers who write precise instructions and frustrates those who want autocomplete.
$17/mo
starting price
Best overall AI editor for developers who work in a GUI
Cursor is a VS Code fork with AI designed in rather than bolted on. Its codebase indexing and multi-file editing are the best-integrated in a graphical editor, and it is the most common answer when developers are asked what they actually pay for.
Free plan
paid from $16/mo
Best free agent, and the most transparent one for reviewing every step
Cline is a VS Code extension that gives you agent-level capability without a subscription: you supply an API key, it supplies the agent. The permission-per-step design makes it the most transparent agent we tested, and the most reviewable.
Free plan
starting price
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